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Posted
Aug 01 2011, 06:00 PM
by
Dino Dalle Carbonare
with 20 comment(s)
French tuning magazine Autoworks, last month decided to organize an all-new event in Paris for Japanese car enthusiasts and drifting fans. The idea was to make up for the cancellation of the Paris Tuning Show which was axed two years ago. It was decided from the get go to invite Nobushige Kumakubo, Sumika Kubokawa and Mitsuteru Igusa from Team Orange , true ambassadors of the drifting movement! Friday afternoon, while Kuma was busy focusing on the track layout, Igusa was already dreaming about some...
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Posted
Jun 09 2011, 06:00 AM
by
Dino Dalle Carbonare
with 13 comment(s)
One new D1 car we've all been waiting to get a closer look of is Kumakubo's new Laurel. I've been seeing this car slowly turn into reality after spotting it many times up at K-Style in Nihonmatsu and to finally see it out in action is a real pleasure. I never thought they get the damn thing so competitive from the get go, but they have really managed to create one hell of a machine. At Odaiba it looked like Kuma was having a blast with it, almost winning the first round if it wasn't...
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Posted
Apr 18 2011, 06:00 AM
by
Dino Dalle Carbonare
with 11 comment(s)
After last week's shakedown tests in Ebisu East course Kumakubo was out on Minami with his new Laurel yesterday. The guys from Powervehicles captured his first drift attempts, as he slowly unleashed the power the highly tuned RB26 develops. It's still unknown if the car will make it to Autopolis for the first round this weekend but the guys at Team Orange are really trying their best to get things set-up and working. They were having an issue with the interior of the car filling up with thick tire smoke, something that is being take care of now. Hit play and hear that RB scream!
Team Orange
Powervehicels.com
-Dino Dalle Carbonare
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Posted
Mar 28 2011, 10:01 AM
by
Dino Dalle Carbonare
with 16 comment(s)
As I sit here back in Tokyo surfing through the far reaches of the internets and trying to overcome a major dose of jet-lag, I stumbled upon a couple of new pictures that Andy from Powervehicles took of Kumakubo's new D1-GP Laurel. After what the Team Orange guys have been through over the last two weeks, fixing the various tracks up and giving shelter to victims of the earthquake it's incredible that work on the C33 has been proceeding too! The dry-sump RB26 is now finished up and sitting...
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Posted
Jan 31 2011, 03:00 AM
by
Dino Dalle Carbonare
with 9 comment(s)
Looks like the Team Orange guys never really stop having fun up in Ebisu Circuit, aka Drift Heaven! Watch this short video as Kumakubo and Suenaga take their S13 beaters out on the snow-covered Touge course. Anything for a bit of practice!
Team Orange
Ebisu Circuit
-Dino Dalle Carbonare
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Posted
Nov 15 2010, 06:00 PM
by
Dino Dalle Carbonare
with 27 comment(s)
Returning back to reality after five days of non-stop drifting in Ebisu has been tough. But the best thing to address the inevitable severe Mondayitis that I've been going through today is to revisit the action that I covered, starting with this second part of the World Drift Summit & Competition that was held on Wednesday and Thursday. With representatives from key nations where Drifting is still a growing sport, the guys at Team Orange organized a fun-filled week of action, peppered with...
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Posted
Nov 11 2010, 08:00 AM
by
Dino Dalle Carbonare
with 19 comment(s)
The usual autumn trek up to Ebisu Circuit for the Drift Matsuri started rather early for me this week, as I left Tokyo late on Tuesday night in order to meet up with the Team Orange guys up in Fukushima-ken. With the now regular G1-GP event being held the day prior to everyone's favorite drift festival, you would think that three days of non-stop drift action would be enough... ...even for the most die-hard fans of the sport. But not quite. Kumamubo and the Team Orange staff have been working...
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Posted
Sep 30 2010, 08:00 AM
by
Dino Dalle Carbonare
with 38 comment(s)
What Kumakubo has done for drifting, goes beyond the duties of a simple driver. He was right there when the scene got started and his fascination with the art of going sideways drove him to create what everyone refers to as Drift Heaven, Ebisu Circuit. On my last visit up to the town of Nihonmatsu in Fukushima-ken where the circuit is located, I stopped by Kumakubo's tuning shop, K Style, to take a look at a car that the whole drift community is anxiously waiting to see, the new Team Orange Nissan...
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Posted
Apr 29 2010, 08:20 AM
by
Dino Dalle Carbonare
with 36 comment(s)
It's gearing up to be an interesting couple of days up here in Ebisu Circuit with the G1 Gaijin Grand Prix tomorrow and then the Spring Drift Matsuri on the weekend. I spent most of the day chilling out with Andy and Emily from Powervehicles.com looking through their impressive selection of drift cars but the highlight of the day was without a doubt when Kumakubo dropped over and told me it was cool if I went down to K-Style to shoot a few pictures of his new D1 car. Obviously, as you can see...
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Posted
Dec 21 2009, 07:45 PM
by
Dino Dalle Carbonare
with 23 comment(s)
With 2010 fast approaching I can't help but wonder what the new year will bring. There will be tons of events waiting for us, close racing in various kinds of motorsport and new interesting cars that will help the automotive culture as a whole evolve. But as we begin another chapter I can't help but reminisce at what has helped shape the scene we love so much today. This is why I have chosen to take a look at one event that I always enjoyed so much, the Big X. Usually held at the beginning...
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Posted
Jul 03 2009, 04:20 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 28 comment(s)
Most people would say that the biggest benefit of an all-wheel-drive layout is copious amounts of grip. For years, AWD cars and their grip have proven themselves on race tracks and roads all over the world. You'd expect the precise grip that AWD delivers would have no place in the unusual world drifting, and for the most part that's true. However, cars that were once AWD have become rather popular among drifters around the world. Even if you take the AWD out of the equation, cars like the Evolution and Impreza still offer lots of horsepower, a stiff chassis, and well-designed suspension that can be appreciated by anyone, even drifting goons. Since we can never go too long without running a drifting story on Speedhunters, here's a look at some of the AWD-based drift cars that have popped up over the years....
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Posted
May 26 2009, 04:00 AM
by
Dino Dalle Carbonare
with no comments
Seems you guys are liking wide panning shots. Here is Kumakubo throwing his Team Orange Evo X full speed into the judged corner at Odaiba. As usual head to the Desktops section to get your hands on the widescreen and standard versions. Enjoy. - Dino Dalle Carbonare
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Posted
May 06 2009, 03:40 PM
by
Rod Chong
with 32 comment(s)
It's been a while since we released a Speedhunters video I know.... but after a few delays, the production of a whole new set of videos is now under way! This particular video was shot at Ebisu Circuit last August... we had just finished filming the Team Orange Triple Drift film but I had one more shot I wanted to get done. So I asked Kumakubo if he could mangji drift directly towards me..... And then circle the camera, before manji-ing again all the way down the straight.... "No problem...
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Posted
Mar 31 2009, 08:22 AM
by
Rod Chong
with 4 comment(s)
Here is a fantastic shot of Kumakubo's new toy for your viewing pleasure... you can add it to your desktop and just stare at it lovingly all day long!.... or.... not.... Head over to the desktops page to download. :R
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Posted
Dec 27 2008, 06:29 PM
by
Antonio Alvendia
with 9 comment(s)
Since there aren't really a lot of events going on right now, I thought I'd look through my external hard drive to find some photos of interesting cars. Even though we've done a bunch of photos and stories (and videos) dealing with Nobushige Kumakubo and Team Orange , the cars you always see in magazines and videos are always the Team Orange competition cars, which are used in D1 Grand Prix competition, or the Team Orange backup cars that you might have seen in Greece or in the UK. Anyway...
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Posted
Oct 25 2008, 03:47 AM
by
Mike Garrett
with 13 comment(s)
As I'm writing this it's about 7pm here in Gotemba city Japan and I just returned to the hotel from the first half of this weekend's D1GP season finale at Fuji Speedway. This was actually my first trip to Fuji Speedway and it is an amazing circuit. Probably the most scenic I have ever been to, but I'll be talking about that in another post.There was heavy rain during yesterday's practice sessions, but fortunately today was dry.My stomach is growling like crazy, but before we head out and enjoy some yakiniku, I wanted to post up a few quick shots from today's qualifying and practice....
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Posted
Oct 07 2008, 04:19 AM
by
Jeroen Willemsen
with 7 comment(s)
When I was looking for some photo's of The Athens Tuning Show I came across a topic on the Driftworks forum, one of the posters there posted a nice collection of photo's of the event. The Athens Tuning Show is the biggest car event in Greece, it's a mix between new cars from manufacturers and tuners from Europe. Together with the indoor show they also have a action arena outside where you can see drifters and some other special acts. This year, same as last year, Team Orange made an appearance...
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Posted
Sep 19 2008, 09:00 PM
by
Rod Chong
with 27 comment(s)
On my first day back at the office after our epic Speedhunting trip in Europe and Japan, I rushed straight over to meet with our editor Riley, to hand him a hard drive full of amazing imagery from Ebisu, Leipzig, Honjyo, Spa and Suzuka.... But our first order of business was to edit this video piece: Team Orange Triple drifting on the famous Ebisu Circuit in Japan! I have to say it was quite something else to have the world's most famous drift team performing their triple action drifting, all...
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Posted
Sep 08 2008, 01:20 PM
by
Naoto Suenaga
with 55 comment(s)
Hey everyone! Naoto Suenaga from Team Orange here with another blog entry. For this post I want to talk about D1 Street Legal Rd.4 which was held on August 30th at the Ebisu Circuit South Course. As you saw in Antonio's post, I won the event, and I would like to thank everyone for the nice comments! Thanks to all of my supporters, sponsors, and fans I have won three out of the four D1SL events so far this season and I really appreciate all of the support!...
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Posted
Sep 01 2008, 05:24 PM
by
Antonio Alvendia
with 10 comment(s)
I'm rushing off to the airport right now, I'll regretfully be heading back to the USA later this afternoon. At least it won't be too bad, I just found out that my good friend Toshiki Yoshioka will be going to LA today as well, so I'm going to try to meet up with him at the airport, as well as some former D1 umbrella girl friends of mine, who are heading to LA as well. However, I didn't want to leave Japan without posting up a short story with photos from this weekend's D1GP...
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