Tag Archives: drifting

Scion FR-S Drifter and First 86 Program

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Ben Hsu

Toyota made two announcements today regarding the US-badged neo-hachiroku. Firstly, ToMoCo expects sales to be so piping hot that they built a website just to give the enthusiasts a chance to be one of the initial (no pun intended) 86 … Continue reading →

Posted in toyota | Tagged ae86, drifting, fr-s, gt 86, hachiroku, ken gushi, scion, toyota, toyota 86 | 6 Comments

Team HDO SR20-Powered RA28 Toyota Celica Drift Machine

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Ben Hsu

Yesterday we posted a period-correct vintage Toyota race car. Today we’re going with a thoroughly modern one. Wildly stickered nostalgics usually induce mild indigestion around the JNC office but I suppose we can make an exception when it’s a D1 Grand … Continue reading →

Posted in motorsports, toyota | Tagged celica, d1, d1gp, drift, drifting, hdo, liftback, nissan, ra28, rs watanabe, sr20, toyota, watanabes | 20 Comments

RA21 Toyota Celica Drift Machine

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Ben Hsu

This may look like an RA21 Toyota Celica. But look below the surface where the sun don’t shine and you’ll find a full-on AE86 drift machine. The result? Whether it’s smoking tires sideways or just cold chillin’ by a vending machine, … Continue reading →

Posted in motorsports, toyota | Tagged a20, celica, drift, drifting, ra21, ra22, ta21, ta22, toyota | 17 Comments

Belated Wednesday Wall: Hakosuka Drift

Posted on July 22, 2010 by Ben Hsu

As Kev has often said, the Hako is a tail-happy machine that, back in the day, was even more so as a result of bias-ply tires. It was often seen breaking its caboose loose on the circuit. Well, here’s what … Continue reading →

Posted in nissan, Wednesday Wall | Tagged c10, drift, drifting, Hakosuka, kgc10, kpgc10, nissan, skyline | 5 Comments

Sliding Sunnys

Posted on March 25, 2010 by John Roper

The title says it all. Vids below the fold.

Posted in datsun, nissan | Tagged b310, datsun, drifting, nissan, sanitora, sunny, sunny truck, touge | 2 Comments

Friday Video: Kyushakai Drifters

Posted on September 25, 2009 by Ben Hsu

There’s been a recent spate of videos in which cars built with old school bosozoku style take on the decidedly new art of professional drifting. Take a gander at the exquisite airbrushed paint job, for example, captured at Ebisu by … Continue reading →

Posted in toyota | Tagged bosozoku, drifting, garuchan, kyushakai, shakotan, soarer z20, toyota, toyota chaser, toyota mark ii, toyota soarer | 6 Comments

KP61 Toyota Starlet Drift Machine

Posted on September 3, 2009 by Ben Hsu

Teruyoshi Iwai campaigns one of the coolest D1GP cars around, a KP61 Toyota Starlet stuffed with a 4AG with TRD and Silk Road suspension components. Apparently Iwai made his triumphant return to D1 in Round 5 at Ebisu Circuit, but … Continue reading →

Posted in toyota | Tagged d1gp, drifting, starlet kp61, teruyoshi iwai, toyota | 7 Comments

Slidin' Sunnys and Coastin' Corollas

Posted on February 12, 2009 by Ben Hsu

We know not all JNC readers baby their nostalgics, so here’s some examples of nostalgics behaving badly from a couple of blogs we like. Nori Yaro‘s gallery of drifting remind us of the guys from the Japanese KE70 drift team … Continue reading →

Posted in datsun, nissan, toyota | Tagged datsun sunny, drifting, ke70 corolla, nissan sunny, toyota corolla | 2 Comments