Read Full Report - View Full GalleryD1 Team Orange compete in the Japaneseusedcars.com European Drift Championship 
Our good friends and the worlds number 1 and Japan's top D1 Drift Team Team Orange, Nobushige Kumakubo & Kazuhiro Tanaka enter the Japaneseusedcars.com European Drift Championship and competed in the 3rd round held at Silverstone circuit in England on June 1st 2008.
As practice began, it was clear that Team Orange wasn’t here to mess about. They set the standard in terms of entry speed and clean “snappy” initiations. The local guys were putting up a good fight however and the gap that existed a couple years ago was certainly smaller this time around.
Into qualifying and once again the Japanese driver showed dominance by putting up the first ever 100 point qualifying run in EDC history. Nobushige Kumakubo put in a flawless performance showing everyone why he was crowned Japanese champion of 2006. Kazuhiro Tanaka placed 2nd with a score of 94.
Phil Morrison in the Driftworks S15 Silvia would face Nobushige Kumakubo in the Team Orange Impreza.
The final pairing couldn’t have been more appropriate if it had been scripted. Having beaten off the 2006 GB champ, the best of Northern Ireland and Poland, Kumakubo would face the 2007 EDC champ, Brett Castle in the Final.
A truly fantastic show by all drivers involved and a testament to the level that the European drifters have reached over the last 2 years. Kumakubo and Team Orange will be back for the next round to get their revenge at Santa Pod. Also a new man will step up from a different corner of the globe in the form of New Zealand champion Adam Richards. Who will prevail? The only way to find out is to be there, Santa Pod Raceway, July 12th 2007 with the added bonus of a twin drift competition on the 13th where once again Team Orange will be making an appearance doing what they do best.
Our good friends and the worlds number 1 and Japan's top D1 Drift Team Team Orange, Nobushige Kumakubo & Kazuhiro Tanaka enter the Japaneseusedcars.com European Drift Championship and competed in the 3rd round held at Silverstone circuit in England on June 1st 2008.
As practice began, it was clear that Team Orange wasn’t here to mess about. They set the standard in terms of entry speed and clean “snappy” initiations. The local guys were putting up a good fight however and the gap that existed a couple years ago was certainly smaller this time around.
Into qualifying and once again the Japanese driver showed dominance by putting up the first ever 100 point qualifying run in EDC history. Nobushige Kumakubo put in a flawless performance showing everyone why he was crowned Japanese champion of 2006. Kazuhiro Tanaka placed 2nd with a score of 94.
Phil Morrison in the Driftworks S15 Silvia would face Nobushige Kumakubo in the Team Orange Impreza.
The final pairing couldn’t have been more appropriate if it had been scripted. Having beaten off the 2006 GB champ, the best of Northern Ireland and Poland, Kumakubo would face the 2007 EDC champ, Brett Castle in the Final.
A truly fantastic show by all drivers involved and a testament to the level that the European drifters have reached over the last 2 years. Kumakubo and Team Orange will be back for the next round to get their revenge at Santa Pod. Also a new man will step up from a different corner of the globe in the form of New Zealand champion Adam Richards. Who will prevail? The only way to find out is to be there, Santa Pod Raceway, July 12th 2007 with the added bonus of a twin drift competition on the 13th where once again Team Orange will be making an appearance doing what they do best.
