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As an amateur, Benson was a Drift Association Drift Day Advanced driver, where he was an instructor and amateur drifting competition judge. [5] In 2003, he earned his D1 Grand Prix license , [ 6 ] and won 1st place at Drift Showoff in 2003.
The D1 Grand Prix (D1グランプリ, D1 guranpuri), abbreviated as D1GP and subtitled Professional Drift, is a production car drifting series from Japan. After several years of hosting amateur drifting contests, Daijiro Inada, founder of Option magazine and Tokyo Auto Salon, and drifting legend, Keiichi Tsuchiya hosted a professional level drifting contest in 1999 and 2000 to feed on the ever ...
This sense of drift is not to be confused with the four wheel drift, a classic cornering technique established in Grand Prix and sports car racing. [citation needed] As a motoring discipline, drifting competitions were first popularized in Japan in the 1970s and further popularized by the 1995 manga series Initial D. Drifting competitions are ...
Formula Drift, also known as Formula D, had its inaugural season in 2004. With 60 currently licensed drivers competing in Pro and Pro 2, Formula Drift is recognized as the premier North American professional drifting championship series. The series consists of an eight-round championship played out at race tracks across North America.
The American Rally Association National Championship Series is the premier stage rally championship in the United States. From coast to coast, the top competitors from N. America and Europe compete at high speeds in street legal cars, on all types of drive-able surfaces.
Drift: The Sideways Craze is a 2007 documentary television film about professional drifting.It features drifting champion Samuel Hubinette and upcoming star Ken Gushi preparing for the D1 Grand Prix, while teaching an amateur the basics of drifting.
Danny Eyles is a professional racing driver, competing in the British Drift Championship, Prodrift Super Series, European Drift Championship and JDM Allstars series.. Since winning the amateur competition final at Teesside Autodrome in 2006 in his Nissan Skyline R33, Danny was approached by Team JapSpeed, and was proud to accept the offer of some sponsorship for the following season in 2007 in ...
Drift race. A drift race is where one or more cars are drifting around the closed roads, blocked off by traffic cones, street signs, etc. to avoid being out-of-bounds. Drifting is a driving technique where the driver intentionally oversteers, with loss of traction, while maintaining control and driving the car through the entirety of a corner.