While family duties unfortunately kept me from joining Rod and Antonio at Ebisu Circuit for the Summer Drift Festival this weekend, I did find a little bit of time to slip away and check out the latest round of the Yokomo Drift Meeting at Yatabe Arena here in Tsukuba. Besides the actual RC drifting at the Yokomo Drift Meeting, the number of real cars

I guess I live in a pretty good part of Japan. Rent is cheap, Tokyo is less than an hour away, and there are plenty of car-related things to see and do. Besides the nearby Tsukuba Circuit and Mt. Tsukuba's mountain roads, Tsukuba city is also home to the Yatabe Arena AKA the capital of radio control drifting. Now I am far from knowledgeable about

Kyosho has really been stepping up their Mini-Z line recently. I remember when I bought an AE86 Mini-Z like six years ago and I thought it was the coolest thing in the world. Now Kyosho has released a pair of of Mini-Z AE86 bodies that are very accurate representations of AE86's that appear stateside in Formula D competition, and one of them Taka

Recently, I was browsing a forum when I saw a thread where someone posted a photo of a drift car and asked what kind of front bumper the car had. The funny thing is that the car in question was not a real car, but an RC car. He thought it was a real car until another member pointed out the difference. I guess that goes to show just how detailed RC drift

I remember going to the 2004 LA Auto Show and seeing the Jada toys booth, and being surprised to see that they had an AE86 in full Initial D livery sitting in the middle of their booth. The car was being used to promote Jada'a new line of diecast drift cars. EKhatch, a member of our Speedhunters forums, posted some fantastic photos of some of the