2006 D1 Grand Prix series explained

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 McDonaldhttps://web.archive.org/web/20060830053137/http://www.ignitionmagazine.co.nz/coverage/8/
Round 2–16 September - Powerbuilt Raceway at Ruapuna Park, New Zealand - Adam Richards, Glen Pupich, Phil Taylor, Kahu Campbellhttps://web.archive.org/web/20061101004328/http://www.ignitionmagazine.co.nz/coverage/18/

Championship Results

Round 1

Position	Driver	Points
1st		20
2nd		18
3rd		16
4th		14
5th		12
6th		10
7th		8
8th		6
9th		4
10th		2
11th		1
12th		1
13th		1
14th	Hiroshi Fukuda	1
15th		1
16th		2

Round 2

Position	Driver	Car	Points
1st			21
2nd			18
3rd			16
4th			15
5th			13
6th			10
7th			8
8th			7
9th			5
10th			3
11th			1
12th			1
13th			1
14th			1
15th			2
16th			2

Round 3

Position	Driver	Car	Points
1st			20
2nd			19
3rd			17
4th			15
5th			12
6th			11
7th			8
8th			6
9th			4
10th			2
11th			1
12th			2
13th			2
14th			2
15th			2
16th			2

Round 4

Position	Driver	Car	Points
1st			21
2nd			19
3rd			16
4th			14
5th			12
6th			10
7th			8
8th			6
9th			4
10th			2
11th			1
12th			1
13th			1
14th			1
15th			2
16th			2

Round 5

Position	Driver	Car	Points
1st			20
2nd			18
3rd			17
4th			15
5th			12
6th			10
7th			8
8th			6
9th			4
10th			2
11th			1
12th			1
13th			1
14th			2
15th			2
16th			2

Round 6

Position	Driver	Car	Points
1st			20
2nd			19
3rd			17
4th			15
5th			13
6th			10
7th			9
8th			7
9th		Mazda RX-7 FC3S	4
10th			2
11th			1
12th			1
13th			1
14th	Hiroshi Fukuda		1
15th			2
16th			2

Round 7

Position	Driver	Car	Points
1st			21
2nd			19
3rd			17
4th			15
5th			13
6th			11
7th			9
8th			7
9th			4
10th			2
11th			1
12th			1
13th			2
14th			2
15th			2
16th			2

Round 8

Position	Driver	Car	Points
1st			20
2nd			18
3rd			16
4th			14
5th			12
6th			11
7th			9
8th			6
9th			5
10th			3
11th			1
12th			1
13th			1
14th			1
15th			1
16th			1

Final Championship Results

D1GP

Position	Driver	rd.1	rd.2	rd.3	rd.4	rd.5	rd.6	rd.7	rd.8	Total
1st		18	7	17	19	20	-	15	14	110
2nd		10	21	2	21	18	19	2	16	109
3rd		20	2	20	16	2	2	11	18	91
4th		12	2	11	-	15	7	21	1	69
5th		4	15	4	8	-	13	17	-	61
6th		16	-	1	-	8	10	4	20	59
7th		8	1	15	-	-	17	9	3	53
8th		-	16	-	10	10	2	2	11	51
9th		2	1	-	6	12	-	19	9	49
10th		-	1	19	14	4	9	-	1	48
11th		-	-	2	2	17	20	-	-	41
12th		-	-	12	12	-	1	2	1	28
13th		1	18	-	2	-	2	2	1	26
14th		-	13	2	1	2	1	-	5	24
15th		1	5	6	-	-	-	1	6	19
16th		1	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	16
16th		-	-	2	1	-	-	13	-	16
16th		-	10	-	5	1	-	-	-	16
19th		14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14
20th		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12
20th		-	-	-	-	1	4	7	-	12
22nd		6	3	-	-	-	-	1	-	10
23rd		-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
23rd		-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	8
25th		-	-	-	-	6	1	-	-	7
26th		2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3
26th		-	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	3
28th		-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	2
28th	Hiroshi Fukuda	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2
28th		1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2
28th		-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	2
28th		-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	2
28th		-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	2
28th		-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	2
28th		-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2
36th		-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1

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blue - 100pt tansou (solo run) bonus

Source: D1GP Official Site 2006 Championship table

D1SL

Position	Car	rd.1	rd.2	rd.3	rd.4	rd.5	rd.6	rd.7	Total
1st		12	2	12	-	20	15	14	75
2nd		20	20	-	-	6	17	10	73
3rd		4	8	-	-	15	11	20	58
4th		2	10	16	-	21	8	-	57
5th		-	18	21	2	-	2	12	55
6th		1	-	-	16	1	19	8	45
7th		-	4	18	-	4	-	18	44
8th		-	-	1	-	-	20	16	37
9th		16	-	-	-	12	1	6	35
10th		-	1	6	12	10	2	-	31
11th		-	-	14	14	1	-	1	30
12th		-	1	-	6	16	-	-	23
13th		18	1	-	-	2	-	1	22
14th		-	-	-	20	-	-	-	20
15th	Nissan Silvia S15	-	-	-	18	-	-	-	18
15th		-	16	-	-	-	-	2	18
17th		-	14	-	-	2	1	-	17
17th		-	12	1	-	-	4	-	17
19th		14	1	-	-	-	-	-	15
19th		1	1	1	10	-	2	-	15
21st		-	-	-	-	-	13	-	13
22nd		-	-	10	1	-	-	-	11
23rd		10	-	-	-	-	-	-	10
24th		-	-	8	-	-	1	-	8
24th		2	7	-	-	-	-	-	9
26th		8	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
26th		-	-	-	8	-	-	-	8
26th		-	-	-	-	8	-	-	8
29th		6	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
29th		-	-	-	-	-	6	-	6
31st		-	-	4	-	-	-	-	4
31st		-	-	-	4	-	-	-	4
31st		-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4
34th		-	-	-	2	1	-	-	3
35th		-	-	2	-	-	-	-	2
35th		1	1	-	-	-	-	-	2
35th		-	-	1	1	-	-	-	2
35th		-	-	-	2	-	-	-	2
39th		1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
39th		1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
39th		-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1
39th		-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1
39th		-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1
39th		-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1
39th		-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
39th		-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
39th		-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
39th		-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1

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