2003 D1 Grand Prix Season
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2003 D1 Grand Prix Point Series
Round 1 - February 2 - Tsukuba CircuitTsukuba Circuit
The Tsukuba Circuit is a motorsport race track located in Shimotsuma, a neighboring city of Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. It is long, has 32 pits and the longest straight is long. There is a small chicane corner that is used for motorcycle racing only and increases the total length to...
, Ibaraki Prefecture
Ibaraki Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan, located in the Kantō region on the main island of Honshu. The capital is Mito.-History:Ibaraki Prefecture was previously known as Hitachi Province...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
- Nobushige Kumakubo (S15)
Round 2 - March 8/9 - Bihoku Highland Circuit, Hiroshima Prefecture
Hiroshima Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region on Honshu island. The capital is the city of Hiroshima.- History :The area around Hiroshima was formerly divided into Bingo Province and Aki Province. This location has been a center of trade and culture since the beginning of Japan's recorded...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
- Kazuhiro Tanaka (S15)
Round 3 - April 19/20 - Sports Land SUGO, Miyagi Prefecture
Miyagi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan in the Tōhoku Region on Honshu island. The capital is Sendai.- History :Miyagi Prefecture was formerly part of the province of Mutsu. Mutsu Province, on northern Honshu, was one of the last provinces to be formed as land was taken from the indigenous Emishi, and became the...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
- Nobushige Kumakubo (S15)
Round 4 - July 7 - Fuji Speedway
Fuji Speedway
is a race track standing in the foothills of Mount Fuji, in Oyama, Suntō District, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It was built in the early 1960s and hosted the first Formula One race in Japan in 1976. In the 1980s, Fuji Speedway was used for the FIA World Sportscar Championship and national racing...
, Shizuoka Prefecture
Shizuoka Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region on Honshu island. The capital is the city of Shizuoka.- History :Shizuoka prefecture was formed from the former Tōtōmi, Suruga and Izu provinces.The area was the home of the first Tokugawa Shogun...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
- Youichi Imamura (FD3S)
Round 5 - August 9/10 - Ebisu
Ebisu Circuit
is an established race complex at 1 Sawamatsukura, Nihonmatsu-shi, Fukushima Prefecture, 964-0088, Japan. The complex features 7 individual tracks plus 2 skid pan type circuits. The circuits are, Nishi , Kita , Higashi , Minami as well as Drift Land, the School Course, The Touge and 'KuruKuru...
South Course, Fukushima Prefecture
Fukushima Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region on the island of Honshu. The capital is the city of Fukushima.-History:Until the Meiji Restoration, the area of Fukushima prefecture was known as Mutsu Province....
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
- Youichi Imamura (FD3S)
Round 6 - October 4/5 - Sekia Hills, Kumamoto Prefecture
Kumamoto Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on Kyushu Island. The capital is the city of Kumamoto.- History :Historically the area was called Higo Province; and the province was renamed Kumamoto during the Meiji Restoration. The creation of prefectures was part of the abolition of the feudal system...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
- Katsuhiro Ueo (AE86)
Round 7 - November 26/27 - Tsukuba Circuit
Tsukuba Circuit
The Tsukuba Circuit is a motorsport race track located in Shimotsuma, a neighboring city of Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. It is long, has 32 pits and the longest straight is long. There is a small chicane corner that is used for motorcycle racing only and increases the total length to...
, Ibaraki Prefecture
Ibaraki Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan, located in the Kantō region on the main island of Honshu. The capital is Mito.-History:Ibaraki Prefecture was previously known as Hitachi Province...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
- Nobuteru Taniguchi (S15)
2003 D1 Grand Prix Exhibition Matches
D1 US Exhibition - Irwindale SpeedwayIrwindale Speedway
Toyota Speedway at Irwindale is a motorsports facility located in Irwindale, California, United States. It features banked, paved 1/2- and 1/3-mile oval tracks and a 1/8-mile drag strip. It opened on March 27, 1999, as Irwindale Speedway and held that name until Toyota purchased the naming rights...
, Irwindale, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, USA - Katsuhiro Ueo (AE86)
Final Championship Results
| Position | Driver | Car | rd.1 | rd.2 | rd.3 | rd.4 | rd.5 | rd.6 | rd.7 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Youichi Imamura Youichi Imamura is a Japanese professional drifting driver, currently competing in the D1 Grand Prix series for team with .He has always enjoyed driving, so drifting was a natural thing for him. His other passion is flowers as his parents ran a florist and he has always helped them out... |
Mazda RX-7 FD3S | 14 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 20 | - | 18 | 106 |
| 2nd | Nobushige Kumakubo Nobushige Kumakubo is a drifting driver from Japan who competes in the D1 Grand Prix series and racetrack and land owner. Nicknamed Kuma, he is commonly referred to one of the pioneers of drifting.... |
Nissan Silvia S15 | 20 | - | 20 | - | 12 | 12 | 14 | 78 |
| 3rd | Katsuhiro Ueo Katsuhiro Ueo is a Japanese professional drifting driver, currently competing in the D1 Grand Prix series for and .He was into cars from a young age, and started out competing in gymkhana events. At one of these events one of his younger colleagues took him to the touge runs and challenged him saying that he... |
Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 Toyota AE86 The AE86 generation of the Toyota Corolla Levin and Toyota Sprinter Trueno is a small, lightweight coupe introduced by Toyota in 1983 as part of the fifth generation Toyota Corolla lineup. For the purpose of brevity, the insider-chassis code of "AE86" is used to describe the whole range... |
8 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 20 | - | 70 | |
| 4th | Nobuteru Taniguchi Nobuteru Taniguchi is a Japanese racing driver and former drifting driver who currently competes in Super GT. Taniguchi is commonly nicknamed "NOB" or "The Pimp" as a reference to his S15 Silvia which he is best known for.... |
Nissan Silvia S15 | - | - | - | 18 | 10 | 16 | 20 | 64 |
| 5th | Gen Terasaki | Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 Toyota AE86 The AE86 generation of the Toyota Corolla Levin and Toyota Sprinter Trueno is a small, lightweight coupe introduced by Toyota in 1983 as part of the fifth generation Toyota Corolla lineup. For the purpose of brevity, the insider-chassis code of "AE86" is used to describe the whole range... |
12 | 8 | 6 | 14 | - | - | 16 | 56 |
| 6th | Toshiki Yoshioka Toshiki Yoshioka is a Japanese professional drifting driver, currently competing in the D1 Grand Prix series for and Even before he started drifting professionally he always used the Toyota AE86. He first competed in the D1 Grand Prix in the first round of 2002 and has always scored points in every season. He got... |
Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 Toyota AE86 The AE86 generation of the Toyota Corolla Levin and Toyota Sprinter Trueno is a small, lightweight coupe introduced by Toyota in 1983 as part of the fifth generation Toyota Corolla lineup. For the purpose of brevity, the insider-chassis code of "AE86" is used to describe the whole range... |
- | 18 | - | 10 | - | 14 | 8 | 50 |
| 7th | Ken Nomura Ken Nomura is a drifting driver from Japan. He made his debut in the D1 Grand Prix in the 3rd round in 2001, driving the Blitz D1 Spec ER34 Skyline which he still drives... |
Nissan Skyline ER34 | 10 | 14 | 4 | - | 6 | 10 | - | 44 |
| 8th | Kazuhiro Tanaka | Nissan Silvia S15 | 16 | 20 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 38 |
| 9th | Masatoshi Asamoto | Mazda RX-7 FD3S | 18 | - | - | - | - | 18 | - | 36 |
| 10th | Hiroshi Fukuda | Nissan 180SX RPS13 Nissan 180SX The Nissan 180SX was a hatchback coupe based on the S13 chassis from the Nissan S platform, and sold in Japan; and in some other countries under the 200SX name.... |
- | - | - | - | 16 | 6 | 12 | 34 |
| 11th | Hisashi Kamimoto | Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 Toyota AE86 The AE86 generation of the Toyota Corolla Levin and Toyota Sprinter Trueno is a small, lightweight coupe introduced by Toyota in 1983 as part of the fifth generation Toyota Corolla lineup. For the purpose of brevity, the insider-chassis code of "AE86" is used to describe the whole range... |
6 | - | - | - | 8 | 8 | 10 | 32 |
| 12th | Yasuyuki Kazama Yasuyuki Kazama is a drifting driver from Japan.Kazama was first introduced to drifting at age 17 when he watched Gengo-San, who later became his spotter and mentor, drifting on a touge.... |
Nissan Silvia S15 | - | - | 2 | 6 | 18 | - | - | 26 |
| 13th | Ryuji Miki Ryuji Miki is a racing and drifting driver from Tottori Prefecture, Japan. Miki was the D1 Grand Prix champion driving the Top Secret Silvia S15. Miki also competed in the Net'z Cup, a one make series for the Toyota Altezza between 2005 and its final season in 2006 and is nicknamed Doki-Doki kun due to his... |
Nissan Silvia S15 | - | 12 | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | 20 |
| 13th | Masao Suenaga Masao Suenaga is a Japanese professional drifting driver, currently competing in the D1 Grand Prix series for RE Amemiya and Greddy. He is the younger brother of Naoto who both were taught by Nobushige Kumakubo.... |
Nissan Silvia PS13 | - | 2 | 12 | - | - | - | 6 | 20 |
| 15th | Kuniaki Takahashi | Toyota Chaser JZX100 Toyota Chaser The Toyota Chaser is a mid-size car produced by the Toyota Motor Company, Japan. Most were 4-door sedans, with the 2-door coupe discontinued after the first generation... |
2 | - | - | 16 | - | - | - | 18 |
| 16th | Akinori Utsumi | Nissan Silvia PS13/Nissan Silvia S15 | - | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | 14 |
| 17th | Noritsugu Totani | Nissan Laurel C33 Nissan Laurel In April 1968 Nissan presented its new Laurel in four-door deLuxe and Super deLuxe versions, both equipped with a 1.8 L inline-four cylinder engine and independent rear suspension. In summer 1970 a hardtop coupé joined the line-up, one year later a 2000 cc engine became available... |
- | - | 10 | 2 | - | - | - | 12 |
| 18th | Toshimasa Maruta | Nissan Silvia PS13 | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| 19th | Mitsuru Haruguchi | Mazda RX-7 FC3S | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| 19th | Tsuyoshi Tezuka Tsuyoshi Tezuka is a Japanese professional drifting driver, currently competing in the D1 Grand Prix series for .He developed a love for cars from an early age, his first was a Toyota Crown but to start with he was more interested in drag racing than drift. That soon changed as he found out how much it cost to... |
Toyota Mark II JZX81 Toyota Mark II The Corona Mark II, first offered for sale in Japan September 1968 at Toyopet Store dealerships, was intended as an intermediate model between the large luxury sedan the Crown, sold at Toyota Store dealerships, and the smaller Corona, also available at Toyopet Store... |
- | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | 8 |
| 21st | Yoshifumi Tadokoro | Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 Toyota AE86 The AE86 generation of the Toyota Corolla Levin and Toyota Sprinter Trueno is a small, lightweight coupe introduced by Toyota in 1983 as part of the fifth generation Toyota Corolla lineup. For the purpose of brevity, the insider-chassis code of "AE86" is used to describe the whole range... |
- | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| 22nd | Masayoshi Tokita | Toyota Soarer GZ10 Toyota Soarer The Soarer made its first appearance at the 1980 Osaka International Motor Show with the name "EX-8", and the Z10 series Toyota Soarer was produced from February 1981 to December 1985, with 2.0L, 2.8L or 3.0L DOHC I-6 variants. The first generation Soarer debuted with a rear-wheel drive... |
- | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 4 |
| 22nd | Yoshinori Koguchi Yoshinori Koguchi is a Japanese professional drifting driver, currently competing in the D1 Grand Prix series for Dunlop Tyres and .Like many of the other D1 drivers, he owns his own tuning garage called Koguchi Power. Yoshinori does all of the work on his car himself... |
Nissan 180SX RPS13 Nissan 180SX The Nissan 180SX was a hatchback coupe based on the S13 chassis from the Nissan S platform, and sold in Japan; and in some other countries under the 200SX name.... |
- | - | - | - | -4 | - | - | 4 |
| 22nd | Tetsuya Saito | Nissan Cefiro A31 | - | - | - | -4 | - | - | - | 4 |
| 22nd | Takahiro Ueno Takahiro Ueno is a Japanese professional drifting driver and businessman, the former, currently competing in the D1 Grand Prix series for .He started out with a love for the Toyota Soarer JZZ30 and driving, and has turned it into a huge success. Starting his Tuning shop Car Make T&E in October 1996, it has gone... |
Toyota Soarer JZZ30 Toyota Soarer The Soarer made its first appearance at the 1980 Osaka International Motor Show with the name "EX-8", and the Z10 series Toyota Soarer was produced from February 1981 to December 1985, with 2.0L, 2.8L or 3.0L DOHC I-6 variants. The first generation Soarer debuted with a rear-wheel drive... |
4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| 22nd | Michihiro Takatori | Nissan Cefiro A31 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| 27th | Wataru Hayashi | Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 Toyota AE86 The AE86 generation of the Toyota Corolla Levin and Toyota Sprinter Trueno is a small, lightweight coupe introduced by Toyota in 1983 as part of the fifth generation Toyota Corolla lineup. For the purpose of brevity, the insider-chassis code of "AE86" is used to describe the whole range... |
- | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| 27th | Yukinobu Okubo | Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 Toyota AE86 The AE86 generation of the Toyota Corolla Levin and Toyota Sprinter Trueno is a small, lightweight coupe introduced by Toyota in 1983 as part of the fifth generation Toyota Corolla lineup. For the purpose of brevity, the insider-chassis code of "AE86" is used to describe the whole range... |
- | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| 27th | Makoto Sezaki | Nissan Silvia S15 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| 27th | Shunichi Tomikuda | Nissan Silvia PS13 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| 27th | Shingo Murao | Mazda RX-7 FC3S | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 |
- Source: D1GP Official Site 2003 Championship table