Back at the last round of D1 SL at Tsukuba there was a stand with a Dyno in the pits so Naoto Suenaga grabbed the chance to see what power his 2008 D1 SL Championship winning S13 Silvia was delivering to the wheels.

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Gp Sport’s recently held a special event here at Ebisu celebrating the Nissan 180sx.  We were flat out that day prepping for the Goodyear competiition (More on that soon) but we managed a whistle stop tour round the pits to see what was going on…..

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We have a new arrival here at Powervehicles.com….  and it’s a bit special!  We present the Area G D1 Project S15!

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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.

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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!

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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. 

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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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D1 GP Round 5 in Ebisu started with qualifying to get into the last 16 Tsuiso battles.  Competition for the spaces was tight and some notable big names such as Koguchi, Kunny’z, Orido (Pictured above) and Nakamura never made the cut.  Apart from one short spell, the weather stayed dry so everyone was going at full tilt to try and impress the judges.

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We spotted this in the car park at D1 and also driving into the event early Thursday morning.  It’s D1 Driver Manabu (Max) Orido’s daily driven Aristo.  He drives a full tune JZS161 Aristo in D1 also, so he must really be comfortable in these cars.

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It’s the Friday practice session before rounds 5 and 6 of the D1 Championship here in Japan so we thought we would take the chance to check out some of the cars that regularly compete but don’t necessarily make it though to the finals each time, as well as get a closer look at some of our favourite driver’s cars.  As ever, the places remaining for the dual finals on Saturday and Sunday were closely fought for. 55 cars entered, all trying to grab one of the few remaining finals places, along with the big-name seeded drivers.  Bad luck to those who never made it, they will get another bite of the apple at “last chance qualifying” tomorrow evening after the Saturday’s finals.  Unusually there were very few crashes at the famous Minami circuit here in Ebisu, but there was a few mechanical casualties.  Lets hope they make the necessary repairs in time for tomorrow!

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