JAF ALL JAPAN CHAMPIONSHIP - EASTERN SERIES ROUND 2 (HARUNA)

BIREL’S DOMINION WITH 5 DRIVERS IN THE TOP 5 SPOTS IN THE FS 125

The rain influenced the 2nd round of the Japanese Championship raced at Haruna. There were three classes at the starting line: The KF2, The FP-Junior (free chassis, Yamaha engines and Yokoama tyres) and the increasingly popular FS 125 with Iame engines and Dunlop tyres.
After the great dominion in the first trial, the Birel and Winforce drivers made themselves noticed even though the weather during some phases of the race promoted some surprise results as in the KF2, when during the qualification round the wet track gradually began to dry and the poleman, Asano (Birel/TM/Dunlop) had to allow the driver with Bridgestone tyres, Tataishi to pass him; afterwards Asano left the track due to a contact as did Ohtsu (Winforce) who, however, was then the fastest driver in the Final, climbing back up from last place to 3rd place behind Tateishi and Kiyohara.
But the payback for the Birel and Winforce drivers arrived with Tsuoboi’s decisive achievement in the FP-Junior despite the presence of some local drivers, deeply familiar with the track, who made things more difficult. The Winforce team driver won ahead of Matsumoto, while other Winforce drivers whose performance should be highlighted were Kikuchi and Tsutsumi, in 4th and 5th place respectively.
The last class presented was the FS 125 with Iame-Parilla engines that, with a good 35 drivers presented, is becoming increasingly popular in Japan. Even this race took place under very difficult track conditions that, however, highlighted Sutou’s ability (Birel R 31), who was able to move up from the 11th starting position to win the race.
For Birel, this category proved to be an absolute dominion, in fact, in 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th place were Kutata (Birel R31), Tobita (Winforce) and the two Suzukis, with Winforce and Birel R 31, respectively.