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Old Oct 23, 2008 | 10:59 AM
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Evo X FIA PWRC Debut in Rally Japan?
I saw this on WRC.com in a story about Juho Hanninen:

While Hanninen’s job is straightforward in that he needs 10 points, those points are going to be far from easy to come across, with some of the world’s fastest Group N drivers ready to stand in his way. Former champion Toshi Arai is one such driver. The Subaru man has suffered a terrible season in his Impreza WRX, but he will be doubly determined to end that run on home ground. Another Japanese with a lot to prove is Fumio Nutahara, who drives one of two all-new Lancer Evolution Xs on the event.
So it looks like Fumio Nutahara is going to be in an Evo X as well as some other driver, but the entry list hasn't been updated yet so no confirmation.
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Old Oct 23, 2008 | 01:12 PM
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It will be there, they have to run the home event LOL.
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Old Oct 24, 2008 | 03:05 PM
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Sweeet.
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Old Oct 29, 2008 | 09:15 AM
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Found the entry list on the Rally Japan website. Here's the Evo X's entered:

56 P Fumio NUTAHARA
59 P Katsuhiko TAGUCHI
68 Hiroshi HOSHINO
78 Tatsuru SAITO
83 Yu MATSUI

So a total of 5!
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Old Oct 31, 2008 | 06:56 AM
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A couple of pics of the new car @ shakedown:





And results after SS10 for N4:

1st: Jari KETOMAA (Subaru)
2nd: Evgeny NOVIKOV (Evo IX)
3rd: Toshi ARAI (Subaru)
4th: Eyvind BRYNILDSEN (Evo IX)
5th: Mirco BALDACCI (Evo IX)
6th: Katsuhiko TAGUCHI (Evo X)
7th: Fumio NUTAHARA (Evo X)
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Old Oct 31, 2008 | 09:23 AM
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some live streaming videos of evo's!


http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=a00
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Old Nov 1, 2008 | 09:52 AM
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http://www.mitsubishi-motors.com/mot.../j/j_leg1.html
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And the final results:
http://www.mitsubishi-motors.com/mot.../j/j_leg3.html
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Old Nov 3, 2008 | 08:19 AM
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1Juho HANNINEN
Mikko MARKKULAFIN
FINMITSUBISHI LANCER EVO IXN
13:43:30.4 **:**:**.*

2Evgeny NOVIKOV
Dale MOSCATTRUS
AUSMITSUBISHI LANCER EVO IXN
23:43:36.76.3

3Toshi ARAI
Glenn MACNEALLJ
AUSSUBARU IMPREZA WRX STiN
33:43:39.69.2

4Eyvind BRYNILDSEN
Mathieu GIRAUDETN
FMITSUBISHI LANCER EVO IXN
43:47:18.23:47.8

5Takuma KAMADA
Naoki KASEJ
JSUBARU IMPREZA WRX STiN
5 3:47:53.54:23.1

6Mirco BALDACCI
Giovanni AGNESERSM
IMITSUBISHI LANCER EVO IXN
6 3:50:11.06:40.6

7Katsuhiko TAGUCHI
Mark STACEYJ
AUSMITSUBISHI LANCER EVO XN
7 3:51:25.17:54.7

8Fumio NUTAHARA
Hakaru ICHINOJ
JMITSUBISHI LANCER EVO XN
93:58:39.315:08.9

9Armindo ARAUJO
Miguel RAMALHOP
PMITSUBISHI LANCER EVO IXN
124:13:26.729:56.3

10Stefano MARRINI
Tizania SANDRONII
IMITSUBISHI LANCER EVO IXN
184:24:59.941:29.5

11Subhan AKSA
Hendrik MBOIRI
RIMITSUBISHI LANCER EVO IX
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Old Nov 4, 2008 | 08:45 AM
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Nice placement for Mitsu overall and a nice result for a new car in its first PWRC event
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It's not a factory sponsored car is it? I thought Mitsubishi officially withdrew from rally.
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the 7th and 8th placed X are factory Group N PWRC while the 1st, 2nd, 4th and 6th placed IX are privateers!
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Whatever happened to Mitsubishi pulling out of rally altogether?
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Originally Posted by sblvro
the 7th and 8th placed X are factory Group N PWRC while the 1st, 2nd, 4th and 6th placed IX are privateers!
Thats what I was caught by. Thats scary.
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Old Nov 4, 2008 | 11:16 AM
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They are not mitsu ran rally teams ( or at least this is my understanding)
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