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A rare Nissan 300Z
out at the Drift Session. By 2002, the amount of drivers at the
track had gone up somewhat, but the general population was still
relatively uneducated about drifting. |
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In January, a bunch
of drivers and Drift Session staffers took their own personal
vehicles out to the Izumo
Taisha temple in Honolulu for a car blessing. The priest did
a blession for each car and driver and gave out good luck charms for
everyone to put in their vehicles. |
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Female hachiroku
enthusiast Cindy Sato at the Drift Session. Cindy and her brother
both have AE86
Corollas. |
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Kai at the Drift
Session. |
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Jeron Sambrano
showing the two handed tandem drifting technique. I'm guessing that
every drifting enthusiast in the US has done this at one time or
another. |
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Lineup of drivers in
2002. |
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Pedro Dominon
examining tire blowout damage. |
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One of the many AE86
Corollas at the Drift Session. |
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Alex Pfeiffer at the
Drift Session borrowing someone else's car. |
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A rare Acura Integra
at the Drift Session; no drifting for this vehicle though. |
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Stacks and stacks of
tires at the track. |
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Tony
"Maroni's" AE86
coupe. Note the "sukebe" print on the door. |
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Justin Kikkawa
driving Brandon Hiroshige's AE86
hatchback. |
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Ross
Petty and his growing entourage. |
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Stanford Lau getting
ready for competition. |
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And Stanford Lau with
his trophy after winning the monthly drift competition. |
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Four times a year,
the Hawaii Corolla community gathers for the "Hachi Meet."
The summer cruise tends to be the largest. For anyone who wants to
know, the O.G. Hachi Meets are the ones organized by
"Ninja7" and "Turn1." |
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AE86 Corollas
gathering at Kapiolani Community College for the quarterly Hawaii
"Hachi Meet." The cruise usually starts at KCC and then
heads to the Windward side of the island: Kaneohe and Kailua. |
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Danny's clean Levin
at the Hachi Meet. |
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A nice silver
hatchback at the Hachi Meet. |
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A not-so-clean,
supercharged Levin at the Hachi Meet. |
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Lance Tsubota's
Corolla with new wheels. |
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Stanford Lau's AE86
coupe after getting a full makeover. |
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Stanford Lau's AE86
coupe after getting a full makeover. |
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Stanford Lau's AE86
coupe after getting a full makeover. |
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Stanford Lau's AE86
coupe after getting a full makeover. |
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The Hachi Meet makes
its way to Enchanted Lake Shopping Center for lunch. Drivers split
up for an hour or so to hit the various restaurants. Drivers in the
know head for Round
Table Pizza. |
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The Hachi Meet makes
its way to Enchanted Lake Shopping Center for lunch. Drivers split
up for an hour or so to hit the various restaurants. Drivers in the
know head for Round Table Pizza. |
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After lunch, the
Hachi Meet heads out eastbound on Kalanianaole Highway through
Waimanalo, Hawaii Kai and finally to Kakaako Waterfront Park to end
the cruise. |
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Royce Fujimoto
changing tires at the Drift Session. |
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2002 Streetcar
Showoff with Stanford Lau's and Justin Kikkawa's AE86's representing
for the drifting community. |
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Cindy Sato modeling
next to the Signal
Auto Drifter X: a S15 front 180sx. The Drift Session brought
this vehicle to Hawaii along with the crew from Signal Auto to
demonstrate high speed drifting and what a purpose built drift
vehicle could do at Hawaii Motorsports Center. |
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Jason Tam-Hoy in his
new Honda Civic hatchback ready for some FWD drifting. |
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Ian Correia in his
AE86 hatchback. Not only is this guy a good drifter in a real car,
he is a Gran Turismo 3 drifting master that uses the standard
controllers when playing. |
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Jeron Sambrano in his
Corolla waiting his turn to hit the track. Jeron went a little wild
with the hood spacers at the back end of his hood. |
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Old school Drift
Session stickers. |
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A lineup of drivers
in 2002. |
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Local import model Sunisa
Sims next to the Signal
Auto Drifter X. |
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FWD drifter Terry and
his Honda Civic. |
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Random drivers at the
Drift Session. |
