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Jeff Rohan Steals The Glen, Hinochi Scores Big — All For One Races Deliver Drama and Drama for INT Title Fight

Invitational fireworks and a points-paying masterclass: a guest winner at Watkins Glen reshuffles the HoloType International pecking order as Evelyn Kuromi, Lia Kai and Hinochi Taiyo deliver weekend highlights.

ARO International Racing Season, Adak-RMS Organization, HoloType, Virtual

28 August 2025 at 2:45:25 am

Mohd Shazren Redza

Jeff Rohan Steals The Glen, Hinochi Scores Big — All For One Races Deliver Drama and Drama for INT Title Fight

Watkins Glen, 28 August – The All For One 200 Minutes at Watkins Glen delivered equal parts spectacle and championship consequence as Hololive English’s third concert weekend overlapped with two intense HoloType International feature races. A short invitational sprint on Friday set the tone, but it was the two 100-minute endurance races — Race 1 to set the grid and Race 2 to decide the points — that produced the headlines: Evelyn Kuromi (E. R. Bloodflame) took the Friday feature, a JP guest driver snatched the overall win on Saturday, and several title protagonists found themselves both helped and hindered by invited Japanese entries.


The weekend began with a compact timetable and a frenetic 2-lap invitational that produced an immediate talking point: Mohd Shazren Redza (Koseki Bijou, No.14) topped the invitational order, with Mono Zettarou (Ouro Kronii, No.92) and Joshua Azurid (Mori Calliope, No.4) close behind. That mini-sprint set the reverse grid for the second invitational and fed into a ten-minute qualifying shootout that finalised the starting spots for Friday’s 100-minute Race 1.


Race 1 belonged to Evelyn Kuromi. The English-class driver in the No.53 E. R. Bloodflame Oreca-07 produced a composed, opportunistic run to take the win, while a majority of drivers fell foul to the Glen's creeping walls that caused many retirements. Lia Kai — driving Hakos Baelz’s No.85 Oreca for the weekend — pushed through to second with a comeback drive from the back of the grid, while Mono Zettarou’s Ouro Kronii entry (No.92) completed the podium after an aggressive day among the Oreca field. Hinochi Taiyo, representing Hoshinova Moona in the No.69 Oreca, impressed with a P4 that would later prove valuable when the points were allocated.


Race 1 shuffled the deck for Saturday’s points race: the finishing order from Race 1 established the grid for Race 2, and with invited JP drivers allowed to start but unable to score HoloType International points, strategist crews knew the Glen would be as much about managing traffic as outright pace.


The points-paying Race 2 produced the weekend’s most eyebrow-raising result — Jeff Rohan, guesting in Tokoyami Towa’s Oreca No.10, crossed the line first after a fuel miscalculaton from Hinochi Taiyo caused a second pitstop. Rohan’s win is a reminder of why ARO’s invitational format is so disruptive: a visiting JP talent can take the chequered flag and deny points positions to championship contenders. Because Rohan is a guest, he is ineligible to collect INT points, rendering the 200 points invalid, with no INT driver taking the maximum points.


That highest eligible finisher was Hinochi Taiyo. The Hoshinova Moona representative converted his P2 into 150 championship points for the weekend, delivering a big result in the No.69 Oreca that lifts her profile in the title fight. Pavolia Reine’s Ryan Kagawa (No.01) produced a measured drive to P3 after doubters doubt his commitment, while Anya Melfissa’s Angela Sims (No.33) took P4 — a stout showing for the ID contingent at the Glen. Corey-Rico Mendez (Takanashi Kiara, No.50) again underlined his consistency with P5, being the highest EN class driver, and Evelyn Kuromi — the Race 1 victor — added P6 in the points race to keep her championship challenge alive.


Javier Lusby (Vestia Zeta, No.07) found his way to a useful P7 in Race 2, while Haziq Yazid (Shiori Novella, No.90) salvaged a solid P8 that keeps pressure on the leaders. Yuri-Rafael de Oliveira (Nerissa Ravencroft, No.76) crossed in P9 in his debut outing for the Jailbirds and Tawan Bhumin (Fuwawa Abyssgard, No.25) rounded out the top ten, both drivers capitalizing on the attrition and the occasional seat-of-the-pants overtakes at the Glen’s flowing corners.


The guest appearances mattered. Aqua Azurii — running as Oozora Subaru’s invited driver in the No.48 Oreca — and other JP entrants like the victorious Jeff Rohan and Tokoyami Towa’s presence influenced finishing positions and therefore the distribution of points among the INT field. That dynamic is becoming a recurring feature of the HoloType weekend format: invited drivers can spice the show while altering the mathematics of the championship without themselves being eligible for series points.


Championship implications are immediate but not decisive. Mohd Shazren Redza (Koseki Bijou, No.14) retains the championship lead on 563 points after a tough race 2, but Haziq Yazid (Shiori Novella, No.90) is closing in and sits at 531 after a weekend in which he did solid damage control with him out in 8th. Angela Sims (Anya Melfissa, No.33) remains third, while Evelyn Kuromi’s weekend — win plus a strong points finish — puts her on 437 and keeps her in the conversation with four rounds remaining.


Standout performances of the weekend were as much about timing as speed. Evelyn Kuromi’s Race 1 control and opportunism set up a strong points day; Hinochi Taiyo’s Race 2 second place (and first available points) was textbook execution under pressure; and Ryan Kagawa’s P3 provided a timely boost for Pavolia Reine. Conversely, some headline names struggled to translate pace into reward — Mohammed Shazren Redza dominated the opening invitational but endured a tougher time in the feature races, highlighting how the Glen can bite back on strategy or misfortune.


The All For One weekend delivered the package ARO hoped for: energetic support-race entertainment, the crossover spectacle with Hololive English’s concert, and meaningful championship moves. With four rounds left in the HoloType International calendar, the title fight tightens into a war of attrition where managing invited guests, traffic and pit-stop timing will be just as important as raw lap time.


Up next: teams travel onwards and try to turn Watkins Glen lessons into points at Suzuka later this year. For now, fans will be replaying Jeff Rohan’s surprise win, Kuromi’s composed drive and Hinochi’s points haul — a Glen weekend that married concert drama off-track with on-track intrigue in equal measure.

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