RX-7 Meeting At Central Circuit

William Terry was kind enough to send us his article covering the 7s and 8s Meeting held at Central Circuit in Hyogo prefecture a while back. Due to certain circumstances we couldn’t post it up immediately after the event but like we’ve said before, better late than never!

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“Sakura-chan” AW11 MR-2

A friend of mine asked if I knew about Kobe’s famous “Sakura-chan” AW11 MR-2 the other day, I had no idea what he was talking about so he directed me to a certain blog which had photos of the car in question.

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Central Circuit Shared Track Day

What I thought was going to be a mostly cloudy but fine day turned into thunderstorms and an early return home. That’s not to say it was a waste of time heading to Central Circuit on Sunday, quite the opposite actually! Not only did Trial Osaka have their scheduled ”Circuit Run”, but a whole heap of Honda NSXs and a trio of incredibly tough FD3Ss from Autocraft made an appearance too. Read more

Sunrise Celica

Out the front of a Lawson convenience store in the middle of nowhere (central Hyogo actually) was this ZZT231 Toyota Celica SS-II. On the outside at least it looked to be fairly modified, but what happened to all the ZZT Celicas? I get around Kansai a lot but this is the only modified ZZT23x I’ve seen on the streets for quite a while. Read more

K-Car Special Meeting at Central Circuit

“Kei” or “lightweight” cars are ubiquitous in Japan. Everywhere you go there’s at least a hundred of them scattered around the place either in small truck form doing deliveries or little vans and hatchbacks getting from A to B. It’s not often you seem them modified past a new set of lowered springs, an exhaust and a set of wheels. Maybe even a body kit if the owner is feeling adventurous.  Read more

JDDA West Round 1: The Racing

The Japan Drag Racing Drivers Association (JDDA) was established to provide a structured competition for professional and amateur drag racers all over Japan. The competition is divided into East and West divisions with four rounds in the East and three in the West. Read more