2005 D1 Grand Prix Season
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2005 Schedules
2005 D1 Grand Prix Point Series
Round 1 Feb. 19/20 Irwindale Speedway, CA Round 2 April 16/17 Tokyo Metropolitan Odaiba Round 3 May 7/8 SUGO Circuit Miyagi23 (Sat) 24 (Sun) D1 Point Series Round-4 EBISU Circuit Fukushima
20 (Sat) 21 (Sun) or 27 (Sat)E28 (Sun) D1 Point Series Round-5 Tokyo Metropolitan Odaiba
17 (Sat) 18 (Sun) D1 Point Series Round-6 Autopolis Oita
15 (Sat) 16 (Sun) D1 Point Series Round-7 EBISU Circuit Fukushima
November 27 (Sat) 28 (Sun) D1 Point Series Round-8 Tsukuba
2 Oct Exhibition Match Silverstone, England
D1 US vs JPN Exhibition Match Irwindale Speedway
Race Reports
USA vs Japan All Star Exhibition
This event was originally were to be run at the same Fontana Raceway as a double bill of the GT Live event, but due to unforseen circumstances. The JGTC organisers cancelled the event and the D1GP event were moved to Irvindale.During the USA vs Japan All Star Exhibition event in December, the organisers, rather than running the course the usual anti-clockwise route that is found in ovals, the course was run in the other direction. Many drivers had trouble adjusting to the new track change, including Ken Nomura, the Import drag racing star Stephan Papadakis on his debut drifting season and Rhys Millen who all crashed during qualifying. One notable debuts was the father of Rhys, Rod Millen, the rallying and Pikes Peak legend, with all the thirty year motorsport experiences he gained, he broke into the last 16 on his first ever D1 outing in his Mazda RX-8. After a long break from his Last 16 appearance at round 1 in 2004 due to competing in a Dodge Viper Competition Coupe, which rendered him ineligible for partipication, Sam Hubinette would make a return with his SRT-10 at the last 16 along with Alex Pfeiffer and Tanner Foust.
The event was mainly noted for having a non Japanese driver and car to win over the Japanese who usually dominates all the D1 events. Vaughn Gittin Jr took first place after defeating Tatsuya Sakuma, who was driving a APP Racing Silvia S15 with his Falken Tire sponsored Ford Mustang GT through a One More Time rerun. He also defeated two championship winners (Yasuyuki Kazama and Youichi Imamura) en route.
Final Championship Tables
| Rank | Driver | Team | Car | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yasuyuki Kazama | Kei Office | Silvia S15 | 97 |
| 2 | Masao Suenaga | RE Amemiya/GReddy | Mazda RX-7 FD3S | 96 |
| 3 | Youichi Imamura | A'PEXi | Mazda RX-7 FD3S | 68 |
| 4 | Nobushige Kumakubo | Team Orange Yuke's Cusco with Advan | Mazda RX-7 FD3S | 55 |
| 4 | Masato Kawabata | Trust Works | Nissan Silvia S15 | 55 |
| 5 | Ken Nomura | Blitz Drift Performance with Uras | Skyline ER34 | 49 |
| 6 | Katsuhiro Ueo | Car Boutique Club ERG | Sprinter Trueno AE86 | |
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