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In 1973, the Japanese issei began to bring the style of Japanese styled cars over to the U.S. Cars such as the Datsun 510, Toyota Corolla, and the Honda Civic along with other modified vehicles. Modified Nissan R34 Skyline GT-R at Importexpo 2011. The import scene grew exponentially in the 1990s and 2000s with more Japanese imports ...
The average age of JDM cars is 8.7 years, ranking 9th in a survey of 30 of the top 50 countries by gross domestic product. [2] According to the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, a car in Japan travels a yearly average of over only 9,300 kilometres (5,800 mi), less than half the U.S. average of 19,200 kilometres (11,900 mi). [3]
Tetsuya Hibino (日比野哲也, Hibino Tetsuya) (born 10 April 1974 in Aichi) is a Japanese professional drifting driver, currently competing in the D1 Grand Prix series for Shibata Racing Team. Like many of the drivers in the D1 Grand Prix, he is the owner of his own tuning shop called SunRise, and works on his car himself.
The D1 Grand Prix (D1グランプリ, D1 guranpuri), abbreviated as D1GP and subtitled Professional Drift, is a production car drifting series from Japan. After several years of hosting amateur drifting contests, Daijiro Inada, founder of Option magazine and Tokyo Auto Salon, and drifting legend, Keiichi Tsuchiya hosted a professional level drifting contest in 1999 and 2000 to feed on the ever ...
Daijiro Yoshihara (吉原 大二郎, Yoshihara Daijiro, December 24, 1978), also known as Dai, is a Japanese professional driver with a diverse and impressive career across various motorsport disciplines including drifting, road racing, time attack, hill climb, stunt driving and instructing with multiple championships and records.
Morrison is the co-owner of Driftworks Ltd, alongside his business partner, James Robinson. The business was established out of a spare room in Morrison's home, originally to source quality parts from Japan for their drift cars, and has now grown into one of the largest suppliers of aftermarket car parts in the UK, offering worldwide service, based out of a 12,000 sq ft facility in Tyseley ...
One of the earliest recorded drift events outside Japan took place in 1996 at Willow Springs Raceway in Willow Springs, California, hosted by the Japanese drifting magazine and organization Option. Daijiro Inada (founder of the Japanese D1 Grand Prix), the NHRA Funny Car drag racer Kenji Okazaki, and Keiichi Tsuchiya gave demonstrations in a ...
The Irwindale Speedway & Event Center (a.k.a. Irwindale Speedway, Irwindale Dragstrip, or "The House of Drift") was a motorsports facility located in Irwindale, California, United States. It opened on March 27, 1999, under the official name Irwindale Speedway.