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U18 International Challenge Cup Update

Here we are just two races from the finish of the first U18 International Challenge Cup and the series hasn't disappointed yet with five different winners in the first eight races.

The series has seen six drivers still mathematically still fighting for the championship with two races remaining with the front runners being Alec Black, three wins, four podiums & five top five finish to his name leads into the final two races but has been inconsistent with three average finish allowing Sam Leone to close the gap.

Leone sit second with two wins, four podiums & five top five finishes and has been coming on lately in the series after a slow start. The top two; Black & Leone are separated by only six points.

Sitting Third is Kaito Bouchard as he has been nothing but consistent with zero wins, zero podiums and six top five finishes but sits 34 points a drift and will most likely need to win out plus a bit of luck if he is going to claim the championship.

Other drivers still mathematically alive are Gustavo Muller, Petr Vyslouzil Jr. & Melinda Vankó.

It should be an interesting weekend as final two races are held with series ending in Brazil. The question remains who will be champion with so many still in contention?

Standings After 8 races:
1. A Black, United Kingdom 261
2. S Leone, Italy 255
3. K Bouchard, Canada 227
4. G Muller, Brazil 201
5. P Vyslouzil Jr., Czech Rep 182
6. M Vanko, Hungary 171
7. V Mesiti, Italy 165
8. A Garcia, Argentina 163
9. V Bobek, Czech Republic 152
10. M Kos Jr., Slovenia 149
11. S Natsukawa, Japan 147
12. J Arndt, United States 147
13. N Schad, Hungary 146
14. P Komisarek, Germany 137
15. D Ruiz de Alba, Spain 137
16. K Sørensen, Denmark 133
17. F van der Prass, Brazil 125
18. D Lu, Singapore 124
19. Z Pejovic, Serbia 123
20. D Nechytaila, Belarus 120
21. L Vaara, Finland 119
22. R Van De Pol, Netherlands 118
23. P Schmid, Switzerland 116
24. A Lais, Czech Republic 114
25. B de Ruijte Jr, Netherlands 113
26. R Jones, United States 113
27. V Vozza, Italy 108
28. G Gargiulo, Italy 106
29. M Jara, Indonesia 105
30. H Feez, Germany 102
31. K El Arami , France 102
32. W Aditya, Indonesia 99
33. J Urvinitkova, Czech Rep 98
34. Z Cogle II, Australia 96
35. A Budanov Jr, Finland 94
36. M Amerelli, Italy 93
37. M Lusis, Latvia 91
38. D Matto, Italy 90
39. T Viking, Norway 88
40. A Almeida, Brazil 86
41. S Szalay, Hungary 86
42. F Chan Jr, United Kingdom 85
43. J Stallard, United Kingdom 82

Round Two of the U18 International Challenge Cup will go early in the next season but I haven't figured out the date yet or the tracks that we will be using. I am leaning towards mixing up the tracks but I can confirm that we are looking at a sprint race and then a Main Feature race in the next series. So keep an eye open for the next round and as always I am open to suggestion from the drivers & managers.