Tarzan Yamada

nihongo|Eiji "Tarzan" Yamada|山田 英二|Yamada Eiji|25 April 1962 is a Japanese Drifting driver, known as an all out time attack driver. [http://cars.ign.com/articles/822/822067p1.html The Celebrity Drivers of Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights- Part One] ; September 17 2007; Terry Henderson; review; Retrieved October 19 2007] He is currently a judge at American Formula D events. [ [http://www.drifting.com/article.php?threadid=3465&goto=newpost&show_Title= Tarzan signs on as a Formula D Judge] ; drifting.com; Retrieved October 19 2007] Yamada has drifted in time attack events and raced in both the JGTC and Japanese Touring Car Championship.

He gained popularity on several Japanese videos with BAKA-MON, his trademarked logo that translates loosely as "stupid monkey." [http://www.sromagazine.com/home.php?op=go&id=1061 Who is Tarzan Yamada?] ; August 2004; SRO magazine; Retrieved October 19 2007] Players of the video game need to compete against a representation of Yamada to advance in the game. Before that, he was a regular feature on Video Option.

Yamada has raced in numerous series in Japan and America since 1981. His championships include the 1991 Formula Mirage class and 2002 N1 Super Taikyu endurance. He held the Redline Time Attack Unlimited class track record at Buttonwillow Raceway Park from 2004 until 2007, a record set in his Mitsubishi Cyber Evo. [ [http://www.speedtv.com/commentary/40923/?page=2 WOOD: Things Lost in the Fire] ; Bill Wood; RACER magazine; October 10 2007; Retrieved October 19 2007 He was involved in a high speed crash at approximately 200mph, and amazingly survived.]

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* [http://supergt.net/supergt/2005/05team/05driver_data/05tm009d2.htm Super GT 2005 Profile]

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