---
title: "Japanese Pizza Delivery Scooter Racing Is My New Favorite Motorsport"
description: "Forget Ferrari vs Red Bull, it's all about Pizza Hut vs Domino's."
date: "2017-05-16"
modified: "2017-05-16"
authors:
  - name: "Chris Tsui"
    job_title: "Contributor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/chris-tsui"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/10282/japanese-pizza-delivery-scooter-racing-is-my-new-favorite-motorsport"
categories:
  - "Motorcycles"
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  - "The Garage"
  - "Watch This"
tags:
  - "Japanese Grand Prix"
  - "japanese pizza scooter racing"
  - "motorsport"
  - "Videos"
---

# Japanese Pizza Delivery Scooter Racing Is My New Favorite Motorsport

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Are you a Japanese pizza shop owner looking to hire a driver who will deliver pies within your 30-minute guarantee all of the time, every time? Your search just got a lot easier. Let me introduce to you the gloriously hilarious world of Japanese pizza delivery scooter racing. And yes, it's exactly what it sounds like.

Much like certain parts of Italy—or Manhattan for that matter—Japan is a very densely populated place and therefore, pizza delivery is done on compact, versatile scooters. In this case, [Honda Gyros](<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Gyro>) are the generally accepted vehicle for the likes of *[Aoki's Pizza](<https://www.aokispizza.co.jp/page/index.html>)* and company. According to [*Jalopnik*](<https://jalopnik.com/this-japanese-pizza-delivery-scooter-battle-is-proof-th-1795223871>), these 50cc scooters achieve 100 mpg and give owners a tax break—the ideal vehicle, then, for Japanese pizza delivery (Hey, if we can have [New York-style sushi](<https://twitter.com/carellquotes/status/465159703727988736>), they can have Japanese pizza.) They also have three wheels and tilt—the ideal vehicle, then, for hilarious *Best Motoring*-style circuit-deathmatches.

https://twitter.com/_/status/863719849976975361

Better racing than many of IndyCar's poorer showings, no? The way the drivers lean knee-scrapingly low through the bends is just like MotoGP, no question. Formula 1's popularity [may be making a comeback](<https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/10198/is-formula-one-the-fastest-growing-motorsport-on-social-media>) recently, but I'm convinced that might be cut short if the FIA ever decided to sanction and televise Japanese pizza delivery scooter races. If anything, it'll give [Honda](<https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/10246/fernando-alonsos-mclaren-honda-finally-finished-a-race>) a motorsport to finally excel at.

## Author
Chris Tsui is *The Drive*'s former Reviews Editor and current freelance automotive journalist. He's based in Toronto.

### Author social links  
[Instagram](<https://www.instagram.com/cltsuii/>)