Pacific Rim S13 Silvia Conversion in dorifto, bad is good; And Hilfiger and Nautica are for sailors.

Byline: RICHARD S. CHANG It was the crash of the D1 Grand Prix. Daijiro Yoshihara, exiting the initial banking with speed to spare, took the Pacific Rim S13 Silvia smartly around to the second major turn. But drifting at 70 mph toward the second turn, the car slid-tires still locked in countersteer, spilling smoke-and plowed nose-first and in spectacular fashion into the hip-high concrete barrier.

The front end was toast. The sellout crowd at Irwindale Speedway made the appropriate noise-a combination of shock and appreciation-while Jerry Tsai, the 27-year-old team owner who ...

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