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That’s apart from the likes of Slammed Show Drive, organized by
Kouitiro Hayashi. Year-on-year, the venue for the event changes and the
track layout evolves, although what remains true is the combination of your
typical car show with the likes of grass-roots drifting, burnouts, cruising,
track blasting, and even a bikini car wash.
Breaking the barriers between genres, so that all those who share a
love of the automotive world can enjoy their own segments together, has
always been Hayashi-san’s goal, and the mix of cars is wildly huge.
The Bihoku Highland venue in Japan’s Okayama prefecture was
packed to the brim this year; for those who know the circuit, we’re talking
the whole Bihoku area full, with the pits on the first corner of B-course and
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