By Johan Laubscher
The Japanese Super Taikyu Endurance Series
got underway at Twin Ring Motegi this weekend. Direction Racing fielded an Audi
R8 LMS ultra and achieved a podium result.
The #32 Audi R8 LMS ultra from Direction
Racing (K's Frontier) was entered in the ST-X class (GT3) and driven by Taiyou Iida, Tetsuo Ogino, Shinichi Takagi and Takashi Kobayashi.
They successfully qualified second overall and completed the wet five hour race in third overall, taking second in the ST-X class. They finished behind the race winning #24 Nissan GTR GT3 (ST-X class) and the #9 BMW Z4 (ST-1 class).
The next round of the Super Taikyu will
be hosted at Sugo, 24-25 May.
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