Volker takes win as Matsukura takes title in Japan

The JMRCA Japanese Electric touring car Nationals took place last weekend in the Okayama prefecture. Originally, the race was scheduled to run from Friday to Sunday, however a hurricane developed off the southern-most coast of Japan, eventually tracking northward hitting the tracks location on Friday. The event was unfortunately rained out until Sunday, where the JMRCA decided to run 1 controlled practice and 4 qualifying rounds to determine the winner in both Super Expert (modified) and Open (stock 13.5T) classes. Winner for the last two years, Ronald Volker ended up TQing, and taking the overall win for a third time as no finals were to be run. Naoto Matsuskura finished second, but was crowned the new Japanese National Champion as only Japanese citizens can take the National title. Xray driver Takayuki Inoue rounded out the top 3 just as he did last year.

Top 10 finishers in the Super Expert class:
1. Ronald Volker (Yokomo) DE
2. Naoto Matsukura (Yokomo) JP
3. Takayuki Inoue (Xray) JP
4. Akio Sobue (Tamiya) JP
5. Masayuki Oyaizu (Yokomo) JP
6. Takeshi Yokoyama (Yokomo) JP
7. Kim Eung Chan (Kyosho) KR
8. Hideo Kitazawa (Tamiya) JP
9. Takayuki Kouno (Tamiya) JP
10. Ichiro Fukuda (Yokomo) JP

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]