Hara powers to victory in first A-Main

Atsushi Hara has won the opening leg of the A-Main here at a sun soaked MACH.  The Hot Bodies driver used the ‘horse power’ of his GM powered Hot Bodies to work his way from fourth on the grid to snatch the race win from Marc Rheinard 3 laps from the end of the final.  The former Touring Car World Champion said he knew his only chance of overtaking was going to be on the main straight and that’s what he did.  Having changed to thicker shock oil on his new TCX chassis for today’s very hot track conditions, the Japanese pro said his car was working really well but feels it will be hard to repeat the result again in Leg 2.

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