February 25th was Round 1 of the D1GP Championship series. Held at Irwindale Speedway for the 3rd time, the "House of Drift" held one of its largest events of the year this past weekend. Festivities began early Sunday morning and there was much to talk about with new cars, new teams and a slew of new drivers. This D1GP was no different than the others, excellent driving, and crazy demos, US and Japanese Drivers definitely put on a good show.
Rhys Millen, and his newly design GTO was one of the big names to talk about this past weekend with an ever growing fan base. But even with all that hype and press, Rhys could not seem to win his way out of the Top 8. The Kei Office S15 was the one to watch, with Kazama at the steering wheel, drifting the car to victory this past weekend.
TOP 16
KEN NOMURA vs. TOSHIKI YOSHIOKA – KEN NOMURA
YOUICHI IMAMURA vs. KUNIAKI TAKAHASHI – YOUICHI IMAMURA
KEN MAEDA vs. TOYOHISA MATSUDA – KEN MAEDA
RYUJI MIKI vs. TAKAHIRO UENO – TAKAHIRO UENO
MASATO KAWABATA vs. RHYS MILLEN – RHYS MILLEN
YASUYUKI KAZAMA vs. KAZUHIRO TANAKA – YASUYUKI KAZAMA
NOBUTERU TANIGUCHI vs. NOBUSHIGE KUMAKUBO – NOBUSHIGE KUMAKUBO
MASAO SUENAGA vs. HIDEO HIRAOKA – MASAO SUENAGA
TOP 8
KEN NOMURA vs. YOUICHI IMAMURA – YOUICHI IMAMURA
KEN MAEDA vs. TAKAHIRO UENO – TAKAHIRO UENO
RHYS MILLEN vs. YASUYUKI KAZAMA – YASUYUKI KAZAMA
NOBUSHIGE KUMAKUBO vs. MASAO SUENAGA – NOBUSHIGE KUMAKUBO
TOP 4
YOUICHI IMAMURA vs. TAKAHIRO UENO – YOUICHI IMAMURA
YASUYUKI KAZAMA vs. NOBUSHIGE KUMAKUBO – YASUYUKI KAZAMA
FINALS
YOUICHI IMAMURA vs. YASUYUKI KAZAMA – YASUYUKI KAZAMA
1st YASUYUKI KAZAMA
2nd YOUICHI IMAMURA
3rd TAKAHIRO UENO
4th NOBUSHIGE KUMAKUBO
5th RHYS MILLEN
6th MASAO SUENAGA
7th KEN MAEDA
8th KEN NOMURA
9th RYUJI MIKI
10th NOBUTERU TANIGUCHI
11th HIDEO HIRAOKA
12th MASATO KAWABATA
13th KAZUHIRO TANAKA
14th KUNIAKI TAKAHASHI
15th TOYOHISA MATSUDA
16th TOSHIKI TOSHIOKA
Source : jtuned.com
