Author: Brian Baker

Japanese car magazine cover featuring classic modified cars and models, priced at 750 yen.

KaidoRacer.com Shop Coming Soon!

Now that this website has been up for two years, it is time to grow it a bit. I am offering up (almost) all of the magazines I use for historical content on this website for sale. All of the magazines are used, so some of them might be missing

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Modified vintage car with Coca-Cola banner on the side at an industrial area, painted in blue and white.

Kaido Racers Found in Video Games

Zokusha King Zokusha King is a series of PS2 games released in Japan. It had 4 different releases and 2 of them were translated and released in Europe as Maxxed Out Racing. They were published by D3Publisher for their SIMPLE series of cheap video games. Each game released in the

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White Honda car with Boøwy band graphics on hood, Japanese text H X T on side; street view.

Music for Kaido Racers — Part 2

Continuing from the previous article about music that you might hear around kaido racers, we continue with more artists of the 80s-90s. Mind you that this isn’t all of the artists and also that many people who are into kaido racers listen to other music besides Japanese artists. In fact,

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Red Koenig Specials car with sporty design and wide body kit, parked outdoor near a green field.

Koenig Specials Inspired Kaido Racers

In the 1980s European tuning shops started to get popular. In Germany alone, there was RUF, Brabus, Gemball, but what was probably the craziest tuner was Koenig Specials. Willy König purchased a Ferrari 365 BB in 1974 and wasn’t happy with the performance of it. He had the 365 sent off

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Classic Japanese car with Yokohama Advan livery, parked by a garage; racing number 46; yellow headlights; retro-mod style.

Auto Produce Bellezza

Once I finally landed in Japan I was hit up by Sandra of Checkpoint Japan to come on out for the monthly Auto Produce Bellezza meeting. So I hopped a train and headed north. John, Jyles and Tom picked me up at the train station and we went to Moriya

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