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 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 n.b. Winning Driver are mentioned on the right
2006 D1 Grand Prix Point Series 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 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 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
UK Series 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 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 Round 1–28 May - Pukekohe Park Raceway, New Zealand - Sean Falconer, Dayna Jury, Jarius Wharerau, Darren McDonald Round 2–16 September - Powerbuilt Raceway at Ruapuna Park, New Zealand - Adam Richards, Glen Pupich, Phil Taylor, Kahu Campbell
Championship Results Round 1 Position Driver Car Points 1st Yasuyuki Kazama Nissan Silvia S15 20 2nd Nobushige Kumakubo Subaru Impreza GDB 18 3rd Kazuhiro Tanaka Subaru Impreza GDB 16 4th Samuel Hubinette Dodge Viper SRT/10 14 5th Masato Kawabata Nissan Silvia S15 12 6th Ken Nomura Nissan Skyline ER34 10 7th Tatsuya Sakuma Nissan Silvia S15 8 8th Takahiro Ueno Toyota Soarer JZZ30 6 9th Toshiki Yoshioka Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 4 10th Vaughn Gittin Jr. Ford Mustang GT 2 11th Atsushi Kuroi Nissan Silvia PS13 1 12th Youichi Imamura Nissan Fairlady Z Z33 1 13th Tetsuya Hibino Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 1 14th Hiroshi Fukuda Nissan 180SX RPS13 1 15th Shuichi Yoshioka Nissan 180SX RPS13 1 16th Tsuyoshi Tezuka 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 Daigo Saito 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 Youichi Imamura 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 Daigo Saito 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 Daigo Saito Toyota Mark II JZX90 1 12th Kensaku Komoro Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 1 13th Naoto Suenaga Subaru Impreza GC8 1 14th Manabu Fujinaka 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 Daigo Saito 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 Daigo Saito 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 Youichi Imamura Nissan Fairlady Z Z33 6 9th Daigo Saito 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 Vaughn Gittin, Jr. Ford Mustang GT 1 16th Shuichi Yoshioka Nissan 180SX RPS13 1
Final Championship Results
D1GP Position Driver Car rd.1 rd.2 rd.3 rd.4 rd.5 rd.6 rd.7 rd.8 Total 1st Nobushige Kumakubo Subaru Impreza GDB 18 7 17 19 20 - 15 14 110 2nd Ken Nomura Nissan Skyline ER34 10 21 2 21 18 19 2 16 109 3rd Yasuyuki Kazama Nissan Silvia S15 20 2 20 16 2 2 11 18 91 4th Masato Kawabata Nissan Silvia S15 12 2 11 - 15 7 21 1 69 5th Toshiki Yoshioka Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 4 15 4 8 - 13 17 - 61 6th Kazuhiro Tanaka Subaru Impreza GDB 16 - 1 - 8 10 4 20 59 7th Tatsuya Sakuma Nissan Silvia S15 8 1 15 - - 17 9 3 53 8th Masao Suenaga Mazda RX-7 FD3S - 16 - 10 10 2 2 11 51 9th Tsuyoshi Tezuka Nissan Skyline BNR32 2 1 - 6 12 - 19 9 49 10th Katsuhiro Ueo Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86/Nissan Fairlady Z Z33 - 1 19 14 4 9 - 1 48 11th Hideo Hiraoka Nissan Silvia S15 - - 2 2 17 20 - - 41 12th Wataru Hayashi Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 - - 12 12 - 1 2 1 28 13th Atsushi Kuroi Nissan Silvia PS13 1 18 - 2 - 2 2 1 26 14th Daigo Saito Toyota Mark II JZX90 - 13 2 1 2 1 - 5 24 15th Youichi Imamura Nissan Fairlady Z Z33 1 5 6 - - - 1 6 19 16th Tetsuya Hibino Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 1 - - - - 15 - - 16 16th Kensaku Komoro Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 - - 2 1 - - 13 - 16 16th Takashi Haruyama Nissan Laurel C35 - 10 - 5 1 - - - 16 19th Samuel Hubinette Dodge Viper SRT/10 14 - - - - - - - 14 20th Darren McNamara Toyota Corolla GT AE86 - - - - - - - 12 12 20th Kenji Takayama Mazda RX-7 FC3S - - - - 1 4 7 - 12 22nd Takahiro Ueno Toyota Soarer JZZ30 6 3 - - - - 1 - 10 23rd Masayoshi Tokita Toyota Soarer MZ12 - 8 - - - - - - 8 23rd Kaoru Yoshikawa Toyota Chaser JZX100 - - 8 - - - - - 8 25th Toru Inose Nissan Silvia S15 - - - - 6 1 - - 7 26th Vaughn Gittin, Jr. Ford Mustang GT 2 - - - - - - 1 3 26th Tomokazu Hirota Toyota Verossa JZX110 - - 2 - 1 - - - 3 28th Takumi Nozawa Nissan Silvia S14 - - - - 2 - - - 2 28th Hiroshi Fukuda Nissan 180SX RPS13 1 - - - - 1 - - 2 28th Shuichi Yoshioka Nissan 180SX RPS13 1 - - - - - - 1 2 28th Naoto Suenaga Subaru Impreza GC8 - 1 - 1 - - - - 2 28th Tsutomu Fujio Toyota Crown Comfort SXS11Y - - 2 - - - - - 2 28th Michihiro Takatori Nissan Skyline ER34 - - - 2 - - - - 2 28th Chikara Mizuhata Nissan Silvia S15 - - - - 2 - - - 2 28th Ken Maeda Mazda RX-7 FD3S - - - - - - 2 - 2 36th Manabu Fijinaka Mazda RX-7 FD3S - - - 1 - - - - 1 Highlighted in blue - 100pt tansou (solo run) bonus Source: D1GP Official Site 2006 Championship table
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