Young Version — August 1999
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The August 1999 issue of Young Version explores drift setups versus grip tuning through 22 shop demo cars, including S15 Silvias from Mine’s and Kazama Auto. Features cover front-wheel-drive builds taking on high-powered 4WD rivals, choosing a first drift car, and reviving a used AE86 Trueno on a ¥1 million total budget. Suspension fundamentals, engine-oil selection, rotary maintenance, new-parts tests, and reports from Hiroshima and California round out this look at Japan’s late-1990s tuning scene.
242 available scans from Young Version — August 1999, 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 87 — English draft translation
…I thought I did well, posting a 1:05.182 and taking fourth. But even a pro like Orido was six seconds faster in the same car—amazing! The final was ten laps. After one warm-up lap, we lined up on the grid. Red lights on! My heart was pounding and my left leg shook on the clutch. Green light—go! In that instant my mind went blank. I went off with all four wheels twice, fumbled the controls and couldn’t find a rhythm. I happened to finish third, but there was plenty to reflect on. It made me realize how inexperienced I am. Still, the rush after the race was incredible, and talking with the people I battled was fun. I’ve been completely hooked on Sunday racing, and I’ll keep sharing the excitement in my own rookie way. Look forward to…
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So, how did the race go?!
Bump?
A
TNL
FXKLEL
Yeah!
PS13’s…
Toshiyuki Horie
67-52
I’m so sorry!!
← I thought I could dive inside at Turn 1…
…in the race…
-
Wait for me!
…I thought…
…Horie…
I love Sunday racing
“Just doing laps at a track day can be fun in its own way, but…
Mr. Okamura…
…that makes you improve. And after you’ve raced once, you feel more relaxed next time…
…you improve, too. Marimo charged in too aggressively this time…
…but I think a circuit only becomes truly exciting when you’re racing against others…
…
Too much steering, too much throttle! Third place was thanks to Kuma, haha!
A few words
Oh no, what do I do…
For some reason, Fusion had come to Tsukuba that day…
…Fusion…
…laughed at me so hard…
I shouldn’t have let him drive it…
How embarrassing!
Someday I’ll definitely beat you…
…I was mortified…
Kasuga 56
67-52
A bump…
…I’ll win! (Just kidding.)
After that, I…
After the contact, I came to my senses…
Hachioji 33
10-59
…a close, clean battle…
…the manager and Mr. Yano from…
The result? Third place!
…it was inspiring to watch.
1
2
Even the fast drivers…
I’ll keep sharing the fun—look forward to it!
Official qualifying results
3
TCTOU
103.532
Best time
Car
Jing Apero S14
S14
Model code
Driver
Shinya Fujiwara
106
Car no.
Position
104.644
105.088
Yasio Factory Yuyu S14
PRIDE
S14
CP9A
Yu Ikeda
Hiroshige Kishi
110
114
2
3
105.182
105.843
Young Version Yasio S15
K-Style Car Shop
S15
S15
CP9A
Marimo Noda
Nobushige Kumakubo
Yasuo Yano
113
120
111
4
5
105.916
105.921
105.978
Enkaibu-cho Evo V
FLASH C33 (modified)
BLUE KNIGHT&SQUALL
C33
PS13
Tsuyoshi Nakamura
Toshiyuki Horie
119
107
6
7
8
106.894
106.959
Dark Road & Squall ‘Firestorm’
Shoda Shoten / Ton-Sui Bridge SS GC8
GC8
HCR32
Noriaki Sekizuka
Tatsuya Ohira
108
115
9
10
…Marimo’s…
Next time for sure!
107.187
108.107
108.885
Super Yoshi
Fukui & OPT2 MR2 Diary
T.M.E. DASH S…
SW20
CP9A
FC3S
Yukio Misawa
Taku Yoshihara
Tokio Kurosu
14
109
112
11
12
13
112.329
AFF Takanashi G
FC3S
Tsuyoshi Takanashi
118
14
Official final results (10 laps)
Impressions…
Best time
Gap to leader
Car
Driver
Car no.
Position
UWORK
104.747
104.962
105.173
000.802
002.776
Yasio Factory Yuyu S14
PRIDE
Young Version Yasio S15
Marimo Noda
Yu Ikeda
Hiroshige Kishi
110
114
113
1
2
3
105.236
105.762
003.683
003.975
Enkaibu-cho Evo V
FLASH C33 (modified)
Yasuo Yano
Tsuyoshi Nakamura
111
119
4
5
How to use racing slicks
105.779
107.192
011.626
018.544
021.157
Dark Road & Squall ‘Firestorm’
Shoda Shoten / Ton-Sui Bridge SS GC8
BLUE KNIGHT&SQUALL
Noriaki Sekizuka
Toshiyuki Horie
Tatsuya Ohira
108
115
107
6
7
8
I’d barely ever driven on racing slicks before this…
I borrowed an important demo car and damaged its bumper…
104.654
108.078
108.059
110.484
028.499
Super Yoshi
T.M.E. DASH S…
Taku Yoshihara
Tokio Kurosu
109
112
9
10
I found out that although they grip much better than street tires…
…I hadn’t realized they need to warm up first.
…and then have to pay for repairs. Please let me drive it again!
Mr. Okamura, next time please don’t let me hit it…
105.712
111.224
3LAP
5LAP
AFF Takanashi G
K-Style Car Shop
Jing Apero S14
Nobushige Kumakubo
Tsuyoshi Takanashi
120
118
11
12
…so it’s best to take it carefully.
How embarrassing. Even when I first tried racing slicks…
…so on the first lap, at the first hairpin, I spun wildly…
…and let me borrow it again, please!
104.218
6LAP
Shinya Fujiwara
106
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