As a wise "me" once said, wow you girls raced like ass today.

300 miles, 18 yellow flags, all culminating in a breakthrough victory for the #5! It turns out that both championship cars with new drivers can break through and win again this weekend!

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FULL SPEED AHEAD WITH SONODA MOTORSPORTS!

YOU WATANABE WINS AT GATEWAY!!!!!

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Oookay. Let's try this again. Overdrive #2!

Front row: You Watanabe and Rina Tennoji!
Behind them: Natsumi Onitsuka and Leah Kazuno!

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Overdriiiiiiiiive!

It's You Watanabe and Natsumi Onitsuka on the front row! Behind them, it's Rina Tennoji and Kaho Hinoshita!

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Who could possibly win this one? It's gotta be from the front row, right?

...Maybe. Natsumi and You lead the restart with 7 laps to go! Rina and Mia are behind them!

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13 laps remain, and those who started 1-2 at the beginning of the day are like that now!

Natsumi Onitsuka and You Watanabe lead the restart! Mia Taylor and Rina Tennoji are behind them!

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20 laps remain in this event!

Mia Taylor and Natsumi Onitsuka lead the restart! Mia is heavily disadvantaged, Natsumi looks good for victory!

Behind them... Dia Kurosawa and You Watanabe!

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Is today the day for Mia's rebirth? Lanzhu and Shioriko have had theirs...

The #6 and the #54 lead the restart with 35 laps remaining!

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While the rest opt for tires and fuel, this pair thinks that clean air is king!

You Watanabe and Yoshiko Tsushima lead the lap 163 restart!

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Stage 3 is coming up, and the class of the field takes point! It could come down to whoever gets track position here... provided there's no yellows, which I doubt.

Natsumi Onitsuka and You Watanabe lead the restart!

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Well, if one defending champion car with a new driver can break its winless streak, the other can, too! The question is, will she?

You Watanabe wins Stage 2 at Gateway!

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Here we go... again, times eight!

Leah Kazuno and Ginko Momose lead, playing strategy!

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Stage 2 begins now!

Mia Taylor and Nozomi Tojo lead the restart after staying out at the first stage's end!

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She's just getting started!

Natsumi Onitsuka wins Stage 1 at Gateway!

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You better get ready, because things are gonna be explosive today! We enter the second race of the Postseason Chase at Gateway! Who comes out swinging, who feels the St. Louis blues?

Natsumi Onitsuka and You Watanabe lead the start of the race!

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It's Grandfes race day! This is where everyone lines up.

It's shaping up to be a battle between the top 4. Dia's coming off a victory, You badly wants one, and Natsumi and Nico want to pad their points!

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Shiki really, really had to push to finally lock up her first win of the year. It comes at the right time, vaulting her up the standings! With Umi's struggles, Hanayo has now taken the points lead!

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A victory that was a long time coming!

Shiki Wakana is a Regional Series winner, and it happens at Gateway!

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48 laps remain!

Shiki Wakana and Sarah Kazuno lead the restart! Whoever triumphs here may just take the victory!

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Lap 99, we restart to open the final stage!

Muni Ohnaruto and Shiki Wakana lead the restart! Muni's 25 laps shorter on tires and fuel compared to her teammate.

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