Naoki Nakamura (Professional Drifter)

Naoki Nakamura
中村 直樹
Nationality Japan
Born (1982-03-14) 14 March 1982 (age 42)
Nara
D1 Grand Prix career
Current teamValino x N-Style
Car number99
Former teamsTeam Alive, D-MAX, Koyorad, TMAR x TEAM 紫
Wins9
Best finish1st in 2021
Previous series
2007-2010, 2013-2014
2011-2012
2018		D1 Street Legal

The Drift Muscle
D1 Lights
Championship titles
2009-2010,2014
2011-2012
2021		D1 Street Legal
The Drift Muscle
D1 Grand Prix

Naoki Nakamura (中村 直樹, Nakamura Naoki, 14 March 1982, Nara) is a professional Japanese drifter. He competes in the D1GP and won the series in 2021. He won its feeder series, D1 Street Legal, 3 times. He is known for his close tandem drifting.

Career

He was initially part of a street racing team called "Burst". In 2005, he and the team competed in the Ikaten drift event, and his driving style put him the spotlight.[1]

He started to compete in D1GP in 2005 without initial success. In 2006 he started to compete in D1 Street Legal and, improving with each round, got his first win in 2008 putting him second in the standings behind Naoto Suenaga.

In 2009 he competed against Jikuya Kiyofumi, Masashi Yokoi and Seimi Tanaka for the title, and managed to win 3 times in a row. He defended his title driving an S13 Silvia. Through his time in D1SL he competed in D1GP with D-MAX and took 4th.

In January 2011 he was arrested for street drifting he had done in August 2010. He admitted that he wanted to practice. He lost his D1 License and was unable to compete in D1GP or D1 Street Legal despite his status as D1SL defending champion.[2] He was able to compete in non D1 competitions such as The Drift Muscle, a new drifting competition founded by Keiichi Tsuchiya and Daijiro Inada after they stepped down from D1 management. He went on to win the inaugural season driving the same S15 he previously used in D1GP.

In 2012 he switched sponsors from D-MAX to Origin Labo. Continuing to compete in non D1 competitions, he started to use Federal tires and retained his Drift Muscle title. However, in 2013 he returned to D1 Street Legal driving an S13 Silvia again. He won the championship the following year, making him the most successful driver in the series' history. His championship allowed him to participate in the D1GP Exhibition match in Odaiba. Despite driving only a slightly modified version of his D1SL car, he beat many D1GP drivers, losing to Masato Kawabata in the end.

Nakamura's S15 Silvia at display on Osaka Auto Messe 2019

In 2018 Nakamura participated in D1 Lights, a series that replaced D1 Street Legal. Despite not competing full time, he managed to get 2 wins and regain his D1GP license. He switched sponsors to Valino tires. He later competed in the drift class at World Time Attack Challenge in Australia,[3] driving an S15 Silvia he prepared for D1GP the following year.

2019 marked his return to D1GP after nearly a decade. He showed himself to be competitive, winning the Solo run on the third contest of the season, but recorded 34 penalty points in his battle against Hideyuki Fujino after missing all the zones in his lead run and pushing Fujino off the track. In the final round he grabbed his first D1GP[4] and ended the season 6th in the standings. In 2020 he grabbed another win in round 7 of the season and finished 5th in the standings.

The 2021 season was his best year as he grabbed 4 overall and solo run wins and sealed the championship in the penultimate round. He scored 204 points, the first to score more than 200 points in a season. His championship win made him the third person to win both D1GP and D1 Street Legal, after Katsuhiro Ueo and Masashi Yokoi.

In early 2022 he began collaborating with the new TMAR team and was to debut a V8 powered S13 built alongside fellow D1 driver Daigo Saito. The car was fitted with naturally aspirated LSX and was finished mere days before the opening round, but unfortunately the V8 engine was blown during testing and Naoki had to reuse his S15 which shared the same fate as the S13 during practice. He scored no points in the opening round. The S13 returned for the second round, now with a Procharged LS3 previously powering Masanori Kohashi's car in 2018. Upgraded with the newly debuted car he won both rounds.[5] Unfortunately the car is not as reliable as his previous car as he encountered several issue over the season and he ended up finishing third in championship losing the title to Masashi Yokoi. He also performed stunts for the film Alive Drift.[6]

For 2023 season he left TMAR and return as Valino's works driver and will debut a Toyota GR86 which makes it the first time he compete in a non Nissan S-Chassis car.[7] On 25 December 2022 it is announced that he will bring his D1GP championship winning S15 to compete in Drift Masters European Championship as full time entry alongside his D1GP campaign.[8] He finished his debut season at DMEC 8th in standings with 1 podium. In D1GP he win round 8 at Autopolis moving him to the series points leader, unfortunatelly he didn't pass the Solo Run in the final round and beaten by Hideyuki Fujino to the title and dropping him to third below Hokuto Matsuyama.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ 第13回いか天団体全国大会 ドリ天 Vol 59 ③, retrieved 11 October 2022
  2. ^ "PRESS RELEASE TRANSLATION: Naoki Nakamura arrested for street drifting : NORIYARO". noriyaro.com. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  3. ^ ianbaker (10 September 2018). "Naoki Nakamura is coming to party and he is packing 1100hp!". World Time Attack Challenge Sydney. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  4. ^ "D1 OFFICIAL WEBSITE - 2019 AUTOPOLIS DRIFT - Rd.7 Report". www.d1gp.co.jp. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  5. ^ "追走接近限界突破!! V8搭載シルビア初投入で中村直樹選手が2連勝！". モータースポーツトップ (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  6. ^ Mu, Marietta. "Too fast, not so furious". www.thesundaily.my. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  7. ^ 【特報】 中村直樹 が D1GP 2023シリーズに ニューマシン 投入！～ VALINO ワークス体制 で GR86 製作～ 連載企画第1回 【新作】, retrieved 14 November 2022
  8. ^ "Drift Masters GP on Instagram: "NAOKI IS READY TO TAKE ON DMEC 2023⁠ ⁠ That's right, Japanese drift legend and 2021 D1GP Series Champion @nakamura_naoki_n is ready to take on DMEC 2023 thanks to the amazing support of @valino_tires_international.⁠ ⁠ Nakamura will pilot his Champion 2JZ-powered Nissan S15 for the full DMEC season in 2023, as he aims to stamp his mark on European drifting and put it up to the best we have to offer!⁠ ⁠ Are you excited to see how Naoki does in DMEC next season? Make sure you stay tuned to see how he does! Also stay tuned for more news coming on our 2023 season calendar soon.⁠ ⁠ #DMEC #DMEC2022 #DMVC #DMVC2022 #DriftMastersGP #DriftMasters #Drifting #Drift @link_ecu #LinkECU @redbull #RedBull @valino_tires_international #ValinoTires @budmat.pl #Budmat @hypedropcom #HypeDrop @st_suspensions #STSuspensions @fmic_eu #FMIC_EU #Bimerg"". Instagram. Retrieved 25 December 2022.

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