Kouichi Yamashita
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Kouchi Yamashita (山下広一, Yamashita Kouchi) is a drifting driver[1] who in 2008 defected from D1 Grand Prix into the US Formula D series. He drives the Mazda RX-8 which is tuned with a 20B Renesis engine from the Korean market producing a power of 429HP. He has achieved one victory from the D1GP series. Previously he was known for driving the Toyota AE86.[2]
References
- ^ MSC CHALLENGE ROUND 2 AT EBISU CIRCUIT Archived 2011-03-09 at the Wayback Machine, Speedhunters.com, May 30, 2008
- ^ MSC CHALLENGE Archived 2010-06-14 at the Wayback Machine, Speedhunters.com, July 22, 2008 ("This RX8 from JIC Magic is a recent addition to MSC and is by far one of the more "pro level" cars in the series. The driver of this car is Koichi Yamashita of Running Free AE86 fame. He won the Expert Class at this year's Ebisu MSC round in this car.")
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