Not only is Taka an amazing driver, but he's spreading it around, too!
Hiroo Sumida, who took 2nd for the Pro Solo season in STS this year, credits
Taka as his autocross mentor.
We're glad to have him in our region.
Will Kalman
'91 Escort GT
Cal Club #232 STS
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rocky Entriken" <rocky@tri.net>
> On another FSP item, it was fun seeing my friend Takahisa Aono win the
> class. Taka came to the US several years ago from Nagano, Japan, to study
at
> a college in Omaha, Neb. (I forget which) and discovered autocrossing
there.
> He started out with a Karmann Ghia running in EP that could hardly get out
> of its own way, and was DFL at his first Nationals in 1994. After he
> finished school, he moved to California and apparently fell under the
> influence of some pretty good drivers there. His last previous Nationals
was
> 1998 (19th in AS with an MR2) before he left Nebraska. I thought he might
> have been the first foreign-born (other than Canadian) to win, but found
out
> that note apparently goes to Kyung An (now Wootton) who was born in Korea
> but came to the US as an infant.
>
> --Rocky Entriken
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