What Car Did Kunimitsu Takahashi Drift In? Who Is The Father Of Drifting?

Motorcycle road racer, Kunimitsu Takahashi drifted in a Porsche 911 RSR Turbo in the GT1 class.

In 1994, he formed Team Kunimitsu to compete in the inaugural JGTC season.

In 1996, with the advent of the GT500 class, Team Kunimitsu switched manufacturers from Porsche to Honda.

Who Is The Father Of Drifting?
Kunimitsu Takahashi is the “father of drifting.” He experimented with intentionally oversteering his car to slide through a corner.

Takahashi was considered the “father of drifting” as early as the 1970s. He was able to use his driving techniques to win several championships in the All-Japan Touring Car Championship.

Takahashi was also a contender in the early days of Group A touring car racing in his Mitsubishi Starion coupé.

He was the 1986 All-Japan Touring Car Championship runner-up in the large-displacement division and picked up three victories and six podiums from ’86 to ’88.

The racing legend was presented with the Sportsperson of Merit Award from the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Science, Sports, and Technology (MEXT) in a ceremony held in Tokyo on 27 July, 2020.

He is the first person from the world of auto racing to receive this award, and the fourth motorcycle rider to receive the honour after Daijiro Kato, Hiroshi Aoyama, and Takahisa Fujinami.