Drift Tengoku — September 2004 · Page 100
Page 100 — English translation
Akemi Okazaki won February's Mobara Drift Queen event, then won March's Yaruka-ten event, earning the first D1 entry for a woman. Coverage in Drift Tengoku and its video had given her a reputation as the best female drifter at the time, so everyone at Ebisu, including the judges, was watching. But the pressure of D1 had begun the moment she decided to enter…
Captions and page details
All eyes on her!
TEAM 3UP
Akemi Okazaki
3U
The front-end crash appears to have shifted an arm slightly. At full countersteer, the arm caught and the steering would not return. Reducing steering angle was a painful compromise, but better than another crash caused by losing control. A steering stop was quickly made to prevent the arm from catching.
A closer look at the car's preparation
A life of going sideways
3UP helped with equipment required by D1 regulations that would be expensive for an individual, including a roll cage with side bars and a fire extinguisher. She also asked for help with maintenance and repairs. However, she supplied the tires herself because they are used up so quickly…
A two-way radio is fitted inside. She normally uses it to get Mikami's advice on initiation timing and lines. This time she was too nervous to put that advice to good use, but it apparently still helped her relax mentally.
…she said.
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…ended up.
…was able to.
GRANDPRIX Rd.3 EBISU
D1
All eyes on her
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At that moment [fragment]
…without pushing too hard [fragment]
Msports produced by mae
Produce
Drifter [fragment]
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