My D1GP pictures (NOT 56k friendly)

-The Stig-

02-29-2004, 11:45 AM

-The Stig-

02-29-2004, 12:36 PM

ac427cpe

02-29-2004, 12:48 PM

yummy

i can't believe i missed this again!, amazing pics matt! ty for sharing

-The Stig-

02-29-2004, 01:31 PM

My Friend took this picture. So for those of you who missed it, you can see what the track layout was like.

http://midnights.thexpresidents.com/images/Nicks%20Digi%20Cam/D1/IrwindaleD1.jpg

Suislide

02-29-2004, 01:54 PM

those are 180SX that you've labelled as S14's there a couple times, Redneck.

otherwise, nice pics and i hate you! lol

so Yasuyuki Kazama won? that's fucking awesome! good to finally see one of the relative under-dogs win instead of Ueo or Imamura or Taniguchi, who seem to be the 3 that always win these days.

how'd that S14 crash? i'm pretty sure that's one of the American drivers, right?

how'd Fixmer blow his tranny?

it really hurts me to see S15's and 180SX's with APC decals on them...but hey, whatever gets those guys over here more often is good by me. i'll just try to ignore the decals.

i officially hate anyone who got to go. :D

-The Stig-

02-29-2004, 02:04 PM

180sx... 240sx... they all look the same to me... just like Asian people. :lol:

Anywho, not sure how Fixmer broke his tranny. It may not of been his tranny but it would run, but wouldnt move made some horrible sounds when it broke.

A AE86 did almost the same thing, I think he spun a bearing. He was coming around the hairpin nice. Engine was wound up, and klaklaklak. He lost power and rolled into the staging area.

Not sure how the Blue S14 crashed, there were four drivers from Japan that came all the way here and crashed the day before in practice. I think he was one of them.

zerogt86

02-29-2004, 04:51 PM

were there any compitions where an AE86 beat a GTO, tht would b great, imagine the headlines "A 1986 Toyota Corolla with about 130 hp (thts a guess) won against a 2004 Pontiac GTO V8 with a bazillion hp" haha i wish i was able to go to D1, god damn i want some drift events in NJ...

-The Stig-

02-29-2004, 05:40 PM

Nope, the GTO got all the way to I think the 2nd to last finals. He spun out. Rhys Millen was doing great. Considering who he was up against.

The GTO sounded awesome too... it wasn't as loud as the other cars. But in the staging areas where it would idle, it sounded pissed off.

Go LS1!

510prelude

02-29-2004, 09:09 PM

hey REdneck u get any pics of Katsuhiro Ueo (i remember it being the drifting with his hatch open?(i remember it being the white ae86 i might be wrong) i think that would make a cool wallpaper

NSX-R-SSJ20K

03-01-2004, 03:50 AM

APC should be banned.

anyway that looks sweet.

UEO = Yukes AE86

and the guy driving the HKS S15 is Taniguchi

Suislide

03-01-2004, 03:06 PM

actually i think the S14 was one of the American drivers...

as far as i heard, none of the Japanese driver's crashed...

all i heard about was that S14 and then Daijiro Yoshihara totalling the Pacific Rim S13 (which serves them right considering they put RO_JA ricer wheels on it). care to enlighten?

510prelude

03-01-2004, 03:20 PM

anyone get a pic of Ueo's 86 drifting with it's hatch open? it looked cool

-The Stig-

03-01-2004, 05:30 PM

Actually, some drivers did crash during practice. They kept announcing it that like 4 teams paid $20,000 to ship the car over and have it crashed. It's like the announcer wanted to drive home the point that this is for real event and they're not playing around.

I know a few American teams didn't even get to compete in D1. Like the MotoRex 350z driven by Calvin Wan. It was there on friday, my friend was there for press-day and got pictures of it and it's Black Top SR20DET. Yeah, I know... a Black Top SR20DET in a 350z, they only estimate it being 300hp. The VQ35DE would make that much with a simple K&N filter.

Anywho, it wasn't there on Saturday... I saw alot of cars in the video my friend shot on Friday that weren't competing on Saturday.

Too bad they didn't announce the teams from Japan that crashed out in practice... but whatevers dogg!

ProjectXC

03-02-2004, 01:17 AM

it wasnt ueo with his trunk open, i forget the drivers name but it was a white 86 with the reflective decals on the side...the event wasn't as good as the first one in my opinion, although i did love it...GTO is not a drift car"LOL"...rhys is a great driver but couldnt quiet get the car to do what was needed...i was standing in the infield so i was covered in rubber and its the greatest smell ever...HAHAHA, i didnt bring a camera although i could have gotten ome great shots...like the PacificRims car crashing(TOTALED) the viper crashing(10ft. front me, almost shat myself)

510prelude

03-02-2004, 03:38 PM

whos car was it then if it want Ueo's? and that sucked that the PacificRim driver crashed his car he didnt even have to go for a second lap he already qualified, anyways i thought the Viper only scraped his rear not crash it?

ProjectXC

03-02-2004, 03:51 PM

naw the viper hit the wall hard, i tried to find it in the pits afterwards but it was no-where to be foundi talked to some guy that saw it afterwards and he said the rear was smashed all the way up to like half the trunk, and ill talk to my bro about that other 86 i dont know the drivers names except koguchi, millen, euo, nomora(spelt wrong), so ill find out for ya

-The Stig-

03-02-2004, 05:21 PM

Yeah, I saw the Viper crash as well. The damage wasn't bad, just scrapped the body work and some paint off.

I've actually got Video of it from my friend who was taking pictures from the 'media pit'.

Slight 'fender bender' all it was really.

youngdrifter_x

03-02-2004, 10:23 PM

I have a question. how did the Signal sileighty do? I'm a really big fan of signal and that sileighty.

Moppie

03-02-2004, 11:00 PM

Have a read of this thread: http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=1601274

Has links to some more pics of the crashed Silvia, and some comments on it by its builder, Sean Morris (another member).

510prelude

03-03-2004, 03:27 PM

joebowlr21

03-03-2004, 07:48 PM

yea it was tarzan drifting.He poped that damn clutch from like the start of the track and drifted it all the way until he kept spinning out. He only crashed because He was trying to drift the whole track over an over.You guys can't say it wasn't as good as the first one held in august.Specialy the massive drifts after the competition when half the drivers were all drifting together.

7th_skyline

03-03-2004, 07:49 PM

Sounds like the monaro got a fair way though, not bad!
I'm amazed how many japanese teams were there (from your pics)! drifting must be truly mainstream, big dollars in the USA now!!

ProjectXC

03-04-2004, 12:20 AM

alright thanks, it was tarzan drifting it right? i thought tarzan didnt know how to drift.

Thats why he crashed. LOL, naw just kidding, he did a great job on the big long one where the viper power could be unleashed but in the tight area's it wasnt suppose to be there:)

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