2018 Sun Chlorella Asia Cross Country Rally, getting into the final stages of the race. 2 days racing through the beautiful country of Cambodia, as this 5th day of the race with SS 133.3 km distance, and tomorrow short SS 23.2km to the goal at Phunom Penh.

The race no doubt have taken the toll on all the machines and team members a like, although all teams wants to finish each SS and at the overall goal tomorrow, this makes each team strategy to the finish today will be quite interesting.

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Today also turn out to be a very tough day for all to navigate, almost all rider immediately miss course at any given point, but the top group of 7 riders manage to keep their position without any major changes from yesterday.

Leading at the overall 1st position #2 Yoshio IKEMACHI FB Team international (JPN, KTM EXC-R) is able to pull some 13 minutes ahead of #10 Koun PHANDARA (CAM, KTM 450EXL) This able ♯2 Yoshio IKEMACHI to stay in the advantage going into tomorrow.

This year 3 female riders

#11 Mami MASUDA Japan (Honda CRF250) had encounter clutch problem, but worsen by cancel of SS, which add more penalty time overall for her. Similar faith to Indonesia rider #24 Ayu WINDARI (HUSABERG FE250) now rank 24th. another Indonesia rider ♯25 Irma FERDIANA (KTM 250EXC) rank 14th and going strong. Ladies group have been excited from the very start, we can't wait to see all of them at the finish goal.

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The top 4 position are dominated by Isuzu team, The Land Transport Association of Thailand Isuzu D-MAX with #112 Mitsubishi Triton Sakaew King Off Road Isuzu Team, Chamnan / Chonlanat (THA) holding in 2nd.
Although today SS is not as difficult as other day, but due to the cancellation of the second half, which lead to no change in ranking for today.

One of the hidden battle other than the obvious car manufacturers battle, is the battle between tire makers. In this highly anticipate popular Asia Cross Country Rally, great opportunity for both marketing and testing, in the actual South East Asia raining season, race deep into the wilderness. Which is why we seen the most tire mix ever in this years race.

From the top 5 overall ranking with Isuzu, Mitsubishi and Toyota, the tire quality & quantity these team received from Yokohama or Toyo tires are just never been seen before. Falken tire even bring out proto type tires just for the TRD team, and they do get to have fresh tires to use whenever they can. BFGoodRich support TEAM JAOS with their new release tires. Delium tires also specially made just for the Indonesia team. Other teams are seen using with Goodyear, Maxxis, and Federal.

It is great to see not just the car manufacturers battle it out, so are the tire manufacturers came and focus on their products alongside with the racing teams. This sure make watching the race even more exciting!

FB award

Today SS are given an extra FB bonus award, provided by one of our major sponsors FURUKAWA BATTERY (FB), as seen here FB battery awarding to Moto and Auto class in today's winner ranking.

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