Daddy Decha ends six-year wait for title at ARRC

Thailand's Decha Kraisart won Race 1 of the SuperSports 600 in the third round of the FIM Asia Road Racing Championship (ARRC) at the Suzuka Circuit. He is flanked by second placed Yuki Takahashi (left) and his Japanese compatriot Tomoyoshi Koyama (right).

PETALING JAYA: New dad Decha Kraisart thrived at the Suzuka circuit to end a six-year SuperSports 600cc win drought in the third round of the FIM Asia Road Racing Championship (ARRC).

The 35-year-old Thai rider, third on the starting grid, carried the fight to Japan’s Yuki Takahashi in the first five laps.