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A WIN FOR WEST AS KUBO COMES OF AGES
As is often the case, there were clues in the Supersport 600 warm-up about how the final results would turn out. Lap times aside, Webike IKAZUCHI’s Anthony West could be seen harassing first Ratthapong Wilairot, then Yuki Ito, making close moves on them under braking, while Keminth Kubo was quick and aggressive. Manual Tech KYT Kawasaki’s first…
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RHEZA STAYS SHARP TO COMPLETE THE DOUBLE
Rheza Danica Ahrens completing his second career double win was the only predictable outcome from another fraught intermediate class battle this afternoon. Manual Tech KYT Kawasaki’s Andy Md Fadly did his best to spoil Rheza’s perfect weekend by beating the Astra Honda rider into Turn 1. Order was restored one turn later as Rheza dismissed the Kawasaki man,…
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REMEMBER GUPITA KRESNA?
With the technical gremlins that delayed the start of Saturday’s race duly dispatched, Underbone 150cc Race 2 got away without a hitch. Team All for One’s Md Affendi Rosli grabbed the holeshot and gapped the rest of the field through the esses and all the way to the high point of the circuit, at Spoon Curve. From there…
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AZLAN SHAKES OFF HIS SUZUKA BLUES TO LEAD A 1-2 FOR MANUAL TECH KYT KAWASAKI
On another day of clear blue skies at Suzuka, the sun shone most brightly on the Manual Tech KYT Kawasakis, with defending champion, Azlan Shah Kamaruzaman shaking off years of bad results to lead a closely fought 1-2 in Supersport 600 Race 1. Asia Production 250 featured a bruising battle for second behind Astra Honda’s…
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AZLAN, RHEZA AND GUPITA LEAD DAY 1 AT SUZUKA
The grey skies and rain that dampened set-up day on Thursday gave way to perfect, sunny conditions for Free Practice at Suzuka Circuit for Round 3 of the Asia Road Racing Championship. Despite two red flagged sessions, most of the expected leaders in all three classes were able to get close to race pace by…
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YAMAMOTO BACK TO SHAKE THINGS UP
2015 (or rather, the very first) Asia Production 250cc champion, Takehiro Yamamoto is back to shake things up as a wildcard entry in Round 3 of the FIM Asia Road Racing Championship at the Suzuka Circuit. The Japanese rider will make his wildcard comeback on a Kawasaki, fielded by Trickstar Racing. Yamamoto has a…
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MCKINLEY KYLE PAZ 250cc WILDCARD
Filipino racing sensation Mckinley Kyle Paz has scheduled another wildcard in the Asia Road Racing Championship – this time, in the hyper competitive Asia Production 250cc class. Mckinley stepped into the spotlight when his Underbone 150cc wildcard with the Uma Racing Yamaha Maju Motor Asia Team resulted in a second placed podium finish in…
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RESHUFFLES IN ONEXOX TKKR RACING TEAM
REY RATUKORE TO REPLACE ADAM FIQRIE An internal reshuffle in the Onexox TKKR Racing Team will see seasoned Indonesian campaigner Rey Ratukore coming into replace Adam Fiqrie Bobie Farid in the team’s Asia Production 250cc entry. From the entry list for Suzuka released a week prior to the race weekend, Adam Fiqrie has…
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FORMER ADC PROTÉGÉ ONO NOW WITH HIS OWN RACING TEAM
2013 Asia Dream Cup Hiroki Ono’s presence will be felt once again in the Asia Road Racing Championship. Come Round 3 at the Suzuka Circuit in June, Ono will be making a homecoming of sorts – as a team owner and manager. Team Hiro, which is owned and managed by the former ARRC protégé,…
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IMPRESSED, WEBIKE IKAZUCHI CONFIRMS JOE FRANCIS FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON
Team Webike IKAZUCHI Racing has confirmed that BSB rider Joe Francis will be a part of team’s line-up for the rest of the 2018 FIM Asia Road Racing Championship season. The 21-year-old British rider was roped in as the team’s replacement rider in Round 2 of the ARRC at The Bend Motorsport Park in…