It honestly seems like it was just a few weeks ago that I was at Fuji Speedway covering the final round of the 2008 D1GP season, but it's already late March and the 2009 D1 Grand Prix season will begin this weekend at Ebisu Circuit. You can expect to see a lot of D1 coverage from Japan on Speedhunters this year, and we thought it would be a good
Ask and you shall receive... I've uploaded desktop versions of this R35 GTR at Ebisu Circuit photo to our Speedhunters desktops section. Enjoy! -Antonio Alvendia
Photographer: Antonio Alvendia, Cipher Media Group Resolution: 1600 x 1200 Description: Nobushige Kumakubo's 2008 R35 Niisan GTR at Ebisu Circuit's West Course. Fukushima Japan.
Photographer: Antonio Alvendia, Cipher Media Group Resolution: 1920 x 1200 Description: Nobushige Kumakubo's 2008 R35 Niisan GTR at Ebisu Circuit's West Course. Fukushima Japan.
The D1 Street Legal competition at Ebisu Circuit was extremely rough for competitors (and the guys shooting photos trackside!), as the torrential rains coming down presented a bit of a problem... Ebisu's South Course became extremely slippery and difficult to negotiate, but that didn't stop the hardcore drivers from running! Check out the cool
Now that you have seen the first day of action from the D1 Grand Prix Tokyo Drift exhibition round as plus the demo runs and girls from the event, it's time to wrap our coverage with a look at Sunday's exhibition contest. It would turn out to be a very exciting day. The weather forecast was calling for rain on Sunday, but much to the relief
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
As popular as the D1 Grand Prix is in Japan, almost all D1 events are held at racing circuits located quite far from large urban areas, and given the expense of travel in Japan, it makes it difficult for many fans to attend the events. For a couple years D1 held a round at Odaiba in Tokyo, but the event disappeared after the 2005 season. Earlier this
This weekend is the much-anticpated third round of the European Drift Chamipionship which will feature the driving of Nobushige Kumakubo and Kazuhiro Tanaka from Team Orange. Being the vast operation they they are, Team Orange has separate vehicles which are used for overseas competition. Here are some photos of the cars as they were being loaded into