OPTION DVD: Vol. 198 Ebisu D1GP preview
24-08-2010 12:23 am 10 Comments
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TYPE-R FINAL BATTLE: Hot Version #106 at Maze Circuit, Part II
18-08-2010 9:20 pm
Even though I was working on the Honda Type-R part of this particular Hot Version shoot, that didn’t stop me from having a look at some of the other cars that were there. This 180SX was there for a segment about drifting techniques, hosted by Nobuteru Taniguchi.
22 CommentsTYPE-R FINAL BATTLE: Hot Version #106 at Maze Circuit, Part I
16-08-2010 11:07 pm
This is a shiny and new FD2 Civic Type-R. I was given the job of driving it from the Hot Version production offices in Tokyo to the crew’s hotel all the way over in Niigata for the latest video shoot.
The things we do.
19 CommentsTHIS TIME FOR SURE: Signing up for the 1JZ Meeting
14-08-2010 12:50 am
One-make events are generally a lot of fun, and attending the recent AE86 day at Fuji Speedway was awesome, but since it was a car that I neither own, nor have owned in the past, I was missing out on that little extra edge that the event provided.
Since my own car is a JZX100, the event to attend is the annual 1JZ Meeting held at Fuji Speedway Drift Course by four-door pro shop, ST Garage. I thought I’d posted up all of the the pics from a previous 1JZ Meeting that I attended back in 2007, but I’ve only put up a few so far, like this one and this one and this one.
As you can see, there’s some interesting stuff going on there.
When I bought the Mark II last year, the event had already been sold out for a long time, which annoyed me a bit and I didn’t actually end up going, even to watch. This year, I decided that the car would be going out there on the track no matter what. The problem was that entries to the event always sell out within a few hours of opening.
To avoid any kind of mess-ups with faxing my entry through and bank deposits, I decided to drive down to ST Garage instead and enter directly.
17 CommentsHACHIDO ROKUBU KANARI JUUSHOU HACHIROKU SOUKOUKAI: 2010/8/6
06-08-2010 11:50 pm
Seriously, that’s what this event was called.
It wasn’t just a lot of parking and looking pretty either.
More to come.
22 CommentsDRIFT TENGOKU DVD: Vol. 59 preview
02-08-2010 9:41 pmOK, this one looks really good…
1:03 onwards
Doriten Staff: “He’s taking the bonnet off.”
Tsuchiya: “Using gumtape is faster than that!”
Mana-P: “If you break your bonnet pins, you take the whole bonnet off!? I don’t get it. Is that bonnet really so…”
Nomuken: “…easy to take off?”
Tsuchiya: “What the hell?”
Orido: “I don’t get what they’re doing.”
Mana-P: “I don’t get it.”
Orido: “That’s like if you rip your pantyhose, you take your underwear off.”
Mana-P: “Orido…nice one.”
2:28 onwards
Nomuken: “Geez, when there’s an Ikaten, all sorts of people show up, don’t they. These guys are probably here to watch eh?”
Michiko: “It’s (Team Burst) Nakamura”
EDIT: A longer version of this trailer has just been posted. View it here!
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PIT IN: Taking a little break from the action
01-08-2010 12:08 am
You might have noticed a lack of regular posts recently. I’m currently taking quick Tsuchiya-style break back home in Australia.
I’ll be back in Japan later this week.
私は今土屋さんみたいオーストラリアにちょっと休憩中です。新しい記事のは、少々お待ち下さい！
8 CommentsPAPER NORIYARO: Now in a Doriten magazine near you
23-07-2010 12:46 am
Remember a little while ago when I was featured in the Black Mark driver profile section of Drift Tengoku magazine?
Here’s something even better than that.
38 CommentsAUTOMATIC-CENTRIC: 2010 2PD Meeting, Part II
20-07-2010 12:01 am
Back to the Toyota meeting then.
I mean, 2PD meeting.
12 CommentsAUTOMATIC-CENTRIC: 2010 2PD Meeting, Part I
19-07-2010 12:04 am
Even though I’m more of a clutch man myself, I headed out to Fuji Speedway’s Drift Circuit recently for the annual “2PD” meeting, which is open only to slushbox drifters!
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