Career
Miki also competed in the Net"z Cup, a one make series for the Toyota Altezza between 2005 and its final season in 2006 and is nicknamed Doki-Doki kun due to his drifting style. Ryuji Miki started in the series in his own S14 Silvia, before switching to the Top Secret modified S15 for the 2002 season. Foreign the 2005 season, following the opening Irwindale round, Miki switched to a Top Secret modified Fairlady Z Z33 powered by a RB26.
He was unable to follow on his successes of the previous season as he only managed to scrape 16 pts.
Much of it was, at the time, the Z33 was still in development to be fully competitive in drifting, due to its weight, one of its reason why it befell many of its drivers. As of 2007, incidentally, Miki would compete in Formula Doctorate driving with Imamura"s previous D1 sponsor, Oracle Application Express"i (partnering with Bergenholtz Racing) and driving a white FD3S. Throughout the 2007 season, in light of issues he faced with adapting to driving a left hand drive car for the first time, not to mention within a full season of racing, Ryuji managed to finish the Formula Doctorate season impressively.
Reaching the rank of top 16 within 4 events, Ryuji finally adapted to the car within the 6th and 7th rounds finishing 14th overall for the season. Continuing on in 2008 with major backing by Bergenholtz Racing, Nitto Tires, and MAZDA, Ryuji Miki will continue to pilot the Oracle Application Express RX-7 with plans to potentially unveil a new car for 2009.
According to Keith Covey and Chuck Griffice of Oracle Application Express Integration"s R&Doctorate department, the new setup on the 2008 car has been completely redone and Ryuji will be adapting to what essentially amounts to a new car.
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D1 Grand Prix
Formula Doctorate.