is a Japanese
time attack
Time attack is a type of motorsport in which the racers compete for the best lap time. Each vehicle is timed through numerous circuits of the track. The racers make a preliminary circuit, then run the timed laps, and then finish with a cool-dow ...
driver.
[The Celebrity Drivers of Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights- Part One]
September 17, 2007; Terry Henderson; Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights review; Retrieved October 19, 2007 He is currently a judge at American
Formula D
Formula Drift (also known as Formula D) is a United States-based motorsport drifting series. Formula Drift, Inc. was co-founded by Jim Liaw and Ryan Sage in 2003 as a sister company to Slipstream Global Marketing, the same partnership that int ...
events. Yamada has raced in both the
JGTC
Super GT (stylized as SUPER GT) is a grand touring car racing series that began in 1993. Launched as the , generally referred to as either the JGTC or the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship, the series was renamed to Super GT in 2005. It is ...
and
Japanese Touring Car Championship
The Japanese Touring Car Championship (abbr: 1985–1993: JTC, 1994–1998: JTCC, officially known as All Japan Touring Car Championship, ja, 全日本ツーリングカー選手権, link=no), was a former touring car racing series held in Japan. ...
.
He gained popularity on several Japanese videos with BAKA-MON, his trademarked logo that translates loosely as "stupid monkey."
[Who is Tarzan Yamada?]
August 2004; SRO magazine; Retrieved October 19, 2007 Players of the
Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights video game need to compete against a representation of Yamada to advance in the game.
Before that, he was a regular feature on
Video Option
is a monthly direct-to-video magazine version of the long-running '' Option magazine'' introduced in March 1988 by Sunpro.
The video has always been presented by Daijiro Inada, who did many of the tuner car road tests, either on a test track, o ...
.
Yamada has raced in numerous series in Japan and America since 1981. His championships include the 1991 Formula Mirage class and 2002 N1
Super Taikyu
Super Taikyu (スーパー耐久, ''Super Endurance''), formerly known as the Super N1 Taikyu Series prior to 2005 and N1 Endurance Series prior to 1995, and currently named the Eneos Super Taikyu Series Powered by Hankook for sponsorship reasons, ...
endurance.
; Bill Wood; RACER magazine; October 10, 2007; Retrieved October 19, 2007 He was involved in a high-speed crash at approximately 200 mph, and amazingly survived.
Yamada, competing in the Cyber Evo, is a two-time World Time Attack Challenge champion (2010, 2011) in the event held annually in Sydney
Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...
, Australia
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.
References
External links
Super GT 2005 Profile
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1962 births
D1 Grand Prix
Drifting drivers
Japanese racing drivers
Japanese Touring Car Championship drivers
Living people