Drift Tengoku — October 2013

2013 SS Park Drift No. 1 Championship

Nakajima adapted to the changing track conditions and took the win!

Venue: SS Park Circuit

Sunday, July 7

72 cars entered

Weather: cloudy, with occasional rain

Judge: Yasuyuki Kazama

Organizer: SS Park Circuit

Organizer

Beginner Class

Middle Class

Stealth Garage with Team Red

Expert Class

Daisuke Nakajima

1st place

Beginner-class winner Okubo was already...

...his driving was a full level above the other competitors...

...earned a place among the winners, then delivered an excellent run in the final...

The middle class had a slightly smaller field, with awards through fifth place...

...and made so few mistakes that the judges had a difficult decision. The final...

The expert class as a whole had very few free-practice...

Expert Class

TEAM EDGE

JZX110

Masatoshi Idogawa

Masanori Nemoto

2nd place

3rd place

...and praised his skill. His score was 8.75...

Judge Kazama said his driving was at the level of the expert class...

...and finished without mistakes. At the awards ceremony...

Yaginuma secured the win. His score...

...scored 9.2 out of 10, 0.7 points ahead of the runner-up...

Nakajima was exceptionally consistent from the practice runs onward, with hardly any mistakes...

...with almost no mistakes, Nakajima took a superb victory...

TEAM EDGE

JZX100

Tomoya Hiruta

Kazuya Inoue

4th place

5th place

...with a 0.05-point gap to second place out of 10...

...point difference.

...a margin of 0.3 points.

...with a score of 9.2 out of 10. The gap to second place was 0.7 points...

Good Speed

TEAM EDGE

JZX100

Yasuhiro Inamoto

6th place

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JZX100

Middle Class

Yasuhito Yaginuma

1st place

Feed with Beakline

Yasuhiko Miura

Yutaro Shiobara

2nd place

3rd place

Good Speed

Maruhashi Sheet Metal

Tomohiro Watanabe

Tsunehiko Ishii

4th place

5th place

Beginner Class

Ryohei Okubo

1st place

Beginner Class Winner: Okubo

Middle Class Winner: Yaginuma

Expert Class Winner: Nakajima

ROUND 21

Hashimoto Motors

Suehiko Tanaka

2nd place

Live report

TEAM EDGE

JZX110

Keiichi Endo

Kazuki Yokoyama

3rd place

4th place

Judging covered the straight through the end of Turn 2. The judges focused on speed, angle, and line, as well as car control...

On a difficult surface that shifted between wet and dry, Nakajima became the 14th driver to claim the overall number-one title!

Maruhashi Sheet Metal

Kyohei Iwaki

Takashi Sato

5th place

6th place

Garage BB Driving Event 2013, Round 3

Sekine stops Kazama's three-event winning streak

Imaeda wins the rainy season opener!

Drift Festa, Round 1

Venue: Nikko Circuit

Venue: Meihan Sportsland

Monday, July 8

Course C

Weather: clear, with one...

84 cars entered

Weather

51 cars entered

Wednesday, June 6

Expert Class

In an R33 Skyline, Sekine-kun put in a drive that made the judges exclaim...

Shingo Suzuki (Garage RUN)

Judge: Masato Ida (Tsundo Climate Team)

Weather

Judges: Takanori Yoshida / Kenichi Kamijima

...and won with a run that left them impressed.

Garage BB

Organizer

Drift Star

Organizer

Expert Class

Executive Committee

Inoshi Racing♪

Toshiyuki Sekine

Keiji Saito

2nd place

1st place

Expert Class

Takatoshi Imaeda

1st place

Koki Kazama

Takeshi Motegi

3rd place

4th place

Michio Yoshida

Ryuhei Kitao

2nd place

3rd place

Middle Class

Miura put in a superb drive in an Impreza wagon and took the win...

Addicted

Toyokazu Kondo

5th place

Middle Class

Mazura Mizutani

1st place

...finished.

Mentsuyu (Japanese noodle dipping sauce)

Middle Class

Koichi Miura

1st place

Hironari Kamata

2nd place

Takanori Sato

Shuichi Sato

3rd place

2nd place

Beginner Class

Koichi Inoue

3rd place

SANSOU RACING

Shota Yamanaka

Takashi Kurihara

4th place

5th place

Takuma Takarada

Hirofumi Kitera

2nd place

1st place

Beginner Class

Tomoyuki Saito

1st place

Middle Class

Yuya Matsumoto

3rd place

There was a fresh crop of faces for the first time in a while. There seemed to be...

...for beginners, the nerves of a solo run can lead to mistakes...

Hit hard and get away

It's an 'Inoshishi R,' but also somehow not an 'Inoshishi R.'

Masaharu Uehara

Yuya Okada

2nd place

3rd place

Live report

...many newcomers. Among them, one driver stood out for steady...

...but Saito in an AE86 Levin took the win. As expected, the field is still...

There are still many skilled drivers, so we hope they can move up to the intermediate class...

Shingo Watanabe

4th place

Various teams, mainly from the Kansai and Chubu regions...

The Drift Festa scheduled for the circuit is set to open...

...and continue improving.

Yuto Oshita

5th place

...required precise driving...

There were lots of prizes and prize money, plus a rock-paper-scissors contest...

...the season opener. Unfortunately, the weather was rainy, but Nobu...

Live report

...which added to the excitement. Participants could also ask the judges for individual advice...

...received individual advice from the judges, and D1...

Round 3 was hot from the morning, with temperatures that felt like a Japanese summer. The qualifying judging section was...

...from Turn 1 to Turn 4, and one long-side drift hit on the back straight (for the advanced class, the reverse-side...

...three drift hits at the entry. The final consisted of two solo runs, judged from Turn 1 through Turn 4...

...drivers. The next round is Sunday, November 3, at Suzuka Twin...

There were also passenger lessons with experienced drivers, and everyone...

...seemed to finish the day having improved.

Competitors were ranked by their total points.

Beginner Class

...the circuit.

Drift Tengoku — October 2013

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