How did Keichi become "Drift King"?

[Tofu_drifter]

well i am just wondering how keichi become the drift king quite frankly i have not seen him drift a lot of cars. i only saw him drift one time it was to test drive the rx-7 and that is about it. and i wanted to know why someone put that drifting could be faster than grip if the drift king was driving? i don't know much but please enlighten me.......

 

[battle_stage]

You dare question the king?!?!?!?! OFF WITH HIS HEAD!!!

 

[Tofu_drifter]

hey like i said i don't know that much about him i don't know how he became king i just know that he is. so yeah this is not a flame post or something i just want to know. if anyone can post a video of his drifts and other stuff that would be appreciated

 

[Deity of Drift]

Tsuchiya is considered the most well known racer ever to come from Japan. How he became the drift king... Well all I really know, is he started the Corolla Cup races, and it's probably the most difficult race to even get top 10 in. He was the first person to use drift to benefit himself in an actual race. There's a lot of books about him, and he's in basically every magazine. But I don't really know much about his history. I'll ask my dad.

-Tom

 

[ethikz]

"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..."

Please read this website about him, it tells you his history and such and such heh. It includes pictures also of him standing on his home road and the spot where he first had his "hard" crash in the mountains.

http://www.driftclub.com/DriftKing.htm

 

[Deity of Drift]

Wow, I learned something for once. I didn't know TRD gave him that car... You don't just give a Group A engine to the average guy... like me...

-Tom

 

[Driftster]

I thought he was the first person to complete a 10 second drift.

 

[JrunkenC]

that ADVAN ae86 makes my heart flutter. You can get that car in GT2 if u race modify a hachiroku.

 

[JDM-AE86]

yes it makes mine too, he's been a judge of the D! GP 4 a while now hasnt he?

 

[ethikz]

i believe he founded it...

 

[JDM-AE86]

ooooo ic, well then that clears up alot

 

[Tofu_drifter]

wow that was a very enlightenning post ethikz you really know a lot of the drifting scene. damn your good at drifting too so yeah thanks a lot for that post because it really makes sense now.

 

[LanEvo]

Originally posted by Tofu_drifter
wow that was a very enlightenning post ethikz you really know a lot of the drifting scene. damn your good at drifting too so yeah thanks a lot for that post because it really makes sense now.

lol umm..no need to get hostile here buddy

 

[drifterzzz]

yeah good explain ethikz ....good job ...

 

[riza]

I have a vidoe of him. I got it off KAZAA if you type in the search on Kazaa porsche gt3 drift it should come up. Or i need your email address to send it because for some reason I can't attach it. when i submit with it attached it say the page could not be displayed.

 

[SupraFly]

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.

Figured id do a little copy paste action

-B

 

[Driftster]

Suprafly, someone else did something like that in this forum a while ago..
Except it was like 5 pages long..And I never read it..Thanks for the summary