Up until this year it was always the Japanese that were going overseas to expose the world to their drift culture, but 2009 looks like it will be the year when Japanese drifters and drift fans will finally get a taste of international drifting on their home turf. We already saw Vaughn Gittin Jr. bring his all-American V8-powered madness to Japan earlier this month, and we have just heard that another high profile international drifter will be appearing in the land of the rising sun.
New Zealand's Mad Mike Whiddett and his four-rotor "Madbul" RX7 have been invited to compete in the Japanese D1 series this year, and Mad Mike has already confirmed with us that he will be appearing the Okayama, Ebisu, and Fuji Speedway events later in the year. In addition to D1GP, Mad Mike and the RX7 will also be doing a lot of filming with the guys at Option Video.
We will be closely following Mad Mike's adventures in Japan here on Speedhunters as we find out how the Japanese fans will react to the Madbul's ridiculous sounding exhaust note…
-Mike Garrett
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that rx7 is sooooooooooooooooooo sick
that quad rotor sounded terrifying at the RBWDC
Awesome, good to see NZ drifting continuing to evolve and move offshore
Please Please Please make this a desktop. Awesome picture.
Cain't want to see the converage. JR's was fantastic.
Wow D1 Japan must really be running out of money if they are starting to invite more and more international players. It was only last week the were on the phone to local boys down here asking if they wanted to come to D1 for the insane price of 70,000 yen per round what a joke!
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Drifting is getting better finally!
good ol long beach..
Damn those wheels rollin on this RX7 looks hella fat with some mad dish!
Please Please Please make this a desktop. Awesome picture.
Cain't want to see the converage. JR's was fantastic.
Damn those wheels rollin on this RX7 looks hella fat with some mad dish!
I'm with Phillip G., that shot would look unreal on my desktop.
everything is right about that car, but the sound is something you gotta hear in person. so good.
the car is awesome
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this is awesome news, hope he tears shit up!
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aw ****! that's beautiful! we need this wallpaper!
Wallpaper!
Should be interesting. He couldn't even win the D1NZ championship... but good on him for having the entrepreneurship to put himself and his car out on the world stage!!
Anyone know if he will be at this weekends Ebisu Round? Im also from NZ but in Japan at the moment and really want to check that out!!!
That car.
The sound it produces.............
dude gets around.
has.nt won a d1nz championship mainly because we have never completed a whole seris due to overseas commitments, wait till we release the rx8!!!
sweeeet. I can work with this....
LOL at haters. Mad Mike kills it.
Super proud to have such and awesome Machine, driver and crew placing second in our Championship - Round 2 this weekend stay tuned for mikey and madbulls results
this car is tough beyond word.
I hope he is there this weekend.
"He couldn't even win the D1NZ championship... "
The majority of the most exciting drifters aren't championship winners. If podiums are the only thing you care about, you're missing drifting.
Steve said:
"He couldn't even win the D1NZ championship... "
The majority of the most exciting drifters aren't championship winners. If podiums are the only thing you care about, you're missing drifting.
WORD
"He couldn't even win the D1NZ championship... "
smh
This car drifted all the way down the dragstrip at Nationals here this year in New Zealand.
Does sound good.
is there anyway to get any engine pics?
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he won the round just been
sounded so scarey 
cant be everywhere at once and i guess mikey was more into going worldwide than staying to compete in lil ol n.z
wait till madbull 2 is out!!!!