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First Subaru BRZ victory by Tetsuya Yamano

April 23, 2012

Subaru BRZ has achieved its first victory! On 22nd of April 2012 the second round of All Japan Gymkhana Championship was held. Tetsuya Yamano couldnt join the first round because the Subaru BRZ was not oficially released yet. So for the past few months Mr. Yamano has spent a lot of time testing various suspension settings, mixing coilovers from many different rate parts and different LSD setups, as well as Bridgestone Potenza RE-11 tires.

The effort has paid off as Tetsuya Yamano won the challenge in Takata TS circuit in Hiroshima where the #2 round of Gymkhana Championship was held. 20 points gives him a 3rd to 4th place in overall ranking in the PN2 class. The PN2 class is mostly dominated by Nissan Fairlaidy Z and Honda Civic FD2. Two more participants joined the championship in 2nd round with the new car platform - Yasushi Noguchi with TOYOTA 86 finishing in 5th place, and Tetsuo Kagechi with Subaru BRZ in 9th place.

Tetsuya Yamano's brother - Naoya Yamano also had a great day and win the PN3 class (EVO/WRX) with Subaru Impreza WRX STI, finishing 2 seconds faster than next competitor. Naoya Yamano currently shares 1st to 2nd place with Hiroshi Okano who drives Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution.

Yamano team - Tetsuya Yamano and Naoya Yamano and team after winning Gymkhana 2nd round in TS Takata Hiroshima with Subaru BRZ in PN2 class

Tetsuya & Naoya - Tetsuya Yamano and Naoya Yamano after winning Gymkhana 2nd round in TS Takata Hiroshima

exmotion brz - Subaru BRZ by Comdrive Exmotion wearing Athlete's Orange suspension and Cusco LSD. Gymkhana racing Subaru BRZ for Tetsuya Yamano

Results:

■ All Japan Gymkhana Championship 2012 [PN-2 Class Round 2]

Ranking	No.	Driver	Tire	Machine	Best lap (second / 2 1st time)	Time



One	23	Tetsuya Yamano	Bridgestone	Subaru BRZ	Two	1:21.913

Two	17	Junichi Chiba	DL	Honda Civic FD2	One	1:22.375

Three	25	Koichi Kawamoto	Bridgestone	Nissan Fairlady Z	One	1:23.355

Four	21	Hiroshi Shigano	Bridgestone	Nissan Fairlady Z	Two	1:23.802

Five	22	Yasushi Noguchi	DL	86 Toyota	Two	1:24.038

Six	20	Atsushi Dainaka	DL	Honda Civic FD2	Two	1:24.349

Seven	24	Oshima Toshimichi	DL	Nissan Fairlady Z	Two	1:24.626

Eight	19	Daisuke Morita	YH	Honda Civic FD2	Two	1:26.678

Nine	18	Tetsuo Kagechi	YH	Subaru BRZ	Two	1:27.233

Event report in Japanese:
2012年全日本ジムカーナ選手権第２戦
PN2クラスで山野哲也がスバルBRZのデビューウインを飾る！
http://ms.bridgestone.co.jp/database/report_disp_type18?rid=5729