WORLDS: Naoto Matsukura is the ISTC World Champion [VIDEO]

0 Oct. 12, 2014, 1:39 p.m.

10/12/2014
By Aaron Waldron

LiveRC.com

After Marc Rheinard won the 1/12-scale title on Wednesday after uncharacteristic mistakes from three-time defending champ Naoto Matsukura, the 21-year-old Japanese star vowed to win the ISTC portion of the event - a race he had never won. Four days later, after earning overall TQ honors on a tiebreaker, enduring a catastrophic start in A1, and surviving a spirited battle with teammate Ronald Völker that came down to the final lap, he made good on that promise.

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Finishing order - A3:

Naoto Matsukura (JPN) - 18/5:13.658
Ronald Völker (DEU) - 18/5:14.412
Marc Rheinard (DEU) - 18/5:17.950
Bruno Coelho (PRT) - 18/5:19.162
Jilles Groskamp (NLD) - 17/5:03.153
Viktor Wilck (DEU) - 17/5:03.426
Meen Vejrak (THA) - 17/5:04.115
Akio Sobue (JPN) - 17/5:05.375
Alexander Hagberg (SWE) - 17/5:05.899
Atsushi Hara (JPN) - 17/5:07.500

Overall results:

Naoto Matsukura (JPN) - Yokomo/Yokomo/Yokomo/Yokomo - 2 pts (3, 1, 1)
Bruno Coelho (PRT) - XRAY/Nosram/Nosram/Nosram - 4 pts (1, 3, 4)
Ronald Völker (DEU) - Yokomo/LRP/LRP/LRP - 4 pts (4, 2, 2)
Marc Rheinard (DEU) - Tamiya/Muchmore/Muchmore/Thunder Power - 5 pts (2, 9, 3)
Alexander Hagberg (SWE) - XRAY/ORCA/ORCA/ORCA - 9 pts (5, 4, 9)
Jilles Groskamp (NLD) - Tamiya/Orion/Orion/Orion - 10 pts (6, 5, 5)
Viktor Wilck (DEU) - Tamiya/Thunder Power/Thunder Power/Speed Passion - 12 pts (9, 6, 6)
Meen Vejrak (THA) - Yokomo/Hobbywing/Scorpion/LRP - 14 pts (7, 7, 7)
Akio Sobue (JPN) - Tamiya/Muchmore/Muchmore/Muchmore - 16 pts (8, 8, 8)
Atsushi Hara (JPN) - Yokomo/Hobbywing/Hobbywing/ProTek RC - 20 pts (10, 10, 10)

JConcepts Pit Reports after the conclusion of A3:

Naoto Matsukura