Day in, day out our days were spent punching in phone numbers to tracks, workshops and shops. Our second day in Tokyo brought us to Bee*R. Walking into the workshop was ever so surreal with the ever so famous Bee*R R34 sitting on jack stands with a mechanic asleep right beside it. It was hard to believe all the D1GP cars are built right in this very garage. More to come.
When cars weren’t drifting, they were racing. The RunFree AE86’s were absolutely amazing to watch scoot around Mobara Twin Circuit at MSC last year. The schedule was planned perfectly, full of entertainment which lead you to never lay eyes off the circuit. The perfect combination of drifting, team battles, triple class and grip I can easily say it’s the best event I’ve attended to, to date. I’m looking forward to going back to Japan in 10 weeks time. Hopefully all my content from Novembers trip will last until then.
Note the red paint, pink wheels and the black flames. Not many cars can pull this combination off. For this aggressive Mark II we can make a small exception. One of the coolest 100’s I’ve seen in real life.
Cars that choose to take on the not-so forgiving walls of Minami generally mean they can steer. I was a bit iffy seeing this little Trueno hatch drive out for the first time. 10 minutes in, my jaw was dragging the bitumen. If there was a stand out car that was smashing Minami, in a good way it would have to be this little AE86. I remember standing inside the pits and watching it hop over the jump, screaming past the wall. Each time I had to either cover my ears and or look away, I’ve never heard a car this loud before.
Exiting off the wall, entering into the tight left corner he gained unbelievable amounts of angle every single time. One reason why he was such a standout was definitely his level of consistency. Note; his facial expressions.
