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Drift Kids Day is a fan appreciation event sponsored by D1 Grand Prix, Ebisu Circuit, and drift Team Orange. The one day event is Sunday October 12 at Ebisu West Course, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. Admission is free for junior high school students or younger.

Drift Kids Day will feature drifting exhibitions from Team Orange and other D1GP celebrity drifters like Ken Nomura, Drift Samurai, and current 2008 D1GP points leader Daigo Saito!

Drift Kids Day Drifters:

• Nobushige Kumakubo
• Kazuhiro Tanaka
• Hideo Hiraoka
• Masao Suenaga
• Drift Samurai
• Ken Nomura
• Yoshinori Koguchi
• Tatsuya Sakuma
• Naoki Nakamura
• Daigo Saito

Drift Kids Day also includes a petting zoo, autograph and picture session, passenger seat ride along with the pros, bus tours of Ebisu, and even a ride along with 2006 Japanese D1 Grand Prix Champion Nobushige Kumakubo in a Nissan GT-R.

President, founder, driver, and designer of the Japanese tuning company Powerhouse Amuse, Hideki Tanabe, died September 20, 2008. Tanabe is well known and respected in the Japanese tuning community for his tuning ability and high quality products - exhaust systems, body kits, and engine management electronics. Tanabe was a man seeking JDM greatness, for example, he built a carbon fiber Skyline weighing 2400 pounds with a power rating of 600 horsepower. Perfection was Tanabe’s goal and Powerhouse Amuse will continue his legacy.

http://webamuse.co.jp

2007 Formula Drift Champ Tanner Foust took fist place at Round 6 of Formula D and is positioned first in the overall Formula D standings. With only one event left, Final Fight at Irwindale Speedway October 11, Tanner may repeat his 2007 victory.

2008 Formula Drift Round 6 Results:

1. Tanner Foust - Nissan 350Z
2. Rhys Millen - Pontiac Solstice GXP
3. Bill Sherman - S13.5 Nissan Silvia

Overall Point Standings:

Tanner Foust - Nissan 350Z (504 points)
Sam Hubinette - Dodge Viper (478 points)
Rhys Millen - Pontiac Solstice GXP (448 points)
Daijiro Yoshihara - Pontiac GTO (423 points)
Chris Forsberg - Nissan 350Z (403 points)
Ryan Tuerck - Pontiac Solstice (389 points)
Michihiro Takatori - R34 Nissan Skyline (381 points)
Conrad Grunewald - Chevrolet Corvette (294.25 points)
Robbie Nishida - Nissan 350Z (255.25 points)
(Tied for 10) Vaughn Gittin Jr. - Ford Mustang (238.5 points)
(Tied for 10) Ryuji Miki - Mazda RX-7 FD3S

Nobushige Kumakubo, 2006 D1GP Champion, took the win at Round 6 of D1 Grand Prix Japan drifting the Team Orange Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution at his home track Ebisu. The final D1GP event is October 25 and 26 at Fuji International Speedway in Shizuoka Prefecture.

D1GP Japan Round 6 Top Ten:

1. Nobushige Kumakubo - Team Orange CT9A Mitsubishi Lancer EVO
2. Yoichi Imamura - Boss S15 Nissan Silvia
3. Takahiro Ueno - JZZ30 Toyota Soarer
4. Naoki Nakamura - S15 Nissan Silvia
5. Tatsuya Sakuma - Team Toyo S15 Nissan Silvia
6. Tsuyoshi Tezuka - BNR32 Nissan Skyline
7. Daigo Saito - Toyota Mark II JZX100
8. Toshiki Yoshioka - DRoo-P UZZ40 Lexus SC430
9. Kazuyoshi Okamura - S15 Nissan Silvia
10. Takumi Nozawa - S14 Nissan Silvia

D1GP Japan Overall Points Rankings:

1. Daigo Saito - Toyota Mark II JZX100 (97 points)
2. Yoichi Imamura - Boss S15 Nissan Silvia (91 points)
3. Ken Nomura - Blitz, Dunlop ER34 Nissan Skyline (80 points)
4. Tsuyoshi Tezuka - Goodyear BNR32 Nissan Skyline (72 points)
5. Masao Suenaga - RE Amemiya, Trust, Toyo FD3S Mazda RX-7 (64 points)
6. Takahiro Ueno - JZZ30 Toyota Soarer (61 points)
7. Masato Kawabata - Nissan 180SX (59 points)
8. Nobushige Kumakubo - Team Orange CT9A Mitsubishi Lancer EVO (53 points)
9. Toshiki Yoshioka - DRoo-P UZZ40 Lexus SC430 (52 points)
10. Kazuhiro Tanaka - Team Orange GDB Subaru Impreza (51 points)