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Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Ebisu South Course Drifting
Ebisu South course is notorious as being one of the most challenging drift courses in Japan, or the world for that matter, for its superior technical difficulty. Those who attempt it either have to have big steel balls, a crap car they don't mind getting banged up (that's me) or a gift for drifting, because Ebisu south course can be like walking onto a minefield if you are not prepared.
Here's a little run through of what it's like drift on Ebisu South course...
The high speed first left sweeper that you enter after coming over a launching pad and down a hill next to a bare concrete wall has you do a little piddle in your pants every time you kick the clutch and nail it down and around, usually in third gear.
There is very little room for error....oversteer and your rear end gets greeted by a not-so-soft wall of tires lined up against a totally-not-soft concret wall. Understeer and you've better have a good set of brakes and tires to pull you up before your front end eats it.
Once you've made it through the first corner safely, you have to throw out the anchor and throw even more angle on to get the car around the second corner which seems to creep up on you like a shinkansen. The wall to stop you plumeting down the ravine here is again a tire-less concrete one.
The rest of the main bottom section is pretty smooth sailing (if you don't mind stretching out the revs in second) back up the hill and to a tight hairpin. After you catch your breath, fix your helmet and wind the windows down for more cool air you get to do it all again.
Ebisu South course might be a challenge but getting through it in one piece is a good feeling, even if you don't get the line, speed and angle of Kumakubo and other D1 drivers. You may want to jump straight on to South course but be warned it may eat you up and spit you out! Beginners to drift....stick to Drift land :)
Cheers,
Stu - www.DriftinJapan.com
Here's a little run through of what it's like drift on Ebisu South course...
The high speed first left sweeper that you enter after coming over a launching pad and down a hill next to a bare concrete wall has you do a little piddle in your pants every time you kick the clutch and nail it down and around, usually in third gear.There is very little room for error....oversteer and your rear end gets greeted by a not-so-soft wall of tires lined up against a totally-not-soft concret wall. Understeer and you've better have a good set of brakes and tires to pull you up before your front end eats it.
Once you've made it through the first corner safely, you have to throw out the anchor and throw even more angle on to get the car around the second corner which seems to creep up on you like a shinkansen. The wall to stop you plumeting down the ravine here is again a tire-less concrete one.The rest of the main bottom section is pretty smooth sailing (if you don't mind stretching out the revs in second) back up the hill and to a tight hairpin. After you catch your breath, fix your helmet and wind the windows down for more cool air you get to do it all again.
Ebisu South course might be a challenge but getting through it in one piece is a good feeling, even if you don't get the line, speed and angle of Kumakubo and other D1 drivers. You may want to jump straight on to South course but be warned it may eat you up and spit you out! Beginners to drift....stick to Drift land :)Cheers,
Stu - www.DriftinJapan.com
Labels: d1-japan, ebisu-drifting, ebisu-south-course, japanese-drifting
Wednesday, September 03, 2008
D1 GP 2008 Japan Round 6 Ebisu Circuit
The final round of this years 2008 D1 GP Japanese drift competition was held in Ebisu circuit Nihonmatsu city Japan. The same place they help round 1 this year. But the results were different this time around....
With Ebisu being right in my back yard, (5 mins drive) there was no way I was going to miss it. I actually took my video camera because I wanted to take some video footage of the drifting and put it up here and Youtube to show you but, I had some bad luck and the battery went flat before I could even use it.
I only had my mobile phone camera with 2 bars of battery so my photo taking was limited by that too. Anyway, I was able to take a couple of "ok" photos.
To cut straight to the point, the winner of 2008 Round 6 D1 GP in Ebisu was none other than the owner of the track, Kumakubo Nobushige in his TEAM Orange Lancer Evolution 9.
This 2008 D1 GP drift season was tough for Kumakubo and his team. He hadn't had much luck with rankings, but the weather held off at Ebisu and he was able to score a win and boost his rank in the D1 points table in the final round in Japan! He was very pleased and it showed with tears of joy at the podium!
The final and closing round of D1 GP 2008 drift competition season will be in Irwindale USA in November. But as for me (and the monkeys) and drifting in Japan, I'll still be going to Ebisu from time to time and I'll be able to bring you more D1GP coverage next season!
SAYONARA - from Stu!
www.DriftinJapan.com
:)
With Ebisu being right in my back yard, (5 mins drive) there was no way I was going to miss it. I actually took my video camera because I wanted to take some video footage of the drifting and put it up here and Youtube to show you but, I had some bad luck and the battery went flat before I could even use it.I only had my mobile phone camera with 2 bars of battery so my photo taking was limited by that too. Anyway, I was able to take a couple of "ok" photos.
To cut straight to the point, the winner of 2008 Round 6 D1 GP in Ebisu was none other than the owner of the track, Kumakubo Nobushige in his TEAM Orange Lancer Evolution 9.
This 2008 D1 GP drift season was tough for Kumakubo and his team. He hadn't had much luck with rankings, but the weather held off at Ebisu and he was able to score a win and boost his rank in the D1 points table in the final round in Japan! He was very pleased and it showed with tears of joy at the podium!
The final and closing round of D1 GP 2008 drift competition season will be in Irwindale USA in November. But as for me (and the monkeys) and drifting in Japan, I'll still be going to Ebisu from time to time and I'll be able to bring you more D1GP coverage next season!SAYONARA - from Stu!
www.DriftinJapan.com
:)
Labels: d1-2008-ebisu-round-6, D1GP, drifting, japanese-drifting, kumakubo, lancer drift car, silvia s15, team orange
Friday, May 02, 2008
Hot FC RX7 and More at SS Park Drift Circuit 2008
It was such a fine day last weekend I just had to get out to the 'other' local drift circuit SS Park Circuit in Nihonmatsu Japan. I usually go to Ebisu drift course to drift but SS Park is free so when I want to go and watch for a short time I go there!
Anyhoo, check out some of these sweet drift pictures I took on the day!
Hoping to go to Ebisu very soon to slide myself..it's been too long!! Hope you enjoy these and leave a comment if you like!
Later
Stu - www.DriftinJapan.com
Anyhoo, check out some of these sweet drift pictures I took on the day!
 This bad ass FC RX7 looked sweet on the course. However, up close you could tell it was a true drift pig....still not bad though! |
 The GREEN drift gremlin 180sx - good driver and pretty good car...if you like the snot green color! lol |
 Sweet S14 Silvia didn't get out much but looked good...the driver wasn't so good though :( |
Hoping to go to Ebisu very soon to slide myself..it's been too long!! Hope you enjoy these and leave a comment if you like!
Later
Stu - www.DriftinJapan.com
Labels: drifting, japanese-drifting, rx7-drift, s14-drift, silvia-drift, ss-park-circuit
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