Hideo Hiraoka (Driver)

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name = Hideo Hiraoka


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nationality = JPN
date of birth = Birth date and age|1971|4|30
place of birth = Tochigi, Japan
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current series = D1 Grand Prix
first year = d1|2001
current team = Team Orange
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wins = 1
best finish = 11th
year = 2006
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award years = nihongo|Hideo Hiraoka|平岡英郎|Hiraoka Hideo|30 April 1971, Tochigi is a Japanese professional drifting driver, currently competing in the D1 Grand Prix series for [http://teamorange.jp/ Team Orange] and [http://www.yukes.co.jp/ Yuke’s] .

Like many of the drivers in the D1GP he is the owner of his own tuning shop called Proshop Rapid, and so has worked on many of his cars himself.

He Began competing in the D1 Grand Prix in the first round in 2001, earning second place in round 4 of that year and so showing that he had what it takes. Over the years he has competed in many different cars from a Toyota Sprinter Trueno, Toyota Chaser, Nissan Silvias and even a year in a Nissan 350Z. This year he has moved from the Team M.O.V.E Silvia with which he had much seccess, getting his first win in 2006 with that machine. To become the fourth member of Team Orange, driving Nobushige Kumakubo's 2006 championship winning Subaru Impreza. So far he has been doing well adapting to the new car, as he has done so often before, though he had a large accident at the Tokyo Drift exhibition match in early 2008.

Complete Drifting Results

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D1 Grand Prix

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* [http://www.d1gp.co.jp/ D1 Grand Prix]

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