2013 JMRCA 1/10 GP Touring Car Japan National Championship

July 19 - 21, 2013, Hokusei Circuit, Japan

Mugen Seiki MTX-5 Double TQ and wins for open & sport class at Japan Nats!


TQ&Winner (Open): Takaaki Shimo            TQ&Winner (Sport): Yuuki Sawada

Qualifying Result (Top 10)

Pos. Name

    Best time

Best Lap

Open Class Qualify (After 6 rounds)

1 Takaaki Shimo 
*Direct qualified

16L 5:09.945 (Rd.6)

18.895 (Rd.6)
2 Tadahiko Sahashi
*Direct qualified
16L 5:11.673 (Rd.6) 19.243 (Rd.6)
3 Yuuya Sahashi 16L 5:11.718 (Rd.6) 19.217 (Rd.6)
4 Shoki Takahata 16L 5:12.401 (Rd.3) 19.266 (Rd.6)
5 Shinnosuke Yokoyama 16L 5:13.048 (Rd.6) 19.221 (Rd.6)
6 Takumi Matsuda 16L 5:13.336 (Rd.3) 19.367 (Rd.3)
7 Shinya Shimazaki 16L 5:16.223 (Rd.2) 19.337 (Rd.6)
8 Keisuke Fukuda 16L 5:16.713 (Rd.6) 19.506 (Rd.6)
9 Takehiro Terauchi 16L 5:17.012 (Rd.6) 19.437 (Rd.6)
10 Hayato Yamada 15L 5:00.577 (Rd.1) 19.619 (Rd.1)
Pos. Name

    Best time

Best Lap

Sport Class Qualify (After 6 rounds)

1 Yuuki Sawada 
*Direct qualified

16L 5:19.748 (Rd.6)

19.752 (Rd.6)
2 Hideo Watanabe 
*Direct qualified
15L 5:00.891 (Rd.6) 19.657 (Rd.6)
3 Yuuki Kanda 15L 5:02.318 (Rd.6) 19.775 (Rd.6)
4 Ryo Sugiura 15L 5:02.551 (Rd.6) 19.890 (Rd.6)
5 Kyouhei Koguchi 15L 5:02.768 (Rd.4) 19.880 (Rd.6)
6 Kazuma Koguchi 15L 5:03.881 (Rd.3) 19.949 (Rd.3)
7 Rin Endo 15L 5:04.142 (Rd.6) 19.850 (Rd.3)
8 Tomoatsu Matsuda 15L 5:04.291 (Rd.6) 19.991 (Rd.2)
9 Kazuki Yamashita 15L 5:08.377 (Rd.4) 20.000 (Rd.3)
10 Yasushi Azuma 15L 5:09.526 (Rd.6) 20.097 (Rd.4)

Grand Final Result

Open class top 3

Pos. No. Name

   Area

Lap/Time

Best Lap Car  Engine

Open Class Final (40 min.)

1 1 Takaaki Shimo

Kanto

116L / 40:12.972 19.758 MTX-5 OS
2 9 Takehiro Terauchi Kansai 116L / 40:17.518 19.907 MTX-5 Nova
3 4 Takumi Matsuda Kansai 116L / 40:19.241 19.584 NT1 Picco
4 2 Tadahiko Sahashi Kansai 115L / 40:18.380 19.755 S747 Picco
5 8 Keisuke Fukuda Kanto 113L / 40:15.959 20.235 HK-1 Picco
6 5 Yuuya Sahashi Kansai 113L / 40:16.486 19.664 S747 Xceed
7 7 Shinya Shimazaki Chyukyo 111L / 40:06.161 19.809 MTX-5 Nova
8 3 Shinnosuke Yokoyama Kansai 111L / 40:15.019 19.725 NT1 OS
9 10 Takahito Komuro Kanto 82L / 40:00.625 20.222 R4 OS
10 6 Hayato Yamada Kansai 77L / 29:06.265 20.076 MTX-5 Nova


Open class finalist


Final start

Sports class top 3

Pos. No. Name

  Area

Lap/Time

Best Lap Car Engine

Sport Class Final (40 min.)

1 1 Yuuki Sawada

Kansai

113L / 40:06.857 20.263 MTX-5 Nova
2 2 Kouki Kamimoto Chugoku 110L / 40:20.390 20.557 NT1 Max
3 8 Kyouhei Koguchi Koushin 109L / 40:12.823 20.281 HK-1 OS
4 7 Kazuma Koguchi Koushin 107L / 40:02.103 20.015 HK-1 Picco
5 5 Hiroki Kobayashi Chukyo 107L / 40:02.264 20.728 HK-1 RB
6 10 Satoru Takeda Kansai 107L / 40:21.660 20.709 S747 OS
7 4 Hideo Watanabe Chukyo 104L / 40:02.839 20.127 R4 OS
8 9 Takuya Kurata Kanto 100L / 40:19.925 20.659 MTX-5 Nova
9 6 Suguru Togawa Chukyo 78L / 30:08.702 20.950 S747 Nova
10 3 Yuuki Kanda Kansai 57L / 26:53.805 20.172 NT1 RB


Sport class finalist

2013 JMRCA 1/10 GP Touring Car Japan National was held in July 19-21st again at Hokusei Circuit.  The race saw 72 drivers in attendance (16 drivers for open and 56 drivers for sports class) who qualify from their region.
After 6 thrilling qualifying rounds in open class TQ was took by last year's champion Takaaki Shimo and it was his first big race with Mugen MTX-5 and 14 years old young Mugen driver Yuuki Sawada debut at the top qualifier and only who made 16 laps in sport class!
Takaaki Shimo wins back-to-back Japan Nats titles followed by his team mate Takehiro Terauchi.  Young Mugen driver Yuuki Sawada wins Japan National for sport class driving with Mugen MTX-5!
+ Product information: 1/10 scale Touring Car MTX-5