By Alexi in
01-12-2009 2:27 pm

More bits and pieces from the pits at Gurachan D in this post. I take it some of you may already be familiar with this car. Kunny left some incredibly black lines all around the circuit in the demo runs.
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By Alexi in
30-11-2009 5:04 pm

Here’s the desaturated, dreamy-looking photo that you’re supposed to have in a car blog these days if you want to be cool.
Enough of that bollocks. Let’s get on with the proper photos.
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By Alexi in
24-11-2009 7:42 pm

“My driving kind of sucks today.” Haruyama said.
It’s all relative, I guess.
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By Alexi in
23-11-2009 11:50 am

Monday was a public holiday here in Japan. “Kinrō Kansha no Hi”, otherwise known as “Labour Thanksgiving Day”.
I couldn’t think of a better way to spend it than to “do work” at the Car Modify Wonder soukoukai at Nikko Circuit.
月曜日は勤労感謝の日だけど、休みじゃなかった。WONDER走行会に行こう!
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By Alexi in
02-11-2009 11:56 pm

It seems like every single track day I’ve been to recently has been wet. The N-Style soukoukai (driving meeting) was no exception, as it was on in the middle of a decently-sized typhoon!
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By Alexi in
08-10-2009 12:38 am

All I seem to be posting recently are photos from the first corner at Nikko Circuit.
Do I hear any complaints?
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By Alexi in
05-10-2009 2:32 am

For today’s post, let’s have a look at some of the competitors who ran in the twin drift competition at Gurachan D, like the guys from Team Funky.
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By Alexi in
01-10-2009 8:22 pm

The Goodyear Gurachan D (“gurachan” means “grand championship”) competition is a series of events held by the Goodyear tyre company with the aim of encouraging drivers to enter a higher level of drift competitions. That sounded a bit corporate, didn’t it?
What it basically comes down to is that it’s yet another competition series for drivers to get stuck into with the aim of attracting some sponsors. One of the biggest draws of the Gurachan D event is the chance for the winners of the event to win a D1 Street Legal licence in one go, without having to earn the required points by ranking in the D1 Street Legal Regional events. The overall points ranking winner from all the events also wins tyre sponsorship from Goodyear for 2010! Not too bad!
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