RIP: Atsushi Kuroi...

[dR Dan]

motorbike crash..that what was on dw anyways

Ya just dawned on me who it was... old age Sur wat was he 40 not even???

[meego1]

very sad to hear this,was always a favorite of mine from watchin all the d1 gp vids,his quailifying runs were always flat to de tin. will be missed from the drift scene...

[Tekno Twinky]

[Tekno Twinky]

INFO ON WIKI PROVIDED BY JDM OPTION AND D1GRANDPRIX..

tsushi Kuroi (黒井敦史 Kuroi Atsushi?, 30 March 1969 - 1 February 2010, Osaka) was a Japanese professional drifting driver, that competed in the D1 Grand Prix series for Team Toyo with River Side. Sadly he died on the 1st of February 2010 during the evening due to a motorcycle accident.
He loved cars from and early age and dreamed of getting his license, when he did the first car he got was a four wheel drive as he was into WRC at the time. He enjoyed dirt driving but ran out of money for repairs to his car so he bought a Nissan Silvia (S13) and turned to drifting. He practiced a lot but as he mainly did it alone he couldn't tell whether he was any good, so he studied the drift bible and some other books on drifting to try to improve. Though he never knew whether he was any good until he began competing against other people. He was the manager of the River Side Tuning Garage in the Osaka prefecture, so he sponsored himself.
He has been competing in the D1 Grand Prix series since it began in 2001. He has always used a Nissan Silvia (S13) as he loves the way they drift. The Silvias he uses in the D1GP are not usual, his old one had an RB26 from a Nissan Skyline GT-R and his current car has a 2JZ from a Toyota Supra, as he likes the bigger displacement engines. Recently he has been doing well though his car is not always reliable,and in 2007 he achieved his first victory.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atsushi_Kuroi

[carpo]

thats a 2jz..he changed to toyota engine late 2008..

he will be remembered as one of the greats of d1..

[Tekno Twinky]

thats a 2jz..he changed to toyota engine late 2008..

he will be remembered as one of the greats of d1..

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[G.Lenihan]

wow, RIP

[eric25]

R.I.P seen some great vids

[Carlie]

RIP. Sad to hear this

[MCNSPORT.com]

met the man a couple of times

R.I.P