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On Oct. 18, the SUPER GT IN
KYUSHU 300KM, Round
8 of the 2009 AUTOBACS SUPER GT, was held at the Autopolis .
Driving the PETRONAS TOM'S
SC430 from the 4rth position on the grid, Lotterer got a great start and moved
up on the tail of the pole position starter, Richard Lyons in the ZENT CERUMO
SC430. These two machines continued to run that way with never a gap of more
than one second until they both pulled into the pit at the same time at the end
of lap 30. Of the two teams it was the PETRONAS TOM'S that had the faster pit
work, enabling it to return to the track two seconds ahead of the ZENT CERUMO,
effectively in the lead.
Back in the race with the positions now reversed, with Yuji Tachikawa in the
ZENT CERUMO SC430 chasing Juichi Wakisaka in the PETRONAS TOM'S SC430. These
two drivers are also the SC430 development drivers and their battle remained
close and fierce, but the ZENT CERUMO would soon be penalized for a violation
during the pit stop in which the engine was started before the car was
completely lowered from the jack after the tire change. After that, Wakisaka
continued to run clean in the lead to the checkered and the win.
In the GT300 class, the
JIMGAINER ADVAN F430 driven by Tetsuya Tanaka and Katsuyuki Hiranaka came from
3rd position on the starting grid to win the race. This was the second
consecutive with for the Ferrari camp, with the other Ferrari F430 having won
the last round.
With this, the GT300 class title race will also come down to the final round at
Twin Ring and here six teams still have a chance for the title.
In the GT500 class the PETRONAS TOM'S SC430 driven by Juichi
Wakisaka and Andre Lotterer won its first victory of the season.
In the GT300 class the No.11 JIMGAINER ADVAN F430 driver by Tetsuya
Tanaka and Katsuyuki Hiranaka
PETRONAS TOM'S SC430 driver and 11 JIMGAINER ADVAN F430
driver after attends press conference take a group photo
Photo and information from supergt.net
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