CUSCO Racing supports Kalle Rovanpera who participation in "FORMULA DRIFT JAPAN"
Under the slogan of "providing only genuine products that have been refined in the extreme conditions of motorsports", CUSCO Racing, a official team of Carrosser Co., Ltd. (Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture; President Tsutomu Nagase), continues to develop products through motorsports.
2022 FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) champion Kalle Rovanpera, who will participate in the second round of the drift competition "FORMULA DRIFT JAPAN (hereinafter referred to as FDJ)" from "KR69 CUSCO Racing" with "Red Bull GR COROLLA", in charge of the preparing and maintenance of competition vehicles and team management.
Kalle Rovanpera, whose father is former WRC driver Hari Rovanpera, started his rally career at the age of 12, and after winning the WRC2 Pro title, he has started his TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team in 2020 and competing in his WRC top category with the the Team. In 2022, he won six rallies and became World Champion at the age of 22. He has also participated in many drift competitions in Finland so far, and in 2022 he has participated in the Drift Masters European Championship (DMEC), the highest drift series in Europe, and has taken part in the WRC this season. In tandem it has been announced that he will be competing in his four races in the DMEC.
FORMULA DRIFT JAPAN has been held since 2014 in the form of re-importing "FORMULA DRIFT", which was born in the United States in 2004, to Japan, the birthplace of drift competition. The series is held in 6 races on the series of Ebisu Circuit, the sacred place of drift.
Since its founding, Carrosser not only develops, designs, and manufactures competition vehicles and parts, but also actually participates in competitions with these vehicles. We will start participating in FDJ from 2020, and have produced drift vehicles with GR Supra, GR Yaris, and GR86 so far, and all of these machines are currently participating in FDJ. The CUSCO Racing machine won both Solo Qualifying and Tandem competition runs, demonstrating the high level of technical capabilities and team power. In the drift competition, which requires the creation of a perfect machine and follows unparalleled precision driving, this time, by taking charge of the production and maintenance of the drift competition car driven by Rovanpera, as well as the management of the team, the CUSCO brand will be strengthened and high We will promote our technical capabilities.
FORMULA DRIFT JAPAN Rd.2 Ebisu Circuit (Fukushima Prefecture) Schedule
May 20, 2023 (Sat) Solo Qualifying / 21st (Sun) Final
