JMRCA Nationals 2008

Masami Hirosaka has won the Super Expert Class at this years JMRCA touring car nationals held at the Yatabe Arena. Masami managed to take the TQ and had won the first two finals. He used the new Yokomo BD-3 Prototype just like some other Yokomo teammates. Hayato Matsuzaki finished second by winning the third final in front of Atsushi Hara, who had won the 1/8 Nitro Buggy World Championships the weekend before and finished in third at this event. There were not quite many European drivers present as in the past, Andy Moore finished was the quickest European driver with an fifth position. Last years winner Marc Rheinard finished in sixth and his teammate Viktor Wilck in seventh. X-Ray driver Teemu Leino struggled a bit and didn't manage to get in the A-Main. Here are the standings from the A-Main of the Super Expert Class:

Pos. Name Nationality Car Final 1 Final 2 Final 3 Total Points
1 Masami Hirosaka TQ Japan Yokomo BD-3 Prototype 10 10 0 20
2 Hayato Matsuzaki Japan Hot-Bodies Cyclone TC 8 9 10 19
3 Atsushi Hara Japan Hot-Bodies Cyclone TC 9 5 9 18
4 Hiroshi Takeshi Yamauchi Japan Yokomo BD-3 Prototype 3 8 7 15
5 Andy Moore England Hot-Bodies Cyclone TC 5 6 8 14
6 Marc Rheinard Germany Tamiya TRF416WE 4 7 6 13
7 Naoto Matsukura Japan Yokomo BD-3 Prototype 7 2 4 11
8 Viktor Wilck Sweden Tamiya TRF416WE 6 4 2 10
9 Daisuke Yoshioka Japan Hot-Bodies Cyclone TC 1 3 5 8
10 Shinnosuke Adachi Japan Kyosho Prototype 2 1 3 5

 

   
Atsushi Hara and Masami Hirosaka at the driverstand.   Masami set under pressure by Hara during the first final   Some qualifying action.
   
The new Hot-Bodies Subaru Impreza body of Atsushi Hara.   Hara's Hot-Bodies Cyclone TC.   Atsushi Hara at work.
   
Hayato Matsuzaki's Hot-Bodies Cyclone TC. Hayato used the new Ko-Propo VFS-1 BMC brushless esc.   The new Yokomo MR4-TC BD-3 Prototype of Hiroshi Takeshi Yamauchi.   Andy Moore's new Hot-Bodies Subaru Impreza body airbrushed by Takashima Design.

source: http://cyclone12-blog.com/