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By Mark Alan Jones and David Wright, Australia
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  Formula Three

Premat, I Presume

Macau F3 winner Alexandre PrematDemolition derbies are usually the province of dusty quarter mile speed bowls and feature specially reinforced sedans. Euro F3 series runner up Alexandre Premat took victory in one at the former Portuguese colony of Macau driving a fragile Formula 3 open wheeler at the Macau Grand Prix.

Premat qualified on the second row of the grid alongside fourth fastest Robert Kubica. Polesitter was Kubica's Manor Motorsport teammate Lewis Hamilton. Nico Rosberg sat alongside and proceeded to win the start but by the end of lap 2, both he and the closely following Hamilton were in the barriers. Premat then bounced off the barriers himself but continued, holding the lead, but his gap over Kubica was gone.

The safety car was out however as Alvaro Parente crashed midfield. At the restart Premat skipped away as new Euro F3 Champion Jamie Green moved up into second. Premat's ASM teammate did not last long however, stopping with a puncture.

On the ninth lap the safety car returned after a clash for the race's third son of an 80s F1 World Champ, as Christian Jones and Rodolfo Avila blocked the track briefly. Again Premat skipped away from Kubica at the restart. Another accident stopped the race again, this time for good as Marko Asmer started a multiple collision that blocked the track and ended the race early with Premat awarded victory from Kubica.

Hitech's Lucas di Grassi got the better of an at times physical battle with Fabio Carbone of Three Bond Racing, with both cars bearing the scars of battle. Fifth was Franck Perera ahead of the Menu Motorsports cars of British series runner up Adam Carroll and Rob Austin. British Champion Nelson Piquet Jr was tenth, two spots behind new Japanese champion Ronnie Quintarelli.

Result of FIA Intercontinental Cup, Macau, China:

Pos  Driver               Car
 1.  Alexandre Premat     ASM Formule 3 Dallara F304 Mercedes-HWA
 2.  Robert Kubica        Manor Motorsport Dallara F304 Mercedes-HWA
 3.  Lucas di Grassi      Hitech Racing Dallara F304 Renault-Sodemo
 4.  Fabio Carbone        Three Bond Racing Dallara F304 Nissan-Tomei
 5.  Franck Perera        Prema Powerteam Dallara F304 Opel-Spiess
 6.  Adam Carroll         Menu Motorsport Dallara F304 Opel-Spiess
 7.  Rob Austin           Menu Motorsport Dallara F304 Opel-Spiess
 8.  Ronnie Quintarelli   Inging Dallara F304 Toyota-TOM's
 9.  Richard Antinucci    TOM's Dallara F304 Toyota-TOM's
10.  Nelson Piquet Jr     Piquet Sports Dallara F304 Honda-Mugen


  NASCAR

Biffle's Win, Busch's Title

Kurt Busch holds aloft the trophy for winning the NASCAR Nextel CupAt the beginning of the day at Homestead, Roush teammates Kurt Busch and Greg Biffle sat on the front row. And at the end of the day, both were in the spotlight again, Greg Biffle winning the race while Kurt Busch won the NASCAR Nextel Cup Championship, his first, at the age of 26. After years and years of trying to win the main series title, Jack Roush has now taken two in a row.

But it wasn't plain sailing for Busch, with a broken wheel putting him back in the pack early on. A deflating tyre for Jeff Gordon and a back of the field start for Jimmie Johnson meant his main rivals didn't have it easy either, and so in a tight finish, Busch took the title by eight points from Johnson and sixteen from Gordon.

Interestingly, under last year's points system, Gordon would have beaten teammate Jimmie Johnson by 47 points, with Kurt Busch 247 points back in fourth, out of contention before the last round even began. Also, eleventh place finisher Jamie McMurray, unable to go any higher thanks to the chase, would have finished ninth, while tenth place finisher Jeremy Mayfield would have slipped to fifteenth.

Points leader Kurt Busch took his first pole of the year to line up ahead of teammate Greg Biffle, with Jeff Gordon fifth, Mark Martin eleventh, Dale Earnhardt Jr sixteenth and Jimmie Johnson a career-worst 39th after having to take a provisional. At the start Busch took the lead before Mike Bliss and Hermie Sadler spun in turn one, to bring out the first caution on lap two. Back to green on lap five, Biffle taking the lead from Busch later that lap, but it was back to caution on lap seven when Jeff Burton, Robby Gordon and Boris Said spun. Back to green again on lap ten, with Biffle still showing the way.

Biffle was still in front while Johnson had charged up to seventeenth as debris brought out the next caution on lap 49, the field taking this opportunity to pit. Biffle led Busch, Jeff Gordon, Kevin Harvick and Ryan Newman as the race restarted on lap 53, with Johnson's charge continuing, as by lap 76 he was ninth. The next caution came out on lap 94, following a crucial moment in the Chase. Whilst running second, the front right wheel on Kurt Busch's car broke, forcing him to pit as the wheel brought out the caution. The rest of the field pitted at the caution, Biffle leading Newman, Harvick, Tony Stewart and Gordon as the race restarted on lap 98, Busch still on the lead lap but back in 28th. What all this meant is that Gordon was now in a position to take the title, Busch having been in the points lead up to this point.

Kurt Busch fought back to win the title after suffering this broken wheel early in the raceAnother caution wasn't far away, coming out on lap 114 when Jeremy Mayfield's bad Chase form continues, a flat right front tyre sending him into the wall. The field pitted once again, Newman leading Elliott Sadler, Gordon, Johnson and , the order shuffling around as some drivers took only two tyres or even no tyres. Light rain fell at this time, delaying the restart. During this time Jeff Gordon pitted again, worried about a deflating tyre. His fears were later confirmed as the tyre, one of the two not changed at the previous stop, was found to have a cut in it. However, this meant he restarted at the back of the field along with Busch, putting Johnson into the points lead.

Finally racing resumed on lap 132 of 267, Biffle retaking the lead on lap 147 just before Mike Bliss brought the caution out on lap 148 after hitting the turn one wall. Again the field pitted, and again differing strategies took hold. Stewart and Harvick were first out, taking fuel only, while two tyres only saw Bobby Labonte next ahead of Biffle and Jamie McMurray. The race went back to grreen on lap 152 but was back under caution five laps later when Elliott Sadler spun coming off turn four. The race restarted on lap 161 but was under caution again only three laps later when Kasey Kahne spun coming off turn four as well, while Travis Kvapil hit the wall after being nudged by Dale Earnhardt Jr in the chaos.

Back to green on lap 171, and immediately Stewart was black flagged for weaving too close to the restart. However, a caution three laps later for debris from one of the caution lights(!) saves him as he takes it under caution. Meanwhile some of the field pits, but about half don't, moving Bobby Labonte to the lead ahead of Newman, Rusty Wallace, Gordon and John Andretti, moving Gordon back into the points lead. Lap 184 saw Newman take Wallace for the lead before debris brought out the next caution on lap 192. Most drivers pit, but some stay out. Mark Martin stays out and moves into the lead ahead of Martin Truex Jr, Sterling Marlin, Michael Waltrip and Rusty Wallace.

Homestead winner Greg BiffleThe points shuffle once more, with Johnson now leading, by one point(!) from Busch, Gordon five behind Busch and Martin three behind Gordon. Four drivers separated by nine points! Back to green on lap 196, but the caution was back out only four laps later for debris from another one of the caution lights. Initially only a few cars pit, mainly those who didn't stop at the last caution, but late in the caution Dale Earnhardt Jr, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson and Kurt Busch all pitted, hoping this would be their last stops of the day. This also meant Busch was now back into the points lead, with Johnson and Gordon close behind the only other realistic contenders.

Back to racing on lap 208, Rusty Wallace leading McMurray, Biffle, Newman and Labonte. Gordon, Johnson and Busch began their way up the order, Busch still hanging onto the points lead. As Biffle pressure Wallace for the lead the next caution came out on lap 225 when Jeff Green's engine blew up. Most drivers pitted again, but Gordon, Johnson, Busch and Martin didn't. Before the race went green again Martin did pit, as a deflating left rear tyre forced him to do so. As the race restarted on lap 232 with Newman leading Stewart, Dale Jarrett, Harvick and Gordon, Johnson in eight and Busch in tenth, Busch was back in the points lead by five over Gordon, fifteen over Johnson. Gordon took fourth soon after the restart, and Johnson moved forward a little, but so did Busch, keeping Busch ahead.

Lap 237 saw Stewart take the lead from Newman, before Stewart took the lead back six laps later. Lap 247 saw Johnson move into fifth, just a few laps before a right rear tyre failure for Truex Jr brought out the caution once more on lap 253. With Gordon fourth, Johnson fifth and Busch seventh, Busch led Gordon by 12 and Johnson by 14. Racing restarted on lap 258, ten to go, Biffle taking fifth from Johnson on lap 259, and then fourth from Gordon on lap 260. This evened out the fact that Busch had lost a spot after the restart, though lap 262 saw Busch take seventh back. Lap 264 and Biffle's charge continued, taking third from Jarrett. Just as the battle between Newman and Stewart for the lead looked to be the most important battle on the track, Newman's right front tyre blew and brought out the caution on lap 266.

Hendrick teammates Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon ran Busch close but weren't good enough in the endThis meant the race would end with a two lap, green/white/chequer finish. More drama, as third place runner Dale Jarrett was forced to pit, out of fuel, as he ran dry due to the extended number of laps. As the race restarted on lap 270, Stewart led Biffle, Gordon, Johnson and Busch, Busch sixteen points ahead of Gordon and eighteen ahead of Johnson. Gordon had a look at turn one but Biffle held him off and passed Stewart to take the lead, while Johnson took advantage of Gordon's stumble passing Biffle to take third from Gordon and then second from Stewart as they headed into three. Now Johnson was within eight points of Busch, as Gordon took third from Stewart as they began the last lap.

Meanwhile Busch had a group of car behind him looking to get close enough to take a place or two. They couldn't get there, and so Greg Biffle took the win ahead of Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon third, Tony Stewart fourth and Kurt Busch in fifth, the placing good enough to give him the 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup Championship.

Result of NASCAR Nextel Cup, Round 36 of 36, Homestead-Miami Speedway, Florida, United States:

Pos  Driver              Car
 1.  Greg Biffle         Ford Taurus
 2.  Jimmie Johnson      Chevrolet Monte Carlo
 3.  Jeff Gordon         Chevrolet Monte Carlo
 4.  Tony Stewart        Chevrolet Monte Carlo
 5.  Kurt Busch          Ford Taurus
 6.  Brendan Gaughan     Dodge Intrepid
 7.  Jamie McMurray      Dodge Intrepid
 8.  Rusty Wallace       Dodge Intrepid
 9.  Ricky Rudd          Ford Taurus
10.  Kevin Harvick       Chevrolet Monte Carlo

Final Standings: Kurt Busch 6506, Jimmie Johnson 6498, Jeff Gordon 6490, Mark Martin 6399, Dale Earnhardt Jr 6368, Tony Stewart 6326, Ryan Newman 6180, Matt Kenseth 6069, Elliott Sadler 6024, Jeremy Mayfield 6000, Jamie McMurray 4597, Bobby Labonte 4277, Kasey Kahne 4274, Kevin Harvick 4228, Dale Jarrett 4214, Rusty Wallace 3960, Greg Biffle and Jeff Burton 3902, Joe Nemechek 3878 and Michael Waltrip 3878, Sterling Marlin 3857, Casey Mears 3690, Robby Gordon 3646, Ricky Rudd 3615, Brian Vickers 3521, Terry Labonte 3519, Scott Wimmer 3198, Brendan Gaughan 3165, Scott Riggs 3090, Jeff Green 3054, Ken Schrader 3032, Ward Burton 2929, Kyle Petty 2811, Ricky Craven 2086, Jimmy Spencer 1969, Johnny Sauter 1430, Carl Edwards 1424, Dave Blaney 1347, Bobby Hamilton Jr 1271, Derrike Cope 1058, Todd Bodine 986, Morgan Shepherd 925, Kevin Lepage 915, Hermie Sadler 852, John Andretti 818, Mike Wallace 764, Kirk Shelmerdine 723, Bill Elliott 595, Mike Bliss 407, Kenny Wallace 365, Shane Hmiel 349, Kyle Busch 345, Tony Raines 318, PJ Jones 316, Boris Said 302, Geoffrey Bodine 278, Johnny Benson 271, Carl Long 267, Larry Gunselman 248, Joe Ruttman 247, Kerry Earnhardt 228, Stanton Barrett 224, Travis Kvapil 213, Scott Pruett 207, Andy Hillenburg 206, Larry Foyt 194, Ron Fellows 170, Randy LaJoie 126, J.J. Yeley 122, Martin Truex Jr 119, Greg Sacks 114, Klaus Graf 112, Tom Hubert 110, Jim Inglebright 106, Jeff Fuller 105, Andy Belmont 98, Mike Skinner 97, Eric McClure 90, Ted Christopher 89, Mario Gosselin 80, Chad Blount 74, Tony Ave and David Green 70, Austin Cameron 49, Chad Chaffin 46, Jason Jarrett 43, Brandon Ash 40 and Jason Leffler


  Rally

McRae Turns Down Skoda Offer

Former champion Colin McRae has turned down an offer to return to the world rally stage with Skoda next year.

Skoda's Fabia WRCMotorsport News weekly quoted the 36-year-old Scot, sidelined this season after losing his drive at Citroen, as saying on Wednesday he had failed to agree terms with the Volkswagen-owned manufacturer.

"There is not a reasonable offer there," said McRae. "The whole package wasn't what it needed to be. I'd say that's the end of it."

McRae tried out a Skoda before last month's Rally of Catalunya and had talked of making a partial comeback next season along with his protege Kris Meeke, whom he has financed for the past three years.

Skoda have a vacancy and are returning full-time next year. The magazine said there was an outside chance of a drive with Ford but it was more likely the Scot would remain sidelined.

"I would be interested in a nice, clean programme but that's not looking easy," said McRae, who will drive for Nissan again in the Dakar Rally next January.

Report provided by Reuters


  V8 Supercar

Besnard Benefits, Dynamik Demoralised

Following on from the disputed results after some mid-race shuffling in race three at Symmons Plains, the results have been revised. As suggested last week, Davud Besnard, Jason Bright and Mark Skaife had completed 42 laps while race winner Greg Murphy had completed only 41, and so Besnard is the new winner of race three from Bright and Skaife (moving up from 18th, 20th and 21st), with Murphy dropping down to fourth, the rest of the field similarly following suit. The race result ironically is now after 41 laps, as the rest of the field who only completed 41 laps received the chequered flag after completing that lap, which seemed correct at the time but later proved not to be the case.

It was determined that, as was thought to be the case, the Safety Car picked up Greg Murphy rather than leader Besnard. This occurred because the race director believed the circumstances of the crash (believed to be oil on the track, later discovered to be contact with another car) demanded that the field needed to be slowed and controlled immediately, with the safety car picking up the first car it came across, Greg Murphy, rather than the leader. This is not typical, as the safety car usually picks up the leader, but in extreme circumstances this procedure is used to prevent further crashes, and so the use of the safety car in this fashion complied with the rules.

Besnard, Besnard, Skaife and Tratt were not picked up by the safety car and pitted, resuming the track in front of the safety car. Because of this, the race director then waved the field through until leader Besnard lined up behind the safety car. This is where things began to go downhill. Other teams were sure that this order was wrong, and that it was impossible that Besnard and co could be in front of their drivers, and began objecting to officials. As a result of the objections, senior officials experienced doubts over the accuracy of the timing information, having had minor glitches occur earlier in the weekend, adjusting this 'timing anomaly' based on the teams' objections, with the order being shuffled during the second safety period.

The stewards' investigation has since shown that the original timing information was correct and that David Besnard was the race leader, and that the considerable pressure from numerous sources in pit lane had caused them to correct a perceived error which led to the wrong driver receiving the chequered flag.

What this all means is that the race result and championship standings have changed:

Race Three

Pos  Driver                   Car
 1.  David Besnard            Ford Falcon BA
 2.  Jason Bright             Holden Commodore VY
 3.  Mark Skaife              Holden Commodore VY
 4.  Greg Murphy              Holden Commodore VY
 5.  Russell Ingall           Ford Falcon BA
 6.  Steven Richards          Holden Commodore VY
 7.  Cameron McConville       Holden Commodore VY
 8.  Steven Johnson           Ford Falcon BA
 9.  Warren Luff              Ford Falcon BA
10.  Steve Ellery             Ford Falcon BA

Standings: Marcos Ambrose 1982, Greg Murphy 1825, Jason Bright 1816, Russell Ingall 1776, Rick Kelly 1701, Steven Richards 1661, Todd Kelly 1513, Jason Bargwanna 1402, John Bowe 1400, Garth Tander 1320 etc.

Ambrose still leads, but the gap from him to Murphy has increased to 157 points. Bright's promotion from 20th to second has moved him back into championship contention, 166 points behind Ambrose. Still, with three races at the final round, a fifteenth in any one of the three races would be enough to guarantee Ambrose the title. Even with Ambrose well placed for the title, Murphy, Bright, Russell Ingall, Rick Kelly and Steven Richards are all in contention for second place overall.

It has been a busy week for CAMS, with the announcement (finally) of the result of Team Dynamik's appeal against penalties they had received for allegedly illegal testing back in August. It was bad news for Team Dynamik, with one fine of US $50 000 increased to AU $100 000, which combined with other fines of $32 000, puts the total amount fined up to $132 000. On top of this, they have to pay the costs of costs of TEGA/AVESCO and CAMS.

If all this wasn't bad enough, they have also been given an additional and very unusual penalty. For the final round of 2004 at Eastern Creek, and the first round of 2005, at all races at both rounds, the two Team Dynamik cars will be released from pit exit after the last car on the track has completed the first lap ie. both cars are being penalised a lap in each race at the next two championship rounds.


  FIA GT

Maserati 1-2 In The East

The winning Maserati MC12 of Andrea Bertolini and Mika SaloThe FIA GT championship made its second non-European stop for the year and in the year that motorsport made a big move into China, Maserati staged a 1-2 finish at China's older circuit of Zhuhai with Andrea Bertolini and Mika Salo taking race victory ahead of teammates Fabrizio de Simone and Johnny Herbert.

Unlike the outright class, in the N-GT class the battle for the championship was still open, between the crews of two of the Freisinger Motorsport Porsches. Series leaders Stephane Ortelli and Emmanuel Collard finished their championship fight in the sand, handing the championship to Sascha Maassen and Lucas Luhr, the former ALMS drivers now having won both major sportscar titles in their division.

The Scuderia Italia Ferrari of series runners' up Matteo Bobbi and Gabriele Gardel started from pole position ahead of the two Maseratis and Scuderia Italia's satellite CARE Racing Ferrari of Enzo Calderari, Lilian Bryner and guest driver Christophe Bouchut. The first non-Italian car was the Saleen of Franz Konrad, Alex Margaritis and Walter Lechner Jr in fifth alongside the similar car from RML of Thomas Erdos and Mike Newton.

The polesitting Ferrari raced away, building a lead over the Maseratis but once the car made its first stop the Maranello was overheating. That and developing brake problems slowed the Ferrari sufficiently to drop behind the Maseratis, who raced away to a 1-2 victory, the #33 car leading home the #34 machine.

Sascha Maassen and Lucas Luhr finished second in N-GT at Zhuhai to clinch the N-GT championshipThe CARE Racing Ferrari finished a consistent fourth, wrapping up fifth position in the series behind their four teammates. Ferraris filled the point scoring positions with the JMB Racing 575 of Karl Wendlinger, Iradj Alexander and Tarson Marques ahead of GPC Giesse's similar car driven by Philipp Peter and Emanuele Naspetti. The second RML Saleen of Chris Goodwin and Mike Mallock were the first non-Italian car home in seventh.

In N-GT the GPC Giesse Ferrari 360 of Christian Pescatori and Jamie Melo Jr led most of the race to claim victory, trading the class lead with Vonka Racing's Porsche of Miro Konopka and Jan Vonka. The Vonka car only led during pit stop cycles as the Fresinger Porsches of the title rivals raced for second. With their points advantage Collard and Ortelli only had to keep their teammates in sight. Gearbox dramas struck Collard and Ortelli after leading the #99 car for most of the race. The championship was lost with a spin before half distance.

Maassen and Luhr finished second in class, eleventh outright. Eight laps behind was third in class, the Vonka Porsche, a lap up on the second GPC Giesse Ferrari of Matthew Marsh and Charles Kwan.

While the championship has ended, the Bahrain GT Festival remains. Cargo problems have prevented the majority of the FIA GT entrants from making it to the circuit in time, however teams from the ALMS and GT series across Europe and even Australia will be in attendance.

Result of FIA GT Championship, Round 11 of 11, Zhuhai, China:

Pos  Driver                               Car
 1.  Andrea Bertolini/Mika Salo           Maserati MC12
 2.  Fabrizio de Simone/Johnny Herbert    Maserati MC12
 3.  Matteo Bobbi/Gabriele Gardel         Ferrari 550 Maranello
 4.  Enzo Calderari/Lilian Bryner/        Ferrari 550 Maranello
     Christophe Bouchut
 5.  Karl Wendlinger/Tarso Marques/       Ferrari 575M Maranello
     Iradj Alexander
 6.  Philipp Peter/Emanuele Naspetti      Ferrari 575M Maranello
 7.  Chris Goodwin/Mike Mallock           Saleen S7-R
 8.  Fabio Babini/Gianni Morbidelli       Ferrari 575M Maranello
 9.  Bert Longin/Sergey Zlobin/           Ferrari 575M Maranello
     Maurizio Mediani
10.  Christian Pescatori/Jaime Melo Jr    Ferrari 360 Modena (1st N-GT)

Final Standings: Luca Cappellari and Fabrizio Gollin 85, Matteo Bobbi and Gabriele Gardel 77.5, Lilian Bryner and Enzo Calderari 56, Fabio Babini 53, Karl Wendlinger 51.5, Philipp Peter 51, Uwe Alzen and Michael Bartels 44, Stefano Livio 33.5, Emanuele Naspetti and Jamie Melo Jr 20, Chris Goodwin 19, Jamie Campbell-Walter and Jamie Derbyshire 18, Vincent Vosse and Mika Salo 17, Thomas Erdos and Mike Newton 16 etc.

N-GT: Sascha Maassen and Lucas Luhr 93.5, Emmanuel Collard and Stephane Ortelli 88, Christian Pescatori 58, Alexei Vasiliev 50, Christian Ried and Gerold Ried 42, Fabrizio de Simone 36, Jorg Bergmeister 26, Nikolaj Fomenko 24, Timo Bernhard 20, Jan Vonka 19, Maciej Marcinkiewicz 18, Marc Lieb 17.5, Jonathan Cocker and Tim Mullen 16.5, Romain Dumas and Jaime Melo Jr 16, Tim Sugden 15.5 etc.


  Formula Nippon

Lyons, By Countback

In a nailbiting season finale, the Formula Nippon championship was decided by a points countback, after Andre Lotterer and Richard Lyons tied on points and like the ETCC before it, the series leader going into the round, Lotterer in this case, lost the championship despite topping the pointscore.

Richard Lyons holds the trophy for winning the Formula Nippon championshipAndre Lotterer held a four point lead over Richard Lyons and seven over Yuji Ide, so Lotterer had to win to be sure of the title, but as long as he stayed ahead of Lyons and finished in the top four then the title was his.

That was the script but it lost something in the execution. Lyons took pole position and won the start to race away from Benoit Treluyer and outgoing champ Satoshi Motoyama. Ide had qualified poorly and was out of the points early on, while a slipping clutch put Lotterer at the rear of the field with it all to do.

The top three pulled rapidly away, while buried in backmarkers Lotterer pitted early to gain some free space to set lap times. Motoyama pitted on lap 14, but a dreadful stop dropped him downfield. The two leaders pitted five laps later with Treluyer barely hanging on to his lead. Once out of the pits Lyons found his tyres underinflated and started to drop pace.

With just three laps remaining the flying Ide caught and passed Lyons. If Ide could win the race the title was his, but Treluyer was too far up the road. With Lyons now third, a point (sixth position) would secure the title for Lotterer. A lap later though Lotterer's hopes disappeared with an off at the S Curves, and he finished seventh. Treluyer chances of taking third place in the championship ended with Ide's second position. The top four drivers were seperated by three points, the top three by one.

Result of All Japan Formula Nippon Championship, Round 9 of 9, Suzuka, Japan:

Pos  Driver             Car
 1.  Benoit Treluyer    Team Impul Lola B3/51 Mugen
 2.  Yuji Ide           Team Impul Lola B3/51 Mugen
 3.  Richard Lyons      DoCoMo Dandelion Lola B3/51 Mugen
 4.  Juichi Wakisaka    Team LeMans Lola B3/51 Mugen
 5.  Takeshi Tsuchiya   Team LeMans Lola B3/51 Mugen
 6.  Satoshi Motoyama   Team 5Zigen Lola B3/51 Mugen
 7.  Andre Lotterer     PIAA Nakajima Lola B3/51 Mugen
 8.  Takashi Kogure     PIAA Nakajima Lola B3/51 Mugen
 9.  Yuji Tachikawa     Team Kondo Lola B3/51 Mugen
10.  Naoki Hattori      DoCoMo Dandelion Lola B3/51 Mugen

Final Standings: Richard Lyons 33, Andre Lotterer 33, Yuji Ide 32, Benoit Treluyer 30, Juichi Wakisaka 23, Satoshi Motoyama 21, Takashi Kogure 17, Tatsuya Kataoka 12, Ryo Michigami, Tsugio Matsuda and Naoki Hattori 7, Toshihiro Kaneishi 5, Takeshi Tsuchiya 4, Yuji Tachikawa 3


  Upcoming Events Calendar

  • November 28 - FIA GT Championship, Round 11 of 11, Manama, Bahrain
  • December 3 - Asia-Pacific Rally Championship, Round 7 of 7, India Rally
  • December 5 - V8 Supercar Championship Series, Round 13 of 13, Eastern Creek, New South Wales, Australia
  • December 12 - Bahrain Formula 3 Superprix, Manama, Bahrain

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Volume 10, Issue 47
November 24th 2004

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