I found alittle more information on keiichi and you should read it threw... it seem out keiichi has his own hero...
Keiichi Tsuchiya had been a motorsport lover for over 30 years. He grew up in Nagano (remember 2000 winter Olympics?) Anyway, he is one special driver in his time, as his origin is not from traditional racing background nor from a wealthy family, which ALL Japanese race drivers were in those days.
He raced snow covered canyons in his youth and dreamed of going to professional racing. With no formal instructions, he still trained in his Nissan Sunny B110 junkyrad car intensively oon his own. In his early twenties, he joined a grassroots motorrace event, a SUNNY CUP funded privately by himself and his friends. There he learned that it takes more than skills to win a race, that he needed a real race car. At the same time, professional racers at the track all recognized his application of small high-speed drifts in braking that effectively used to pass less skilled drivers. It was a wakening thing for drivers in those days, who all grew up that sideways was slow. He proved otherwise, that if drifts were performed in braking zones in places where it was selectively effective tactically, it was very useful. It may not be the absolute fastest way to get around a corner but it certainly does help you change racing lines that's otherwise blocked by slower fields, or to get around and block lines of others. Everyone ridiculed his driving at first but as time went on people began to wonder how he was still maintaining position. It was something Keiichi called his own, that no one else can...drift in braking zones and maintain exit speed.
Kurata Jidousha Racing Team gave him an open door to drive their cars the following year as #3. Kurata further argued and trained Keiichi to balance the use of drifts against tire wear and engine wear. Eventually, the Sunny race turned into AE86 Freshman and N2. N2 being the highest level of stock car racing in those days, he always aimed for the seat but never achieved his goal. The N2 was reserved for established professionals of those days. (This is why his replica N2 AE86 built in 1998 is his dream car...when he finally got to drive a TRD prepped N2 Ae86 that he can call his own)
However, in the Freshman Series, he dominated the field in the rain, and won many events in dry weather as well. With Yokohama tires joining his support, he left Kurata-Carrot and drove for many teams always leaving a positive note and giving them friendship, fun, and some well earned victories.
Notable in his career is the 1989-1992 Group A Skyline GTR. ADVAN Yokohama Colored BNR32 GTR ripped and diced with his rivals to raise grand stands from North to South. Keiichi co-drove in this car with his mentor,fomer Honda's racing legend Takahashi Kunimitsu. This is the man Keiichi watched as a kid from climbing over fences at Fuji Speedway dreaming of some day in his future... Group A was a dream come true for his career. Most Potent car, the GTR, and his most respected co-driver hero, Takahashi.
Keiichi's mission was clear in Group A. To put the aging Takahashi back on podium before his retirement. He did so, and is perhaps the most memorable poidum ceremony in Japan's racing...
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you dont know his name or anything you just think he look cool?!? And by looking cool he can drift? 
