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 78 · English draft

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  1. TENGOKU
  2. DRIFT TENGOKU
  3. DRIFTTENGOKU
  4. DRIFT TENGOKU
  5. DRIFT TENGOKU
  6. DRIFTTENGOKU
  7. A huge countersteer, perfectly executed!
  8. Nobody could beat Koguchi’s angle and speed entering Turn 1. Yet he says he still was not satisfied. What would his driving look like if he showed his true ability? [OCR damaged]
  9. Emperor Koguchi:
  10. Into the tournament for the first time in five rounds,
  11. and his first points of the season!!
  12. DRIFTTENCONU
  13. Ωmega
  14. FALKEN
  15. ENDLESS
  16. Since last time… [fragment]
  17. [Unclear: damaged short label]
  18. RAYS
  19. I changed it! [preceding item missing] DRIFT
  20. RT2751
  21. ER
  22. ZEAL
  23. GTLSR
  24. HPL
  25. After four rounds, Emperor Koguchi still had no points. Just when we worried his “Emperor” title was in danger, he finally did it! He unfortunately lost in the first tandem round, but ninth place earned him four points. That secures his entry for the final round at Tsukuba! What a relief♪
  26. MSIu
  27. USIU
  28. CLKEN
  29. Safely into the top 16! In qualifying held in torrential rain, many cars went off the course, but Koguchi said, “You have to be able to give 100 percent in the final,” and enjoyed the wet track as he qualified comfortably. For the main event, the previous day’s weather seemed unbelievable: clear skies. The judges praised his driving: “That is classic Koguchi—he is on form today.” His Turn 1 angle certainly was extraordinary! Yet he apparently could not initiate the drift quite as he wanted and was dissatisfied. Compared with the other competitors, however, he lacked neither speed nor angle. He had also practiced hard beforehand and seemed reasonably confident. His place in the final tournament was obvious to anyone… [OCR damaged; continued on page 79]
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