Nobushige Kumakubo took first place at his home track Ebisu Circuit for the first D1 Grand Prix Japan Event of 2007 held March 24 and 25. Nobushige Kumakubo is 2006’s D1 Grand Prix Champion and is Captain of Drift Team Orange. Kumakubo is known for pushing his Subaru Impreza GDB, the first Subaru ever to enter D1 Grand Prix, to its limits with insane corner entry speed and extreme drift angle. Kumakubo is the driver to beat this year.

Results from Round 1 of the 2007 D1 Grand Prix Japan Season:

1. Nobushige Kumakubo - Subaru Impreza WRX GDB
2. Masato Kawabata - Nissan S15 Silvia
3. Masao Suenaga - Mazda RX-7 FD3S
4. Tsuyoshi Tezuka - Nissan Skyline BNR32
5. Ken Nomura - Nissan Skyline ER34
6. Tetsuya Hibino - Toyota AE86
7. Katsuhiro Ueo - Nissan S15 Silvia
8. Takashi Haruyama - Nissan Laurel C35
9. Tatsuya Sakuma - Nissan S15 Silvia
10. Takahiro Ueno - Toyota Soarer JZZ30
11. Toshiki Yoshioka - Toyota AE86
12. Kazuhiro Tanaka - Subaru Impreza WRX GDB
13. Toru Inose - Nissan S15 Silvia
14. Yukio Matsui - Honda Domani MB3
15. Daigo Saito - Toyota Chaser JZX90
16. Naoto Suenaga - Subaru Impreza WRX GCB