Team Stance/Origin @ Nikko

Last week was the 3rd round of D1SL at Nikko. After round 2 at Ebisu, Teramachi was tied for 3rd place in points and Fukuyama was down in 10th, so round 3 for both would be critical. They needed some good results to not only stay in points but also for Fukuyama it was a race to stay a seeded driver.

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Kansai OG Kuroi went with the both of them as a spotter, and it seemed to be a start of  great event when Team Stance/Origin placed 1st & 2nd in the qualification round! Fukuyama with a 99.13 and Teramachi with a 99.10 from the judges.

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Both drivers went into the top 16 riding high, the both of them won their respective runs and moved into the top 8.

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Moving into the top 8, Fukuyama was up against Kyushu native Hirashima in the orange Garage D-Friends S14 and Teramachi was up against fellow Kansai native Nakamura in the D-Max S15. Sadly both drivers weren’t able to overcome these two seasoned drivers and their hopes of a podium finish ended there, in the top 8.

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The good showing in qualification and into the top 8 however meant some good points were had by both drivers. Fukuyama is now up from 10th into 8th, but Teramachi lost some ground to Tezuka and now follows him in 4th by only 3 points but both remain seeded going into round 4 at Maze. Nakamura Naoki went on to beat fellow Dmax driver Yokoi Masashi (also of the popular MSC Triple D team Mind Control).

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