Tarzan Yamada

Yamada at Virginia International Raceway in 2007

Eiji "Tarzan" Yamada (山田英二, Yamada Eiji, 25 April 1962) is a Japanese time attack driver.^[1] He is currently a judge at American Formula D events.^[2] Yamada has raced in both the JGTC and Japanese Touring Car Championship.

He gained popularity on several Japanese videos with BAKA-MON, his trademarked logo that translates loosely as "stupid monkey."^[3] Players of the Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights video game need to compete against a representation of Yamada to advance in the game.^[1] Before that, he was a regular feature on Video Option.

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 endurance.^[3]^[4]

Yamada, competing in the Cyber Evo, is a two-time World Time Attack Challenge champion (2010, 2011) in the event held annually in Sydney, Australia.^{[citation needed]}

Racing record

Complete Japanese Formula 3 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	DC	Pts
1983	？	Toyota	SUZ 4	NIS	SUG	SUZ 5	TSU	SUZ 7	SUZ				6th	18
1984	Seto Love Racing	Toyota	SUZ 2	NIS	FUJ 13	SUZ 1	TSU 8	SUZ 1	TSU 5	SUZ 5			2nd	74
1985	Tomei Sports	Nissan	SUZ	FUJ 8	SUZ 10	TSU 6	NIS 11	SUZ Ret	SUZ Ret				13th	10
1988	Hot Laps	VW	SUZ Ret	TSU 18	FUJ	SUZ	SUG	TSU	SEN	SUZ	NIS	SUZ	NC	0
1992	Will Racing Co., Ltd.	Toyota	SUZ	TSU	FUJ	SUZ	SEN	TAI	MIN	SUG	SUZ DNQ		NC	0

Japanese Touring Car Championship (-1993) Class results

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	DC	Pts
1991	Nismo	Nissan Skyline GT-R	JTC-1	SUG	SUZ	TSU 6	SEN 4	AUT	FUJ	10th	26

Super Taikyu Series Class results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Class	Co-Drivers	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	DC	Pts
1992	Team Zexel	1	Takayuki Kinoshita	Nissan Skyline GT-R	SEN 4	FUJ 2	TAI 4	TSU 2	MIN 2	SUG 2			？	？
1993	Team Zexel	1	Takayuki Kinoshita	Nissan Skyline GT-R	TAI 2	SEN 2	SUZ 1	FUJ 7	TOK 4	TSU 2	MIN 5	SUG 7	？	？
1994	Prince Tokyo Fujitsubo	1	Takayuki Kinoshita Tomohiko Sunako	Nissan Skyline GT-R	MIN	SUZ	SEN	FUJ	TAI	TOK 9	TSU	SUG	？	？
1998	Manpukudō	1	Takayuki Kinoshita(Rd.2) Takayuki Aoki(Rd.3,4)	Nissan Skyline GT-R	MIN	SUG NC	SUZ 4	TAI Ret	TOK	SEN	MOT	FUJ	？	？
1999	Prince Tokyo Fujitsubo	1	Tomohiko Sunako Shinichi Katura(Rd.5)	Nissan Skyline GT-R	MIN 1	SEN 3	SUZ Ret	TAI 1	TOK Ret	MOT 4	FUJ 2	SUG 1	2nd	？
2000	Totomu Fujitsubo	1	Tomohiko Sunako Shinichi Katura(Rd.5)	Nissan Skyline GT-R	MIN 3	SEN 3	SUZ 3	TAI 3	TOK 3	MOT 3	FUJ Ret	SUG 4	3rd	？
2001	Totomu Fujitsubo	1	Tomohiko Sunako Hisashi Wada(Rd.5)	Nissan Skyline GT-R	MIN 1	SEN 2	SUZ 1	MOT 2	TOK 5	TAI 2	SUG 2	FUJ 1	2nd	？
2002	C-West Advan	3	Naofumi Omoto Masaaki Nagashima	Mazda RX-7	MIN Ret	SEN 1	SUZ 1	MOT 3	TOK 1	TAI 3	SUG	FUJ Ret	1st	？

Complete JGTC/Super GT Results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	DC	Pts
1994	Johnson Nismo	Nissan Skyline GT-R	GT1	FUJ Ret	SEN 5	FUJ	SUG	MIN					18th	8
1995	Team Comtech Racing Club	Porsche 911 GT2	GT1	SUZ	FUJ	SEN	FUJ 15	SUG	MIN				NC	0
1996	Prova Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT2	GT500	SUZ	FUJ	SEN	FUJ	SUG 11	MIN				NC	0
2000	Auto Staff Racing	Nissan Silvia	GT300	MOT	FUJ Ret	SUG 8							26th	4
	Team Taisan Advan	Dodge Viper GTS-R	GT500				FUJ 18	TAI					NC	0
	Team Taisan Advan	Dodge Viper GTS-R	GT300						MIN 10	SUZ 15			26th	4
2001	Team Taisan Advan Jr.	Dodge Viper GTS-R	GT300	TAI 8	FUJ 9	SUG	FUJ 9	MOT 14	SUZ	MIN 3			15th	19
2002	Team Taisan Advan Jr.	Dodge Viper GTS-R	GT300	TAI 10	FUJ 16	SUG 5	SEP 9	FUJ 8	MOT 9	MIN 4	SUZ 21		14th	26
2003	Team Taisan Advan	Dodge Viper GTS-R	GT300	TAI 16	FUJ 16	SUG Ret	FUJ 1	FUJ 5	MOT Ret	AUT 7	SUZ Ret		12th	34
2005	A&S Racing	Mosler MT900R	GT300	OKA 16	FUJ 15	SEP Ret	SUG 14		FUJ 11	AUT 13	SUZ		NC	0
2005	A&S Racing	Chevrolet Corvette	GT300					MOT 22					NC	0
2006	JIM Gainer	Ferrari 360 modena	GT300	SUZ	OKA	FUJ	SEP	SUG	SUZ Ret	MOT	AUT	FUJ	NC	0

Complete Japanese Formula 3000 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	DC	Pts
1994	Team Glory With Nova	SUZ	FUJ	MIN	SUZ	SUG	FUJ	SUZ	FUJ	FUJ 17	SUZ	NC	0

References

^ ^a ^b 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
^ Tarzan signs on as a Formula D Judge; drifting.com; Retrieved October 19, 2007
^ ^a ^b Who is Tarzan Yamada?; August 2004; SRO magazine; Retrieved October 19, 2007
^ WOOD: Things Lost in the Fire Archived 2012-02-07 at the Wayback Machine; 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.

External links

Super GT 2005 Profile

[cars.ign-1] 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

[2] Tarzan signs on as a Formula D Judge; drifting.com; Retrieved October 19, 2007

[SRO-3] Who is Tarzan Yamada?; August 2004; SRO magazine; Retrieved October 19, 2007

[4] WOOD: Things Lost in the Fire Archived 2012-02-07 at the Wayback Machine; 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.

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