AI MIURA Dominates KYOJO Sprint Despite Late Drama With RIONA TOMISHITA

July 19, 2026

• 2023 champion AI MIURA dominated from lights-to-flag, surviving a last-lap contact with championship leader RIONA TOMISHITA that sent Tomishita spinning to 13th while securing her first KYOJO Cup victory in three years.
• AIMI SAITO claimed pole with a 1:52.477 in wet qualifying but lost the lead at the start. The series champion mounted multiple overtake attempts on Miura, running side-by-side through 100R before settling for second.
• KOKORO SATO executed a final-lap pass on MIKI ONAGA for her second podium of 2026. Onaga had briefly held third after passing Saito at Turn 1 before the positions reversed lap seven.
• PAIGE RADDATZ delivered her best qualifying performance in seventh before receiving a five-second penalty for forcing a car off-track, dropping to 11th. HANA BURTON finished seventh while RAMI SASAKI claimed the final point in eighth.

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