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Robbie Nishida
Robbie Nishida (born December 26, 1977) is a professional drifter who currently competes in several different professional series' around the world, including Formula D USA series and Formula D World series. He has been competing in the Formula D USA series since 2005. He has been competing ever since both in Japan and the USA. Quick Facts Bio * Nickname - Bushido * Height – 5’ 11” * Weight – 160 lbs * Car Number – 31 * Hometown – Okinawa, Japan * Team – Achilles Radial (Formula DRIFT) USA - Achilles Radial Formula D Asia * Crew Members – Mike Warfield, Erick Gomez, and Joe Tardiff (Formula D) USA Current Sponsors * Achilles Radial * Oracle Lighting * Motovicity Distribution * BC Racing Suspension * Garrett Turbos * SPEC Clutch * Deatschwerks * Voodoo13 USA * MazWorx Engines * Takata * Turbo Smart * Goodridge * Illest / Fatlace * Brian Crower * Seibon * AME Wheels * JE Pistons * Nitrous Express * OS Giken * TOP 1 Oil Career He was born in Okinawa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Okinawa Prefecture
is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan. It consists of three main island groups—the Okinawa Islands, the Sakishima Islands, and the Daitō Islands—spread across a maritime zone approximately 1,000 kilometers east to west and 400 kilometers north to south. Despite a modest land area of 2,281 km² (880 sq mi), Okinawa’s territorial extent over surrounding seas makes its total area nearly half the combined size of Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu. Of its 160 Island, islands, 49 are inhabited. The largest and most populous island is Okinawa Island, which hosts the capital city, Naha, as well as major urban centers such as Okinawa (city), Okinawa, Uruma, and Urasoe, Okinawa, Urasoe. The prefecture has a subtropical climate, characterized by warm temperatures and high rainfall throughout the year. People from the Ryukyu Islands, Nansei Islands, including Okinawa Island, Okinawa, the Sakishima Islands, and parts of Kagoshima Prefecture, are often collectively referred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Formula D
Formula DRIFT (also known as Formula D or FD) is an American drifting series, and was co-founded by Jim Liaw and Ryan Sage in 2003 as a sister company to Slipstream Global Marketing, the same partnership that introduced D1 Grand Prix to the United States. The new entity would solely own, operate and launch the first official drifting series in North America. Formula DRIFT is not associated with the FIA series of formula racing championships. Formula DRIFT has 84 licensed drivers competing in PRO and PROSPEC (formerly PRO 2) as of June 2024. The series consists of an eight-round championship played out at race tracks across North America. Formula DRIFT is judged on line, angle, and style, rather than who finishes the course in the fastest time. North America Drivers in North America can compete in regionally sanctioned PRO/AM organizations for licensing. *USDrift – Mid-Atlantic *East10Drift – Southeast *Evergreen Drift – Pacific Northwest *Colorado Drift – Colorad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achilles Radial
PT Multistrada Arah Sarana Tbk is an Indonesian tire manufacturer. They sell tires under the brands Achilles and Corsa. It is considered to be one of the largest tire manufacturers in Indonesia, operating factories of and , located in East Cikarang, Indonesia. Since 2019, it is a publicly-traded subsidiary of French manufacturer Michelin. Products MASA manufactures tires for passengers cars, commercial cars, trucks, buses, and competition vehicles, as well as performance and industrial tires which are used in the international market. Multistrada Arah Sarana also manufactures tires under the brand name Achilles and Corsa, as well as Michelin, BFGoodrich and Uniroyal. History PT Multistrada Arah Sarana Tbk or MASA, was known as PT Oroban Perkasa when it first started in 1988. They had built motorcycle tires and cars, with their own brands, which are Strada, Achilles, and Corsa. MASA received assistance from Pirelli (Italy) and Continental (Germany) to improve their manufac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobushige Kumakubo
is a drifting driver from Japan who competes in the D1 Grand Prix series and racetrack and land owner. Nicknamed ''Kuma'', he is commonly referred to as one of the pioneers of drifting. Biography Born to a wealthy family who owned a large portion of land in the Fukushima countryside, with the easy accessibility of the family plot, Kumakubo was able to use some of it to build and develop the Ebisu Circuit. Kumakubo also used the circuit to host numerous drifting events as well as various motorsport events. As the lead driver of Team Orange, as his car has always been orange, he started at the D1GP series in a Nissan Silvia, in , whilst stumbling through the numerous rallying magazines in his office and considering that the Subaru Impreza was the car to have as many rear wheel drive cars were considered not suitable for drifting or in need of development to be considered suitable, also in a way to bring Impreza owners to his track, Kumakubo commissioned tuning company JUN Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Hubinette
Samuel is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transition from the biblical judges to the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy), United Kingdom of Israel under Saul, and again in the monarchy's transition from Saul to David. He is Veneration, venerated as a prophet in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In addition to his role in the Bible, Samuel is mentioned in Jewish rabbinic literature, rabbinical literature, in the Christian New Testament, and in the second chapter of the Quran (although the text does not mention him by name). He is also treated in the fifth through seventh books of ''Antiquities of the Jews'', written by the Jewish scholar Josephus in the first century. He is first called "the Seer" in Books of Samuel, 1 Samuel 9:9. Biblical account Family Samuel's mother was Hannah (biblical figure), Hannah and his father was Elkanah. Elkanah lived at Ramathaim-Zophim, Ramathaim in the district of Zuph. His genealogy is also found in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
