Drift Tengoku — October 2013

Hikishima put in a superb run...

Y'S AUTO & CADDY BROS Driving Event

...and conquered Meihan!

Sunday, July 7

Venue: Meihan Sportsland

Date

55 cars entered

Clear skies

Weather

Judges: Keigo Kitayama / Hiroyuki Fukuyama / Toshihiro Fujiki

CADDY BROS & Y'S AUTO

Organizer

1

1

1

Expert Class

3

2

3

Meihan Sportsland

Middle Class, 2...

2

Expert Class

FANTOM

PS13

RPS13

Atsuji Hikishima

Jesse Streeter

2nd place

1st place

Maio

S14

Middle Class

Kiyomi Oowatari

3rd place

ZEST

PS13

PS13

Taiki Chikahisa

Y.K. Sun

2nd place

1st place

Team MM

HCR32

Beginner Class

Tetsuya Hisumi

3rd place

Beginner Class Winner: Hibino

Middle Class Winner: Chikahisa

Expert Class Winner: Hikishima

PS13

Shinya Hibino

1st place

...did!

He showed energetic driving with a strong sense of speed...

...with energetic, stylish driving that had real momentum♪

It was hard to believe this was his first run in a long time—he drove with real commitment...

...is becoming a fixture at Meihan.

Initiation speed, angle, and vehicle speed were all outstanding! ...

Tanagare

C33

S14

Eiji and Takuya

Nobuhiro Ota

3rd place

2nd place

Live report

For this mini drift contest, the judges valued energy and enthusiasm over consistency. The weather was good and the temperature high, making for exciting runs. The next event is Wednesday, October 9. We look forward to more hot driving from the Kansai region!

...we can't wait to see the exciting driving!

Tsukuba Gymkhana Course Drift Practice

The advanced class was unusually wide open!

Consistency was the key to finishing among the top competitors!

Gymkhana at Tsukuba, Round 2

Venue: Tsukuba Circuit

Gymkhana Course

Course C

Venue: Meihan Sportsland

Advanced Course

Saturday, May 18

Date

41 cars entered

Sunday, June 30

Date

62 cars entered

IH

Clear skies

Weather

Expert Class

Clear skies

Weather

TSUKUBA

Organizer: Fumippa

Judge: Taichi Nakamura

Organizer

The overall level was high, making for a close contest...

...but Yokota posted a strong score with consistent driving...

...Mr. Tanaka won.

Organizer: Nikaikoten

Organizer

Judges: Masahiro Fukada / Naoki Nakamura

CIRCUIT

Advanced Course

Intermediate Course

Ishikawa, second in the intermediate class, has secured a job and has an S15...

GZ20

S15

Nakamura

Yoshida

2nd place

1st place

PS13

Expert Class

Takumi Yokota

1st place

...can he beat the other driver? He struggled with the unfamiliar turbo car...

...will he do it?

...apparently he plans to buy one, so driver Namiki...

GZ20

Intermediate Course

Yokozuka

3rd place

RPS13

PS13

Miki Yabuuchi

Akihito Fujio

3rd place

2nd place

Zummg

RPS13

Namiki

1st place

Tsukita Motors

RPS13

Middle Class

Toshiki Tsukita

1st place

NA6C

Ishikawa

No qualifying entry

2nd place

3rd place

Middle Class

Akasaka scored the top mark in the middle class on his first run...

S15

Yusuke Akasaka

2nd place

C

Beginner Course

HCR32

Beginner Course

Ishijima

1st place

...and took the win.

...but Tsukita posted a high average score with consistent driving...

STYLIST

C35

Class

Beginner

Akihito Fujiwara

3rd place

Beginner-class driver Okuzumi earned a first podium finish. I think he started drifting...

FC3S

Okuzumi

No qualifying entry

2nd place

3rd place

STYLIST

C33

RPS13

Kota Takeuchi

Saki Fukutome

2nd place

1st place

...about two years ago.

Live report

S15

Kosuke Anao

3rd place

These are the drift-contest results held during the final heat, as usual. All runs in the final heat are judged...

Live report

...and each driver's best run determines the ranking. This means even one run can make the difference...

A good run can earn you a podium finish! This time, some competitors entered as a group...

...and perhaps because they pushed each other, there were two crashes and two podium finishers in the group. In the intermediate class...

Fukada and Nakamura served as drift-contest judges...

...for joining us. To avoid reducing driving time...

...there was no third-place finisher in the beginner class, unfortunately.

Beginner Class

Takeuchi won with a consistent drive.

...so the event used roulette-style judging.

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