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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  1. D1
  2. GRAND PRIX
  3. Tire management
  4. Rd.5 EBISU
  5. 8.8-9
  6. 2003
  7. FILKEN
  8. Thorough … management [OCR damaged]
  9. Extra edition: the Drift Tengoku regular duo shine! [OCR damaged]
  10. Koguchi 180SX specifications
  11. FALKEN Omega
  12. Front: … LMGT4 [wheel brand/model prefix damaged]
  13. Front: 9.5J-17, offset 12. Rear: Nismo LMGT4, 9.5J-17, offset 12 [OCR damaged]
  14. ALK
  15. Turbo: … 5660R [brand/code corrupted]. Changes since Round 4: front aero parts replaced (Koguchi Power original …); engine … 2.2 … [modification details corrupted]
  16. Tires: F RT215 (255/45-17) [OCR damaged; tire model unverified]
  17. Tire pressures, qualifying: front 2.0, rear 2.0 [units OCR damaged]
  18. RRT215（255/45-17）
  19. Finals: front 2.0, rear 1.8 [units OCR damaged]
  20. For future reference, they always checked and recorded tire pressures before and after each run. They brought two … RT215 (245/45-17) spares [quantity/unit OCR damaged]. Tires were changed only once, before the final tournament. [OCR damaged]
  21. Only the essential tools
  22. …up [fragment]
  23. Up [fragment]
  24. Yoshinori Koguchi [heading fragment; name reading unverified]
  25. Turbo exhaust side, one size … [fragment; OCR damaged]
  26. This year’s D1 Grand Prix results / Tsukuba Circuit [OCR damaged]
  27. Round 5
  28. Round 2
  29. Round 3
  30. Round 4
  31. Round 1
  32. … [venue label corrupted]
  33. Sugo
  34. Fuji Speedway / Ebisu Circuit [OCR damaged]
  35. Eliminated in the first round [OCR damaged]
  36. Eliminated in the first round
  37. Eliminated in the first round [OCR damaged]
  38. Eliminated in qualifying
  39. Ninth place
  40. He enters every D1 Grand Prix round and expectations are high each time. Since taking fifth place and 12 points in last year’s final at Nikko Circuit, however, he has not produced notable results this year until now. He says, “I want to drive in a way only I can.” When everything clicks, he ought to be able to beat anyone. [OCR damaged]
  41. Analysis
  42. He brought only a set of hand tools, a garage jack, rigid stands, … [equipment item corrupted] and the bare essentials. To work quickly, the hand tools were neatly arranged by type and size. [OCR damaged]
  43. Final tournament
  44. HKS Taniguchi as his very first opponent!
  45. 33
  46. JLEAFORHOLA
  47. Taniguchi led the first run. Apparently Koguchi’s sole aim was to follow without being left behind. They swapped places for the second run, with Koguchi leading, but he could not contain the car as it ran wide at Turn 2—painful understeer! Meanwhile, Taniguchi took the inside and passed him. [OCR damaged]
  48. A costly mistake at Turn 2!
  49. seelent Horks
  50. “Performance is important in drifting,” he says. When entering for the tandem run, he … rivaling Nomuken … entertained the day’s crowd. [gesture/action corrupted]
  51. Taniguchi always checks his opponent’s car before a match. This time he inspected Koguchi’s tires and engine bay too. Asked about facing Koguchi, he replied only, “…Koguchi…” [quote corrupted]. [OCR damaged]
  52. KOGUCHI
  53. …service for 3,000 people [fragment; OCR damaged]
  54. [Unclear: corrupted caption fragment]
  55. IXEYA FORHILA
  56. EscelentWor
  57. …the championship points leader! The final pitted Kei Office’s Kazama against A’PEXi’s Imamura. Imamura pulled away while leading and relentlessly pressured Kazama while following, winning decisively. Yoichi Imamura earned 20 points, bringing his total to 88… [OCR damaged; continued]
  58. The winner: Yoichi Imamura!
  59. Consecutive wins make him the unshakable…
  60. …to anyone watching. This was Koguchi’s first final-tournament appearance in five rounds, since last year’s final at Nikko Circuit. Beaten by HKS Taniguchi in tandem! Koguchi progressed safely to the final tournament, where HKS’s Taniguchi was his first opponent. “With Taniguchi, I do not have to worry about being hit. I can go all out,” he said, entirely happy with the matchup. He apparently intended to show the experienced tandem driver something nobody had ever seen. But when leading, he missed the clipping point at Turn 2 and lost. Back in the paddock afterward, he said, “Usually I think of it as a battle with myself, but this time I was aiming to win, so this hurts.” It is rare to see Koguchi looking that disappointed. That shows how seriously he approached this D1 round. [OCR damaged]
  61. …in total. [ending of the 88-point caption]
  62. B8BE