DRIFTVISION - a look on the history of drifting » D1GP USA http://driftvision.com Galleries of drifting events in the U.S. Thu, 12 May 2011 14:05:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 D1GP 2005 Day 3 – Main Event – USA vs Japan http://driftvision.com/2009/d1gp-2005-usa-vs-japan http://driftvision.com/2009/d1gp-2005-usa-vs-japan#comments Fri, 22 May 2009 03:57:26 +0000 admin http://driftvision.com/?p=139 IMG_2369.jpg

D1 Grand Prix 2005 USA vs Japan
This exciting weekend composed of U.S. and Japanese drivers going head to head for the honors of winning this exhibition match. In the end, JR Gittin wins it all for Team USA! The Japanese drivers really showed how professional drifting is done, but JR was able to edge out the competition. This marks the first time a U.S. driver has won a D1 event. We present four galleries of the three days of exciting drifting action.

Photos by Julius Mayo Jr.

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D1 Grand Prix 2005 USA vs Japan – Day 2 Qualifying and Practice

A day of practice and qualifying for both the U.S. and Japanese drivers. The intense battle puts the drivers against themselves to qualify for the top 32 and then practice sessions for the rest of the afternoon.

Photos by Julius Mayo Jr.

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D1 Grand Prix 2005 USA vs Japan – Driver Search and Practice
The first day three for a long weekend of great drifting from U.S. and Japan Drivers. Teams and drivers got a chance to test their cars and drift the track at Irwindale speedway. This practice before qualifying the next day is essential to tune the cars properly according to this high speed track set up. A few U.S. drivers were able to make the cut and get there D1 license in hopes to qualify for the main event.

Photos by Julius Mayo Jr.

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D1 Grand Prix 2005 USA vs Japan – Pits, Models, and Cars

This gallery features all of the action in the pits with cars getting worked on, vendors, sponsor booths, and models. You can find all the vehicles before they may have been damaged from the weekends intense competition. Both Japan and U.S. driver teams set up their drift machines and the public gets a close look how the cars are built…

Photos by Julius Mayo Jr.

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D1 Grand Prix 2005
Kazama wins in Kei Office Silvia! The first win of the 2005 D1 seasons goes to Kazama with an outstanding win over Imamura. Many good matches were seen in true close tandem drifting.

Photos by Julius Mayo Jr.

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Febuary 2005 – the first day of qualifying took place at Irwindale Speedway. Teams from Japan and U.S. prepared their vehicles to practice and qualify for the followind day’s competition. Some U.S. drivers earned their D1 licenses the day of to be able to run in qualifying.

Photos by Julius Mayo Jr

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D1GP 2005 Round 1 Pits – this gallery features all the drift cars in the pits, along with models, car show vehicles and vendor booths. Tarzan Yamada gave drifting demos and entertained the crowd with the models. Drifting fans got a chance to interact with both U.S. and Japanese drivers as they were introduced on a stage in the pits. There are 2 days of coverage with before and after shots of the cars, with some wrecked vehicles from the track.

Photos by Julius Mayo Jr.

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D1 Grand Prix US vs. Japan Pits at GT Live California Speedway

Here’s a behind the scenes look at some of the Japanese D1 drift cars in the pits, from the D1GP 2004 event in December 2004 at GT Live.

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December 2004, the D1 Grand Prix held a U.S. vs. Japan match, along side with GT Live at California Speedway. The GT Live event featured Japanese race cars from the JGTC series and held races through out the day and ending at night. The night event featured the drift cars in the D1GP and many drifting fans came out to be entertained in a friendly International competition. Top Japanese and U.S. drifters battle for top honors, with Kumakubo finishing at top. With a year of drifting under the U.S. drivers’ belts, they show off their skills but were unable to stop the dominating force of the professionals from Japan.

Photos by Julius Mayo Jr.

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February 2004 is the second visit of the D1 Grand Prix from the land of the rising sun! Drifting is officially the new craze of the U.S. with many excited fans around this country attending this event. Drifting is here to stay… One more time!

Photos by Julius Mayo Jr.

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