We were there as well. The conditions went from wet to super wet and then started to dry up around the time the final 8 started. This created some interesting conditions for the drivers to deal with. Did anyone go on Sunday when APP's Oginome got the new nick name 'Oginome Long' starting his drifts from over 150 meters out? It sounded like this was a good 20~30 meters longer than any other driver.
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