Tokyo Auto Salon 2011 gave the D1GP organizers a chance to prove the series is continuing despite the controversy, the drift demonstration proceeded as scheduled.

Crowd favorite Taniguchi was on-board as a guest judge and almost all of the top drivers were on-track for a bit of fun. It won't be a few months until the dust settles and we can see who is competing in which series.

The second round of the Japanese D1GP championship was held at the Autopolis International race track in Kyushu. Local to the Nengun offices in Fukuoka, we made the trip in the Nengun R35 GTR in record time on the Expressways and winding mountain roads for a great day with the best drifters in Japan.

The Autopolis circuit differs from many other drift events with an initial entry speed of 200km/h into the first corner which is too much for many. Orido's Supra was severely damaged in initial practice and could not compete. Suenaga in his FD3S RX7 ended up winning the day, our friend and hometown favourite Nomuken finished in a respectable 4th place.

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