Drift Tengoku — October 2003

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  1. Watch these guys! Great student drifters—pick-up!
  2. The western student drift contest took place at Bihoku Highland Circuit. Entrants came from Saitama in the east to Kumamoto in Kyushu in the west: 80 cars in the individual class, seven teams, and 91 students in total. Here are the special-award winners chosen by the judges!
  3. Western Japan event
  4. …decisive margin… [heading fragment unclear]
  5. …the featured newcomer demonstrated his ability…
  6. [Unclear: damaged heading fragment.]
  7. We're expecting astonishing…
  8. …driving from you!
  9. Judges
  10. The three western-event judges were Dai, Koguchi and Drift Samurai. Their judging principle was “We value energetic driving over a tidy, restrained run!” They also walked the paddock during breaks to choose their favorite machines.
  11. Prize: … (Tire Town Kurashiki). Second: Kazuya Nakanishi, Hiroshima Kokusai Gakuin University; prize: GX-01 (Great Company). [First prize description and name reading unclear.]
  12. Individual competition
  13. Winner. [OCR partly unclear.]
  14. Terunobu Iwai, Hiroshima Advanced Technical School. [Name reading requires confirmation.]
  15. Nagoya Institute of Technology (Kunisada / Junpei Hosono / Kazuhiko Takagi). Prize: 20 liters of 4CR oil (Wako's). [Name readings require confirmation.]
  16. Team competition
  17. ¥20,000 gift certificate (Kazama Auto Service)
  18. ¥30,000 gift certificate (Kazama Auto). [OCR partly unclear.]
  19. Second: Aichi Gakuin University (Takeo Kojima / Kyohei Mizuno / Noriaki Takeda). Prize: … (BN Sports). [Prize details/name readings require confirmation.]
  20. …arm set (Yanack). [Product wording unclear.]
  21. Engine oil … [brand fragment unclear]
  22. Individual judging: qualifying roulette 80→40 cars; first-round roulette 40→20; second-round solo runs 20→8; knockout tournament 8→4; tandem battles 4→1.
  23. Roulette judging: 40→20 cars; second-round solo runs: 20→8; knockout tournament: 8→4; tandem battles: 4→1.
  24. Energetically, enjoyably…
  25. …and safely!
  26. Third: 守屋篤, Kinki University. Prize: multi-wheel hub set from KSP Engineering.
  27. Tire Town Kurashiki provided two Neova tires as a prize on the day! At the rear right is …from Tire Town. …Koretomo… [Other names and wording damaged by OCR.]
  28. Third: Tottori University (Shingo Sato / Kazutomo Miyazaki / Yukihiro Nishikawa). Prizes: … [Prize descriptions damaged; name readings require confirmation.]
  29. Individual judging section: from entry to Turn 1 through post 6. Team competition: knockout tournament; judged from entry to Turn 1 through post 4.
  30. …Grand Prix too… [event-name fragment unclear]
  31. …please support it!
  32. “Driving boldly and driving recklessly are completely different. Understand that difference and have fun,” said Koguchi. His tone was a little stern, but everyone listening looked completely serious. [Some OCR words damaged.]
  33. Bihoku means Turn 1!
  34. Junya Hirano — Toyo Medical Technical School. [Name reading requires confirmation.]
  35. Kumahara (熊原宏). [Name reading requires confirmation.]
  36. Hyogo Science and Technology Technical School
  37. Cars going off and crashing one after another!
  38. …Yuma — Yonago National College of Technology. [Surname damaged; name reading requires confirmation.]
  39. …age …, Asahi University. [Driver name and age damaged by OCR.]
  40. The best prior record! Eliminated after a costly spin! Hasegawa probably had the biggest title among the entrants: he was a member of the team that won the central Japan Ikaten event! He had also entered every past Drift Tengoku event—the …Challenge Cup, Cefiro Meeting and first student championship. [One event title and several OCR words unclear.]
  41. Haruo Hayakawa — Tokushima University. [Name reading requires confirmation.]
  42. Winning driver Iwai's top pupil! Fujimori belongs to the same Neo Force team as winner Iwai and calls himself his leading pupil. He progressed steadily but was knocked out in round two. Apparently he lives …minutes away and drives every day… [Travel-time wording and a few OCR words damaged.]
  43. …every day, he says.
  44. Full support from NA Works?! With NA Works fully backing him—Kubo was with him throughout—Araki was fired up and successfully reached the final tournament. Araki has previously won the Neo Force Cup, while Neo Force member Fujimori has placed at the NA Works Cup. They look set to become good rivals! [Some OCR names require confirmation.]
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  46. The day's biggest crash was Hayakawa of Tokushima University. He climbed the wall and …rolled/slid…; the venue fell silent, but thankfully he was unhurt. [Crash-description wording damaged by OCR; do not infer the exact motion.]
  47. Araki, age 22 — Hiroshima University. [Given-name OCR and reading require confirmation.]
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  49. Individual results: winner 岩井照宜, Hiroshima Higher Technical School—Advan Neova tires from Tire Town Kurashiki and a ¥30,000 Kazama Auto Service voucher. Second 中西和也, Hiroshima Kokusai Gakuin University—GX-01 from Great Company and a ¥20,000 Kazama voucher. Third 守屋篤, Kinki University—multi-wheel hub set from KSP Engineering.
  50. Team results: winner Nagoya Institute of Technology (國貞暁史 / 細野純平 / 高木和彦)—20 L 4CR from Wako Chemical and complete arm set from Yanack. Second Aichi Gakuin University (小嶋健夫 / 水野恭平 / 武田憲昭)—BN Sports side steps and A’PEXi engine oil. Third Tottori University (佐藤新吾 / 宮崎和智 / 西川幸宏)—A’PEXi T-shirts and PROS from T’s.