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Las Vegas heats up with the return of D1 Grand Prix Professional Drifting
In a repeat of last years successful collaboration between D1 Grand Prix, NHRA Sport Compact and Extreme Autofest, the Summer show that brought over 12,000 fans to Las Vegas Motor Speedway for two days and nights of slideways drift action, quarter-mile drag racing drama, and multiple flavors of import lifestyle entertainment returns to the speedway on Friday July 13th and Saturday July 14th 2007.
Daijiro Inada himself, the founder of the D1 Grand Prix series, Option Magazine, Option Video and the Tokyo Auto Salon will make his U.S. Ikaten debut in the Stream Z GT Jr., a Yashio Factory built vehicle that is based on a Nissan 180SX chassis and modified with a 350Z front end and a Skyline rear end.
More here: http://www.d1gp.com/index.php?option...d=30&Itemid=46
Updated driver roster
One Japan driver and three U.S. drivers could not make it since we published the original provisional roster but we hope to see several amateurs make it through the Ikaten and get their D1 license to compete in the Saturday event.
First Name Last Name Team Vehicle
Nobushige Kumakubo Team Orange GDB Impreza
Ken Nomura Blitz Nissan Skyline
Yoichi Imamura ORC Nissan Fairlady Z
Tetsuya Hibino Sunrise Nissan Silvia
Hideo Hiraoka Drift Speed Nissan Silvia
Kazuyoshi Okamura Yashio Factory Nissan silvia
Michihiro Takatori Super Autobacs Nissan Cefiero
Daigo Saito Fnatz Toyota Chaser
Toshiki Yoshioka Droo-P Toyota Corolla
Katsuhiro Ueo Drift Speed Nissan Silvia
Takahiro Ueno T&E Vertex Toyota Soarar
Kazuhiro Tanaka Team Orange GDB Impreza
Ernie Fixmer KURE International Nissan Silvia
Quoc Ly Drift Speed/JSP Nissan 240SX
John Russakoff Speed Machine Toyota Corolla
Hubert Young San Dimas Auto Racing Nissan 240SX
Ryan Hampton McKinney Chevy Corvette Z06
Chanin Prapopyuenyong Tiger Racing Nissan 240SX
Jayitr Sritongkham Tiger Racing Nissan 180SX
Justin Pawlak SR Motoring Mazda RX-7
Provisional Schedule:
http://www.d1gp.com/index.php?option...d=31&Itemid=47
Come on out and watch drifting under the lights in Vegas! Ticket info is at http://www.lvms.com/tickets/strip/d1_drift/
In a repeat of last years successful collaboration between D1 Grand Prix, NHRA Sport Compact and Extreme Autofest, the Summer show that brought over 12,000 fans to Las Vegas Motor Speedway for two days and nights of slideways drift action, quarter-mile drag racing drama, and multiple flavors of import lifestyle entertainment returns to the speedway on Friday July 13th and Saturday July 14th 2007.
Daijiro Inada himself, the founder of the D1 Grand Prix series, Option Magazine, Option Video and the Tokyo Auto Salon will make his U.S. Ikaten debut in the Stream Z GT Jr., a Yashio Factory built vehicle that is based on a Nissan 180SX chassis and modified with a 350Z front end and a Skyline rear end.
More here: http://www.d1gp.com/index.php?option...d=30&Itemid=46
Updated driver roster
One Japan driver and three U.S. drivers could not make it since we published the original provisional roster but we hope to see several amateurs make it through the Ikaten and get their D1 license to compete in the Saturday event.
First Name Last Name Team Vehicle
Nobushige Kumakubo Team Orange GDB Impreza
Ken Nomura Blitz Nissan Skyline
Yoichi Imamura ORC Nissan Fairlady Z
Tetsuya Hibino Sunrise Nissan Silvia
Hideo Hiraoka Drift Speed Nissan Silvia
Kazuyoshi Okamura Yashio Factory Nissan silvia
Michihiro Takatori Super Autobacs Nissan Cefiero
Daigo Saito Fnatz Toyota Chaser
Toshiki Yoshioka Droo-P Toyota Corolla
Katsuhiro Ueo Drift Speed Nissan Silvia
Takahiro Ueno T&E Vertex Toyota Soarar
Kazuhiro Tanaka Team Orange GDB Impreza
Ernie Fixmer KURE International Nissan Silvia
Quoc Ly Drift Speed/JSP Nissan 240SX
John Russakoff Speed Machine Toyota Corolla
Hubert Young San Dimas Auto Racing Nissan 240SX
Ryan Hampton McKinney Chevy Corvette Z06
Chanin Prapopyuenyong Tiger Racing Nissan 240SX
Jayitr Sritongkham Tiger Racing Nissan 180SX
Justin Pawlak SR Motoring Mazda RX-7
Provisional Schedule:
http://www.d1gp.com/index.php?option...d=31&Itemid=47
Come on out and watch drifting under the lights in Vegas! Ticket info is at http://www.lvms.com/tickets/strip/d1_drift/