"BD9" wins the 2019 New Year YOKOMO CUP at Champ Osaka!

The New Year YOKOMO CUP was held at RC Advisor Champ Osaka, with Team Yokomo's Masami Hirosaka, Daisuke Yoshioka, Naoya Morita, and Naoya Kitagawa in attendance. From the qualifying rounds, Hirosaka showed great speed, posting the top time in both rounds to secure the TQ. Yoshioka, Morita, and Kitagawa also advanced to the finals, and with Kazumasa Kato winning his way up from the B-main driving a BD9, a total of five BD9s reached the A-main final.

In the final, Hirosaka and Takuma Sasaki pulled away from the pack, maintaining a gap of about one second throughout the 5-minute race, with Hirosaka managing to hold onto the lead until the end. Naoya Morita took third place, marking a promising start to the new year for Team Yokomo.

Comment from Masami Hirosaka: I drove the BD9 in an almost standard configuration and made hardly any setup changes, but its stability was outstanding. From practice through the end of the final, I was able to finish almost without any crashes, and I was very satisfied with its high level of perfection. The BD9 is a car that I feel has even more potential to go faster.

Winning BD9 setup sheet for Masami Hirosaka: PDF [356KB]

BD9 setup sheet for Naoya Kitagawa: PDF [348KB]

 

 

[2019 New Year YOKOMO CUP in Champ Osaka Final Results]

Date: Sunday, January 6, 2019

1st Place: Masami Hirosaka / YOKOMO BD9

2nd Place: Takuma Sasaki / Tamiya

3rd Place: Naoya Morita / YOKOMO BD9

4th Place: Daisuke Yoshioka / YOKOMO BD9

5th Place: Taichi / Destiny

6th Place: Kazumasa Kato / YOKOMO BD9

7th Place: Sto / Xray

8th Place: Naoya Kitagawa / YOKOMO BD9

9th Place: Takku

10th Place: Jo-taro

(*9th place and below were in the B-main.)
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