2012 JMRCA 1/10 GP Touring Car Japan Championship

September 7 - 9, 2012, Hokusei Circuit, Japan

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


TQ (Open class): Takehiro Terauchi    Winner & TQ (Sport class): Hayato Yamada

Qualifying Result (Top 10)

Pos. Name

Best Time

Best Lap

Open Class Qualify (After 3 rounds)

1 Takehiro Terauchi *Direct qualified

16L 5:14.364 (Rd.3)

19.420 (Rd.3)
2 Takaaki Shimo 
*
Direct qualified
16L 5:18.702 (Rd.3) 19.724 (Rd.3)
3 Keisuke Fukuda 16L 5:18.847 (Rd.3) 19.737 (Rd.3)
4 Syouki Takahata 16L 5:19.900 (Rd.3) 19.815 (Rd.3)
5 Yuuya Sahashi 15L 5:00.784 (Rd.3) 19.913 (Rd.3)
6 Tadahiko Sahashi 15L 5:01.824 (Rd.3) 19.929 (Rd.3)
7 Shinya Shimazaki 15L 5:02.637 (Rd.3) 19.919 (Rd.3)
8 Takumi Matsuda 15L 5:03.233 (Rd.2) 19.863 (Rd.3)
9 Shinnosuke Yokoyama 15L 5:03.438 (Rd.2) 19.797 (Rd.3)
10 Meen Vejarak 15L 5:04.365 (Rd.3) 20.066 (Rd.3)
Pos. Name

Best Time 

Best Lap

Sports Class Qualify (After 3 rounds)

1 Hayato Yamada *Direct qualified

15L 5:03.673 (Rd.3)

19.983 (Rd.3)
2 Shin Ando 
*
Direct qualified
15L 5:11.172 (Rd.3) 20.227 (Rd.3)
3 Shigeru Ito 15L 5:13.559 (Rd.3) 20.620 (Rd.3)
4 Hideo Watanabe 15L 5:13.645 (Rd.2) 20.459 (Rd.2)
5 Seicho Torii 15L 5:13.994 (Rd.2) 20.591 (Rd.3)
6 Hideki Iriguchi 15L 5:14.178 (Rd.2) 20.624 (Rd.2)
7 Yuuki Kanda 15L 5:14.217 (Rd.3) 20.565 (Rd.3)
8 Yoshiki Kamimoto 15L 5:14.482 (Rd.3) 20.601 (Rd.3)
9 Takashi Tsumura 15L 5:17.483 (Rd.3) 20.741 (Rd.3)
10 Tokuaki Matsuda 15L 5:17.698 (Rd.3) 20.876 (Rd.3)

Grand Final Result

Open class top 3 & Top qualifier

Pos. No. Name

  Area

Lap/Time

Best Lap Car  Engine

Open Class Final (30 min.)

1 2 Takaaki Shimo

Kanto

86L / 30:12.625 20.131 R4 OS
2 7 Keisuke Fukuda Kanto 85L / 30:01.044 20.082 MTX-5 Picco
3 8 Toshiyuki Iwamoto Kyusyu 85L / 30:17.140 20.286 NT1 Max
4 6 Tadahiko Sahashi Kansai 84L / 30:05.489 20.081 747 Picco
5 5 Shinnosuke Yokoyama Kansai 83L / 30:21.841 20.061 R4 OS
6 9 Masao Tanaka Kanto 82L / 30:08.762 20.179 747 Max
7 3 Shinya Shimazaki Chyukyo 76L / 30:19.471 20.088 MTX-5 Nova
8 4 Syouki Takahata Chyugoku 61L / 30:07.823 20.003 R4 OS
9 1 Takehiro Terauchi Kansai 29L / 28:28.877 20.170 MTX-5 Nova
10 10 Takuya Fujii Chyugoku 19L / 07:40.004 20.767 R4 Nova


Open class finalist

Sports class top 3 & Top qualifier

Pos. No. Name

  Area

Lap/Time

Best Lap Car Engine

Sports Class Final (30 min.)

1 1 Hayato Yamada

Kansai

84L / 30:08.289 20.413 MTX-5 Nova
2 2 Shin Ando Chukyo 83L / 30:09.882 20.453 MTX-5 Picco
3 8 Hideki Iriguchi Kanto 82L / 30:19.846 20.559 R4 OS
4 7 Takashi Tsumura Kyushu 81L / 30:11.965 20.818 NT1 Nova
5 5 Seicho Torii Chukyo 81L / 30:18.630 20.531 R4 OS
6 10 Yuuichiro Onishi Chukyo 79L / 30:14.553 20.713 MTX-5 RB
7 4 Trin Tanongsakuhaikul Thailand 76L / 29:53.006 20.769 HK-1 Nova
8 9 Takuya Kurata Kanto 75L / 30:07.874 21.137 HK-1 Nova
9 6 Yoshiki Kamimoto Chyugoku 69L / 26:03.542 20.778 747 Picco
10 3 Shigeru Ito Chukyo 64L / 30:12.622 20.692 NT1 RB


Sport class finalist

2012 JMRCA 1/10 GP Touring Car Japan National was held in September 7-9 at Hokusei Circuit.
81 drivers (21 drivers for open and 60 drivers for sports class who qualify the district qualification joined this race.  Also, 4 drivers are coming over from Malaysia and Thailand.
TQ was took by Takehiro Terauch for the second consecutive years and young Mugen driver Hayato Yamada TQ'ed for sport class after just 3 rounds of qualification because the second day was rained out.
The schedule for the final day was also delayed due to the thunder showers, so the both grand finals were held at night.
Keisuke Fukuda missed his 5 time consecutive Japan Champion title, but finished second.  Young Mugen driver Hayato Yamada wins Japan National for sport class followed by Shin Adachi both driving with Mugen MTX-5.
+ Product information : 1/10 scale Touring Car MTX-5