Grid finalised at FEMCA ISTC Championship

With the TQ decided in favour of Bruno Coelho went he went 3 from 3 in the first of this morning’s qualifiers, the remaining 2 rounds would determined the rest of the A-Main grid for the 2024 FEMCA ISTC Championship.  With traction levels improving for Q4, it was the World Champion who continued to reign in Foshan taking the round from Infinity’s Naoto Matsukura.  The 2014 World Champion would ‘dump’ in the final qualifier as Coelho’s Xray completed the clean sweep but the Japanese driver will start second for the triple finals despite his DNF.  Making it an Xray 1-2 in the final qualifier, P2 his best run, Shin Sawada will line-up 3rd on the grid ahead of the Infinity of Kouki Kato.  Top Indonesian driver Bowie Ginting completes the top half of the grid with his Xray with the Awesomatix of Rocket Zhang heading the local honours in P6.  Russian driver Maxim Laverychev also driving an Awesomatix will carry the number 7 with the star of last year’s inaugural Foshan Invitation RC Championship Vening Zhuo, who finished second to race winner Ronald Volker, ending qualifying in P8.  The grid is completed current Chinese National Champion Jerry Dai and fellow Chinese racer Lo Lo and his Serpent.  In 17.5 Blinky the Axon of Kenrick Fong secured the TQ from Simon Wang.

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Five Touring Car World Champions at GDC

Nothing to see here!!  It is not every day you end up with five Touring Car World Champions at your track but that’s what Gavin Kwok found himself with this morning at his GDC Indoor track in Foshan, China.  While Bruno Coelho and Naoto Matsukura where already in town competing at the FEMCA ISTC Championship the track is hosting, Marc Rheinard, Atsushi Hara and freshly crowned Nitro Touring Car World Champion Jilles Groskamp dropped in on their way to an event their electric sponsor Team Cayote is hosting next week.  These well travelled racers were all very impressed by the GDC facilities and are expected to return and race next time they are in Foshan.