Define "Drift God"

[Victor Vance]

That explains why Fujiwara drives a Trueno. I really don't know much about Keiichi Tsuchiya, but, hearing this, I'm going to look around for that video...

ps: for some strange reason his story reminds me of Alan Kulwicki's

 

[Stanley^Carter]

Without Keiichi Tsuchiya, there is a chance that Initial D would never had happen. Without Keiichi Tsuchiya the drifting world would be way different. Without Keiichi Tsuchiya there is a chance that there wouldn't be a D1 event.

Keiichi Tsuchiya is just that important to the Drifting world. Just like Jordon in basketball.

oh yeah, I just love it when you say that 👍 👍

 

[RyosukeFCDS]

Bit more history.

Kunimitsu Takahashi, known as the father of drifting began the dynamic style in his circuit racing career, he was considered a reckless driver at the time but is now well renowed for his amazing grace and style. Takahashi was basically the first, no doubt were they got the Takahashi brothers names from in initial d.

Oh, and you contridicted yourself.

Dori dori means drift, and Dorikin means drift king.

 

[Gabkicks]

the earliest recording of drifting I've seen was in the 50's. Was the takahashi guy around before the 50s?

 

[RyosukeFCDS]

He was driving around then.

Career Summary:

1958 ? All Japan Motorcycle Clubman Series, 1 win.
1960 ? Isle of Man Tourist Trophy, 4th place.
1961 ? 250cc World Championship, 1 win on a Honda RC162.
? 125cc World Championship, 1 win on a Honda.
1962 ? 125cc World Championship, 2 wins on a Honda.
1964 ? Became an official Nissan factory driver in Japan.
1966 ? Japanese Grand Prix, 1st place in a Datsun roadster.
? Bathurst 500, 1st place in Class A in a Datsun 1300 with Kitamo.
1967 ? Japanese Grand Prix, 3rd place in a Datsun roadster.
? Competed in the Bathurst 500 in a Datsun.
1968 ? Competed in the Bathurst 500 in a Datsun.
1970 ? All-Japan All-Star event, 1st place in a Datsun.

1971 ? Japanese Grand Prix, 1st place in a Datsun.
? Grand Champion series, 1 start in a Nissan Fairlady 240Z.
1973 ? Kyalami 9hrs, 4th place in a Datsun 240ZR with Tohira.
? Suzuka 1000kms, 1st place in a Datsun 240ZR with Tohira.
? Grand Champion series, 2 starts in a March 73S BMW.
1974 ? Grand Champion series, 3 starts, 1 win in a March 73S BMW.
1975 ? Grand Champion series, 2nd overall, 50.5 points, 1 win in a Sakai Racing March 73S BMW.
? Japanese F2000, 2 starts in a Sakai Racing Team Surtees TS15 BMW and a Racing Shop Yatsuka Surtees TS15 Ford.
1976 ? Grand Champion series in a Sakai Racing March 73S BMW.
? Japanese F2000, 6th overall, 22 points in a Sakai Racing March 742 BMW.
1977 ? Grand Champion series, 7th overall, 26 points in a March 73S BMW.
? Japanese F2000, 2nd overall, 117 points (85 counted), 3 wins in a Speed Star Racing March 742 BMW and Kojima KE008 BMW.

1977 ? Meiritsu Racing Tyrrell 007 Cosworth DFV V8, 1 entry.

1978 ? Japanese F2, 6th overall, 40 points in Speed Star Racing Kojima KE008 BMW.
? Grand Champion series, 3 starts in a Speed Star Racing Chevron B36 BMW.
1979 ? Japanese F2, 4th overall, 64 points in a Speed Star Racing March 782 BMW.
? Grand Champion series, 2 starts, =14th overall, 3 points in a Speed Star Racing MCS Mazda.
1980 ? Japanese F2, 15th overall, 4 points in a Royce Racing March 792 BMW and a Suzuki Racing Toleman TG280 Hart.
? Grand Champion series, 2 starts, =5th overall, 30 points in a Royce Racing Royce RM-1 BMW.
? Fuji Long Distance series, 1 start in a Mazda Auto Yamanashi March 75S Mazda.
1981 ? Japanese F2, 8th overall, 23 points in a Suzuki Racing Toleman TG280 Hart.
? Grand Champion series, =2nd overall, 42 points, 2 wins in a Royce Racing Royce RM-1 BMW.
1982 ? Japanese F2, 15th overall, 9 points in a Shift Toleman TG280 BMW and March 822 BMW.
? Grand Champion series, 4th overall, 25 points in a Royce Racing Royce RM-1 BMW.
1983 ? Japanese F2, 6th overall, 46 points in a Nova Engineering March 822 BMW and March 832 BMW.
? Grand Champion series, 9th overall, 13 points in a Royce RM-1 and an MCS 4.
? Japanese Sports Prototype Championship/World Endurance Championship, 1 start in an Alpha Racing Porsche 956 with Henn and Paul Jr.
1984 ? Japanese F2, 13th overall, 11 points in an Advan Sports Nova March 832 BMW and March 842 BMW.
? Grand Champion series, 3rd overall, 30 points in an MCS 5 BMW.
? Japanese Sports Prototype Championship, 1 start, =7th overall, 20 points, 1 win in a Nova Engineering Porsche 956 with Kenji Takahashi and Lees.
? Fuji Long Distance Series, 2 starts, 1 win in an Advan Sports Nova Porsche 956 with Kenji Takahashi.
1985 ? Japanese F2, 13th overall, 17 points in an Advan Sports Nova March 85J BMW. Grand Champion series, 9th overall, 16 points in an MCS 6 BMW.
? Japanese Sports Prototype Championship, =1st overall, 72 points, 3 wins in an Advan Sports Nova Porsche 962C with Kenji Takahashi.
? Fuji Long Distance series, 4 starts, 2 wins in an Advan Sports Nova Porsche 962C with Kenji Takahashi.
? World Sportscar Championship, 1 start in an Advan Sports Nova Porsche 962C with Kenji Takahashi.
1986 ? Japanese F2, 10th overall, 22 points in a Team JPS Advan (Nova) March 85J Honda and March 86J Honda.
? Grand Champion series, 6th overall, 22 points in an MCS 6 BMW.
? Japanese Sports Prototype Championship, =1st overall, 70 points, 2 wins in an Advan Sports Nova Porsche 962C with Kenji Takahashi.
? Fuji Long Distance series, 4 starts, 1 win in an Advan Sports Nova Porsche 962C with Kenji Takahashi.
? World Sportscar Championship, 2 starts in an Advan Sports Nova Porsche 962C and a Kremer Racing Porsche 962C with various drivers.
1987 ? Japanese F3000, 9th overall, 33 points in an Advan Sports Nova March 87B Honda.
? Grand Champion series, 9th overall, 16 points in an Advan Sports Tomei MCS 7 Ford.
? Japanese Sports Prototype Championship, =1st overall, 59 points, 2 wins in an Advan Alpha Nova Porsche 962C with Acheson and Mogi.
? Fuji Long Distance series, 4 starts, 2 wins in an Advan Alpha Nova Porsche 962C with Acheson and Mogi.
? World Sportscar Championship, 2 starts, 1 win in an Advan Alpha Nova Porsche 962C and a Kremer Racing Porsche 962C with various drivers.
1988 ? Japanese F3000, 7th overall, 12 points in an Advan Sports Nova Lola T88/50 Mugen.
? Grand Champion series, 5th overall, 49 points in an Advan Sports Nova MCS 8 Mugen.
? Japanese Sports Prototype Championship, =4th overall, 48 points in an Advan Alpha Nova Porsche 962C with Mogi.
? Fuji Long Distance series, 4 starts in an Advan Alpha Nova Porsche 962C with Mogi.
? World Sportscar Championship, 2 starts in an Advan Alpha Nova Porsche 962C and Kremer Racing Porsche 962C with various drivers.
1989 ? Japanese F3000, =15th overall, 3 points in an Advan Sports Nova Lola T89/50 Mugen.
? Grand Champion series, 6th overall, 9 points in an Advan Sprots Nova Cerumo 89Ge Mugen.
? Japanese Sports Prototype Championship, =1st overall, 56 points, 1 win in an Advan Alpha Nova Porsche 962C with Dickens.
? Fuji Long Distance series, 4 starts in an Advan Alpha Nova Porsche 962C with Dickens.
? World Sportscar Championship, 1 start in an Almeras Montpellier Porsche 962C with Dickens.
? Le Mans 24hrs, retired in a Kremer Racing Porsche 962C with Giacomelli and Lavaggi.
1990 ? Japanese F3000, 9th overall, 7 points in an Advan Sports Nova Lola T90/50 Mugen.
? Japanese Sports Prototype Championship, =22nd overall, 9 points in an Advan Alpha Nova Porsche 962C with Mogi.
? Fuji Long Distance series, 4 starts in an Advan Alpha Nova Porsche 962C with Mogi.
? World Sportscar Championship, 1 start, =31st overall, 2 points in a Kremer Racing Porsche 962C with Mogi.
? Le Mans 24hrs, 24th place in a Kremer Racing Porsche 962CK6 with van der Merwe and Okada.
1991 ? Japanese F3000 in an Advan Sports Pal Lola T90/50 Mugen and Lola T91/50 Mugen.
? Japanese Sports Prototype Championship, 3 starts, =27th overall, 8 points in a Team Taisan Klepper Porsche 962C with Dickens.
? Fuji Long Distance series, 3 starts in a Team Taisan Klepper Porsche 962C with Dickens.
1992 ? Japanese F3000 in an Advan Sports Pal Lola T91/50 Mugen and Lola T92/50 Mugen.
? Formed Team Kunimitsu.
? All-Japan Touring Car Championship, =9th overall, 74 points in a Team Kunimitsu Nissan Skyline GTR with Tsuchiya.
1993 ? Japanese F3000 in an Advan Sports Pal Lola T92/50 Mugen.
? Competed in the All-Japan Touring Car Championship in a Team Kunimitsu Nissan Skyline GTR with Tsuchiya.
1994 ? Japanese F3000, 10th overall, 4 points in an Advan Sports Pal Lola T92/50 Mugen and Lola T94/50 Mugen.
? Japanese GT Championship, 3 starts, 7th overall, 35 points, 1 win in a Team Kunimitsu Porsche Carrera RSR with Tsuchiya.
? BPR Global GT Endurance series, 1 start in a Team Kunimitsu Honda NSX with Tsuchiya and Iida.
? Le Mans 24hrs, 18th place in a Kremer Honda NSX with Tsuchiya and Iida.
? Suzuka 500kms, 4th place in an Oscar SK90 with Muzutani and Kimura.
1995 ? Japanese GT Championship, =10th overall, 28 points in a Team Kunimitsu Porsche Carrera RSR Turbo with Tsuchiya.
? BPR Global GT Endurance series, 1 start in a Team Nova Honda NSX Turbo with Iida and Tsuchiya.
? Le Mans 24hrs, 8th place in a Team Kunimitsu Honda NSX with Iida and Tsuchiya.
1996 ? Japanese GT Championship, =26th overall, 8 points in a Team Kunimitsu Honda NSX with Tsuchiya.
? Le Mans 24hrs, 16th place in a Team Kunimitsu Honda NSX with Iida and Tsuchiya.
? All-Japan All-Star event, 6th place in a Team Kunimitsu Honda NSX with Tsuchiya.
1997 ? Japanese GT Championship, =13th overall, 30 points in a Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft Honda NSX with Iida.
? All-Japan All-Star event, 16th and 20th places in a Team Kunimitsu Honda NSX with Iida.
? Participated in Honda's 50th anniversary celebrations.
1998 ? Japanese GT Championship, =19th overall, 25 points, 1 win in a Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft Honda NSX with Iida.
? FIA GT Championship, 1 start in a Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft Honda NSX-S with Iida and Michigami.
? All-Japan All-Star event, 2nd place in a Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft Honda NSX with Iida.
1999 ? Japanese GT Championship, =15th overall, 34 points, 1 win in a Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft Honda NSX with Iida.
? Suzuka 1000kms, 4th place in a Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft Honda NSX with Iida and T. Tsuchiya.
? All-Japan All-Star event, 2nd place in a Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft Honda NSX with Iida.
2000 ? Retired from competitive driving.
? Became the President of the GT Association of Japan.

 

[rollazn]

Bit more history.

Kunimitsu Takahashi, known as the father of drifting began the dynamic style in his circuit racing career, he was considered a reckless driver at the time but is now well renowed for his amazing grace and style. Takahashi was basically the first, no doubt were they got the Takahashi brothers names from in initial d.

Oh, and you contridicted yourself.

Dori dori means drift, and Dorikin means drift king.

Well thanks for the correction. Anyways I hope you know that Kunimitsu Takahashi and Keiichi Tsuchiya were friends and were in the same team at once. 1992 when they formed Team Kunimistu. Starts up his own team, to race in Touring Cars and then the JGTC. The reason for this may not have been clear at the time, but by 1992 it became quite obvious. Takahashi was awake to the fact that sports prototype racing was dying a slow death, and he established his own team, Team Kunimitsu. In both 1992 and 1993 he entered his young team in the All-Japan Touring Car Championship, driving a four-wheel-drive, 4-wheel-steer Group A Nissan Skyline GTR with Keiichi Tsuchiya, finishing equal 9th in the championship in 1992 with 74 points.


Anyways, they were friends and Keiichi felt like Takahashi was like his mentor, which was cool!

 

[rollazn]

Keiichi Tsuchiya began racing at a young age as most great drivers do. As he was learning to drive he began experimenting with the side brake or E-brake lever. Sliding the back end of the car out and counter steering was fun and taught him the basics of car control. Unlike many great racecar drivers he did not go to a racing school or have a rich family that was into the racing scene that could nurture his racing talents. He just had the basic passion to drive. Driving through local mountain roads he began to build a sense of where a car needs to be at each turn to achieve maximum speed through a corner. This not being a safe and smart way of learning to race he never the less learned much from running (Touge) mountain pass roads. From time to time he found himself off a cliff with his KPGC10 Skyline or against the side of a wall. Having snow in the wintertime further trained him to drive well on loose surface conditions enhancing again his car control skill. The more he drove on these roads and conditions of various road surfaces he began to get comfortable with sliding the car through a corner. He started to drift not because it was a quicker way around a corner but it was the most exciting way.

Driving History: Keiichi Tsuchiya
Born January 1956
1977 Debut in Fuji Freshman series.
1977-1984 Ran selected entries in All Japan Touring Car championship.
1984 Fuji Freshman series race (Toyota AE86)= 6 wins
1985 All Japan Touring Car championship (Toyota AE86) 1st in Class 3
1986 Corolla Sprinter Cup-2 podium places
1987 All Japan Touring Car championship (Honda Civic)-1 win
1988 Toyota Cup-1st overall
All Japan Touring Car championship (BMW M30)-3rd in Class 2
Macau Guia race (BMW M3)-4th overall
1989 All Japan F3 championship
All Japan Touring Car championship (Ford Sierra Cosworth)-1 win
1990 All Japan Touring Car championship (Ford Sierra Cosworth)
Macau Guia race (Ford Sierra Cosworth)
New Zealand Touring Car series (Toyota)
1991 All Japan F3 championship (Ralt-Mugen)-10th overall
All Japan Touring Car championship (Nissan Skyline GT-R)-5th overall
1992 All Japan Touring Car championship (Nissan Skyline GT-R)
1993 All Japan Touring Car championship (Taisan Nissan Skyline GT-R)-1 win
Japan Endurance series (Honda Prelude)-2nd Tsukuba 12 Hours
1994 All Japan GT championship (Porsche 911T)-1 win
All Japan Touring Car championship (Honda Civic)
Suzuka 1000kms (Porsche 911T)-1st in class, 2nd overall
Le Mans 24 Hours (Honda NSX)-18th overall
1995 All Japan GT championship (Porsche911TRSR)
All Japan Touring Car championship (Honda Civic)
Suzuka 1000kms (Honda NSX)-5th overall
Tokachi 12 Hours (Honda NSX)-1st overall
Le Mans 24 Hours (Honda NSX)-1st in class
1996 All Japan GT championship (Honda NSX)-13th overall
Entered NASCAR Thunder Special race at Suzuka
Le mans 24 Hours (Honda NSX)-3rd in class
1997 All Japan GT championship (Porsche 911/Dodge Viper)
Fuji InterTec race (Toyota Chaser)
Suzuka 1000kms (Lark McLaren F1 GTR)-9th overall
Entered NASCAR Thunder Special race at Suzuka
Le Mans 24 Hours (Lark McLaren F1 GTR)-qualified 10th, retired from race
1998 All Japan Touring Car championship (Toyota Chaser)-7th overall
All Japan GT championship (Toyota Supra)-8th overall
Le Mans 24 Hours (Toyota GT-One)-9th overall
NASCAR at the California Speedway.
1999 Japan Touring Car Championship(Advan Altezza Touring car).
2000-2001 he joined team ARTA racing a NSX once again in the All Japan GT championship.
Keiichi Tsuchiya “Drive by Drift” “It is easy to make plans but difficult to carry them out”

 

[Airdrian]

ahh i would say pepole like ken nomura, nobutera tanihguich, koguichi and all of them are drift gods to me.
they got mad skills and crap.
i dont kare if they win or lose .
i just loving to watch them take a car and kill a track with it.
thats wat a drift god is to me.

 

[Gabkicks]

jesus, let the thread die

 

[Darin]

Drift God.

Someone who is a ghost ans flys on a magic carpet and drifts in the air.

 

[RX-7 FD Drifter]

Drift God: Keiichi Tsuchiya and not you

 

[exhaust_note]

> me <

 

[Swift]

Are we still talking about this?

 

[Gabkicks]

LOL, let the thread die,