i think the race was invite and then they opened up the registration towards the race - don't quote me on that though.
As far as masami dominating...err...uhh...dunno about that - this is gas running for a long time requiring more than just 5 or 10 minutes of focus. If Barry Baker doesn't dominate masami sure as heck wouldn't.
Does anyone know if Bertin is disqualified from the competition completely for using that turbo plug or did they just throw out his second run? Not sure how you're at the "world" championionships and "forget" you've got a turbo plug in your backup engine
but he seems to be the best hope for kyosho so I hope he's not gone.