At the second round of the 2009 D1 Grand Prix, held on April 25 and 26 at Autopolis in Oita Prefecture, Yoichi Imamura of Team BOSS with POTENZA D1 Project ended the first-round tansou (individual driving) in sixth place, with 99.05 points. In the head-to-head tsuisou, however, he gambled it all, and, with superior technique, advanced to the finals. There he faced Ken Nomura of team BLITZ-the same driver as he competed with in the finals of Round 1-and, with a super-long drift, won the Round, with Nomura coming in second. In the opening tansou competition, a strong long drift gave the only 100-point result to Chikara Mizuhata of Team HPI Racing, putting him into the lead, but a blown engine unfortunately forced him to retire.

D1 Grand Prix Exhibition News
The 2009 D1 Grand Prix Exhibition Tokyo Drift in Odaiba will be held on May 23 and 24 in Tokyo's Odaiba area.

Rounds 3 and 4 News
Round 3 of the 2009 D1 Grand Prix will be held at the Okayama International Circuit in Okayama Prefecture on June 27, with Round 4 following the next day, June 28.