Drift Tengoku — October 2003

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Presented by Drift Tengoku
Judges’ special awards
All Japan
Students
Daijiro Inada Award
Drift Tengoku Award
Championship
Drift
Atsushi Nakao, age 20. [Name reading requires confirmation.]
A beautiful Sileighty
Honda Gakuen
This simple and…
Championship
…I've never seen one!
…often makeshift… [fragment]
…but his car is clean!
Young street drivers… [fragment]
…many are rough around the edges, but…
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Masanori Ueda, age 21 — Gunma University. [Name reading requires confirmation.]
EXCITING PERORT
Reasons for the award
Carina (TA63)
A combination of factory parts…
…makes a good impression. Square headlights with a Q's…
…bumper and factory lip create a front end…
…the exterior treatment is simple and…
…a combination we like. [Fragment unclear.]
180SX (RPS13)
Modified old cars are great!
Prize: ¥10,000 cash
An exceptionally rare Carina with a 3T-GT!
Proper engine tuning too!
You're making me blush!
…it's a great combination.
You think so?
Reasons for the award
Tasteful use of adapted factory parts…
…the crankshaft has been balanced, and a high-flow…
…selected a 1985 TA63 Carina. Of all the cars taking part…
…it was the oldest. The pistons and…
…turbo and a factory Lancer Evolution intercooler were also…
…drifting an old car… [remaining clause unclear]
Prize: Ganador Super Mirrors (Matsushou)
The Q's bumper is… [adjectives unclear]
…converted into a Sileighty!
(Matsushow)
…do that… [fragment]
…looks good… [fragment unclear]
…it's good!
Properly worked on…
The engine too…
Drift Samurai Award
…fitted.
Nice work!
You understood…
You changed your driving…
I'm thrilled!
It was pretty quick!
For an RB20…
…it isn't!
Emperor★Koguchi Award
You've got fantastic taste!
I'll get it running again!
Determination can make you look fast!
Satoru Yano, age 22 — Chiba University of Commerce. [Name reading requires confirmation.]
Even with just increased boost…
Makoto Inoue, age 19. [Name reading requires confirmation.]
Gunma Automotive Maintenance Technical School
Emergency repairs in time for qualifying!
Reasons for the award
Silvia (PS13). [OCR partly unclear.]
…thinks Koguchi… [fragment]
…improved the most…
“Of everyone at this event, this guy…”
…he desperately repaired the car as the event continued. This Silvia was Inoue's… [Sentence crosses fragments.]
During free practice, he collided with Shimodaira, who attends the same Gunma Automotive Maintenance Technical School…
…members of Geki★Kassodan, there to support Hagiwara of Gunma University, also helped…
…and he made it in time for qualifying. Impressive! He showed us the spirit of never giving up!
…first car, so he must have been very attached to it. Gunma… [Fragment continues neighboring text.]
Prize: DT-SPORTS (M2 Sales)
After a major crash…
…he somehow got it running again!
…the driver he praised entered in a boost-up…
…Cefiro and reached the tourna…
…ment: Yano.
Unfortunately he spi…
…nned, but “Never mind…”
…even if you spun! From the first round…
Mitsuru Okabe, age 20. [Name reading requires confirmation.]
Tokyo Science and Art Technical School
Yashio Oka-chan Award
…and attacked with everything…
…he had,” he praised.
…abandoning his cautious driving…
As expected of the Emperor, he really notices…
…these things!
Prize: Oka-chan Water Temp (Yashio Factory)
Reasons for the award
Dreams of becoming a tuner
Body styling that doesn't look like a drift car!
Cefiro (A31)
Reasons for the award
It doesn't look like a fast car, but…
…its entry showed real determination!
Being silly…
…is important!
A drift car…
(Yashio Factory)
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Yusuke Kimishima, age 21 — Josai University. [Name reading requires confirmation.]
Prize: Max Canards (Koguchi Power)
Nomuken Award
…and… [isolated fragment unclear]
Number one for standing out!
Neon tubes inside the bumper and grille light up at night. “Does it really…”
180SX (RPS13)
We asked the entrants!
…it has plenty of the tuning needed for drifting. His future dream is to own his own shop, 326 Works… [Part of adjoining passage.]
…a tuning shop. Although not yet on sale, his original products include…
…drift?” you might think. But coilovers, an LSD and muffler… [Fragment continues neighboring text.]
…strut bars and GT-wing endplates, he says. [OCR partly unclear.]
Question 1: participating car models
Attitude survey!
Today's student drifters
Q3
…expenses? And income?
Average monthly spending on the car…
Q4
How much did the car cost…
…to buy?
Reasons for the award
Silvia (PS13)
…Drift Tengoku also hurriedly had it filled in. [Fragment unclear.]
Most bought very inexpensive cars!
Half of their income or more… [Fragment unclear.]
The 180SX is hugely popular! Naturally aspirated engine cars are still going strong too! [Engine-category OCR unclear.]
[Unclear: car-code/number fragment.]
…S13: eight entrants. [Car code damaged by OCR.]
S13
9 respondents
RPS13: 39 entrants
PS13: 25 entrants
Car expenses (responses: …people). [Response total clipped/unclear.]
…yen: one respondent. [Amount clipped.]
Up to ¥20,000: 26 respondents
Up to ¥40,000: 55 respondents
Purchase price (160 responses)
¥0: 7 respondents
Up to ¥50,000: 8 respondents
Up to ¥100,000: 15 respondents
Prize: extra-fancy goodies (URAS)
He looked sad after badly breaking his bumper
Your practice paid…
…Video Option… [caption fragment unclear]
…Nomuken… [caption fragment unclear]
S15: two entrants
C33: seven entrants
A31: ten entrants
HCR32: 29 entrants
S14: 21 entrants
[Unclear: isolated grammatical fragment.]
Gas… [fragment]
[Unclear: isolated OCR character.]
[Unclear: isolated OCR character.]
Up to ¥100,000: 4 respondents
Over ¥100,000: 5 respondents
10
20
Up to ¥80,000: 19 respondents
30
Up to ¥60,000: 56 respondents
40
50
60
Up to ¥600,000: 9 respondents
Up to ¥200,000: 31 respondents
Up to ¥400,000: 17 respondents
Up to ¥500,000: 14 respondents
Up to ¥300,000: 30 respondents
…Nomuke… [name fragment]
…of… [grammatical fragment]
…off, I think!
Kimishima, aiming for victory…
…after deciding to enter, three times…
…he attended driving sessions at Nikko Circuit…
…so, naturally…
…gets spent on fuel.
JZX90: three entrants
JZX81
JZZ30: two entrants
FC3S: two entrants
3 respondents
AE86: 14 entrants
ECR32/ECR33/
HR33 / Z32 / TA63… [Car-code OCR partly unclear.]
KP61 / GX81 / JZX100. [Car-code OCR partly unclear.]
Others: one car each
Income (152 responses)
…yen: two respondents. [Amount clipped.]
Up to ¥50,000: 38 respondents
Up to ¥100,000: 89 respondents
New cars: three respondents
Up to ¥1,000,000: 4 respondents
Up to ¥800,000: 6 respondents
Up to ¥900,000: 3 respondents
Up to ¥700,000: 7 respondents
Over ¥1,000,000: 13 respondents
…ken [name fragment]
…level too! The bumper, during free… [sentence fragment]
…he wasn't satisfied with a best-eight finish…
…although his driving was…
…definitely among this event's best…
…broke during free practice.
Question 2: entrants' ages
5
FD3S: two entrants
1015
20
[Unclear: car-code fragment.]
25303540
Over ¥200,000: 3 respondents
Up to ¥200,000: 3 respondents
20
Up to ¥150,000: 17 respondents
40
60
80
100
Purchase method (156 responses)
Loan installments
19 respondents
5
10
15
20
25
Cash in full
By themselves… [fragment]
30
35
Matsumoto Dental University
Rie Makihara, age 24. [Name reading requires confirmation.]
Reasons for the award
To these fools…
[Unclear: isolated logo/car-code fragment.]
…I'll give it to them!
CASHIE
SPORTS
[Unclear: damaged caption fragment.]
[Unclear: isolated caption fragment.]
…years [age-chart label fragment]
[Unclear: isolated grammatical fragment.]
18 [age-chart label]
2 respondents
Age 19: 32 respondents
Age 20: 38 respondents
Age 21: 48 respondents
Q5
After graduating, would you like a job…
…in the automotive industry?
47 respondents
Cash [OCR partly unclear]
90 respondents
In matte green…
Prize: lavish assorted gifts. [Exact prize wording unclear.]
The only girl participating
(URAS)
Is the driver perhaps a female professional wrestler?! [OCR partly unclear.]
Age 26: one respondent
Age 27: one respondent
Age 24: six respondents
Age 25: six respondents
Age 23: 21 respondents
Age 22: 31 respondents
…also… [grammatical fragment]
No
A job unrelated to cars
…with cars… [fragment]
38 respondents (25 percent). [Percentage sign clipped.]
117 respondents (75 percent)
An automotive job
The top ten automotive jobs students want
(Multiple answers allowed)
Second: car dealership, 19 people
First: automotive-related manufacturer, 21 people
21 respondents
19 respondents
Fifth: repair workshop
Sixth: body shop
12 respondents
9 respondents
It doesn't look like a girl's car…
…but…
The matte-green, tank-colored…
…car! It was so wild-looking…
…180SX was …'s beloved car. [Name fragment unclear.]
13
10
20
30
40
50
Fourth: professional driver, 14 people
Third: tuning shop, 18 people
18 respondents
14 respondents
Seventh: tuning… [occupation fragment]
Other…
17 respondents
3 respondents
…she wrote “girl” on the rear hatch…
…to make the point!
…even she apparently thought it looked a little too much…
180SX(RPS13)
Daijiro Inada Award: 上田正紀, 21, Gunma University, TA63 Carina. A very rare 3T-GT-powered Carina with substantial engine tuning. Prize ¥10,000 cash. This 1985 model was the oldest entrant; balanced pistons/crankshaft, high-flow turbo and Lancer Evolution factory intercooler.
Drift Tengoku Award: 中尾篤史, 20, Honda Gakuen, RPS13 180SX. A tasteful Sil80 conversion using factory parts, with an approved Q’s bumper. Prize: Ganador Super Mirrors from Matsushou.
Drift Samurai Award: 井上真, 19, Gunma Automobile Maintenance Technical School, PS13 Silvia. He managed to get the car running again after a major crash. Prize: DT-SPORTS from M2 Hanbai.
Emperor Koguchi Award: 矢野悟, 22, Chiba University of Commerce, A31 Cefiro. The car didn’t look especially fast, but his commitment on entry stood out. Prize: Max Canards from Koguchi Power.
Yashio Oka-chan Award: 岡部満, 20, Tokyo Science and Art Technical School, RPS13 180SX. Body styling that doesn’t look like a drift car, and a dream of becoming a tuner. Prize: Oka-chan Water Temp from Yashio Factory.
Nomuken Awards: 君島祐介, 21, Josai University, PS13 Silvia—he looked sad after smashing his bumper; 牧原梨恵, 24, Matsumoto Dental University, RPS13 180SX—the only woman entrant. Both received extra-fancy goodies from URAS.
Average monthly car expenses (166 responses), printed brackets: ¥0: 1; up to ¥20,000: 26; up to ¥40,000: 55; up to ¥60,000: 56; up to ¥80,000: 19; up to ¥100,000: 4; ¥100,000 or more: 5. Income (152 responses): ¥0: 2; up to ¥50,000: 38; up to ¥100,000: 89; up to ¥150,000: 17; up to ¥200,000: 3; ¥200,000 or more: 3. Counts reproduce the printed category labels.
Purchase price (160 responses), printed brackets: ¥0: 7; up to ¥50,000: 8; ¥100,000: 15; ¥200,000: 31; ¥300,000: 30; ¥400,000: 17; ¥500,000: 14; ¥600,000: 9; ¥700,000: 7; ¥800,000: 6; ¥900,000: 3; ¥1,000,000: 4; ¥1,000,000 or more: 13; new car: 3. Payment (156 responses): paid cash themselves 90; borrowed from parents 47; repaying a loan 19. Monetary brackets reproduce the printed upper limits.
Career after graduation: automotive-related work 117 (75%); unrelated work 38 (25%). Preferred fields, multiple answers allowed: automotive-related manufacturers 21; dealerships 19; tuning shops 18; professional driving 14; repair workshops 12; body shops 9; tuning magazines 3; other 17.