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Honda team grabs TCR class title in Super Taikyu
19
October
2017

Honda team grabs TCR class title in Super Taikyu

The final event of theSuper Taikyu at Okayama saw the Honda Civic Type-R run by the Motul Dome Racing Project clinching the title in the ST-TCR class.
Despite finishing only fifth in the season’s last race due to an engine management issue, Takuya Kurosawa, Keishi Ishikawa and Hiroki Kato had already secured the title after the qualifying session.
Their Modulo Racing Project teammates Hidenori Kouuchi, Shinji Nakano and Shinichi Ito claimed pole position and dominated the 3-hour race, making five wins out of the series’ six rounds for Honda.
The Racingline Performance Volkswagen Golf GTI shared by Philippe Devesa and Shogo Mitsuyama claimed second position in the race, one lap behind the winner and only two minutes ahead of the Team DreamDrive Audi Rs3 LMS of Koichi Okumura, Ken Akyoshi and Daisuke Yamawaki that finished in third position.
In the final standings standings, the Motul Dome Racing Project team scored leads 104 points, only four more than the Modulo Racing Project, while the BRP Audi Mie team was classified third with 84.5 points.


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