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It’s a bird, it’s a plane, no it’s an S13?! In this episode Dai launches his Discount Tire/Falken Tire S13 into the air scaring his mechanics and finishes his test at Willow Springs before the season opener at Long Beach. He also talks about his charity work for the earthquake/tsunami victims http://www.rfjp.org and the video produced with his fellow Formula D drivers to help Japan.

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Behind the Smoke gives a look into the real life of professional Formula Drift driver, Daijiro Yoshihara. In this episode Dai introduces us to his passion, drifting and also his team mates. GTChannel’s cameras will follow Dai throughout the 2011 FD season both on and off the track giving current and new drifting fans an exclusive look into what it’s really like to compete in the top drifting series of North America. Behind the smoke is produced by GTChannel in association with Discount Tire/America’s Tire and supported by Falken Tire and GoPro.