Today Japaneseusedcars.com are pleased to announce a new section of disability vehicles has been added to the web site. Disability vehicles are now available for export from Japan.They are purpose built by major manufacturers for the physically impaired and the aged by such manufactures as Toyota, Nissan, Honda and Mazda. These disability vehicles are available in a variety of sizes and configurations such as:- Front swivel- Lift loading seats- Side entry lift loading seats- Wheelchair lifts and - Wheelchair rear access ramps. Some are self driven with a wheelchair storage facility next to the drivers cabin, while others provide easy access for disabled passengers. Ideal for the physically impaired and the aged. To View the wide range of vehicles available go to Japanese Disability vehicles
The 4th Round of the 2008 Japaneseusedcars.com European Drift Championship took place at Santa Pod raceway on a specially constructed “Street course” The track layout would not be the fastest this season, but was offset by being one of the more technical tracks to be used. Relatively narrow and very unforgiving, this track managed to replicate the streets where drifting was born.
This round saw the return of Team orange from Japan once again bringing their Subaru Impreza drift cars with local support coming from 2007 Time attack champions, Zen Performance. Also new to the championship were New Zealand champion, Adam Richards and BDC wildcard drivers Matt Carter and Stewart Hansford. Qualification began and once again, Team orange set the standard with Tanaka scoring 97 points out of a possible 100. Kumakubo also set a score of 94 making everyone believe that they would claim the top spots. This was until Phil Morrison of Driftworks appeared and put in a fantastic performance which tied him on points with Kumakubo. In the event of a points tie in qualifying, we look at the next best score which for both drivers was 92 and due to a spin by Kumakubo on one of his runs, gave Morrison 2nd place in qualification. Kumakubo would have to settle for 3rd. Phil Morrison drew Nobushige Kumakubo in the first round for the second event in a row. Morrison was starting to get to grips with his new Driftworks S15 Silvia but Kumakubo was right up inside his rear bumper when leading and was unable to keep up with Kuma’s speed when following giving a small but significant advantage and win to Kumakubo. Kazuhiro Tanaka faced Adam Richards in the next battle and it was Tanaka to lead in the first run. Richards did everything he could to try and keep up with Tanaka but was struggling. He eventually had to straighten the car through the hairpin giving Tanaka the win after the second run was declared even. The Final was an all Orange affair with both Kumakubo and Tanaka being faultless all day. Kumakubo normally has the upper hand when it comes to battles between these two drivers in Japan, but Tanaka was on form and looked ready to take the win. With both drivers using Subaru Imprezas with similar engine specifications and on the same Yokohama Advan Neova tyres, this would be purely a battle of driver skill between the two. The first run saw Tanaka dive down the inside of Kumakubo and stay there giving him the advantage in the first run. Kumakubo answered back with a similar run getting his bumper right onto the door of Tanaka. It was clear that this one would have to go one more time. Into the third run and as they made their high speed transition from right to left, Kumakubo unable to countersteer the car quick enough spun his car with Tanaka narrowly missing the car in front but continuing his drift and took a 10-0 advantage. This contest was Tanaka’s for the taking. The fourth run saw Kumakubo applying pressure from behind as per the second run and Tanaka tried to respond by pulling away. In his attempt to get away, Tanaka applies a little too much throttle and his Impreza is pointing in very much the wrong direction. It was as if déjà vu had occurred with Tanaka spinning in the same place that Kumakubo had in the previous run. With a 10-0 advantage going the other way, another sudden death was called. Tanaka chasing couldn’t get in on Kumakubo who was gradually increasing pace and so would have to settle for a 5-5 score. Kumakubo continued his ways by getting right in on Tanaka at the hairpin giving him a small advantage to settle the match.Japaneseusedcars.com sponsored driver Ben Broke-Smith above still leads the championship after round 4 Final results for Santa Pod round 4 1st Nobushige Kumakubo 2nd Kazuhiro Tanaka 3rd Tim Marshall.
Former D1NZ champion Adam Richards made his debut in the Japaneseusedcars.com European Drift Championship for round 4 held at Santapod Raceway in England on the 12th July 08. Japaneseusedcars.com worked with Adam to assist him to gain entry to the #1 European drift competition and being a former D1 Champion he was accepted, we then offered all the help we could to Adam to get him and his car over to England. Adam arrived at the end of May but had to wait for his car to arrive from the USA where it had been since the D1 All Stars event at the end of 2007. His car finally arrived a few days before the Santapod event and Adam set about preparing the Cefiro for round 4.
Adam drove his RB26 GT-R powered Cefiro well and qualified in the top 4 of the unseeded drivers, not a bad effort considering he hadn't driven for 8 months but in the first round of Tsushio battles he came up against Team Orange driver Kazuhiro Tanaka and unfortunately although putting in a good fight was beaten by the Japanese driver. We look forward to seeing Adam complete the remaining rounds of the EDC and wish him well as he takes on the best drifters in Europe.
D1 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.
We are pleased to announce that we have secured the first Japanese professional Drift driver to join the Japaneseusedcars.com Championship and make history as the first Championship in Europe to do so. World famous and D1GP 2006 Champion Nobushige Kumakubo has confirmed he will contest the Championship this year using his 430bhp RWD Subaru Impreza STI (GDB model). Kumakubo is famed for his amazing high speed car control and particularly his talent in twin drift battles where his brave yet precise driving techniques are nothing short of inspiring. As a top star of Japanese D1 events as well as events in the USA, along with various appearances at shows in Europe under his belt in more recent times - his entry into Japaneseusedcars.com European Drift Championship marks an important chapter in Drifting history.
His entry into the JapaneseUsedCars.com European Drift Championship is certain to be news the world over as his first commitment to a Championship outside of D1 - which he will also continue with in 2008.
Speaking of the announcement, Japaneseusedcars.com European Drift Championship's event co-ordinator Andy Barnes commented ‘ Mr Kumakubo’s entry into Japaneseusedcars.com European Drift Championship is truly outstanding and we are overjoyed at his commitment to the Championship this year. It is our firm belief and drive to produce some of the most professionally organised and driver demanding Drift events in our market and it is this aspect which draws Mr Kumakubo to the Championship. His intention to join us from Japan is extremely welcome news and I am excited not only for our Championship but also to be able to present such exciting news to the current drivers lined up for Japaneseusedcars.com European Drift Championship in 2008, they’ve a tough time ahead and it just got tougher! ‘
Mr Kumakubo added ‘ Since I visited Silverstone in 2005, I heard a lot of good and exiting news from Japaneseusedcars.com European Drift Championship. So I don't need to think too much about the reason to join Japaneseusedcars.com European Drift Championship as a competitor. It is very simple logic, there are the best European drivers in Japaneseusedcars.com European Drift Championship, so I will go to compete with them. Just as a one of the drivers. But also I would like to say big thank you for Japaneseusedcars.com European Drift Championship organizer to make this happen and I believe that we can make fantastic event for spectator with usual Japaneseusedcars.com European Drift Championship atmosphere. It will be fun, it will be good, it will be TSUISO!! ‘ For further information please visit our website: www.europeandriftchampionship.eu
Formula D 2007 rookie of the year Darren McNamara has re-signed with Japaneseusedcars.com for the 2008 season. Darren will campaign 3 cars in 2008, his famed SR20 AE86 will be campaigned in the Prodrift Europe series while Darren will drive his white AE86 in the Prodrift Ireland series. In the Formula D series held in the USA Darren will drive a totally new car with Team Falken. Japaneseusedcars.com are pleased to have Darren on board for the second year in a row and look forward to what is shaping up to be the biggest year yet for professional drifting world wide.
Japaneseusedcars.com and motor-sports Autospecs - Japaneseusedcars.com are involved in the fast growing motor sport of Drifting and currently sponsor a number of drivers, teams, series and events world wide. Japaneseusedcars.com are title sponsor of the 2008 European Drift Championship which is based in the UK, the series is now known as The Japaneseusedcars.com European Drift Championship.
We also sponsor the UK based Drift team of Driftworks which is the leading supplier of drift related products in Europe. The Driftworks team comprises of three cars and drivers, Phil Morrison is the leading driver who won the 2006 D1 UK championship he will be driving a highly modified Nissan S15 Silvia for the 2008 series. His team mates are Ben Broke-Smith who drives an early 1990s Toyota Chaser and is a fierce contender and thirdly James Robinson who drives a Nissan Skyline R32, all cars are highly modified and well known in the drift scene in Europe and the UK.
Autospecs - Japaneseusedcars.com have also been sponsors fo the D1NZ championship and have in the past two years sposnsored a number of drivers from New Zealand to attend the D1 World All Stars Championship held at Irwindale Speedway in California, we have also sponsored some New Zealand drivers to compete in the Toyo Tyres Asia Pacific series in countries such as China and Malaysia.
Autospecs - Japaneseusedcars.com are also sponsors of Darren McNamara the 2006 Prodrift Series Champion from Ireland, Darren competes in Prodrift Ireland, Prodrift Europe, Formula D in the U.S. and the D1 U.S. series, he drives for Team Falken in the U.S. and won the Formula D rookie of the year 2007 with one round still remaining in the championship this indicates just how good Darren realy is. Japaneseusedcars.com are working with Darren for 2008 and will be making important announcements shortly regarding Darren and his sponsorship for 2008.
Autospecs - Japaneseusedcars.com are also involved with the motor sport of Time Attack and sponsored the Time Attack UK series in 2007. 2008 sees us step up again to sponsor Time Attack UK which involves some of the UK's fastest Tuner cars compete to find who is the fastest around a lap of some of the UK's best circuits. Top UK tuner companies such as Zen Performance, RC Developments, Fensport and Sumo Power are well known in this popular motor sport.
Autospecs - Japaneseusedcars.com were leading sponsors and helped these four top UK tuner teams come to Japan in December 2007 to run at the Famous Tsukuba Circuit and compete in the 18th Revspeed Super Lap event against the very best Tuners Japan has to offer names like HKS, Panspeed, Zero Sports, Mines and top drivers like Nobu Taniguchi and Tarzan Yamada. The UK teams did reasonably well considering it was their first time to run at Tsukuba and posted times that put them well within notice of the Japanese who have had countless laps at this tuners mecca in Japan. We look forward to seeing the UK guys back in japan at Tsukuba in 2008.
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Today Japaneseusedcars.com are pleased to announce a new section of disability vehicles has been added to the web site.
Disability vehicles are now available for export from Japan.They are purpose built by major manufacturers for the physically impaired and the aged by such manufactures as Toyota, Nissan, Honda and Mazda. These disability vehicles are available in a variety of sizes and configurations such as:- Front swivel- Lift loading seats- Side entry lift loading seats- Wheelchair lifts and - Wheelchair rear access ramps. Some are self driven with a wheelchair storage facility next to the drivers cabin, while others provide easy access for disabled passengers. Ideal for the physically impaired and the aged. To View the wide range of vehicles available go to Japanese Disability vehicles
This round saw the return of Team orange from Japan once again bringing their Subaru Impreza drift cars with local support coming from 2007 Time attack champions, Zen Performance. Also new to the championship were New Zealand champion, Adam Richards and BDC wildcard drivers Matt Carter and Stewart Hansford.
Qualification began and once again, Team orange set the standard with Tanaka scoring 97 points out of a possible 100. Kumakubo also set a score of 94 making everyone believe that they would claim the top spots. This was until Phil Morrison of Driftworks appeared and put in a fantastic performance which tied him on points with Kumakubo. In the event of a points tie in qualifying, we look at the next best score which for both drivers was 92 and due to a spin by Kumakubo on one of his runs, gave Morrison 2nd place in qualification. Kumakubo would have to settle for 3rd. 
Phil Morrison drew Nobushige Kumakubo in the first round for the second event in a row. Morrison was starting to get to grips with his new Driftworks S15 Silvia but Kumakubo was right up inside his rear bumper when leading and was unable to keep up with Kuma’s speed when following giving a small but significant advantage and win to Kumakubo.
Kazuhiro Tanaka faced Adam Richards in the next battle and it was Tanaka to lead in the first run. Richards did everything he could to try and keep up with Tanaka but was struggling. He eventually had to straighten the car through the hairpin giving Tanaka the win after the second run was declared even.
Japaneseusedcars.com sponsored driver Ben Broke-Smith above still leads the championship after round 4
Final results for Santa Pod round 4 1st Nobushige Kumakubo 2nd Kazuhiro Tanaka 3rd Tim Marshall.
Adam drove his RB26 GT-R powered Cefiro well and qualified in the top 4 of the unseeded drivers, not a bad effort considering he hadn't driven for 8 months but in the first round of Tsushio battles he came up against Team Orange driver Kazuhiro Tanaka and unfortunately although putting in a good fight was beaten by the Japanese driver. We look forward to seeing Adam complete the remaining rounds of the EDC and wish him well as he takes on the best drifters in Europe.
