2026 Speed King Tour Rd5 – Report

Following the cancellation of the 4th round due to rain, the popular Japanese based Speed King Tour returned over the weekend with the fifth round at the RC Stadium Sodegaura outdoor tarmac track in Chiba prefecture.  Fastest TC0 class race was not scheduled for this sto on the calendar due to most of Japanese Modified Class drivers concentrating their attentions on the IFMAR ISTC World Championships at Huge RC in Thailand on next month.  With TC1 (Stock) heading the bill, it was Xray’s Rento Sasaki who took TQ after qualifying and before going on to take the first A main final but his victory was not easy.  Second spot qualifier Taku Wakamatsu has been chasing Rento from start to finish but Rento didn’t make any mistakes and never gave his position to Taku then finished by 0.640 seconds.  Takeshi Yoshida took third with fastest lap time in A final.

Atsushi Fujimaki won TC2 class (G Force motor and ESC) A final from Pole position. Atsushi showed consistent run and finished first 3.9 second ahead of Tsutomu Takeshita. Tsutomu marked fastest lap time but could not catch Atsushi. And Michinobu Mizugichi got P3. Next and final round of Speed King Tour 2026 will be held at World Jam indoor carpet track in Gunma prefecture on 22nd of November. World Jam carpet track was recently renewed then final round might be high speed race.

Source: Speed King Tour [speedkingtour.com]