FEMCA Championships down to final 20
The big day has arrived at the 1:8 Offroad FEMCA Championships in China, proceedings getting underway with the 1/4 finals which have seen the entry now whittled down to the final 20 who will battle it out in the Semi Finals for one of the 12 starting spots in the evening’s title deciding 1-hour Main final.
In the first of the 30-minute 1/4 finals, it was Singapore’s Liu Man Yet who took his OS Speed powered Mugen MBX-7 to victory. Setting the fastest lap of the race he had an 8-second winning margin over the HB of Taiwan driver Chun Chi Chen. Starting from 7th on the grid, having bumped up from yesterday’s 1/8 final, China’s Lin Le Hau completed the Top 3 to keep his HongNor in the event after claiming the final grid spot for the first of the Semi Finals. Having bumped up from yesterday 1/8 Final, Chinese National Championship runner-up Lien Sheng Chang saw his event come to an end. Lining up last on the grid, the SH Engines owner made a great start running second early on. Slowly dropping back down the order he would eventually retire with a broken car just before half distance.
The second 1/4 Final encounter was won by Li Cong despite the Chinese driver having some difficulty with traffic. Driving his Novarossi powered Kyosho, he took the lead of the race 8-laps in after which he would never again be headed. Starting from 6th on the grid, 13-year-old Thai talent Witchapoom R took his Agama to second spot. Securing the final bump up spot to the Semi final was 4-time former Chinese National Champion Hu Wei Ping. Starting from pole, the S-Workz driver had a bad start which left him 7th at the end of lap 1 but setting the fastest lap of the race he was able to work his way back up the field to make the all important Top 3. For newly crowned Chinese National Champion the race would see the end of his FEMCA challenge as he would retire his Z-Car from 6th position with 7-minutes left on the clock.
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