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16-04-2009 12:10 am
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WALLPAPER WEDNESDAY: Yasushi Wakamatsu at Nikko Circuit
15-04-2009 6:04 pm
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8 CommentsLOVE THOSE REV-LIMITERS: RB Meeting 2009
15-04-2009 3:54 am
My coverage of last weekend’s Hyper Meeting wasn’t as good as it could have been, because I attended another event on the same day.
Two events in one day is kind of how it is around here. I could potentially do it again this weekend, but the subject of this Sunday’s event is worth a fair bit of attention. More on that next week.
About an hour and a half away (if you drive properly and not stop to look at weird old Supras parked in back lanes, perhaps some Canadians will understand what I mean) at Nikko Circuit on the same day as Hyper Meeting was the annual RB Meeting.
Organised by old-school D1 driver Shunichi Tomikuda (I have some of his “face and helmet” stickers available if anyone wants to buy one), who specialises in custom parts for RB engines, the event was strictly for RB-engined drift cars.
41 CommentsHYPER MEETING 2009 PART II: Parking lot and paddock
14-04-2009 3:27 am
As is usual for an event like this, the parking lot can be almost as interesting as the main attraction.
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HYPER MEETING 2009 PART I: Track action and drifting demos
13-04-2009 2:56 am
If you like Imprezas or Lanevos, you’re going to love these pics.
7 CommentsWEEKEND EDITION: Osaka Touge Drift, shot and edited by Laurence
12-04-2009 12:30 amA lot of you may have seen this video before, but it has just been uploaded again in higher video quality.
WEEKEND EDITION: Adam Newton’s “Big Red” R32 GTS-t
11-04-2009 11:50 amWhen you actually own a model of car, you can often find yourself a bit more interested in other examples of that particular car than you did before.
Here’s one R32 Skyline that I particularly like.
How much do I like it?
It’s the first car from outside Japan to be featured on this site.
That’s how much.
12 CommentsTIME MACHINE FESTIVAL 2009: Racing machines, Euros and Americans
09-04-2009 12:35 am
Walking from the parking lot up to the pit area in the rain after just paying a rather hefty entry fee made us doubt the effort we made to get all the way to Fuji Speedway so early in the morning.
Walking into the first pit display put aside all those doubts.
8 CommentsGOODYEAR D1 TV: Alexi on Japanese television
09-04-2009 12:10 amMy housemate Yoshio was just flicking around some cable TV channels, and found a show about the recent Ebisu D1 round on J-Sports channel. D1 is on television now!
It was centered around the Goodyear sponsored drivers, like Masayoshi “Bajin” Tokita, Kuniaki “Kunny” Takahashi, Tsuyoshi “Tsuyopon” Tezuka and Tomohiro Murayama.
Yep, that’s Kunny, but who’s that over on the far right staring intently at his camera screen?
4 CommentsWALL-SCRAPINGLY GOOD: Jesse Streeter, shot and edited by Laurence Janus
08-04-2009 12:30 amWhile we’re on the subject of videos, take a look at Jesse Streeter’s latest wall-scraping video from Meihan Sports Land.
Jesse is a fellow Australian and friend of mine who lives in Osaka, and you probably would have seen him on the previous video with Vaughn if somebody had remembered to call him (sorry Jesse!). The video was shot and edited by Laurence Janus (otherwise known as Mr L) without a single bit of pointless slow-motion!
Jesse Streeter at Meihan Sportsland 8th April 2009 from L on Vimeo.
Want parts from Yahoo Auctions? Jesse can sort you out: www.jessestreeter.com
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