2023 PN World Cup – Report

The 17th running of the PN World Cup was held recently at RCHQ in San Antonio, Texas, USA, with the event selling out in a very rapid 19-minutes.  Hosting 114 drivers from 11 countries, they would compete for the honours in Stock, F1, Super Stock, AWD Mod, GT 2WD Mod, and Pan Car 2WD Mod classes.  In the modified classes, Michael Maldonado from Pueblo, Colorado, took the victories in Pan Car and GT, and Mathieu De Rocha from France successfully defended his world title from Bangkok 2022 in AWD.  Maldonado would also go on to win the Super Stock title, and Ethan Martinez from San Antonio completed the double wins in Stock and F1.

In Pan Car, a 3rd place finish in A2 would force Michael Maldonado (Reflex) to A3 to clinch the title over EJ Evans (Reflex) and 2022 Pan Car Champion Thomas Robin (RTRC). It was a similar story for Maldonado in GT, where a 2nd place in A2 meant going three rounds to take the win with Robin and Evans switching positions on the podium. In AWD, Mathieu De Rocha (Atomic) would win A1 and A2 in dominant fashion over Moe Agha (GL) and EJ Evans (GL).

In Stock, Ethan Martinez locked in the title win after extremely close battles in A1 and A2 with Wendra Poedjorahardjo and Dustin Richards. In F1, Martinez (PN) would have to go to A3 to win by time over Philipp Stadler (PN) and 2017 F1 Champion Ludovic Auffret (GL).

Thanks to Joesph Chen for the report