“In a surprise move, Fire Ando of Team Escort Racing hangs up his overalls and hands over his keys to fellow Japanese driver, Under Suzuki! ”
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We’ve felt extremely bad for Under Suzuki. He has worked his rear-end off all year long, only to miss out on competing in the 2018 Yokohama World Time Attack Challenge by a whisker. Fire Ando of Team Escort Racing Service must’ve felt the same way too, as he hung up his overalls and threw to the keys to Under.
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The Mitsubishi Evo was prepped for Under’s session, and Fire Ando gave him the rundown of how to handle the billet-block monster.
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Under made his way out onto Sydney Motorsport Park for the first time this year. He looked comfortable in the Evo; used to horsepower such as this. The track conditions were clear, until a lap in.
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Yet again, the Sydney rain gods wanted to up the excitement for the crowd — and they delivered. Soon after, Under was sliding the 1000-plus horsepower Evo through a number of turns.
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With what has had to be the second most exciting part of Saturday’s competition, we can’t thank Fire Ando enough for letting us see Under drive — especially in one of our personal favourite cars!