We received word from our cohorts in Europe (Driftpromotion) that Paul Vlasblom from the UK will be coming stateside for the D1 All Star Weekend in November. Paul is noted for putting on a crazy battle with Ueno in the UK! We have confirmed that his car is already in a crate on the way to California!!!!!!!! The roaring BMW M3 station wagon is on it’s way to The House of Drift! Will more European drivers be looking to invade the states? Stay posted to the blog, I think we could possibly be breaking some more news stories on drivers heading this way soon.

Well Ebisu was this weekend in Japan and Kumakubo came out in a Evo!!!!!!!! Crazy I tell you, these guys at Team Orange don’t play around. I couldn’t find much information other than this guys blog Reference Link so I cannot take credit for this but thought you guys might like to see it!

Here is the text from the blog on how the Evo did!

“This past weekend was round 5 of the D1GP @ Ebisu Circuit. Kumakubo Nobushige used this event at his home course to unleash his new FR Converted Lancer Evolution. I still haven’t seen a full report of the event yet, but he managed to finish 8th overall, which is great considering the new machine. What is even more impressive is that he brought out the new car in the middle of a tight battle between him and Kawabata Masato for the D1 Championship. This serves as a testament to both Kumakubo’s driving and to Koyama-san and the crew at JUN Auto for building a competitive car. I found a couple pictures taken by some fans of the new machine. (I do not take any credit for them) Option/D1 should be updating their website with complete coverage soon, so keep an eye out for it. By the way, Nomura Ken won the Ebisu event, it’s good to see him back at the top after struggling earlier in the season.”

Here it is in action!