Nob Taniguchi will be attending this year's time attack as the driver for both the Top Fuel S2000 and the RE Amemiya Hurrican 7... he set the Team Top Fuel's fastest time around Tsukuba and he has prior experience with RE Amemiya during his time in Super GT and should have no problem jumping into the Hurrican 7 car which is said to have many parts adapted from the Super GT car
interestingly when Cyber Evo split with voltex and unlimited works, they went on to work with Team Top Fuel while Garage HRS and C-West have filled their places on the Cyber Evo expected to return this summer
once he gets acclimated to the track layout he should be able to set some decent lap times... he remains confident he can come away with the fastest time for a RWD car but with serious competition like the Cyber Evo, Team American and Nemo you would expect all three of them to beat the RWD cars to the podium
Taniguchi in HKS CT230R
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDRWL...eature=related
Taniguchi in Top Fuel S2000
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv3onMzYSNs
Official Press Release from WTAC website
http://www.worldtimeattack.com/index...d-time-attack/
Taniguchi's record at Tsukuba in the HKS CT230R still stands today but in all likelihood with good weather, and clear traffic Under Suzuki, Cyber Evo or Garage Revolution should be able to surpass it now
Panspeed, Cyber Evo, Nemo and Team America have yet to be officially announced but pictures of their builds can be found on various websites