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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This Little Beauty was sitting in the D1 SL Car park.  As far as i know it belongs to D1 Driver Ueno-san of Vertex T&E.  The “Ridge” Full Wide-body kit looks real nice don’t you think?

This was sitting in the Parking lot from the D1 SL Weekend at the Nishi Course.  Nice Looking tuned E36 M3 complete with JDM touches such as the TE37 Alloys.  Not sure if it was actually a Drift car rather than a street or Circuit car, but it sure looked good.

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.

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Here’s some of my qualifying passes from D1 East Division Round 5 at the Nishi Course.  This circuit has to be one of my favourites I have driven on.  It’s not often used for drift as the course is made up of one section of the Nishi Grip circuit here at Ebisu.  Other than these comps, the Tri annual Drift Matsuris are one of the few other times that offer a rare chance for drivers to try their hand at this course, as the track is sectioned off for an hour or so, at the end of each day.  It’s so much fun, especially the long version in which you’re flat out in 3rd for a good number of seconds.  Check out the video and see what I mean…..

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We spotted these guys out having fun on the school course.  The s15 and GTR have both appeared in D1 and D1SL competitions and all 3 drivers looked very competent.  The R33 Skyline was real wild machine and was making some incredible back fire noises as it tore round the track, emblazoned with its sticker down the side “Rock ‘n roll night”!
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