Daigo Saito puts down the craziest run in Qualifying ever. Check it at the end of the Video. D1 Round 5 was simply amazing, with almost too many thrills and spills. The Option DVD is a must buy. I know Dino will have some stunning pics to post on speedhunters too. OK, were all off to round 6 now! Good Luck TEAM ORANGE and well done to Suenaga on a awesome 5th yesterday - he was so close to beating the madman Daigo.
Well were not too long back from D1 Qualifying here at our home course Ebisu and were almost lost for words! The world of drifting took a massive leap forward and the D1 Drivers prove to me again how they are the best in the world. The BIG news here was the line in to the famous last corner was thrown wide open with the use of cones prohibiting the “short cut” course being stopped. This aloud a select group of “nutters” to go as hard as possible towards the hump far right of years before and launching themselves, often getting airborne before the famous hump, at jaw dropping speed. The select few who managed it unscathed pulled of what can only be described as outrageous passes and progressed through to the Saturday round, leaving some of the other drivers in their wake! This will cause much controversy and discussions about safety due to the velocity these cars were moving at towards the wall but it made for some spectacular viewing! There was plenty of carnage as some couldn’t shave of the speed round the main judging corner and collected the tyre wall and they even included the main culprit of this ludicrous behaviour – Daigo Saito in his JZX100 (Who else?!?)
Others who were just as determined to have no regards for their own life were:
Hibino (Ae86)(offcourse!)
Nakamura
Matsui (180sx)
Robbie Nishida (JZZ30 Soarer, unfortunately had mechanical issues and never made a qualifying pass though)
These guys had even other D1 Drivers scratching their heads in disbelief!
Nakamura Qualified Top and Kuma and Suenaga both made the cut. Many others who adapted to the new ”D1 Line” well so lets see who steps up tomorrow!
Ill maybe grab some video if i get a chance tomorrow but heres some pics for now!
It seems like it’s all happening at the Nishi [west] course just now! This time it’s the D1 Street Legal guys taking their turn on the great fun track.
As promised, here’s the action from the Tsuiso (Battle) rounds at the season Finale Rnd 5 in the D1 East Divisional Series…. As you can see from the above pic Masato-san is once more in the wars! After his brief encounter with our JZX100 in round 4 he once again had a battle scar after following his competitor threw up a stone during a course out shattering his front screen. Luckily he could borrow a S13 Silvia and continue on…..
Here’s some pics from the qualifying in the last round (5) of the D1 Divisional series. This round was to decide the Series title too, with only 2 points separating the top 4 Drivers. It was winner takes all! The usual suspects lined up beside some faces I didn’t recognise to battle it out for a place in the last 16 Tsuiso battles. The Top 5 seeded drivers automatically qualified leaving the rest of the field, including myself, to try and claim one of the remaining spots.
D1 driver Kinya-san or “Kin-chan” as he’s known showed us his all new D1 Spec JZX110 at the last round of the D1 Championship here at Ebisu. We knew Kin chan and his then red JZX110 back from our days learning to drift at circuits near Tokyo like Nikko and Mobara. The car was then slightly lesser spec back then, but its been fully reworked to take it up to the D1 Spec “Monsta” machine pictured here.. and we love it!
The long awaited round 4 of D1 Divisional East Series at Minami Circuit finally arrived. We have been waiting in anticipation for this round as Minami is now our home circuit and Andy was looking forward to gaining some more points to contribute towards a D1 Street Legal licence. 51 cars entered the event with very capable drivers, so the competition was to be fierce.
Masao Suenaga pulls of an amazing double win here at Ebisu over the weekend. Did anyone see that coming?!!? We never…. He must be the happiest drifter on the planet just now and he’s put himself in high contention for this years title with all the points he’s grabbed over the last 2 days. Congrats to him and big thanks to our guest photographer – JC from French Magazine Autoworks, who done a sterling job covering the event for us and snapping this title shot of a very happy Suenaga!
Crunch time, the best battle it out to see who would be the D1 GP 2009 Round 5 Champion. Smart money would be on Hibino. Prior to the finals as he was attacking the hump in a style all of his own as usual and was driving flawlessly but with a field including Daigo Saito, Kumakuba, Tezuka, and Noumuken amongst others, anything is possible.
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