Classic Chassis

Here at D-Drive Sports we have been busy with a few projects. The first project I can tell you about is plans to produce a chassis to allow the uses of a Classic F1 bodies that cant be made as the way Tamiya has the battery placed in the chassis. Our idea is to put the battery down the center of the chassis. Now this isn`t a new idea, Tech Racing has a wonderful chassis right now with the batteries placed in the center. But we want to make ours F103 based.

Our chassis will be a rolling suspension style with the battery down the middle and the ESC and Reciever on the sides. Also our chassis will use Tamiya style front suspension and rear gear box. Just bolt your Tamiya parts right on.

As for bodies the Brabham BT44 is the first body we will be producing(Top Picture). This will be really show case the possibilities of the chassis.

Other F1 cars from the 70s are also something we are thinking of.

But for you guys that like newer cars we have something even better coming along in a few days. Keep an eye out for that as you will be surprised.

Here is the first two prototype chassis being hand made. production chassis will be CNC cut.

F103GT Super Gt

Here at D-Drive Sports we run different classes during the off season of F1. This year we ran a class for the F103GT chassis based on the SuperGT racing series here in Japan.
All of the car were required to run a true Super GT body and coloring. Also thecars were required to run with LEDs as parts of the whole idea behind the class.
Other basic rules were no weight limit, F103GT front suspension arms only, 540 silver can motors,12 minute mains, and Tamiya rear wings to name a few. A fun time was had by all and the racing was exciting.


This driver went a bit over board and used 24 Leds in the tails lights alone.

Our races are an all day event so by the time the mains are run the LEDs really start to show.

This is the A main winnners car. His was also the last Tamiya FWD world champion with a FF01 chassis. This body here is from Tamiya,Takata pulled sponceship on Dome this year so the next Dome NSX will be sponcered by Rock Star. Im sad to see this great Takata coloring go.

This body is also from Tamiya and is the new R35 Skyline. The Yellow Hat sponcer decals are home made and look great.

I hope you have enjoyed these pictures.

Vintage Kyosho F1

A very nice example of what Kyosho can do ran some laps at our circuit today.

This chassis has a ton of scale features such as inboard shocks and front brake ducts. This chassis is around 15 years old and though parts are scarce it would make a nice display F1 rc. Best found on Ebay.

RIDE Re Releases Their F1 Rubber Tire Line UP

At the end of this month RIDE will be re releasing their F1 tire and wheel line up. These are great tires and have groves in the thread and Bridgestone side walls for some added scale. Both the front and rear tires are the popular "A" compound and include sponge. The wheels will only be available in silver at first,but Ride has made them in black before so that might be something we see in the future. We will be carrying these for the customers who like to run rubber.

Share Your Formula 1

Its time to replace the MP4 with a new car on our front page. We would like to ask our customers to send in pictures of their cars to be posted. For your troubles, you surly be the envy of your friends and we will include a nice set of "F103 in Car" window stickers with your next order.
Just send use the pictures at master@d-drivesportsenglish.com and we will change up the photo. Thank you
D-Drive Sports

So where and what is D-Drive Sports

D-Drive Sports started 8 years ago as a company to make parts for the Tamiya F103 chassis.Simple parts such as wheels were not available then like they are today. We started with F1 wheels,chassis plates,Indy wheels,F1 Bodies. These parts were sold and F1 racing was held at local circuits here in Japan sponsored by us. After a few years we opened our own circuit as the others had come and gone. We run a F1 series that starts and stops along with the same time line as real F1. In our off season we run Direct Drive touring cars and "M" Chassis races.

F1 events are ran as an all day event. Its a one day one class event. Along with the 12 minute mains and and extended practice time it makes for a full and enjoyable day.

Chances are if you are reading this you are not in Japan. If you find yourself visiting Japan let us know and we can provide information about how to get here. But untill then you can find us here on Google Earth.

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This is our English blog where news about F1 RC cars,parts and ideas will be displayed for your enjoyment. So check back every so often to see whats going on here in Japan with F1 RC and our circuit.