Drift Tengoku — October 2003

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  2. Regional number-one contests erupt! Contest entrants,take note:your chance for a major title!
  3. Tuesday,September16,2003
  4. Erupting!
  5. Drift Tengoku(no third-class postal approval)
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  7. The editors are relieved the student drift championship ended safely,but more hot events have arrived.This autumn,regional championships seem fashionable.Secretly,we closely watch regional winners.
  8. One major title can launch a national debut.Perhaps the next promising newcomer
  9. Is you! Regardless of winning,regional events let you communicate with familiar local drivers.Relax and enjoy entering.
  10. Could be you!?
  11. Meihan Sportsland20th-anniversary event,October13(holiday):…Cup Drift King of Meihan [sponsor OCR corrupted]
  12. Unified Toyama/Ishikawa/Fukuicontest,Thursday October16:Hokuriku championship [title damaged]
  13. Focused local competition is exciting! Sunday October5:Aizu area number-one contest
  14. Organizer/application contact [fragment]
  15. Venue
  16. Organizer/application contact [fragment]
  17. Meihan Sportsland;06-6998-9722.Freshman/expert…entries [counts corrupted];ladies16.Freshman/ladies ¥11,000,expert ¥12,000,including entry,lunch and mutual-aid contribution.
  18. Venue
  19. Organizer/application contact [fragment]
  20. YZ Circuit;Road Star Hokuriku;076-252-8000(Kanazawa East shop).
  21. Venue
  22. Organizer/application contact [fragment]
  23. Ebisu Circuit South;Works…0241-21-4822.Beginner/intermediate/expert;¥12,000 [shop name damaged].
  24. Capacity
  25. Participation fee
  26. Applications
  27. Capacity
  28. Applications
  29. Participation fee
  30. 40 vehicles
  31. ¥12,000
  32. Applications
  33. Participation fee
  34. Capacity
  35. 60cars total
  36. Part of Meihan Motorsport Festival,alongside Grip King,children/junior kart championships,racing-kart rides,parent/child kart school.Expert winner's photo displayed1year,and winner's cup.Awards through6th in each class.Freshman:5or fewer event entries,or no previous placing. [OCR damaged]
  37. A change in traveling to events!
  38. Three/four30-minute runs,then drift contest.Winner gets trophy;other prizes too.
  39. Four20-minute runs,then contest.Non-Aizu entrants welcome.Two rounds planned this year.
  40. From Ishikawa:consider vehicle-transport trips
  41. Six-car carrier accepts lowered cars! Easy travel for cars and drivers
  42. Autumn means events,events mean travel,and travel brings sleepiness,fatigue and fear of trouble.Ishikawa,known for traveling enthusiasts,has an unusual,easy,safe style.Our Hokuriku correspondent reports.
  43. Once you try it,you won't return to ordinary trips!
  44. Gather friends for a better price
  45. Report:D-Station correspondent…(Makoto group) [name corrupted]
  46. More entrants use carriers,but Ishikawa enthusiasts increasingly share6-car trucks to circuits.Most at this season's Up Garage events at Nihonkai Maze reportedly do.Our group tried it.The carrier is rumored used by very low…Sports cars,and accepts them with aero still fitted! Driving your own car normally means tires filling the cabin,strong smells,and no reclining/rest.On this plan,people share a van,take turns driving,rest well and avoid tire odor.After trying it,you won't want to
  47. Drive yourself again.Kanazawa–Nihonkai Maze return transport is around¥20,000per car,all included.Shared human transport makes total about¥25,000,roughly¥10,000less than a single-car carrier,and easier/safer.Try it and understand! [OCR damaged]
  48. Very conspicuous in transit,no road trouble or broken aero.You can enter without worrying about crash damage or the return trip.Limited to circuits the truck can enter(YZand…Motorland cannot)[second venue corrupted].Fee unchanged even if one car cancels.
  49. Example costs:Kanazawa–Nihonkai Maze,approximately300kmone way.Self-drive:
  50. [Unclear: corrupted cost-table label.]
  51. Using a rental single-car carrier
  52. Self-drive:tolls¥12,100+fuel¥7,500=¥19,600.Rental carrier:rent¥14,000+tolls¥14,400+diesel¥6,000=¥34,400.Shared transporter:¥21,000per person+van travel¥3,200=¥24,200.
  53. Ishida Carry Ltd.;1-28Okyozuka,Nonoichi,Ishikawa-gun,Ishikawa;076-246-4650 [company OCR damaged;verify]
  54. Transport company
  55. Contact
  56. Using Ishida Carry [OCR damaged]
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