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The third stage of the 2020 Nations Cup began on July 7. Citroën's Andrew Brooks (PX7-Deafsun) ended the second stage in 1st place, but Dodge's Jeff Gallan (R8G_LLOYDZELITE), who had been enjoying a wonderful return to form, was pushing hard for the top spot. Brooks failed to pick up any more points, while Gallan scored points in Rounds 24, 27, and 28 to pile on the pressure on the leader.

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The final race of Stage 3 on the Tokyo Expressway and featuring Gr. 3 cars saw Toyota's veteran driver Armen Aghakhan (TX3_Stagger) on pole, with Brooks in the second position on the grid. Gallan started 6th.

As soon as the green flag dropped, Brooks was on Aghakhan's tail, and passed him for the race lead on the second lap of Lap 2. Meanwhile, Gallan was expertly navigating the Tokyo Expressway -- a very narrow track with very little space to overtake -- to catch up with the lead drivers. On Lap 3, a fierce battle between Daniel Solis and Aghakhan allowed Gallan to squeeze past them both to move into 2nd place. However, Gallan failed to make up ground on Brooks, who had built up a commanding cushion. Gallan had problems of his own as Daniel Solis, who had conserved fuel up to this point, was all over the Dodge.

On Lap 7, Gallan pitted, while Brooks, Solis and Aghakhan followed suit two laps later. Then Brooks found himself another challenger, when Hyundai's Kevan Pounder (PX7-Windfire), who had opted for a no-pit strategy, came from nowhere to take the race lead. This caused Brooks' lead over the pack to all but disappear. Still, Brooks kept charging and eventually overtook Pounder on Lap 11. Pounder ended up slowing down Gallan and the others, allowing Brooks to build up a three-second lead.

On Lap 16, Aghakhan got on the inside of Gallan and passed him for 2nd place, but Gallan came right back and retook the position on the final lap. This allowed him to cross the finish line in 2nd, while Brooks cruised to the win. It was a fitting end to a magnificent series for the Canadian, and although it seemed that Gallan might pull off the impossible and steal a series victory from Brooks, it was not to be.

Rank	Driver	DR	SR	Rd. 1	Rd. 2	Rd. 3	Rd. 4	Rd. 5	Rd. 6	Rd. 7	Rd. 8	Rd. 9	Rd. 10	Rd. 11	Rd. 12	Rd. 13	Rd. 14	Rd. 15	Rd. 16	Rd. 17	Rd. 18	Rd. 19	Rd. 20	Rd. 21	Rd. 22	Rd. 23	Rd. 24	Rd. 25	Rd. 26	Rd. 27	Rd. 28	Rd. 29	Rd. 30	Total
1	Citroën PX7-Deafsun	S	S	313	333	421	323	335	345	422	358	285	430	344	-	376	-	390	399	-	-	331	396	-	-	-	453	-	-	-	346	-	482	3393
2	Dodge R8G_LLOYDZELITE	S	S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	332	368	-	362	318	451	-	387	-	-	-	296	-	470	-	-	405	467	303	464	3374
3	Toyota TX3_Stagger	S	S	327	105	314	333	329	340	406	315	312	399	316	-	314	298	374	294	-	319	361	465	348	-	371	400	370	-	339	289	-	428	3213
4	Subaru PX7-Lamb	S	S	341	340	405	298	357	-	438	336	298	-	330	336	-	332	363	468	-	-	-	309	-	-	387	-	-	-	294	224	-	446	3205
5	Hyundai PX7-Windfire	S	S	113	291	297	311	300	312	279	329	345	383	290	294	188	347	244	416	311	350	362	431	311	-	-	418	336	198	379	415	285	374	3178
6	Porsche roadbeef	S	S	343	319	204	305	315	310	309	343	300	288	342	375	-	-	-	381	-	354	257	379	333	-	355	330	345	367	371	433	357	392	3055
7	BMW TX3_Originals	S	S	328	291	343	235	214	-	373	328	356	351	357	353	289	337	358	311	-	338	-	0	0	0	290	435	293	-	388	398	373	0	3038
8	Lamborghini MATE_mata-boy_	S	S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	415	342	0	301	323	378	-	-	370	-	-	-	-	371	347	-	-	364	-	-	410	2997
9	Volkswagen TX3_Cooper	S	S	256	296	328	296	272	331	304	-	341	367	357	337	345	-	350	364	325	277	316	413	361	342	355	383	350	-	325	-	171	0	2950
10	Porsche R_Heck	S	S	357	310	297	-	349	-	211	343	360	272	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	311	448	326	-	367	295	331	309	348	363	202	320	2935