Sobue wins Asian Onroad Championship in Korea

Axon star driver Akio Sobue was the winner of this year’s single round Asian Onroad Championship held over the weekend at the impressive newly renovated GRC Raceway in Korea.  While defending Champion Nicolas Lee headed the entry for Yokomo, it was to be Sobue,  a three time winner of the Korean stop on the multiple race Asian Onroad Championship,  who stamped his authority on this year’s race.  Securing the TQ by topping the opening two qualifiers he started on pole ahead of the Infinity of Viktor Wilck, who took Q3, with Lee completing the Top 3 ahead of Sobue’s team-mate Hayato Ishioka.  In the finals, Sobue made perfect starts in A1 & 2 before quickly gapping his rivals and adding another AOC Korea win to his tally.  With Wilck winning A3 to secure P2 overall, Xpress’ Yugo Nagashima would come through from 5th on the grid to finish 2nd in A3 and snatch the final step of the podium on the tie breaker with Lee.

Source: Asian Onroad Championship [aocrc.com]