Originally posted by <MOURNINGSTARR>
Yeehaaa thats the S**T, thanx bro.
Anyone got any more????
P.S. do these guys ever even get into trouble in Japan??? I dont think anyone would try this stuff in Sydney, you get locked upo for 15 years, but these guys do seem to be scared of the law, can anyone explaine???
My reply may not be totally accurate, but I've heard from a lot of my friends here in Japan that high-speed street racing constantly goes on in Japan. There's all these highways out here that charge pretty expensive tolls so most of the driving public stays off of these, especially at night. That's when all the modified Supras, RX-7's, Skylines, Civics, NSX's, etc... race around the two main highways that loop around Tokyo. The two main highways of the Shutoken system are loops. One is tighter than the other. So smaller, more nimble cars and motorcycles hang out on that one. The larger circle is where all the high-output rear winged cars run at over 250kph. But like I said, I haven't actually witnessed this for myself. But my Japanese friend checked it out a few weeks ago in his RX-7 (FD) and said it was awesome.
I live a little far from Tokyo, in the mountains up north. On the outskirts of my town on every weekend night around midnight, there's a bunch of racing that goes on, on the winding mountain roads. Most of the cars that run on these roads are Silvia's, Civics, Imprezas, Evo's, etc. Most of the people race taking normal racing lines. But a fair amount also drift.
Last week I was a passenger in my friends FD and we were behind this slow moving Silvia S14. My friend was getting irritated, but into the next turn the S14's tail slid out, and I totally thought he was gonna spin. It turned out that he did it on purpose... and just let the tail slide all the way around the turn, with the front wheels on full counter. It was the most incredible thing I've ever seen. But then into the next S curve, he drifted into the first apex perfectly and then snapped the tail around in a 180 to drift though the second apex. THAT was the coolest thing I've ever seen.
Being from the States, I asked my friend if they cared about being nabbed by the cops. He told me that places like this, the cops don't really scrutinize 'cuz we're not annoying anyone or putting anyone in danger. (well, except ourselves.) I just kept thinking, that back in the States if 30-40 cars grouped up at the bottom of a mountain road with their hoods up, and changing tires, the cops would be on us in a second.
If anyone has the chance to check this aspect of Japanese culture out, I highly recommend it. Seeing this stuff on video is one thing, seeing it in real life is just jaw-dropping.
-syn
Sorry, I knew it was the 3000GT (as in 3ltr) bit of a lapse there
