Drift Tengoku — October 2013
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188 available scans from Drift Tengoku — October 2013, in right-to-left reading order. Japanese OCR and English translation drafts are available throughout. Drafts have not received exhaustive image proofreading; unreadable source remains recorded in the archival data.
Page 82 — English draft translation
Live report. The July 6 HDC 2013 Round 3 event finished safely without any major accidents. It was the first JAF-registered event-series round held at Honjo Circuit for drift. Federal tires were presented to the top finishers. JD2 (JAF-sanctioned), D2 (expert), and D3 (intermediate) were judged on solo runs; the top qualifiers in JD2 and D2 then competed in a final tandem tournament.
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Federal Tire with Honjo Drift Challenge 2013, Round 3 — JAF-registered Event Series, Round 1
Hamakawa wins the D2 class, claiming HDC's third straight season-opening victory!
Saturday, July 6
Date
Venue: Honjo Circuit
Clear skies
Weather
40 cars entered
...cuit
Hon...
Honjo Super Class Winner
Judge: Hideyuki Fujino (MSC 2012...)
Circu...
Ho...
HO...
KLK
FKM
FRC
Takaaki Hoshino
KSL
Organizer: Honjo Circuit / HDC Office — JD2 Class
Organizer
TK Club & TK-A
S14
Chair
Kamiya
1st place
Five Manly Panels
WGC34
Rei
D2 Class
Okamura
2nd place
3
2
3
2
Fujino Sheet Metal
136 Racing with TK Club
S13
S15
Teruo Hamakawa
Ichichiyamu
2nd place
1st place
D2 Class
JD2 Class
JZX100
(Hidetoku Kawabata)
Odawara☆Jin
3rd place
Black Line with TK Club
S15
AE86
Odawara☆Jin
Yuichi Kuronuma
Morning judging winner / Afternoon judging winner
Circu...
Hon...
Circuit
Ho...
...cuit
Hon...
(Hidetoku Kawabata)
D3 Class
Phoenix
S14
RPS13
Takayuki Arai
Takahashi Racing
2nd place
1st place
Red K
JZX100
Red K
Kasukabe's Uncle
3rd place
D4 Class
Cinnamon
1st place
1
Phoenix
ER34
HCR32
Hiroshi Obara
2nd place
3
2
1
Pick (laugh)
S15
NA Class
Yuko-rin
3rd place
Honjo Circuit
3
Honjo Circuit...
2
3
2
Team Hidouya — the rumored Sunny crew
B310
NB8C
Expert Class
2nd place
1st place
NA Class
D4 Class
D3 Class
AE86
Shin
Kikuchi
3rd place
D2 class winner: Hamakawa
JD2 class winner Kamiya faced Okamura in the final tandem battle. Kamiya drove steadily to the finish, won, and became the inaugural champion of the JAF-registered event series.
In the final tandem battle, Hamakawa faced Ichiyama. Hamakawa made no mistakes to the finish and earned his third consecutive win this season. His speed and angle were both excellent.
The female driver won the special-course roulette judging with a good line and speed.
D4 class winner: Cinnamon
D3 class winner: Arai. Takayuki Arai, driving an S14, delivered consistent runs in both the morning and afternoon judging and won the class.
...did.
...Cinnamon won.
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