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Round14 [Motegi]
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| ‘August 10 , Round14 :Twin Ring Motegi Participation cars: 9 all-Japan class, 7 National class.Weather:Cloudy (DRY) |
| Kunimoto got pole to winIVan dam in 2nd place approached for acquisition title!
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The 14th round final of Sunday at temperature was 27 degrees, track surface was 38 degrees under cloudy sky same as the thirteenth round of the previous day.
 @Keisuke Kunimoto who took the top time in qualifying of the previous day became a pole sitter of day after day, and Carlo Van dam was in the second grid.
@Takuto Iguchi and Yuki Nakayama followed them, and it was the same order more than the fourth place as the thirteenth round completely.
@Naoki Yamamoto replaced a turn with Kei Cozzolino each other and lined up to the third line. It was just after the Fomula Nippon, track surface seemed to be slightly bad, and a lot of teams adjust setup of the rear suspension circumference on the grid.
@Mean while, the 14th round of 20 laps started at 2:23 afternoon of Sunday finally.
Van dam told "It is delightful for me if the race development became same as the previous day" but he was not able to turn the position at starting as he said that "I did much some wheel spin today" Then a pole sitter  Kunimoto defended the top and entered 1st corner. Iguchi and Nakayama followed Van dam, and Yamamoto who overtook Cozzolino at start moved up in the fifth position. Daisuke Nakajima overtook Koki Saga, and became the seventh likewise.
@From beginning the race, TOM'S team of three top spread out the intense three-cornered fight. Behind them Nakayama, Yamamoto and Cozzolino performed a similar fight, but Kunimoto began to pull ahead of the first place fight, and similarly Nakayama pulled ahead of the fourth place fight.
@ "I suffered at behind Carlo at day before, but I was in a reverse position today, to know that the following position is tough made me concentrate my drive without worry about overtake by him absolutely". Kunimoto pulled Van dam apart and took checkers on the top. After a long time he won the championship since Auto police, and it became the second  victory in this season for him. Van dam who told "I made damaged to front tires during beginning the race" was 2nd place, and Iguchi said that " The order was the third place same as the previous race, but the race contents could be satisfied against yesterday that I had been keep away by my teammate".
@Because Iguchi and Kunimoto who competed for a title marked a high score together, the champion acquisition of Van dam became carrying-over after next round.
In addition, Nakayama who was disappointed with what was separated to 3 in front was fourth place, Yamamoto was fifth, and Cozzolino was sixth.
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The 14th round of National class seemed to watch paramecia with last race at all.
Alexandre Imperatori avoided Hideki Yamauchi again and stepped forward at the start.
Moreover Hideto Yasuoka of 3rd place had lost some time in a start again and was overtaken by two of his followers.
@But it was different with the thirteenth round that Masaki Matsushita havd been able to overtake by Zahir Ali. Imperatori and Yamauchi did single combat at one time, but it was the middle stage Ali suddenly came close to them.
@But he had been to drive alone again before long because he made a mistake in succession after that.
"Though I caught up with a car in front sometimes, I could not pass in this course and could not drive according to my image" such Yamauchi showed an expression of regrets for a result of 2nd place consecutive. On the contrary, Imperatori who won straight victories lined up to Yamauchi with the championship number of times and approached to 11 points differences to him.
"I could make good the stream of consciousness in this weekend and very goot confidence. I can surely compete for a title in this condition with Yamauchi till the last if I pile up the points". Imperatori told that.
@A title fight of National class seems to be getting entangled still morec
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