2006 D1 Grand Prix series
In 2006 the D1 Grand Prix championship, a drifting motor racing competition, comprised eight rounds held in Japan and the United States. The overall winner was Nobushige Kumakubo. There was also a D1 Street Legal competition run over seven rounds in Japan, and national competitions in Malaysia and the United Kingdom.
Changes for the 2006 season
[edit]- An extra 1 point is now awarded to the driver who manages to earn a perfect score of 100.0 during a 100pt tansou (solo run) round from the judges.
- Jyuri Tamashiro replaces Hatsuno Sugaya as a D1 Gal.
- The D1SL debuts as a full championship season.
- The two national series (D1GB, United Kingdom; and D1MY, Malaysia debuts as full-championship seasons).
- Introduction of four regional D1SL series in Japan, which awards the winners a D1 License.
2006 schedules
[edit]n.b. Winning Driver are mentioned on the right
2006 D1 Grand Prix Point Series
[edit]Round 1 - March 3/4 - Irwindale Speedway, Irwindale, California, United States - Yasuyuki Kazama (S15)
Round 2 - April 29/30 - Sports Land SUGO, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan - Ken Nomura (ER34)
Round 3 - May 13/14 - Fuji Speedway, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan - Yasuyuki Kazama (S15)
Round 4 - July 29/30 - Autopolis, Ōita Prefecture, Japan - Ken Nomura (ER34)
Round 5 - August 26/27 - Ebisu South Course, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan - Nobushige Kumakubo (GDB)
Round 6 - September 9/10 - Suzuka Circuit, Mie Prefecture, Japan - Hideo Hiraoka (S15)
Round 7 - October 21/22 - Fuji Speedway, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan - Masato Kawabata (S15)
Round 8 - December 15/16 - Irwindale Speedway, Irwindale, California, United States - Kazuhiro Tanaka (GDB)
2006 D1 Street Legal Series
[edit]Round 1 - February 4/5 - Sekia Hills, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan - Masao Suenaga (FD3S)
Round 2 - April 15/16 - Ebisu South Course, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan - Masao Suenaga (FD3S)
Round 3 - April 29/30 - Sports Land Sugo, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan (D1GP Week) - Toru Inose (S15)
Round 4 - May 13/14 - Fuji Speedway, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan (D1GP Week) - Hiroyuki Fukushima (PS13)
Round 5 - July 29/30 - Autopolis, Ōita Prefecture, Japan (D1GP Week) - Kazuyoshi Okamura (S15)
Round 6 - August 26/27 - Ebisu, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan (D1GP Week) - Yoshinori Koguchi (JZX100)
Round 7 - November 11/12 - Sekia Hills, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan - Tetsuya Hibino (S14)
Exhibition Rounds
[edit]Exhibition RD-1 June 17/18 - Silverstone, Silverstone, Northamptonshire, UK - Yasuyuki Kazama (S15)
Exhibition RD-2 July 14/15 - Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States - Toshiki Yoshioka (AE85)
World All-Star December 17 - Irwindale Speedway, Irwindale, California, United States - Ken Nomura (ER34)
Domestic National Series
[edit]UK Series
[edit]Round 1–28 May - Rockingham Motor Speedway, Northamptonshire - Brett Castle (S14)
Round 2–17 June - Silverstone, Silverstone, Northamptonshire, - Phil Morrison (S14)
Round 3–2 July - Knockhill, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland - Damien Mulvey (PS13)
Round 4–20 August - Silverstone, Silverstone, Northamptonshire - Mark Luney (BNR32)
Round 5–3 September - Silverstone, Silverstone, Northamptonshire - Ben Broke Smith (HCR32)
Malaysia Series
[edit]Round 1–11 March - Go-Kart track, Shah Alam, Selangor - Zero Lim Kim Ling (A31)
Round 2–22 April - Danga Bay, Johor Bahru - Tengku Djan Ley (AE86)
Round 3–1 July - car park, Shah Alam, Selangor - Tengku Djan Ley (AE86)
Round 4–12 August - Batu Kawan Stadium car park, Batu Kawan, Penang - Tengku Djan Ley (AE86)
Round 5–28 October - Shah Alam, Selangor - Tengku Djan Ley (AE86)
New Zealand Driver search
[edit]Round 1–28 May - Pukekohe Park Raceway, New Zealand - Sean Falconer, Dayna Jury, Jarius Wharerau, Darren McDonald[1]
Round 2–16 September - Powerbuilt Raceway at Ruapuna Park, New Zealand - Adam Richards, Glen Pupich, Phil Taylor, Kahu Campbell[2]
Championship Results
[edit]Round 1
Position | Driver | Car | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1st | Nissan Silvia S15 | 20 | |
2nd | Subaru Impreza GDB | 18 | |
3rd | Subaru Impreza GDB | 16 | |
4th | Dodge Viper SRT/10 | 14 | |
5th | Nissan Silvia S15 | 12 | |
6th | Nissan Skyline ER34 | 10 | |
7th | Nissan Silvia S15 | 8 | |
8th | Toyota Soarer JZZ30 | 6 | |
9th | Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 | 4 | |
10th | Ford Mustang GT | 2 | |
11th | Nissan Silvia PS13 | 1 | |
12th | Youichi Imamura | Nissan Fairlady Z Z33 | 1 |
13th | Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 | 1 | |
14th | Nissan 180SX RPS13 | 1 | |
15th | Nissan 180SX RPS13 | 1 | |
16th | Nissan Skyline BNR32 | 2 |
Round 2
Position | Driver | Car | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1st | Ken Nomura | Nissan Skyline ER34 | 21 |
2nd | Atsushi Kuroi | Nissan Silvia PS13 | 18 |
3rd | Masao Suenaga | Mazda RX-7 FD3S | 16 |
4th | Toshiki Yoshioka | Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 | 15 |
5th | Toyota Mark II JZX90 | 13 | |
6th | Takashi Haruyama | Nissan Laurel C35 | 10 |
7th | Masayoshi Tokita | Toyota Soarer MZ12 | 8 |
8th | Nobushige Kumakubo | Subaru Impreza GDB | 7 |
9th | Youichi Imamura | Nissan Fairlady Z Z33 | 5 |
10th | Takahiro Ueno | Toyota Soarer JZZ30 | 3 |
11th | Tatsuya Sakuma | Nissan Silvia S15 | 1 |
12th | Tsuyoshi Tezuka | Nissan Skyline BNR32 | 1 |
13th | Katsuhiro Ueo | Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 | 1 |
14th | Naoto Suenaga | Subaru Impreza GC8 | 1 |
15th | Yasuyuki Kazama | Nissan Silvia S15 | 2 |
16th | Masato Kawabata | Nissan Silvia S15 | 2 |
Round 3
Position | Driver | Car | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1st | Yasuyuki Kazama | Nissan Silvia S15 | 20 |
2nd | Katsuhiro Ueo | Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 | 19 |
3rd | Nobushige Kumakubo | Subaru Impreza GDB | 17 |
4th | Tatsuya Sakuma | Nissan Silvia S15 | 15 |
5th | Wataru Hayashi | Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 | 12 |
6th | Masato Kawabata | Nissan Silvia S15 | 11 |
7th | Kaoru Yoshikawa | Toyota Chaser JZX100 | 8 |
8th | Imamura Youichi | Nissan Fairlady Z Z33 | 6 |
9th | Toshiki Yoshioka | Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 | 4 |
10th | Ken Nomura | Nissan Skyline ER34 | 2 |
11th | Kazuhiro Tanaka | Subaru Impreza GDB | 1 |
12th | Hideo Hiraoka | Nissan Silvia S15 | 2 |
13th | Toyota Mark II JZX90 | 2 | |
14th | Kensaku Komoro | Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 | 2 |
15th | Tomokazu Hirota | Toyota Verossa JZX110 | 2 |
16th | Tsutomu Fujio | Toyota Crown Comfort SXS11Y | 2 |
Round 4
Position | Driver | Car | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1st | Ken Nomura | Nissan Skyline ER34 | 21 |
2nd | Nobushige Kumakubo | Subaru Impreza GDB | 19 |
3rd | Yasuyuki Kazama | Nissan Silvia S15 | 16 |
4th | Katsuhiro Ueo | Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 | 14 |
5th | Wataru Hayashi | Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 | 12 |
6th | Masao Suenaga | Mazda RX-7 FD3S | 10 |
7th | Toshiki Yoshioka | Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 | 8 |
8th | Tsuyoshi Tezuka | Nissan Skyline BNR32 | 6 |
9th | Takashi Haruyama | Nissan Laurel C35 | 4 |
10th | Hideo Hiraoka | Nissan Silvia S15 | 2 |
11th | Toyota Mark II JZX90 | 1 | |
12th | Kensaku Komoro | Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 | 1 |
13th | Naoto Suenaga | Subaru Impreza GC8 | 1 |
14th | Manabu Fijinaka | Mazda RX-7 FD3S | 1 |
15th | Atsushi Kuroi | Nissan Silvia S13 | 2 |
16th | Michihiro Takatori | Nissan Skyline ER34 | 2 |
Round 5
Position | Driver | Car | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1st | Nobushige Kumakubo | Subaru Impreza GDB | 20 |
2nd | Ken Nomura | Nissan Skyline ER34 | 18 |
3rd | Hideo Hiraoka | Nissan Silvia S15 | 17 |
4th | Masato Kawabata | Nissan Silvia S15 | 15 |
5th | Tsuyoshi Tezuka | Nissan Skyline BNR32 | 12 |
6th | Masao Suenaga | Mazda RX-7 FD3S | 10 |
7th | Kazuhiro Tanaka | Subaru Impreza GDB | 8 |
8th | Toru Inose | Nissan Silvia S15 | 6 |
9th | Katsuhiro Ueo | Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 | 4 |
10th | Takumi Nozawa | Nissan Silvia S14 | 2 |
11th | Takashi Haruyama | Nissan Laurel C35 | 1 |
12th | Kenji Takayama | Mazda RX-7 FC3S | 1 |
13th | Tomokazu Hirota | Toyota Verossa JZX110 | 1 |
14th | Yasuyuki Kazama | Nissan Silvia S15 | 2 |
15th | Toyota Mark II JZX90 | 2 | |
16th | Chikara Mizuhata | Nissan Silvia S15 | 2 |
Round 6
Position | Driver | Car | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1st | Hideo Hiraoka | Nissan Silvia S15 | 20 |
2nd | Ken Nomura | Nissan Skyline ER34 | 19 |
3rd | Tatsuya Sakuma | Nissan Silvia S15 | 17 |
4th | Tetsuya Hibino | Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 | 15 |
5th | Toshiki Yoshioka | Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 | 13 |
6th | Kazuhiro Tanaka | Subaru Impreza GDB | 10 |
7th | Katsuhiro Ueo | Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 | 9 |
8th | Masato Kawabata | Nissan Silvia S15 | 7 |
9th | Kenji Takayama | Mazda RX-7 FC3S | 4 |
10th | Masao Suenaga | Mazda RX-7 FD3S | 2 |
11th | Wataru Hayashi | Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 | 1 |
12th | Toyota Mark II JZX90 | 1 | |
13th | Toru Inose | Nissan Silvia S15 | 1 |
14th | Hiroshi Fukuda | Nissan 180SX RPS13 | 1 |
15th | Yasuyuki Kazama | Nissan Silvia S15 | 2 |
16th | Atsushi Kuroi | Nissan Silvia PS13 | 2 |
Round 7
Position | Driver | Car | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1st | Masato Kawabata | Nissan Silvia S15 | 21 |
2nd | Tsuyoshi Tezuka | Nissan Skyline BNR32 | 19 |
3rd | Toshiki Yoshioka | Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 | 17 |
4th | Nobushige Kumakubo | Subaru Impreza GDB | 15 |
5th | Kensaku Komoro | Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 | 13 |
6th | Yasuyuki Kazama | Nissan Silvia S15 | 11 |
7th | Tatsuya Sakuma | Nissan Silvia S15 | 9 |
8th | Kenji Takayama | Mazda RX-7 FC3S | 7 |
9th | Kazuhiro Tanaka | Subaru Impreza GDB | 4 |
10th | Atsushi Kuroi | Nissan Silvia PS13 | 2 |
11th | Takahiro Ueno | Toyota Soarer JZZ30 | 1 |
12th | Youichi Imamura | Nissan Fairlady Z Z33 | 1 |
13th | Ken Nomura | Nissan Skyline ER34 | 2 |
14th | Masao Suenaga | Mazda RX-7 FD3S | 2 |
15th | Wataru Hayashi | Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 | 2 |
16th | Ken Maeda | Mazda RX-7 FD3S | 2 |
Round 8
Position | Driver | Car | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1st | Kazuhiro Tanaka | Subaru Impreza GDB | 20 |
2nd | Yasuyuki Kazama | Nissan Silvia S15 | 18 |
3rd | Ken Nomura | Nissan Skyline ER34 | 16 |
4th | Nobushige Kumakubo | Subaru Impreza GDB | 14 |
5th | Darren McNamara | Toyota Corolla GT AE86 | 12 |
6th | Masao Suenaga | Mazda RX-7 FD3S | 11 |
7th | Tsuyoshi Tezuka | Nissan Skyline BNR32 | 9 |
8th | Imamura Youichi | Nissan Fairlady Z Z33 | 6 |
9th | Toyota Mark II JZX90 | 5 | |
10th | Tatsuya Sakuma | Nissan Silvia S15 | 3 |
11th | Masato Kawabata | Nissan Silvia S15 | 1 |
12th | Katsuhiro Ueo | Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 | 1 |
13th | Wataru Hayashi | Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 | 1 |
14th | Atsushi Kuroi | Nissan Silvia PS13 | 1 |
15th | Ford Mustang GT | 1 | |
16th | Shuichi Yoshioka | Nissan 180SX RPS13 | 1 |
Final Championship Results
[edit]D1GP
[edit]- Highlighted in blue - 100pt tansou (solo run) bonus
- Source: D1GP Official Site 2006 Championship table
D1SL
[edit]- Highlighted in blue - 100pt tansou (solo run) bonus
- Source: D1GP Official Site 2006 Championship table