Drift Tengoku — October 2003

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English draft translations are available throughout this issue. Unclear or unreadable OCR remains flagged; these drafts have not received full image proofreading. The archive retains 310 scan files, including two duplicate captures, representing 308 unique pages.

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Page 148 · English draft

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  1. Drift brothers legend [title damaged]
  2. NGREATBROS.
  3. …world…[subtitle corrupted]
  4. Episode2—from Shizuoka!Drifting sisters driving a CA Silvia and180SX [model OCR damaged]
  5. …episode
  6. For the second Drift Brothers installment,we have sisters!Please forgive the now-inappropriate title—we did not expect this!It is remarkable:could they be Japan’s only drifting sisters?Both cars have CA engines.These rare drifting sisters are Yukari and Kazuko Sei [surname reading uncertain].Older sister Yukari belongs to the established female team Premia and is skilled enough for expert-class track events.Younger sister Kazuko has drifted for two years and develops her skills at monthly events.They often enter together [OCR damaged].
  7. …older sister Yukari.Her first car at20 was a Silvia,and her next was also a Silvia—already a drift car.Her coworkers encouraged her to try drifting [she worked for HKS at the time!],and that is how she started [OCR damaged].
  8. …this180SX.She chose a CA model after her sister convinced her,“Hardly anyone drives one,so it is great for standing out!”Interestingly…[OCR damaged;continued]
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  12. Kazuko rarely gets drifting lessons from Yukari.“It is embarrassing learning from my older sister,”she says.Yukari also keeps advice limited,saying more driving comes first.The one piece of advice was to use high-grip front tires;both choose Neova.What is good about sisters sharing drifting?Kazuko says riding along is educational,and she can borrow wheels/tires or receive unwanted parts.Yukari’s husband also works at HKS and helps when the car is running badly.Yukari smiles:“At track events,I can trust her to watch my child!”Yes,she has a two-year-old child.That is a well-balanced arrangement!Their goal is tandem drifting.It sounds ordinary,but a sister duo is unusual,so we hope for close,synchronized runs.For this shoot,they tried tandem drifting for the first time and already matched each other nicely,much to the staff’s satisfaction [OCR damaged].