Trials Action

Japanese Trials Championship // Hokkaido - Big win for Ogawa!

Monday the 14th of August 2006 by jitsie

Tomoyuki Ogawa - HRC CLUB MITANI - had another good ride this weekend in round five of the Japanese championship taking his third consecutive victory of the season. Runner-up on the day, Scorpa’s Kenichi Kuroyama only managed to come close to Ogawa in the third lap, but his two other laps were not good enough to avoid another defeat. In the championship Kuroyama still leads but only has a three point advantage on Ogawa with three rounds remaining.

Final standings
1. OGAWA Tomoyuki, Hon RTL250F - 9 (6-2-1) HRC CLUB - MITANI
2. KUROYAMA Ken’ichi, Sco SY250F - 23 (13-8-2) Team KEN Alpes-vent Scorpa
3. NOZAKI Fumitaka, Yam TYS250F - 49 (20-21-8) Team FUMITAKA Yamaha
4. TANAKA Taichi, Hon RTL250F - 52 (31-3-18) HRC CLUB - POWER CRAFT & T
5. TANAKA Yoshihiro, Gas TXT PRO - 82 (29-26-27) Team GASGAS MINE

Championship standings
1. KUROYAMA Ken’ichi - 91
2. OGAWA Tomoyuki - 88
3. TANAKA Taichi - 73
4. NOZAKI Fumitaka - 67
5. SHIBUYA Isao - 50

Pictures courtesy of Honda Racing