Video Option: Motoharu Kurosawa tests the Leopard F31

September 24, 2012 in video

Long before Keiichi Tsuchiya earned his stripes in racing Motoharu Kurosawa dominated the Japanese GP in his hakosuka Skyline GT-R. The same happened with reviewing cars for Video Option magazine: long before we became familiar with Keiichi pushing any Japanese sports/racing/tuned car to the limit on a touge run Motoharu Kurosawa was doing the same:
Motoharu Kurosawa tests the Leopard F31 for Video Option

Looking at this September 1988 review of the Nissan Leopard F31 it becomes clear a lot has changed in the past 24 years, for instance the tests that mattered: Read the rest of this entry →

Old footage: when different things were sexy!

September 13, 2011 in old footage

This dated footage of the 24 hours Tokachi International Speedway reveals more than once that back in 1995 different things were considered sexy:

No it doesn’t end with the car lineup (mostly Skyline R33s) but fast forward to 5:33 for some ladies, to 6:03 for Keiichi’s glasses and 6:27 for some 80s gran tourers in some two wheel action!

Dorikin test driving Nomukens Skyline ER34

October 23, 2010 in nissan skyline

Yesterday I posted an old video I downloaded once. Can you still remember the days before internet video sites like Youtube? Basically everybody downloaded and swapped movies online. I still remember having an FTP login on a server in Japan where grassroots videos were uploaded now and then…

Anyway, another one from the old shoebox: Keiichi Tsuchiya driving Ken Nomuras Nissan Skyline ER34. Video should be from somewhere 2001 or 2002: Ken Nomura started driving the ER34 in 2001 and I downloaded this video in 2002.

Judging from the old-man style driving the Dorikin did not really think it was that exciting to drive…

Familiy Album Treasures: Meet the Dorikin!

August 21, 2010 in Familiy Album Treasures

This is one of the snaps from the Rotary specialist RE-Sugiyama’s family album: Apex’s eldest son together with competitor Keiichi Tsuchiya!
Dorikin with RE-Sugiyama
Dorikin with RE-Sugiyama

Now that is true sportmanship!

Video: Trueno and Levin N2 cup in 1985

May 31, 2010 in video

I’ve been watching Youtube user Rocketpencil for some time now. He is already quite known for uploading old racing footage from the 80s and 90s!

He just uploaded one of the best videos so far: a 15 lap Corolla Levin/Sprinter Trueno N2 cup race on Fuji International Speedway in 1985!

This second round of the Corolla/Sprinter cup does not show Keiichi Tsuchya and I have no idea if he actually drove this cup. I do know he drove the AE86 in the All Japan Touring Car championship, so there is a big possibility that he actually drove this race as well. At least he doesn’t show up in the top 5…