‘Race Control’ – Day 7, the Final Day

The big day has arrived at the 1:8 Onroad World Championships with the event just three races away from crowning the 19th World Champion of the sport’s oldest class.  Day 7 of the event, its a beautiful sunny morning at the KeiTune Racing Speedway and the first race of the day will be the Semi B Final which will see Mugen driver Takaaki Shimo start from pole position.  One hour later its the turn of the Semi A drivers which will be led away by the Serpent of Top Qualifier Tadahiko Sahashi.  For the first time this year’s Main final will be completely determined by the results of the Semi Finals, the traditional format of Top 4 qualifiers going direct to the 1-hour race having been dropped, and now it will be the Top 4 from each Semi along with the drivers with the next two fastest times that progress.  The driver with the fastest Semi Final winning time will secure the pole position.

Timetable (local Japanese times)
10:00 – Semi B Final (30 minutes)
11:00 – Semi A Final (30 minutes)
14:00 – Driver Presentation/Warm-up
14:30 – Final (1 hour)
14:30 – Prizegiving

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