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Posted
Jan 13 2010, 03:00 PM
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Dino Dalle Carbonare
with 29 comment(s)
After spending some time in Ebisu circuit the other day shooting some drift cars I realized the lack of drift events in this "off-season" is getting to me. I always complain I cover too much drifting during the year but I'm experiencing some rubber-smoke withdrawal symptoms. So I thought it would be a good time to take a look at the other GX71 I spotted a Nikko at the end of November. This old-school Chaser was parked next to the Cresta in the paddock and simply looked sensational slammed...
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Posted
Nov 20 2009, 05:45 AM
by
Dino Dalle Carbonare
with 73 comment(s)
This is so bizarre. Last Friday, after I shot a few drift cars at Nikko circuit, I was on my way to the actual historical town of Nikko, to relax for a bit before heading up to Ebisu for the Drift Matsuri. As I set the Audi S4 I was driving on cruise control, l sat back and enjoyed some tunes from the crisp Bang & Olufsen audio system. After cruising for twenty minutes or so I suddenly had to hit the brakes and pull a U-turn. I couldn't believe my eyes, I had just driven by an abandoned gas...
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Posted
Nov 19 2009, 02:15 AM
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Dino Dalle Carbonare
with 49 comment(s)
On my way up to the Drift Matsuri on Friday I stopped over at Nikko circuit as I heard there was a drift track-day going on, organized in collaboration with T&E. I'm so glad I did take the little detour as I got to see some fantastic cars, total grassroots stuff being driven hard around the track. One car that grabbed my attention was this unmolested GX71 Cresta Super Lucent slammed onto some sexy vintage JDM wheels. The whole body has been left stock, the 80's looks enough to make this...
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Posted
Jul 15 2009, 08:40 PM
by
Dino Dalle Carbonare
with 14 comment(s)
I couldn't pass up using this picture as the opening shot for a last look at the action from the Street Legal event in Nikko. During the driver presentation Jikuya got the judges and spectators falling over laughing when he slowly made his way onto the track on a dekotora- styled bicycle! At the same time Nakamura was on his own customized pushbike, fitted with air horns playing the Godfather theme song. A lot of drivers removed both front and rear bumpers for some of their practice runs, something...
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Posted
Jul 13 2009, 12:30 AM
by
Dino Dalle Carbonare
with 16 comment(s)
It seems we just can't keep away from tire smoke here at Speedhunters! With Mike and Linhbergh in Vegas for Formula D and Ross at Santa Pod for the NFS European Drift Championship, I certainly couldn't come up empty handed from over here in Japan, could I? So it was yet another early rise as I got in the Legacy and shot up the Higashi Kanto express way to Utsunomiya, the home of Nikko circuit for the third round of the D1 Street Legal championship. The paddock was already buzzing, with teams...
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Posted
Apr 21 2009, 09:00 AM
by
Dino Dalle Carbonare
with 19 comment(s)
I think the opening shot of this girl checking over her R32's rear tires perfectly represents this past Sunday's event at Nikko. All the ladies were out to impress and they sure as hell didn't hold back. To give everyone a chance, the competition was divided into three groups: beginners, intermediate and the experts. This HCR32 entered in the beginner class was doing a great job in front of the judges I really liked the look of this S14, kitted with BN sports aero. The white BCNR33 wheels...
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Posted
Apr 20 2009, 08:40 AM
by
Dino Dalle Carbonare
with 26 comment(s)
Along with all the girls competing in the Queen Battle there were tons of other drifters there to have some fun, and one guy that was stealing all the looks when out on track was Hitoshi Sato in his Lancer Evo 6. The technique was simple, major lift-off before the corner and something resembling a scandinavian flick, then as the car would snap sideways he wold get hard on the power and put down some seriously cool "zero-counter" drifts. Taking a closer look at the car in the pits reveled...
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Posted
Apr 19 2009, 07:34 AM
by
Dino Dalle Carbonare
with 26 comment(s)
Non-stop action was the order of the day at the 4th Kazama Auto and Drift Tengoku organized Queen Battle competition. I'm barely able to keep my eyes open, so a selection of teaser shots will have to do until tomorrow's more in-depth post. This is the first grassroots drift event I covered this year, and I was very impressed at both the quality of cars that participated as well as the overall skill of the drivers. I spotted this yellow S14 right outside the main paddock gates at Nikko. It...
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