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Joshua Berman from the US drove the perfect race to win him the 2018 VRC Worlds title in 1:10 nitro Sedans at the Hokusei track in Japan, leading from start to finish. The fight for 2nd was between Olivier Meunier and Kevin Bacon, with Meunier catching Bacon just 10 laps before the end, finishing just a second clear of the hard charging Kevin Bacon.
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PRO CLASS
1.|Joshua Berman|US|141|45:10.324
2.|Olivier Meunier|DE|139|45:09.944
3.|Kevin Bacon|US|139|45:10.956
4.|Graham Raistrick|GB|138|45:01.208
5.|Ben Gayson|GB|138|45:15.340
6.|Gary Crowell|US|137|45:07.932
7.|Tommaso Andreuccetti|IT|137|45:12.456
8.|David LALANNE|FR|136|45:04.000
9.|JEREMIE GAUTIER|FR|134|45:00.940
10.|Tobias SeidlDE|DNF|
SPORTS CLASS
1.|Robert Hillman|SE|136|45:06.600
2.|Mattias Norén|SE|129|45:00.292
3.|Thomas Priemer|DE|128|45:13.524
4.|Chanyoung Hwang|KR|...
read more04.04.2016 8 comments
Report by J-P.Huhtala (VRC race reporter)
2016 Season 1 and round 3, Hokusei
Hokusei track is located in middle of Japan and it has hosted many JMRCA Japanese Nationals.
Looking the Japanese standars of tracks, Hokusei is very big and wide.
Third round of Electric nascartruck series was helded in here, let see what happend during this event.
QUALIFYING
Hungarian talent Barnabas Toth was the strongest at qualifying. He wonned the qualifying and settled very nice run, with 19.6 average. Toth didnt got this easy, as Swedish driver Andre Fossto was very close in second place. Andre losted only 0.1 second to Toth.
Huhtala, who was leading the series with same amount of points with Raistrick, got the third grid. Huhtala`s gap to winner was allmost three seconds.
BUMP UP FINALS
At bump-up finals nothing miracles happend as we witnessed Toth`s magnificent pace and consistency. This Hungarian wonned the bump... read more
20.05.2013 9 comments
Report by Donald Stark (VRC race reporter)
The Series Points Race Heats Up
The “A” list of world class virtual racers take the drivers stand to contest for the championship in Japan. This week’s race was round 4 of 6 in the championship series. The top 14 in the points have raced round 1-4 but like Nostradamus, I’m going to make a prediction. Martin and Hiromu will be one and two when the dust settles. Both drivers have set out a few races and have now begun to make the run at the top spots. In VRC the points are dependent on four of the six races, the leaders have a big points spread but that will disappear when point are adjusted.
Race Report
Hokusei track, located in the middle of Japan, host of several JMRCA Japanese Nationals. For Japanese standards the Hokusei track is very big and wide. It has a nice fluent layout but is still very challenging.
When the warm ups concluded the pit crews got the cars fueled and s... read more
