2006 D1 Grand Prix series

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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.

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Changes for the 2006 season

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)

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)

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

PositionDriverCarPoints
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
14thHiroshi Fukuda Nissan 180SX RPS13 1
15th Shuichi Yoshioka Nissan 180SX RPS13 1
16th Tsuyoshi Tezuka Nissan Skyline BNR32 2

Round 2

PositionDriverCarPoints
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

PositionDriverCarPoints
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 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

PositionDriverCarPoints
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 Fijinaka Mazda RX-7 FD3S 1
15th Atsushi Kuroi Nissan Silvia S13 2
16th Michihiro Takatori Nissan Skyline ER34 2

Round 5

PositionDriverCarPoints
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

PositionDriverCarPoints
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
14thHiroshi Fukuda Nissan 180SX RPS13 1
15th Yasuyuki Kazama Nissan Silvia S15 2
16th Atsushi Kuroi Nissan Silvia PS13 2

Round 7

PositionDriverCarPoints
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

PositionDriverCarPoints
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 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

PositionDriverCarrd.1rd.2rd.3rd.4rd.5rd.6rd.7rd.8Total
1st Nobushige Kumakubo Subaru Impreza GDB 187171920-1514110
2nd Ken Nomura Nissan Skyline ER34 10212211819216109
3rd Yasuyuki Kazama Nissan Silvia S15 202201622111891
4th Masato Kawabata Nissan Silvia S15 12211-15721169
5th Toshiki Yoshioka Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 41548-1317-61
6th Kazuhiro Tanaka Subaru Impreza GDB 16-1-81042059
7th Tatsuya Sakuma Nissan Silvia S15 8115--179353
8th Masao Suenaga Mazda RX-7 FD3S -16-1010221151
9th Tsuyoshi Tezuka Nissan Skyline BNR32 21-612-19949
10th Katsuhiro Ueo Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86/Nissan Fairlady Z Z33 -1191449-148
11th Hideo Hiraoka Nissan Silvia S15 --221720--41
12th Wataru Hayashi Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 --1212-12128
13th Atsushi Kuroi Nissan Silvia PS13 118-2-22126
14th Daigo Saito Toyota Mark II JZX90 -132121-524
15th Youichi Imamura Nissan Fairlady Z Z33 156---1619
16th Tetsuya Hibino Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 1----15--16
16th Kensaku Komoro Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 --21--13-16
16th Takashi Haruyama Nissan Laurel C35 -10-51---16
19th Samuel Hubinette Dodge Viper SRT/10 14-------14
20th Darren McNamara Toyota Corolla GT AE86 -------1212
20th Kenji Takayama Mazda RX-7 FC3S ----147-12
22nd Takahiro Ueno Toyota Soarer JZZ30 63----1-10
23rd Masayoshi Tokita Toyota Soarer MZ12 -8------8
23rd Kaoru Yoshikawa Toyota Chaser JZX100 --8-----8
25th Toru Inose Nissan Silvia S15 ----61--7
26th Vaughn Gittin, Jr. Ford Mustang GT 2------13
26th Tomokazu Hirota Toyota Verossa JZX110 --2-1---3
28th Takumi Nozawa Nissan Silvia S14 ----2---2
28thHiroshi Fukuda Nissan 180SX RPS13 1----1--2
28th Shuichi Yoshioka Nissan 180SX RPS13 1------12
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

D1SL

PositionDriverCarrd.1rd.2rd.3rd.4rd.5rd.6rd.7Total
1st Takashi Hagisako Nissan Silvia PS13 12212-20151475
2nd Masao Suenaga Mazda RX-7 FD3S 2020--6171073
3rd Tetsuya Hibino Toyota Corolla Levin AE86/Nissan Silvia S14 48--15112058
4th Kazuyoshi Okamura Nissan Silvia S15 21016-218-57
5th Toru Inose Nissan Silvia S15 -18212-21255
6th Katsuhiro Ueo Toyota Corolla Levin AE86/Nissan Silvia S15 1--16119845
7th Shiro Deura Nissan Silvia S14 -418-4-1844
8th Yoshinori Koguchi Toyota Chaser JZX100 --1--201637
9th Kazuya Matsukawa Nissan 180SX RPS13 16---121635
10th Daigo Saito Toyota Chaser JZX100 -1612102-31
11th Yukio Matsui Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 --14141-130
12th Yukiharu Komagata Nissan Silvia S15 -1-616--23
13th Takashi Hiyane Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 181--2-122
14th Hiroyuki Fukuyama Nissan Silvia PS13 ---20---20
15th Hideyuki Fujino Nissan Silvia S15 ---18---18
15th Masami Mikami Nissan Silvia S14 -16----218
17th Takeshi Mogi Nissan Silvia S14 -14--21-17
17th Naoto Suenaga Nissan Silvia PS13 -121--4-17
19th Yuichi Murakami Nissan Silvia S14 141-----15
19th Kazuto Ichiyanagi Nissan 180SX RPS13 11110-2-15
21st Tomoya Suzuki Mazda RX-7 FC3S -----13-13
22nd Iwajiro Honma Nissan Skyline ECR32 --101---11
23rd Akihiko Hirashima Nissan Silvia PS13 10------10
24th Junichi Iizuka Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 --8--1-8
24th Ken Nomura Nissan Skyline ER34 27-----9
26th Shigenobu Koga Nissan Silvia S14 8------8
26th Ken Maeda Nissan Silvia PS13 ---8---8
26th Seimi Tanaka Nissan Silvia S14 ----8--8
29th Shinichiro Yasukouchi Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 6------6
29th Seiichiro Kamata Mazda RX-7 FD3S -----6-6
31st Yuji Tanaka Nissan Silvia S14 --4----4
31st Tomohiro Murayama Toyota Chaser JZX90 ---4---4
31st Naoki Nakamura Nissan Silvia PS13 ------44
34th Ryo Kategawa Toyota Chaser JZX90 ---21--3
35th Shinji Sagisaka Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 --2----2
35th Yohei Yamaguchi Nissan Silvia S14 11-----2
35th Hideyuki Asano Nissan Silvia PS13 --11---2
35th Kaoru Yoshikawa Toyota Chaser JZX100 ---2---2
39th Masaki Ando Nissan Silvia S14 1------1
39th Osamu Yamaguchi Nissan Silvia S14 1------1
39th Kosuke Kamiya Nissan Silvia PS13 --1----1
39th Keiichi Hirono Nissan 180SX RPS13 --1----1
39th Hideo Tsuchiya Nissan Silvia S14 ---1---1
39th Hirofumi Takada Nissan Silvia PS13 ---1---1
39th Kunihito Sano Mazda RX-7 FC3S ----1--1
39th Teruaki Shimoda Nissan Silvia PS13 ----1--1
39th Yuichiro Takahashi Toyota Chaser JZX100 -----1-1
39th Hisashi Kamimoto Nissan Silvia S15 ------11

D1GB

PositionNameCar ModelRd.1Rd.2Rd.3Rd.4Rd.5Total
1st Phil Morrison Nissan 200SXa S14 82016161878
2nd Damien Mulvey Nissan Silvia PS13 12420181468
3rd Mark Luney Nissan Skyline BNR32 18-1220454
4th Brett Castle Nissan 200SXa S14 2014--1650
5th Tim Marshall Nissan Fairlady Z Z33 1411411242
6th Ben Broke Smith Nissan Skyline HCR32 10-1012041
7th James Hudson Nissan Skyline HCR32 116141032
8th Maciej Polody Nissan 200SXa S14 210414131
9th Steve Evans Nissan Skyline HCR32 1-1810130
10th Ralph Crampton Nissan Fairlady Z Z33 16146129
11th Darren McNamara Toyota Corolla GT AE86 118--625
12th Paul Vlasblom BMW M3 E36 Touring 112-8223
13th Mark Johnston Nissan 200SX S13 ---12113
14th Tony Green Toyota Soarer JZZ30 ---2810
15th Ian Harrison Nissan 200SX S13 --81-9
16th Glen Maher Nissan 200SX S13 -8---8
16th Niall Gunn Nissan 200SX S13 -6-118
18th Declan Hicks Toyota Soarer GZ20 6-1--7
19th Keiran Cameron Nissan 200SX S13 --61-6
20th Mat Steele Nissan 200SXa S14 21---3
20th Ian Coyne Nissan 200SX S13 12---3
22nd James Grimsey Nissan 200SX S13 --11-2
22nd Mike Deane Nissan 200SX S13 11---2
22nd Mark Coyne Nissan 200SXa S14 --1-22
25th Simon Russell Nissan 200SXa S14 --1--1
25th Steven Shine Nissan 200SX S13 --1--1
25th Mike Murphey Nissan 200SX S13 -1---1
25th Mark Buckle Nissan Skyline HCR32 --1--1
25th Scott Armstrong Datsun Stanza --1--1

D1MY

PositionNameCar ModelRd.1Rd.2Rd.3Rd.4Rd.5Total
1st Tengku Djan Ley Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 1620202076
2nd Zero Lim Kim Ling Nissan Cefiro A31 208161054
3rd Lim Zee King Nissan 180SX RPS13 184121448
4th Jenson Tan Nissan 180SX RPS13 141081244
5th Lim Kim Wan Nissan Cefiro A31 21241836
6th Ser Meng Hui Nissan Silvia S15 12121631
7th Ariff Johanis B. Ahmad Nissan Skyline BNR32 10161229
8th Nazrul Afizi b Mohd Nayan Nissan Cefiro A31 1-18827
9th Ivan Lau Yew Chung Toyota Corolla KE70 6610-22
9th Tan Tat Wei Toyota Corolla TE71 -418-22
11th Ng Choon Lai Nissan Skyline BNR32 -114419
12th Daniel Lee Nissan Skyline BNR32 -141-15
13th Kevin Yeoh Kae Harn Nissan Cefiro A31 121812
14th Tee Wee Jin Nissan 180SX RPS13 8---8
14th Ivan Lim Sheng Li Nissan Silvia S15 11-68
16th Keh Chuan Siew ---6-6
17th Jimmy Chia Check Ming Nissan 180SX RPS13 --112
18th Terence Lim Chin Han Nissan Silvia PS13 1---1
18th Tay Kong Ho Toyota Corolla KE70 1---1
18th Kee Hong Chee Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 1---1
18th Christ Seck Nissan 180SX RPS13 -1--1
18th Sean Khoo Nissan Silvia PS13 -1--1
18th Alvin Lau Subaru Impreza GDB -1--1
18th Mohd Haris Nissan Silvia S14 --1-1
18th Lim Chin Hoong Toyota Corolla KE70 --1-1
18th Wong Chee Kong Nissan Cefiro A31 ---11
18th Haris bin Saidin Nissan Silvia S14 ---11
18th Sean Khoo Boon Seong Nissan Silvia PS13 ---11
18th Yusuff Shah Nissan 180SX RPS13 ---11

See also

Sources

D1GP Results Database 2006

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