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!
Batch 1
Batch 2
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We took a trip down to West Tokyo to have a closer inspection of 2008 D1 Champion Daigo Saitos–JZX100 Chaser that’s currently for sale.
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This stunning S15 was driven in the D1 and Street legal Series by Sakuma-san. It used to be silver (APP Car) but in the last couple of years was bestowed with the legendary Team Toyo colours and is now available for sale. We had a good look over the car with it’s recently overhauled engine when it popped out to Ebisu for some testing.
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This is a pic from back just before D1 Rnd 1 at Odaiba. Igusa-san of K-Style was at the circuit picking up the 2 d1 GDB Imprezas to give them a once over before the outing and he took time to crack this pose for us!
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Here at Ebisu Circuit Team Orange don’t do things by half…. When the D1 Corporation requested 2 convertibles for the upcoming D1 Weekend at Odaiba the guys had a dilemma. They had their famous S13 Convertible but the only other suitable car they had was a regular RPS13 180Sx….. Time for a roof chop!
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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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Posted by Andy in D1, tags: D1, Divisional, Nishi, s14, S15
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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