Masao Suenaga
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| Masao Suenaga | |
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| Nationality |  Japan |
| Date of Birth | February 13, 1978 |
| Place of Birth | Kagoshima |
| Related to | Naoto Suenaga |
| 2008 D1 Grand Prix | |
| Debut season | 2002 |
| Current team | RE Amemiya with Greddy |
| Best finish | 2 in 2005 |
| Previous series | |
| 2006-2007 | D1 Street Legal |
Masao Suenaga (末永正雄 Suenaga Masao?, 13 February 1978, Kagoshima) is a Japanese professional drifting driver, currently competing in the D1 Grand Prix series for RE Amemiya and Greddy. He is the younger brother of Naoto who both was taught by Nobushige Kumakubo.
He began his motorsport career racing minibikes in the Kyūshū area, later winning a title. Following this, his motorcycle racing career ended at the age of 20 caused by injuries. As Naoto was involved in the Gowasu hashiriya group, he also became involved which he was taught how to drift by Naoto.[1]
He has been competing in the D1 Grand Prix series since 2002. In 2002 and 2003 he was the youngest driver to get into the top 16 and he was soon picked up by RE Amemiya a renown tuner of rotary powered cars. So he switched from his Nissan Silvia to a Mazda RX-7 (FD3S) went from strength to strength. The Silvia would be driven by Naoto until he became one of the Kumakubo led Team Orange drivers. Getting his first win in 2005 and going on the come second overall. He had a slight lull in his performance in 2006, but was back on form in 2007 winning twice and finishing the season in third.
He is one of the few D1GP drivers to compete the spinoff D1 Street Legal series in his own FD RX-7 winning the first two rounds of the inaugural season.
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[edit] Complete Drifting Results
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[edit] D1 Grand Prix
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Position | Points |
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| 2002 | Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 | BHH |
EBS |
EBS |
SGO |
TKB |
SEK |
NIK |
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| 2003 | Nissan Silvia S13 | TKB |
BHH |
SGO |
FUJ |
EBS |
SEK |
TKB |
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| 2004 | RE Amemiya | Nissan Silvia S13 | IRW |
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| Mazda RX-7 FD3S | SGO |
EBS |
APS |
ODB |
EBS |
TKB |
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| 2005 | RE Amemiya | Mazda RX-7 FD3S | IRW |
ODB |
SGO |
APS |
EBS |
FUJ 1 |
TKB |
2 | 96 | |
| 2006 | RE Amemiya | Mazda RX-7 FD3S | IRW |
SGO |
FUJ |
APS |
EBS |
SUZ |
FUJ |
IRW |
8 | 51 |
| 2007 | RE Amemiya | Mazda RX-7 FD3S | EBS |
FUJ |
SUZ 1 |
SGO |
EBS |
APS |
FUJ 1 |
3 | 92 | |
| 2008 | RE Amemiya | Mazda RX-7 FD3S | EBS 4 |
FUJ 4 |
SUZ |
OKY |
APS |
EBS |
FUJ |
1 | 34 |
[edit] D1 Street Legal
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Position | Points |
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| 2006 | Mazda RX-7 FD3S | SEK 1 |
EBS 1 |
SGO |
FUJ |
APS |
EBS |
SEK |
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| 2007 | Mazda RX-7 FD3S | SEK |
SUZ |
SGO |
EBS |
SEK |
[edit] Source
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- (Japanese)Gowasu?のホームページ - Official page
- (Japanese)D1 Supporter profile
- (Japanese)D1 Supporter profile (D1SL)
