As per our post here, Team Orangeand ourselves were filmed for The Mobil 1 – The Grid Show. Here’s the awesome final cut. The piece on Powervehicles will air in around 1 week and then will show on the site too.

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That’s right, big news here is that ”Mobil 1 – The Grid“, the Motorsports Magazine that’s transmitted around the world, chose Ebisu Circuit (Where else) for one or two features on drifting here in the country where it all started, Japan!  Team Orange and ourselves at Powervehicles were the hosts and did all we could to show “The Grid“s viewers what Drift is all about!!
We were all interviewed for the show so unless we end up on the cutting room floor we will be making a personal appearance on your TV sometime in the next month or so.

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A short time ago the Garage R track day took place on Minami course, in which we all decided to have a little battle contest!  I’m driving the JZX90 and D1 Driver Takayama was battling me in the finals.  There was a special finale where the winner, Takayama, took on Course specialist Suenaga!  Enjoy!

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We have this lovely creation in stock just now.  Its a Lovely S13 Silvia that’s been blessed with a RB26 DETT GT-R engine!

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The first round of  the 2010 G1 GP had 16 Entrants made up of drivers from Australia and Europe, and took place on the Minami D1 Course.  This is our 180SX “missile” in action coming over the famous last corner.

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This shot is snapped out the window from our office….  As the sign says – it’s the Touge Course.  How about that for a view…  Only problem is we don’t want to work in the office when the track is that close calling our name!

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Even on Holiday we need our drift fix….   We’re not long back from visiting our mates Dave and Brie over at Japanese Parts & Performance (JPP) on the Gold Coast in Australia….

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G1GP International Drift Open Competition Series in Ebisu circuit, Japan.

 Press Release

 We at powervehicles.com along with our partners Team Orange and Ebisu circuit, have launched a new 3 round drift series starting April 2010.  The event will take place on each Friday before the tri-annual 36 hour non-stop drift Matsuri’s (Festivals). This will be part of a complete package called “Drift Heaven Weeks“, which starts the week leading up to the Matsuri weekend, Kicking of with Practice Days Mon-Wed allowing you to set your car up and familiarise yourself with the many tracks.  On the Thursday, a Drift Master class will be hosted by Team Orange D1 Drivers Nobushige Kumakubo and Naoto Suenaga.  On Friday we will hold the G1GP foreigner only competition with trackside winners party afterwards with Team Orange and the week will then climax with the famous drift matsuri. Every Drifter, from every country has to experience the 36 hour non stop Matsuri’s once in their life and with cars available to buy at the track at very reasonable costs (from a basic drift car, all the way up to a d1 machine) there really is no excuse not to make the “pilgrimage” to Ebisu!  Some customers are already planning on sending their own machines from overseas to Japan just for these events and also so they can compete on D1 and D1SL events.  The G1GP is a truly international competition open to drivers from all countries and top names from Australia, France, Ireland, UK, NZ, Russia and Holland to name a few are already planning their trips this year.  The competition welcomes drivers of any level, however expect the last 16 battles to be fiercely fought, as each driver will be pushing hard to win the Title, and prove their country to have the best drivers.  The competition will be organised and judged by the famous D1 drift stars Team Orange and Low to Medium spec cars will be used by all drivers this year to keep the competition inline, but with plans of expansion to a Pro-class for the best cars and drivers in the near future this is definitely a series to watch!

Various online and international magazines and Japan’s  video option will be covering the event.  If you want more info for your publication, freelance coverage can be supplied on request.

More information can be found at www.powervehicles.com/driftlife

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In this long winter we cant let the snow stop all the fun.  Heres Suenaga testing out our Powervehicles S13 Silvia from our stock.  The snap is on Ebisu’s School Course.  The far side corner gets shade from the sun meaning this corner was still covered in snow, making for a challenge!

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We have added a page to the blog with lots of details on the package that will be come a MUST for all drifters worldwide.  DRIFT HEAVEN WEEKS page up now!

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