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65-650: The majority of the island is located in Tokyo's Kōtō ward, with the north and northwest of the island in Minato and Shinagawa wards. Daiba ( 台場 ) formally refers to one district of the island located in Minato. Governor Shintaro Ishihara used Odaiba to refer to the entire Tokyo Waterfront Secondary City Center ( 東京臨海副都心 , Tōkyō Rinkai Fukutoshin ) , which includes the Ariake and Aomi districts of Kōtō Ward and

130-413: A Driver Search . Once they have qualified, they receive a D1 License , which enables them to enter the qualifying rounds and the newly introduced national series, plus the exhibition events that they are invited to. In a championship event, usually entries are restricted to one hundred cars. Each car gets an allocation of three individual tansou ( solo run ) qualifying runs: only the best one counts. At

195-649: A Fuji Television car park. It also later ran as a championship round. In December 2004, the D1GP was held in the infield road circuit of the California Speedway in Fontana, California , as a non-championship US vs. Japan event, running alongside the JGTC race as part of the non-championship GT Live event. Manabu Orido resigned as a judge at the end of the season to become a driver. The other regular staff for

260-421: A sister city of Surrey, British Columbia , Canada. D1 Grand Prix 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

325-654: A Malaysia series ( D1MY ), though the series and drivers' search began earlier than its UK counterpart due to the difference in climate with its first round in March, compared with the UK series in May. The MY series tends to have the privilege of having Tsuchiya to judge the rounds, whereas the UK series only had Dorikin and Manabu Suzuki as judges in Round 2, on the weekend of the D1GP exhibition event. The New Zealand series are currently run as

390-450: A budget series, this meant that there is tighter restrictions on how a car can be modified. For example, the car must have a working car stereo system and must have the original engine which it was originally supplied with. Also there is no wide body extension and wings must be within the width of the car. The car must also retain many of its original features, especially dashboard, doors, etc. which sometimes can be replaced/removed/modified in

455-725: A city called Shinkoumi, referenced to previously being part of the Tokyo Waterfront. Battery No. 6 is used as a key location in the short story "Solitary Isle" by Japanese writer Koji Suzuki included in the Dark Water (short story collection) Minato City Board of Education operates public elementary and junior high schools. Daiba 1-2 chōme 1-5-ban are zoned to Odaiba Gakuen ( お台場学園 ) for elementary and junior high school. 35°37′48″N 139°46′30″E  /  35.63°N 139.775°E  / 35.63; 139.775 Koto, Tokyo Kōtō ( 江東区 , Kōtō-ku )

520-407: A crowd of three thousand. Drivers were judged individually and were treated as the first round of the 2001 season, shortly renamed as D1 Grand Prix . From round two onward, the series took a different turn. Unlike drift events which judged the cars individually each round then eliminating the rest, the series introduced the one-to-one round battle called the tsuiso ( twin run ) round which has been

585-572: A feeder series in Malaysia , as well as in New Zealand, both of which are currently only running a drivers' search event, which gives the drivers who do well in any of the national series a chance to compete at the final non-championship event held in Irwindale in addition to the final round which only the three UK series drivers was invited by Tsuchiya, who was impressed by their skills during

650-661: A major venue for international expositions. The D1 Grand Prix motorsport series hosted drifting events at Odaiba from 2004 to 2018. Odaiba was one of the venues for the 2020 Summer Olympics . A temporary arena was built at Shiokaze Park for beach volleyball , and temporary stands were built for the Odaiba Marine Park to hold triathlon and marathon swimming . Today's Odaiba is a popular shopping and sightseeing destination for Tokyoites and tourists alike. Major attractions include: Two Shuto Expressway lines access Odaiba: Route 11 enters from central Tokyo crossing

715-415: A maximum angle drift, but still closes off the inside line to prevent passing. The chasing car usually drifts with less angle, but very close to the lead car. However, the chasing car does not even have to keep up. In fact, in some cases, if a car that was left behind on the straight manages produces a beautiful drift, it could win that round. A spin, under-steer, or collision, results in a disqualification and

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780-442: A population of over 100,000. The redevelopment was scheduled to be complete in time for a planned "International Urban Exposition" in spring 1996. Suzuki's successor Yukio Aoshima halted the plan in 1995, by which point over JPY 1 trillion had been spent on the project, and Odaiba was still underpopulated and full of vacant lots. Many of the special companies set up to develop the island became practically bankrupt. The collapse of

845-480: A professional level drifting contest in 1999 and 2000 to feed on the ever increasing skills of drifting drivers who were dominating drifting contests in various parts of Japan. In October 2000, they reformed the contest as a five-round series. In the following year for the following round, the introduction of the two car tsuiou battle, run in a single-elimination tournament format, a common tradition for tōge races which became popular with car enthusiasts. Since then,

910-431: A qualifying school (such as Driver Search or a national drifting series). Considering the fact that the D1GP is a series geared towards production cars only, there are a number of different race regulations that the vehicle must undergo in order to be eligible to compete. They are: In the past, Drivers’ Search rules were more lenient to that of the championship rules until 2005, which the same rules apply to this day. As

975-642: A rival drifting event which was judged by Keiichi Tsuchiya known as the Ikaten . Through the years, the standards of drifting drivers has risen rapidly and drivers began to dominate the series. As a result, Inada decided on a new series to accommodate the more experienced and skilled drivers. In 2000, a new series called All Japan Professional Drift Championship (全日本プロドリフト選手権, Zen Nihon Puro Dorifuto Sensyuken ) consisting of Keiichi Tsuchiya (土屋圭市) and Manabu Orido (織戸 学) as judges, and Manabu Suzuki (鈴木 学) as commentator. Other personnel consisted of Kitahara, as

1040-625: A sellout crowd of ten thousand, which broke the record for the venue and the series, this venue became the series' opening round in 2004. The California round saw the introduction of the English speaking commentator Toshi Hayama, who also dealt with the organisation of the non-Japanese events. That year also saw the car accessories store Autobacs as the title sponsor, and brought the first non-circuit event at Odaiba in Japan in January 2004 , held in

1105-414: A set of three qualifying runs to make it into the best 16 tsuiso ( twin run ) round battles, which involves two cars drifting simultaneously. The Tansou groups would be given, Priority A, B and C. "A" indicates seeded drivers and "C" indicates as qualifiers. The Tansou rounds always starts with the series leader and then goes through to the last driver with the highest number, which usually indicates that he

1170-646: A tourist and leisure zone, with several large hotels and shopping malls. Several large companies including Fuji Television moved their headquarters to the island, and transportation links improved with the connection of the Rinkai Line into the JR East railway network in 2002 and the eastward extension of the Yurikamome to Toyosu in 2006. Tokyo Big Sight , the convention center originally built to house Governor Suzuki's planned intercity convention, also became

1235-610: A tuning business called Option Motorsport. The club held a championship in 2002 called D1UK (the previous moniker), though not related to the magazine, for the 2004 season, the business was forced to drop the Option and D1 name for legal reasons. The difference between the Autoglym series, which was sponsored by the car care product manufacturer, and the D1GB is that the former had a separate championship for beginners called Clubmans which

1300-484: A zero score for the offending party in that battle. At the final round, the two finalists will be gathered in front of the judging stand, which they park up together and stand by their car to be formally addressed by the judges, the driver would return to the starting line to continue with their last sets of tsuiou rounds. Until 2004, there was a third place playoff for the losing semi finalists, which has been dropped. Should there be no sudden death rounds being called up,

1365-696: Is a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan . The ward refers to itself as Kōtō City in English. As of May 1, 2015, the ward has an estimated population of 488,632, and a population density of 12,170 persons per km . The total area is approximately 40.16 km . Kōtō is located east of the Tokyo metropolitan center, bounded by the Sumida River to the west and the Arakawa River to

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1430-407: Is a qualifier. At the end of the drivers three rounds, only the best run counts and on each run, they are judged with an assistance of a DriftBox , which determines angle, keeping to the correct racing line and speed. That will be given a score up to a maximum of 100.0, should a driver score that point, he will be given a bonus score of 1 point which will be added to his score they accumulates during

1495-991: Is in Koto. Seta Corporation was headquartered in Kōtō. The main city office for Kōtō City is located in Toyo. There are branch offices located in Shirakawa, Tomioka, Toyosu , Komatsubashi, Kameido, Ojima, Sunamachi and Minamisuna. Public high schools are operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education . Public elementary and middle schools are operated by the Koto City Board of Education. Combined junior and senior high schools: Junior high schools: Elementary schools: Private schools: International schools are independently owned and operated. On April 20, 1989, Kōtō became

1560-651: Is noted in many major areas of the plot. Odaiba serves as the main setting for the multimedia project Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club , in which the Tokyo Big Sight building serves as the Nijigasaki High School ((虹ヶ咲学園, Nijigasaki Gakuen). Diver City, Sega Joypolis and the Rainbow Bridge can be seen as settings in the animation. Odaiba may be referenced in the game Slow Damage by NITRO CHiRAL. The plot takes place in

1625-663: The Dai-San Daiba ( 第三台場 , No. 3 Battery) was refurbished and opened to the public as the Metropolitan Daiba Park . Of the originally planned 11 batteries, seven construction projects started, but only six were ever finished. No. 1 to No. 3 Batteries were completed in eight months in 1853. Construction on Nos. 4 to 7 started in 1854, but only Nos. 5 and 6 were finished by the year's end. Nos. 4 and 7 were abandoned, with 30% and 70% unfinished (respectively), and an alternative land-based battery near Gotenyama

1690-579: The 1923 Great Kantō earthquake , and was heavily bombed during World War II . The special ward was founded on March 15, 1947, by the merger of the wards of Fukagawa and Jōtō. There are 45 districts in Koto: Companies with headquarters in Koto include Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Stores , Ibex Airlines , Fujikura , and Maruha Nichiro . Sony operates the Ariake Business Center in Kōtō. The broadcasting center of WOWOW

1755-450: The 2005 season were D1 girls Kazumi Kondo (近藤和美) and Hatsuno Sugaya (菅谷はつ乃) who previously had careers as JGTC race queens . For the 2006 season, Hatsuno was replaced by Jyuri Tamashiro (玉城珠里) . As the series has always been Japanese dominated with few non-Japanese making it to the best 16, in the first round of the 2005 season, after narrowly beating Masato Kawabata who spun during their tsuiso round battle, Rhys Millen became

1820-578: The Japanese asset price bubble was a major factor, as it frustrated commercial development in Tokyo generally. The area was also viewed as inconvenient for business, as its physical connections to Tokyo—the Rainbow Bridge and the Yurikamome rapid transit line—made travel to and from central Tokyo relatively time-consuming and costly. The area started coming back to life in the late 1990s as

1885-680: The Rainbow Bridge , while the Bayshore Route enters from Shinagawa Ward through the Tokyo Port Tunnel and from the bayfront areas of Tokyo and Chiba Prefecture to the east. By public transport, Odaiba is accessible via the automated Yurikamome transit system from Shimbashi and Toyosu . The privately operated Rinkai Line runs between Shin-kiba and Osaki , but many trains connect directly to Shibuya , Shinjuku , and Ikebukuro . City buses provide cheaper if slower access. Ferries connect Odaiba with Asakusa running along

1950-552: The Sumida River and the Kasai Rinkai Park in eastern Tokyo. The Tokyo Cruise Ship is a water bus operator in Tokyo that offers services including public lines as well as event cruises and chartered ships. Such as from Asakusa → Odaiba Seaside Park → Toyosu → Asakusa. Odaiba, the Rainbow Bridge, and other parts of the surrounding area are a major setting of the Digimon Adventure franchise. The area

2015-504: The "Next 10 Years" Project in order to develop an appeal for D1 for the upcoming 10 years by creating a competition that could be enjoyed even more and make an environment which makes it easier for the teams and drivers to compete in the competition and at the same time creating new standards for safety and fairness and competition. Usually, drivers in Japan have to make it to the top of the championship table in one of four major national drifting series': Outside Japan, drivers have to enter

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2080-552: The 1960s-1980s lent themselves to driving styles with a high slip angle . As professional racers in Japan drove this way, so did the street racers. As street tōge racing became increasingly common, one of the first drifting contests was hosted by the Japanese Carboy magazine in 1986 and then in 1989, the year after the first introduction of the Video Option series Daijiro Inada (稲田大二郎) decided on introducing

2145-548: The 2005 Odaiba Allstar event. In October 2005, the D1GP ventured to Europe with an exhibition round at Silverstone , Northamptonshire , UK. This event provided an upset, as after putting on a good performance in the first run, the Irishman Darren McNamara advanced to the best 8 round after overtaking the series regular Hiroshi Fukuda on the first run. Like Rhys Millen in the first round, McNamara fell victim to Kazama after losing four to six then tying in

2210-626: The D1 Street Legal series, being replaced by the D1 Lights series from 2018 onwards. Although the items that are prohibited in D1GP also applies in D1SL, additional prohibited items in D1SL cars include: Other restrictions in the category are that: D1 Lights replaced D1 Street Legal from 2018 onwards, unlike D1 Street Legal the car now must be a competition only car and no longer street registered. This were implemented to help better bridge

2275-465: The D1 personnel, drivers and cars. This usually lasts up to an hour which the crowds disembark back to the crowd area ready for the tsuiou round. During a tsuiso round battle, one car follows another through the course, attempting to keep up with or even pass the car in front. It does not matter if the drifting line is wrong: it matters who has the most exciting drift. Normally, the leading car usually produces

2340-520: The D1GP category was moving away from its grassroots during the earlier days, and budgets and development costs were getting higher, the organisers introduced the D1 Street Legal ( D1ストリートリーガル ( D1 sutoriito riigaru in katakana ), as D1SL ) category at the Odaiba round in 2005 for road driven cars which were different from the main category as they are trailer driven between races. Being

2405-523: The D1GP category. In all the car has to prove its road-worthiness by its entrant providing a shaken certificate. Initially, the new series was treated to two exhibition rounds in 2005, and was given a full seven round the following year. Although the series is geared towards novice drifters, it also attracts D1GP star drivers including the Suenaga brothers, Masao and Naoto, many of its former D1GP regulars, and fan-favourites like Ken Nomura . In 2006,

2470-520: The Higashi-Yashio district of Shinagawa Ward . The name Odaiba alludes to daiba ( 台場 , " batteries " / "forts") , which formed small islands nearby. They were constructed in 1853 by Egawa Hidetatsu for the Tokugawa shogunate in order to protect Edo from attack by sea, the primary threat being Commodore Matthew Perry 's Black Ships , which had arrived in the same year. In 1928,

2535-522: The North, its inland boundary is with the Sumida special ward. Much of the land is reclaimed, The northern part is old reclaimed land, and the elevation is very low (below sea level). The southern part is relatively new, but there are few old temples or shrines . Noteworthy places in Kōtō include: The western part of the ward was formerly part of Fukagawa Ward of Tokyo City . It suffered severe damage in

2600-502: The UK exhibition event. McNamara, the only of the three drivers to qualify in the points-scoring final round and to enter with his own car, finished in the last 8 in both events, only to lose to Nomura in both through a sudden death match. As that was the only year to have a franchise in the UK, McNamara would compete in the US series. In 2007 , the former D1GP driver, Hisashi Kamimoto retired from driving to join as judge. The D1 Gals of 2006

2665-410: The best 8 by beating Gittin in a sudden death tsuiso battle, Hubinette made it to the semi-final when he defeated Takahiro Ueno , only to be beaten by Nobushige Kumakubo in his Subaru Impreza GDB . Kumakubo went on into the finals to be beaten by Yasuyuki Kazama , who won his third successive first round championship event. In 2006, the D1GP ventured into the highly lucrative Asian market by hosting

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2730-534: The east. Its major districts include Kameido, Kiba, Kiyosumi, Monzen-nakachō, Shirakawa, and Toyosu . The waterfront area of Ariake is in Kōtō, as is part of Odaiba . "Kōtō" (江東) means "East [of the] River" in Japanese. The tō (東) in Kōtō means "East" and is the same character as the Tō in Tokyo (東京). Kōtō occupies a position on the waterfront of Tokyo Bay sandwiched between the wards of Chūō and Edogawa . To

2795-444: The end of the day, the top twenty qualifiers join the ten seeded cars who are determined by the top ten on the D1GP championship tables. The seeded drivers are usually a red background on their number to identify them. On race day, after two sets of practice runs are done through, competitors will go through a starting ceremony which they will be introduced to the crowds and then a driver will be rounded up in group of fours and be given

2860-460: The finalists would return in front of the judging area with the losing drivers, who would return from the starting line; where the winner's name will be called up be the lead judge, which a large trophy and bottle of champagne will be presented to them by the D1 Gals. A cheque would usually be presented to the top 3 drivers, the winner's cheque is usually worth ¥1million or $ 5000 in US events. After

2925-559: The first non-Japanese driver to advance to the best 8 round. He lost to Yasuyuki Kazama after a sudden death tsuiso battle. That year saw the introduction of the D1 Street Legal category which was unveiled at the Odaiba round, for cars which are built to be driven on the road. The series' only guest commentator was the TV presenter, singer, Super GT driver and amateur drifter Hiromi Kozono (ヒロミ; real kanji name 小園 浩巳) who guest commentated at

2990-450: The first round at Maze Circuit. Daisuke Saito became the first winner of D1 Lights, the first series champion was Junya Ishikawa who graduated to D1GP the following year, while Naoki Nakamura who won twice regained his D1GP license and also graduated to D1GP. In 2019 for the first time D1GP and D1 Lights were held in the same venue during same weekend at Autopolis, which was the final round for both series. The same would happen again twice in

3055-512: The first time D1GP will continue without Tsuchiya nor Inada Hisashi Kamimoto who was part of the judge is promoted to chief judge and assisted by Akira Iida , Shinichi Yamaji , Eiji Yamada and Ryusuke Kawasaki, the Tanso Champions is awarded for the driver with the best Solo run driver and Tanso Winner is awarded for the best qualifier for each round. In the same year Youichi Imamura winning his 4th and last title making him driver with

3120-531: The following year, with the season opener and in Ebisu West. D1 Lights initially live streamed on D1GP Movie Channel but moved to Video Option's Youtube channel in 2023. On final two round of 2024 season, D1 Lights experimented with Top 24 tournament last seen in 2014 D1GP season and targeted to be use from 2025 and beyond. As of 2024, all D1 Lights champion had graduated to D1 Grand Prix with 2024 season had all previous Lights champion up to 2023 competed in

3185-415: The gap between D1 Grand Prix and it's feeder series. The safety of the series is also increased after a spotter was fatally struck by a wheel that came loose during a practice session in the final round of 2016 D1 Street Legal. This accident led to the round being completely cancelled and the D1 Street Legal not continuing in 2017. The series kicked off with a pre-season event at Nikko Circuit, followed by

3250-409: The most D1GP title. 2014 saw the ban on nitrous oxide , a gas commonly seen to add power to engines in motorsport, causing teams to use larger turbochargers or displacement engines. Since 2018 D1GP has streamed all of its round and its feeder series D1 Lights from YouTube for free with Japanese and English language stream on their official channel D1GP MOVIE CHANNEL . In 2022 D1 Grand Prix started

3315-405: The name is announced, in some event, the driver would be given a toss-up by competitors, a common tradition in some sports and usually the spectators will be invited onto the track. Each D1 Licence is valid for an entire season. Drivers who finish in the top 16 of points will retain their licence for the next year. Drivers who finish below are relegated and must attempt to qualify for a licence at

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3380-405: The organisers started a divisional series called D1SL Divisional Series which does not require a D1 License and is broken up in four regions: north, south, east, and west, with rounds that consist of 3 to 4 events in each region and a point scoring system that is the same as the other series'. The winner of the series at the end is awarded a D1 License. In 2017, the organisers announced the end of

3445-532: The other round. With a crowd attendance of five thousand, in the following year the D1GP ran its own national series in the UK. At the non-championship D1 USA vs Japan Allstar Exhibition at Irwindale Speedway in December 2005, the series had its first non-Japanese winner for both car and driver: Vaughn Gittin with his Ford Mustang GT . At the following season opener in March 2006 , Samuel Hübinette with his Dodge Viper SRT/10 took things further by making it into

3510-459: The park that was No. 3 Battery. On the other hand, No. 6 was left to nature (access prohibited). The modern island of Odaiba began to take shape when the Port of Tokyo opened in 1941. Tokyo governor Shunichi Suzuki began a major development plan in the early 1990s to redevelop Odaiba as Tokyo Teleport Town , a showcase for futuristic living, with new residential and commercial development housing

3575-547: The series has spread from the United States to United Kingdom and Malaysia to New Zealand with an ever increasing fanbase all over the world. The series has become a benchmark for all drifting series as its tsuisou format became widely adopted in drifting events throughout the world and is the most highly regarded of all series. The series helped to turn not just its personnel but also many of its drivers into celebrities with appearances in TV shows and car magazines all over

3640-570: The series which was not seen with D1 Street Legal. During the 2005 exhibition event at Silverstone, a domestic series was announced with a plan to run the UK round as part of the world series for the following year, though plans for a point scoring round at that location never materialised. The series took over where the Autoglym Drift Championship left off, which was formerly run by the OPT Drift Club, an offshoot of

3705-525: The series with Suzuki and Nomura as presenters, with the D1 Sisters making guest appearances. For the 2009 season, the US arm underwent a new management team to kickstart a new domestic series Tsuchiya, who was also on the executive board, stepped down when the organization went under new management. In December 2010, Keiichi Tsuchiya and Daijiro Inada both decided to resign from D1GP due to consistent irresponsible management. The following year saw

3770-521: The tech inspector, and Takayasu Ozaku (more commonly known as Zaku the perverted cameraman ) as the series' long serving cameraman. Racing driver Tarzan Yamada made appearances in earlier rounds and Inada himself would usually make guest appearances in the opening ceremony and judging stand. The first ever event was at Ebisu Circuit in Fukushima , Japan, in October 2000 with an entry of forty and

3835-411: The tradition for Tōge races and has since been adopted for drifting events all over the world. Aftermarket parts manufacturers BLITZ, HKS and A'PEXi soon began to get involved by sponsoring drivers entering the competition. In 2002 , the number of cars competing in the tsuiou rounds was reduced from ten to eight, and was reduced to 6 by round two, as the second tansou rounds increased to twelve. That

3900-445: The tsuiou round. At the end when all drivers are judged, the judges picks the sixteen drivers for the tsuiou round, the highest scoring driver will be paired up against the sixteenth highest scorer, the second highest will be paired against the fifteenth highest and so on. Between this and the following tsuiou round , there is a pit walk session at the paddock area for spectators, usually off-limits to them, where they can get close to

3965-427: The world along with scale models and video game appearances for their cars. It was credited for the increase several-fold in tuning businesses specialising in drift set-ups. The art of drifting can be traced to the early days of motorsport when pre-war Grand Prix and dirt track racing drivers such as Tazio Nuvolari used an at-the-limit form of driving called the four-wheel drift. The bias ply racing tires of

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4030-418: Was built instead. However, they resumed construction on No. 4 in 1862 and completed it the following year. Until the mid-1960s, all except two batteries (Nos. 3 and 6) were either removed to facilitate ship navigation or incorporated into Shinagawa port and Tennōzu . In 1979, the "landfill no. 13" (now Minato-ku Daiba, Shinagawa-ku Higashi-Yashio and Kōtō-ku Aomi districts) was finished and connected to

4095-709: Was increased to sixteen by round four which stands to this day. The series remained domestic until 2003 when an exhibition round was hostedin Southern California at Irwindale Speedway , produced by American marketing company, Slipstream Global. That same year, Grassroots Motorsports also presented the D1 Grand Prix with the Editors' Choice Award. Slipstream Global would later create the Formula Drift Championship in 2004. With

4160-456: Was replaced by the " D1 Sisters " who were audition winners and representative of the agency D-Sign , consisting of Hiromi Goto, Yuria Tachiki, Asami Kikuchi and Ayaka Tashiro. Since the series began, Video Option has always covered all of the official D1GP events. Its English language sister title JDM Option , which was established in 2004, also covers the events. In 2007, the sports channel, J Sports ESPN began screening highlights of

4225-412: Was run in a tansou ( solo run ) format only and did not require the common safety amenities (e.g. rollcages), and the latter is a main championship for experienced drivers which consists of the usual tsuiso ( twin run ) rounds. The other difference is, D1 regulation is more stringent on car modifications. The club was since absorbed into the D1 franchise as a national series. The GB series, was followed by

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