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The second round of the Super
Taikyu endurance series took place
at Sugo. The cars of the ST-TCR
class raced in Group 1 together
with the GTs over a distance of
three hours.
Just as in the season-opening race
at Motegi, the Team DreamDrive
Audi RS3 LMS shared by Shozo
Tagahara, Takuya Shirakasa and
Naoto Takeda led in the first part
of the race, but then dropped
down following an incident.
The Modulo Racing Project Honda
Civic Type-R driven by Shinichi
Ito, Shinichi Ebisawa and Shinji
Nakano inherited the lead and
won the class, finishing a brilliant
eighth overall, eleven laps behind
the winning Nissan GT-R.
Second in class and ninth overall
was the Motul Dome Racing
Project Honda of Hiroki Kato, Keiji
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TCR 2017
ENDURANCE
Six teams took part in the TCR class of
the 24H Paul Ricard, the fourth round
of the 24H Series.
The Modena Motorsports SEAT León
driven by Wayne Shen, John Shen,
Francis Tjia and Benny Simonsen led for
most of the race and won by a three-lap
margin from the Car Collection
Motorsport Audi RS3 LMS TCR DSG of
Monika Parhofer, Dirk Vorländer,
Christian Kranenberg, JM Littman and
Rik Breukers.
The Cadspeed Racing Audi RS3 LMS –
winner of the season-opening 24H
Dubai – settled for third; James Kaye,
Ricky Coomber, Paul White, David
Drinkwater and Thomas Gannon took
turns at the wheel of the German car.
In the points standings, Modena
Motorsports leads by three points ahead
of Cadspeed Racing; Car Collection
Motorsport lies third, a further nine
points adrift.
Next round: 12H Imola, 30 June/2 July.
Modena Motorsports wins 24H Paul Ricard
Honda cars claim another 1-2 at Sugo
Ishikawa and Takuya Kurosawa, that
crossed the line only 48 seconds
behind the sister car. The Team
DreamDrive Audi completed the
podium in third position.
Next round: Suzuka 10/11 June.