Only Max Power, in 1995, revealed the professions of two drivers: one, a RX-7 FD3S owner, was a property developer the other, who drove a Skyline GT-R R32, ran his family car sales business. The drivers' professions were never revealed, as by club policy members were not allowed to ask how other members got the money for modifications. On average, there were 30 members in the club, and they met in a gas station in Yokohama at midnight, as the name implies races would take place on the Bayshore route and lead to another gas station in Tokyo.Īs full-fledged members' cars were capable of performing over 320 km/h (200 mph), the cars were capable of reaching over 400–600 bhp and one member was rumored to be spending over $2 million on rebuilding and modifications of his Porsche 911. The high standard of the drivers made it difficult for the police to catch them.
Members would bear the trademark small rectangle Mid Night sticker on their bumpers, a larger sticker on the sun visor area, and sometimes a Mid Night Racing Team sticker on the side skirt. Only 10% of drivers would qualify for full membership and they would have to leave if they posed a danger to other motorists and to other members. As new member are regarded as apprentices for one year, they are required to attend all the meetings. Additionally, unlike in other groups, the hashiriya( street racer) car must be capable of going over 250 km/h (160 mph), as a racing speed of over 300 km/h (190 mph) was common. To join the club, which was formed in 1985, was not as easy as the other clubs as it was governed by a series of rules and was better organised. The club was regarded as one of the longest running street racing gangs.
That and because of its dangerously high racing speed, it gave street racing in Japan a worldwide notoriety. One of the earliest non-Japanese media referrals was in the first episode of Jeremy Clarkson's Motorworld in January 1995, when the presenter Jeremy Clarkson, driving his Skyline GT-R around Japan, stated that his car "is more likely to be seen in the Mid Night Club". The gang became one of the most notorious and highly respected clubs of its type, which led to it being featured in over 200 editorial features in most of the leading Japanese auto magazines and even in foreign magazines such as the Danish Autoviz, the British Max Power and the American Turbo magazine. The Mid Night Club (ミッド ナイト クラブ Middo Naito Kurabu) was a Japanese street racing gang that hosted illegal races on the Bayshore Route (known natively as the Wangan) of the Shuto Expressway between Tokyo to Yokohama.
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