Kazuya Tanaka wins Japanese National title

The 1/8 Off-road Japanese Championship was held last weekend in Matsuzaka and saw Kazuya Tanaka (Kyosho/Reds) put in a perfect qualifying run with with three TQs to take the top spot. Just after the start of the one hour final, Tanaka would loose first position due to a mistake but just ten minutes later he was able to catch the race leader make the pass. After that he lead to the end to win the National title ahead of Kyosho team mates Itaru Kawamoto and Takuya Kimura.

Final result:
1. Kazuya Tanaka – Kyosho / REDS – 87L 1:00:35.280
2. Itaru Kawamoto – Kyosho / Nova – 86L 1:00:29.583
3. Takuya Kimura – Kyosho / OS – 86L 1:00:32.844
4. Kenji Osaka – Mugen / Ninja – .85L 1:00:02.256
5. Wataru Takashiro – Kyosho / OS – 84L 1:00:00.682
6. Atsushi Kawamoto – Kyosho / OS – 84L 1:00:06.155
7. Yoshio Otsuka – Mugen / Ninja – 84L 1:00:10.375
8. Hideki Kobayashi – Kyosho / OS – 84L 1:00:12.765
9. Yuichi Ajishi – Mugen / Ninja – 84L 1:00:14.944
10.Takashi Kato – Mugen / OS – 83L 1:00:37.579

Source: Reds Racing [redsracing.it]