Team Orange team mates Kumakubo (Lancer Evo 10) and Suenaga (Evo 9) show us their twin drift skills at Ebisu D1 Round 1 2009 during the lunch break. Then in the Best 16 elimination round later that afternoon, Kumakubo in his lancer Evo 10 leads the drift against an S15 Silvia…Kumakubo went through this run …
I got a first-look at some new D1 cars for 2009 at the practice day. A big shout out to Pete from www.peteleong.com for letting me use his pro drift photos. Pete is a fellow Aussie gaijin who lives in Fukushima and used to drift a purple FC RX-7 but could never quite match the …
The 2009 D1 GP Japan drift series kicked off with the first round in Ebisu over the March 28th 29th weekend. A sell out crowd filled the Ebisu south course stands and braved the ZERO degree chills and snow to see the best drifters Japan has to offer! To cut to the chase, here are …
Ok, it’s well into the new year and the 2009 D1GP Japan drift calendar is out so I’d better post it up here. And then there’s even this video that introduces each round and circuit. Mark your calendars because this year’s D1 in Japan is bound to have lots of wild turns with the new …
It’s a brand new year and a new 2009 D1GP drift season is about to begin here in Japan! With the new season also comes a few new D1 drift cars. It’s always cool to see a new line up of cars from your favorite D1 GP Japan drivers. Kumakubo’s New Evo 10 Drift machine! …
I just came across this video on youtube and couldn’t stop laughing. It’s not about Japanese drifting but if you like cars and funny videos, then this will be right up your alley. I guess this is one way to make a mid-engined car easily…. ROFL. Now we know where some of the backyard ricers …
RC drifting is gaining popularity across the world. It’s always been big in Japan here but it’s getting even bigger! I bought my RX-7 FD 1/10 scale drifter last spring and have recently been playing with it more and more since a new RC drift circuit opened in the next city, Koriyama. I’ve been twice …
The Nissan 180SX or 240SX as it’s known in USA and Canada has to be very close the most popular drift car. Every practice day or drifting event you go to, you are sure to see a 180SX! The light weight chassis and sleek styling make it a favorite drift car, basically, it has all …
In a local hotel parking lot here in Fukushima a few weeks ago I stumbled across a nasty sight of a new GTR Skyline dented all down one side of her beautiful shiny black body. Looks like he got a bit to close to another car and exchanged some paint while rubbing tires. Done when …
Perhaps the original and most wanted drift car of all time: the classic Toyota AE86 or “hachiroku” as it’s affectionately known. “Hachiroku” means “86” in Japanese. The AE86 was made famous by the Japanese manga turned TV/DVD cartoon series “Initial D”. The main character would use his dad’s panda black and white AE86 trueno to …
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