After a month break from the last round, the 3rd round of the All Japan Dirt Trial championships "Hokkaido Dirt Special in Sunagawa" got under way in Hokkaido.
This round in the All Japan Championships contains many mid-range speed corners and overall is a very technical course. Due to the overnight rain the road conditions were wet in the morning, but in the afternoon it dried up, making it very difficult to set the car up.
N1 class Kojima finished in 2nd place, a mere 0.3 seconds behind!
In N2 class, there were high expectations from Hara, who already has 2 consecutive wins, participating in his home ground, Hokkaido. As the rally got underway, Hara set the fastest times in his first and then his second run to win his third consecutive race.
In SC3 class, Sumiyama set the best time in his first run, but his rival topped the second run, and regretfully Sumiyama could not get back his lead, to finish in 2nd overall place.
The next round will be held at Maruwa Autoland, the venue of the first round of this season.
As the battle for positions in the series point ranking intensifies, everyone is expecting all TEIN users to give it their all! |