Another photo capturing Jesse’s consistent runs being laid down at Meihan Sportsland during a small mid-week meeting in Spring x

Attempting Drift Tengoku style photographs at Mobara Twin Circuits entry. Team Illusion JZX 90 x

JZX90 laying down a perfect preview of the entry into Mobara Twin Circuit on a soukoukai drift day x

Seeing YZ Circuit was a first for me last trip. It was definitely worth the drive back from Osaka to Nagoya for the weekend. Nagoya is almost like a different little world in itself, haggard drift cars driving around the town all day everyday, a bunch of UP GARAGES, workshops and plenty of action everywhere. Here is one of my favourite cars from MSC Challenge x

It’s quite funny how good the Japanese are at driving. At the Meister Cup I was trying hard to direct my focus to the lower-class cars as much as I was to the pro classes. This PS13 from Motor Works Naito was in the lower divisions, which was a surprise after seeing the long, consistent entries he was pulling off all day. It might look cool in videos and all but nothing beats seeing this kind of action in person.

To this date I still can’t believe I was fortunate enough to shoot the original Team Burst drivers on their natural soil being Meihan Sports Land. Here are a few more images of them riding the wall.

If you look closely you will see more than 1 car. Talk about proximity.

To those of you who requested more photos of Naoki Nakamura, this is for you. This particular day was special as it was the first time I had ever been to Meihan, and look what I was blessed with! As you may know I travelled north of Japan late last year, through Tokyo and also up in Fukushima for the Autumn Matsuri. The guys up there have that much guts they don’t really care how close they are to one another as their cars are far from straight chassis. This case is different. Two fantastic drivers side by side on one of the tightest tracks in their D1 cars. I remember Shane Bingham was speaking to Nakamura and he mentioned that they try not to think what will happen if they crash, they just want to get as close as they can and if anything happens they’ll worry about it then.