It has seemed like so long since D1 was last in the United States. There have been many fans (including myself) that have relished the glory days of D1GP USA. Fans that have locked in their minds that those events were the best drift events ever put on in the states. Those were the days when the events actually counted as points towards the overall
At the beginning of the month, I posted some photos of "grassroots" RX7 drift cars from Japan and the USA. Now, I'm going to continue with some shots pro-spec rotary drift cars at D1 events on both sides of the pacific. I wish I could say that I was around to shoot some of the cars from D1's "glory days" (Haruguchi FC anyone
Tokyo Auto Salon has always been one of the best places to get the scoop on what's going on the D1 Grand Prix, and this year there were a few noteworthy D1 cars making their debut at TAS. Of course there were also the very popular D1 drift demo runs held outside, but I'll save that for a separate post. So what kind of new D1 machines could be
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
Just look at the water in these photos! Soooooo much rain! I've shot photos in the rain before, but I've never ever shot photos in so much rain! See all the water covering the ground in the photo above? This is a photo of our fellow Speedhunter Naoto Suenaga, drifting his GC1 Impreza on Ebisu Circuit's legendary South Course during D1 Practice
Now by popular demand, more photos of the Tec-Arts "street" AE86 Trueno from the D1 Odaiba event. Tec-Arts -Mike Garrett
Fans who attended the D1GP Tokyo Drift exhibition match over the weekend were treated to much much more than just your standard D1 drift competition. Given the event's high profile locale and the desire to make sure ticket buyers got their money's worth, event organizers saw to adding several demo runs and performances that were held over the
So it's almost 1am on Sunday morning in Japan as I'm writing this. I spent all day Saturday at the D1GP Tokyo Drift exhibition match in Odaiba, and I am exhausted. My skin is sunburnt dark red, my whole body is sore, I'm going on about two hours of sleep, and I'm covered in shredded rubber. Despite all that, I am in a good mood because
I'm not sure how you guys think about huge wings in the states, but I feel they are an important part of the car, in the D1GP or any other race. I have collected some of the biggest wings that are currently fitted to cars in the D1GP. What do you think of these huge spoilers? Overkill or is it something the cars can't do without? Thanks to Paul