This was at Tsukuba circuit Japan. I have no idea what it's about or anything because I can't even find the website in English and I don't speak Japanese, but I took pics:









Apparently this car was fastest with a 54 second lap time. I have no idea who's car it is or what's in it though.








And get an earload of this Panspeed RX8. That rotary sounds good:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOVzHBblOj8

 

He's got air jacks

Must be a PITA to haul around that huge bottle of nitrogen though

This S2000 sounded gnarly with the ITB's, one of the loudest cars there


Top speeds and lap times, apparently a GTR had the fastest top speed but the RX7 won of course.


Some guy standing by tires he didn't pay for




Can anyone recognize the guy in silver and red in the upper left corner?

 

nice pics. any vids of the on track action?

 

Good stuff; thanks for sharing!

 

That rx7 that posted the best time of the day is the revolution RX7. That car is almost 100% carbon fiber and is a beast. It only ever loses to the cyber evo and sierra evo.

 

That is the revolution rx7 was just all carbon until they added the Hankook livery

 

Sorry no vids, Speedhunters was there taking videos though and there's are always pretty good.

 

Great pictures, thanks for sharing.

 

the SuperStreet mag did a feature on the red FD. that thing is crazy and is said to run that course in 55.4 seconds!

 

They must've had traction problems that day because the best they got in was 57.651.

 

ya idk what was going on then. but it was a great feature netherless and they go over every part of that car. should find it if you get the chance.

 

Yeah I just found the article online:
http://www.superstreetonline.com/fea...d3s/index.html
That's a bad *** car, the specs don't do it justice. But still 520 PS is impressive. That's more than twice the stock output. This car seems all business. He dongiveafuck if the tranny cooler is sticking out of the rear bumper and looks ugly, it cools the tranny.

Funny thing is the driver was a guy with a pony tail from what I saw, and Yoshihiko Takeo certainly doesn't. I wonder if he had someone else drive? I remember watching them load this car onto the trailer. That's a 5 hour drive back home. Just 2 guys. They only came with 8 tires too. They just strapped it all down and drove off. It actually left me scratching my head. I remember going to rally events and we always had a before and after party at the rally headquarters. I remember being up until 1 am in the hot tub at some hotel (not drinking) while some of the drivers were drinking the night before the race only to get up at 5 am. Then they race all day and we have a dinner award banquet. They sure do things real differently out here in Japan. I didn't see a single beer ALL DAY and that is unfuckingimpossible at any racing event in America, even in the pits. Wheh... glad I'm not Japanese. If I ever compete in this my propane grill, a box of burgers, and a case of beer are coming with me. Sure I'll probably lose because I don't take it that seriously, but for me it's about something different.

 

haha ya thats a good way to look at it. its all in the manor of good sport and fun

 

Awesome pics, wish like hell we could see cars like that on the tracks here stateside

 

^ Me too


John