No matter how many times you see something and say “only in Japan”, it just keeps on happening.
With that said, here’s an itasha WRX doing some yonku (AWD) drifting at Honjo Circuit.
痛車の四駆ドリフトって、世界には日本だけの物かな。
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As the comments on yesterday’s post made obvious, a lot of you got the Laughing Man references. The thing about itasha is that they can sometimes reveal someone’s hidden power level.
Take this Silvia for example. I had no idea the owner of it was a mechanic I know named Tetsuya.
I’d always seen him wearing Thrasher caps with upturned brims, skater shorts and punk band t-shirts. It turns out he’s an over 9000 otaku!
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Itasha! They’re not just for parking and looking at! Earlier this week, I visited an itasha-only trackday at Honjo Circuit and found my friend Ukki-san, who just loves drifting his hyakuche itasha.
Confused already? I’ve added in a few Wikipedia links to try and make some things clearer, but if something goes over your head, it’s probably better just to let it go. (￣ー￣)ﾆﾔﾘｯ
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Hooray, my first lap out this session on cold tyres! Never mind, I’ll just drift this corner…
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Damn…
My friend Yoshio wiped out fairly heavily at Honjo Circuit today.
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Before my recent short trip back to Australia (it was actually the day before I got on the plane to leave), I attended a D1 Street Legal Central round at Honjo Circuit. Here’s a pic of the paddock shortly after I arrived.
In the practice sessions, I was smooth and fast, and managed to follow the line that judge Youichi Imamura had laid out for us, which was completely different to the line that everyone had always used in competitions and practiced for. Even though I knew I didn’t really have a chance to get into the top 16, at least it looked like I had a chance because the surface was wet, and every second car was spinning out. Even Mikami-san from 3-UP said that my runs looked really good.
Then, the worst thing possible happened: it dried up.
From then on, everything went out the window. All my fiddling with tyre pressures and learning the course timing counted for nothing, as the conditions basically turned back into completely dry.
So, I stuffed up my three qualifying runs, packed up and drove home. At least I’ll get another crack at it in August for MSC!
Ｄ１ストリート・リガル・セントラルはすごい失敗しました。大失敗でした！畜生！よし、本庄のＭＳＣで見てろよ、MAX織戸！
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I took the Skyline out yesterday to Honjo Circuit for a soukoukai run by Shino Kouba X Amazement. What you’re looking at is a dedicated Porsche touge drift car. The owner regularly takes it on mountain drift runs, and only brought it to the circuit after a group of his friends who were attending begged him to come.
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