With the D1 Grand Prix all done for a good five months I thought it would be cool to take a look back over the last few years and more to the point at some of the top drifters that have participated in the Japanese drift championship. I've picked two names that are synonymous with D1, drivers that for some reason or another are no longer competing
Thought it would be a good idea to end the AE86 day with a wallpaper post, and what better car than the Crystal Body Yokohama AE86 from last night's meeting in Daikoku. Head to the Desktop section to grab the widescreen and standard versions. Enjoy. -Dino Dalle Carbonare
As my final post for the AE86 day I wanted to show you guys probably one of the nicest street going hachiroku out there. This car is owned my Miguel of Newera Imports, and since picking it up about 4 years ago has gone well and truly crazy on it. Miguel instantly fell in love with his Levin and knew it would be hard to hold back on the modifications
With the AE86 day coming to a close it's time to take a look at the second part of the coverage from last night's hachiroku gathering at Daikoku PA, starting with the Crystal Body Yokohama demo car which rolled in later on in the night. CBY is one of the biggest names in AE86 tuning and creates parts... ...like the rear FRP gate so many people
For my 86 Day contribution, I originally had this idea to do a post with 86 different photos of AE86's. Although that would probably set a record for the longest Speedhunters post ever, it turns out that it would be a quite a time consuming process. Instead, I settled on 20 different AE86 photos I've shot at both drift and grip events in Japan
While browsing through my picture library I stumbled across this shot I took back in 2004 at Tsukuba. This is Keiichi Tsuchiya at the wheel of the TRD N2 AE86 race car that participates in the Hot Version N2 battles. This car was built by the late Sakurai-san of TRD Technocraft, who passed away last year. Sakurai-san was behind countless AE86 N2 winning
239 PS from a little naturally aspirated four-pot is definitely something you can't argue with. When Kamata-san of Tec-Art's got started on this N2 Project back in 2001 he had no idea it would have evolved like it has, helping him push AE86 and 4AG tuning to extremes. Tec-Art's is a small family-run shop in the outskirts of Tokyo, a place
If you're planning a trip to Japan, I highly recommend NOT going during the month of June -unless you enjoy wet weather that is. I've been here for two weeks now, and I don't think there's been a single day when it hasn't rained. With that said, here's some more rainy action from the Yellowhat Motorsports soukoukai at Nikko Circuit
For my next post from the Idlers Games at Tsukuba Circuit, I thought I'd take a break from the on-course action and share some of the images I shot while exploring the paddock. With all of the cars on hand, one could easily spend the whole day wandering about, taking in the fantastic machinery up close. As you can tell by the previous posts, the
By popular demand, some high-res Hachi Roku action from last weekend's Idlers Club event. Widescreen and standard versions are available now in the Speedhunters Desktops section. -Mike Garrett