D1 Grand Prix

arcel · 07-24-2008, 07:02 AM

The Autobacs D1 Grand Prix is a production car drifting series from Japan. After several years of hosting amateur drifting contests, Option Magazine & Tokyo Auto Salon founder Daijiro Inada, and drifting legend Keiichi Tsuchiya hosted a professional level drifting contest in 1999 and 2000 to feed on the ever increasing skills of drifting drivers who were dominating drifting contests in various parts of Japan.

In October 2000 Inada and Tsuchiya reformed the contest as a five round series. At the following year for the following round, it was the introduction of the two car tsuiou battle, run in a single-elimination tournament format, a common tradition for touge races which would become popular with car enthusiasts.

FYI - The Japan Touge, Touge means mountain pass. Since Drifting originated in the mountains of Japan. Rules were based on the Initial D - anime series.

Kei Tsuchiya is the Drift King of Japan.

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RockDemonZ · 07-24-2008, 09:34 AM

I'm a D1 member. =p Drift + Speed FTW! XD

07-24-2008, 07:02 AM	#1 (permalink)
arcel Junior Member+ Last Online: 07-26-2008 12:20 AM Join Date: Jul 2008 Age: 25 Posts: 27 Points: 231.00 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 231.00 Donate	D1 Grand Prix The Autobacs D1 Grand Prix is a production car drifting series from Japan. After several years of hosting amateur drifting contests, Option Magazine & Tokyo Auto Salon founder Daijiro Inada, and drifting legend Keiichi Tsuchiya hosted a professional level drifting contest in 1999 and 2000 to feed on the ever increasing skills of drifting drivers who were dominating drifting contests in various parts of Japan. In October 2000 Inada and Tsuchiya reformed the contest as a five round series. At the following year for the following round, it was the introduction of the two car tsuiou battle, run in a single-elimination tournament format, a common tradition for touge races which would become popular with car enthusiasts. FYI - The Japan Touge, Touge means mountain pass. Since Drifting originated in the mountains of Japan. Rules were based on the Initial D - anime series. Kei Tsuchiya is the Drift King of Japan. ----

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07-24-2008, 09:34 AM	#2 (permalink)
RockDemonZ Junior Member+ Last Online: 11-20-2008 12:20 PM Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Singapore [At home] Age: 21 Posts: 71 Points: 4,531.15 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 4,531.15 Donate View My Homepage	I'm a D1 member. =p Drift + Speed FTW! XD

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