What Drifting Should Look Like

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Raphael Orlove
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A closed mountain road, trees fluttering over the pavement, and a car screaming around each corner sideways.

This is Daigo Saito, the orange-haired pro, one of the best drifters in Japan or the world. This is his turbo straight six JZX100 Chaser.

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Here’s how shooter Luke Huxham described the run.

Daigo came out to Gunsai touge course made famous in Hot Version for a couple runs during one my my HKS filming projects. Stuck a couple camera’s on his car and filmed him tearing up the skinny mountain course...No Daigo, NO PARTY!

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Is it wonderful to see such a big four-door sedan sideways on such a tiny road? Yes.

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