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D1 GP “All Star” - Unseeded Qualifiers

Hiroshi Fukuda - 100 pts
Michihiro Takatori - 100 pts
Kouichi Yamashita - 98.7 pts
Hideo Hiraoka - 98.5 pts
Takahiro Uneo - 98 pts

D1 GP “All Star” - Seeded Drivers

Japanese Drivers

Yasuyukia Kazama
Masao Suenaga
Youichi Imamura
Nobushige Kumakubo
Masato Kawabata

2005 D1 GP Drivers Search Results

Qualified Drivers - 2005 D1 GP Drivers Search:

Hiro Sumida 99pts
Taka Aona 97pts
Stephan Papadakis 96pts
Rod Millen 95pts

Taka Aono - D1 GP Drivers Search

Drift Day sponsored Taka Aono is a constant crowd favorite behind the wheel of this Toyota Corolla. In this video Taka is drifting the Irwindale oval during the drivers search portion of the D1GP “All Star” event. Taka qualified for the event and received his D1 License.

Drift Day sponsored Taka Aono is a constant crowd favorite behind the wheel of this Toyota Corolla. In this video Taka is drifting the Irwindale oval during the drivers search portion of the D1GP “All Star” event. Taka qualified for the event and received his D1 License.

Stephan Papadakis - D1 GP Drivers Search

Drag Racer turned Drifter, Stephan Papadakis has qualified for his D1 License and is now eligible to compete in future D1 events. This is a short video of his license earning runs.

Drag Racer turned Drifter, Stephan Papadakis has qualified for his D1 License and is now eligible to compete in future D1 events. This is a short video of his license earning runs.

Tony Brakohiapa of Team X - Crash

During the last run of the 2005 D1 GP Driver Search Tony Brakohiapa had the misfortune of facing off with some of Irwindale Speedway’s famous K-rail. Tony emerged from the accident shaken, but not seriously harmed.

During the last run of the 2005 D1 GP Driver Search Tony Brakohiapa had the misfortune of facing off with some of Irwindale Speedway’s famous K-rail. Tony emerged from the accident shaken, but not seriously harmed.

Rhys Millen - GTO Meets Wall

Early on during thursdays practice session 2005 Formula D Champion Rhys Millen had the misfortune of testing the holding strength of Irwindale Speedway’s inner wall.
Rhys says that the car is a total loss, but that he is ok. He will be watching his father, Rod Millen, from the grandstands as he will no longer run […]

Kazama takes the cake, Can he top it with icing?

The 2005 D1 Grand Prix final battle took place at the legendary Tsukuba Circuit.  The two potential candidates for this year’s series champion were Masao Suenaga in the Amemiya Rx7, and Yasuyuki Kazama in the Kei Office Silvia.  Kazama held a big lead in the series until the 6th round, where Suenaga had closed the […]

Millen vs. Millen

Anyone familiar with drifting in the United States knows Rhys Millen and his famous Pontiac GTO. Rhys won the Formula D Championship in 2005, but this year he has to watch-out as the competition for D1GP at Irwindale just got a little bit tougher. New to the sport of drifting, but not to performance driving is his father Rod Millen. Rod Millen owns the Pikes Peak record for the fastest driving time up the mountain (10:04.06 set in 1994) and has a driving career spanning over 30 years. Rod Millen can be seen driving a rotary powered Mazda RX-8.

Anyone familiar with drifting in the United States knows Rhys Millen and his famous Pontiac GTO. Rhys won the Formula D Championship in 2005, but this year he has to watch-out as the competition for D1GP at Irwindale just got a little bit tougher. New to the sport of drifting, but not to performance driving is his father Rod Millen. Rod Millen owns the Pikes Peak record for the fastest driving time up the mountain (10:04.06 set in 1994) and has a driving career spanning over 30 years. Rod Millen can be seen driving a rotary powered Mazda RX-8.

Who is next?

The D1GP USA vs. Japan event this year will be full of excitement!  On December 16th and 17th Irwindale Speedway will be filled with plumes of smoke and a sea of fans. Kazama, Imamura, Nomura, and Kumakubo better keep their guard up because the USA has many drivers that will give them a run for […]

Driver List - 2005 D1 GP “U.S.A. vs Japan”

McQuarrie, Gushi, Schulz, Hubinette, Fixmer, Millen, Foust, Petty, Norris, Wong, Pfeiffer, Yoshihara, Yamanaka, Angelo, Wan, Young, Shwartz, Schelley, Hateley, Hampton, Grunewald, Gitten, Forsberg

2006 D1 GP Schedule

03/10 + 03/11 - Irwindale Speedway - Irwindale, California
04/15 + 04/16 - Obaiba -Tokyo, Japan
04/29 + 04/30 - Suzuka Circuit - Japan
07/29 + 07/30 - Autopolis - Japan
08/26 + 08/27 - Ebisu Circuit - Japan
10/21 + 10/22 - Fuji Speedway - Japan
12/02 + 12/03 - California Speedway - Fontana, California