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1985 All Japan Endurance Championship

The 1985 All Japan Endurance Championship was the third season of the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The 1985 champion was the #25 Advan Sports Nova Porsche 962C driven by Kunimitsu Takahashi.

Entry list edit

D/C/LD-1/LD-2 edit

  • For the WEC-Japan event, JSPC teams used different car numbers to avoid conflicts with the car numbers of the entrants of the World Sportscar Championship; each car's WEC-Japan race number is displayed in tooltips.
Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Trust Racing Team Porsche Porsche 956B Porsche 935/79 2.6 L Twin Turbo F6 1   Vern Schuppan D All
  Keiichi Suzuki All
  George Fouché 5
Alpha Cubic Racing Team MCS MCS Guppy BMW M12/7 2.0 L I4 2   Noritake Takahara B 1–2
  Chiyomi Totani 1–2
Porsche Porsche 956B Porsche 935/79 2.6 L Twin Turbo F6   Noritake Takahara 3–6
  Chiyomi Totani 3–6
  Keiichi Suzuki 3–4, 6
Auto Beaurex Motorsport[N 1] Toyota TOM'S 85C Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4 3   Naoki Nagasaka D 2–6
  Taku Akaike 2–6
Lotec Lotec M1C BMW M88 3.5 L I6 84   Kazuo Mogi Y All
  Toshio Motohashi All
Garage Italya Lancia Lancia LC2/84 Lancia 268C 2.6 L Twin Turbo V8 6   Alessandro Nannini D 2–3
  Henri Pescarolo 2, 4–5
  Lucio Cesario 3, 5
Rays Racing Division Toyota TOM'S 85C Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4 8   Hitoshi Ogawa D 2–6
  Tsunehisa Asai 2–6
Hasemi Motorsport Nissan Nissan Skyline Turbo C Nissan LZ20B 2.1 L Turbo I4 11   Masahiro Hasemi D 1–2
  Takao Wada 1–2
Nissan R85V Nissan VG30T/C 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6   Masahiro Hasemi 3–6
  Takao Wada 3–6
Panasport Japan[N 2] LeMans LeMans LM04C Nissan LZ20B 2.1 L Turbo I4 12   Keiji Matsumoto B 1–2
  Osamu Nakako 1–2
LeMans LM05C Nissan FJ23T 2.3 L Turbo I4   Osamu Nakako 3–6
  Akio Morimoto 3–6
  Emanuele Pirro 5
Central 20 Racing Team LeMans LeMans LM04C Nissan LZ20B 2.1 L Turbo I4 20   Haruhito Yanagida D 1–2
  Takamasa Nakagawa 1–2
Lola Lola T810 Nissan VG30ET 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6   Haruhito Yanagida 3–6
  Takamasa Nakagawa 3–6
Hoshino Racing Nissan Nissan Silvia Turbo C Nissan LZ20B 2.1 L Turbo I4 23   Kazuyoshi Hoshino B 1–2
  Akira Hagiwara 1–2
Nissan R85V Nissan VG30T/C 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6   Kazuyoshi Hoshino 3–6
  Keiji Matsumoto 3–6
  Akira Hagiwara 3–6
ADVAN Sports Nova Porsche Porsche 962C Porsche 935/82 3.0 L Twin Turbo F6 25   Kunimitsu Takahashi Y All
  Kenji Takahashi All
From A Racing Porsche Porsche 956B Porsche 935/79 2.6 L Twin Turbo F6 27   Jiro Yoneyama D All
  Hideki Okada All
Misaki Speed Toyota TOM'S 85C Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4 35   Kiyoshi Misaki B 5
  Toshio Suzuki 5
  Kaoru Hoshino 5
TOM'S Toyota TOM'S 85C Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4 36   Satoru Nakajima B All
  Masanori Sekiya All
  Kaoru Hoshino 2–6
Team Ikuzawa Toyota TOM'S 85C Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4 37   Tiff Needell D 2–6
  James Weaver 2–6
Dome Motorsport Toyota TOM'S 84C Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4 38   Eje Elgh D 1
  Geoff Lees 1
TOM'S 85C   Geoff Lees 2–6
  Toshio Suzuki 2
  Eje Elgh 3–6
Mazdaspeed Mazda Mazda 737C Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 85   Yoshimi Katayama D 3–6
  Takashi Yorino 3–6
86   Yojiro Terada All
  Yoshimi Katayama 1–2
  Takashi Yorino 2
  David Kennedy 3–6
Top Fuel Racing Mazda Mazda RX-7 845 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 88   Norimasa Sakamoto B 1–4
  Takayuki Imazu 1
  Hironobu Tatsumi 2–4
Mr S Racing Product MCS MCS Guppy BMW M12/7 2.0 L I4 96   Shuji Fujii D 5
  Seiichi Sodeyama 5
  Toru Sawada 5

B edit

Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Meiwa MSC Honda Honda Civic Honda EN1 1.3 L I4 5   Masami Fujita B 1
  Ken Mizokawa 1
Toru Hirano West West 85S Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 5   Toru Hirano B 4
  Genshoku Nakagawa 4
  Akihiro Matsuda 4
West 83S-II Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 55   Toru Hirano 1
  Hirofumi Nishi 1
Shinryo Auto West West 83S-II Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 6   Akihiro Masuda D 1
Seabreeze Manatee Manatee Mk.IV Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 7   Hajime Oshiro D 4
  Hideshi Matsuda 4
  Eiji Yamada 4
Auto Kamida West West 85S Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 8   Masaharu Kinoshita D 1
West 83S-II 9   Shuji Fujii 1
West 85S 17   Masako Fujiwara 4
  Michiko Okuyama 4
  Hideki Ogawa 4
Ishida Racing West West 83S-II Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 10   Nobuyuki Saka B 1
  Nobuo Naka 1
West 85S 14   Nobuyuki Saka 4
  Nobuo Naka 4
Auto European West West 83S-II Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 13   Katsunori Iketani B 4
  Hideo Hosoya 4
  Ryuji Nakajima 4
Capris Enterprise Mazda Mazda RX-7 253 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 15   Kazuyoshi Sakamoto B 4
  Hiroshi Noda 4
  Kenji Iya 4
Daiichi Hanbai Manatee Manatee Mk.IV Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 16   Ichiro Mizuno B 1
  Taido Hashimoto 1
24   Ichiro Mizuno 4
  Taido Hashimoto 4
  Yoshinori Sakurai 4
Tokico Mazda Mazda RX-7 254 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 18   Kazuhiko Oda D 2–4
  Akira Watanabe 2–4
  Makoto Ohto 3
Samejima SS West West 85S Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 19   Takamasa Nakagawa D 4
  Shuji Hyodo 4
KanBS Manatee Manatee Mk.IV Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 21   Yukinobu Mizutani D 1
  Yoshinori Sakurai 1
Target 1/Cosmos Manatee Manatee Mk.IV Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 22   Yukinobu Mizutani D 4
  Masaki Ohashi 4
  Yoshifumi Yamazaki 4
Cream Matsugae West West 83S-II Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 29   Norihiro Takeda D 1
  Shinji Yamauchi 1
Hiro Racing Hiro Hiro HRS-1 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 30   Kozo Okumura D 4
  Fuminori Shimogishi 4
Horii Racing West West 83S-II Honda EN1 1.3 L I4 31   Nobuyoshi Horii B 1, 4
  Kenji Abe 1, 4
Central Supply West West 83S-II Honda EN1 1.3 L I4 32   Kazuo Emi B 4
  Toshiharu Suzuki 4
Daimyojin West West 83S-II Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 33   Keiichi Mizutani D 1
  Hiroyuki Kondo 1
Cockpit Inazawa Manatee Manatee Mk.IV Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 37   Tetsuya Kasai B 1
  Koji Sato 1
THK Bearing Manatee Manatee Mk.IV Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 37   Tetsuya Kasai B 4
  Koji Sato 4
  Fumiko Shinoda 4
First Morlding Collage Collage FM45 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 45   Makio Nonaka D 1, 4
  Masuo Takada 4
Team A-One Oscar Oscar SK85 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 46   Keiichi Mizutani D 4
  Sadayumi Nakajima 4
Shuroku Sasaki Oscar Oscar SK85 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 47   Shuroku Sasaki D 4
  Hisatoyo Goto 4
Seiichi Sodeyama Maxim Maxim 61S Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 61   Seiichi Sodeyama D 4
  Shigeki Matsui 4
Motul West West 83S-II Honda EN1 1.3 L I4 66   Masashi Kitagawa B 1, 4
  Toshiharu Murata 1, 4
Team Yamato Honda Honda Ballade Sports CR-X Honda D16A 1.6 L I4 67   Tsuguo Ohba B 1–4, 6
  Katsuaki Sato 1–2, 4
  Ken Mizokawa 2–4, 6
Tuning Shop First Toyota Toyota Sprinter Trueno Toyota 4A 1.6 L I4 68   Satoshi Fujita D 4
  Shuzo Harako 4
  Toshio Fujimura 4
Senki West West 83S-II Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 77   Senkichiro Takeuchi D 4
  Seiji Omura 4
NEF BMW BMW 320i BMW S14 2.0 L I4 80   Adrian Fu D 4
  Michael Liu 4

A edit

Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Kawamura Bankin[N 3] Nissan Nissan Sunny Nissan A12 1.3 L I4 10   Yasumi Fukao D 1
  Koichi Nishikawa 1
Ogawa Nissan Nissan Sunny Nissan A12 1.3 L I4 15   Shigehito Hirabayashi D 1
  Hideki Iida 1
Car Shop Kakogawa Nissan Nissan Sunny Nissan A12 1.3 L I4 18   Kiyotaka Nonomura D 1
  Mitsuo Yamamoto 1
Nagao Fukushima Toyota Toyota Starlet Toyota 4K-E 1.3 L I4 98   Nagao Fukushima D 1
  Kazuhiro Tokuda 1

GTX edit

Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Norikura Engineering Nissan Nissan Silvia Nissan FJ20 2.1 L I4 176   Yoshimasa Fujiwara B 5
  Makio Nonaka 5
  Junichi Igura 5

LD-2 edit

Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Sansho Kogyo Mazda Mazda RX-7 825 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 6   Yoshimasa Matsumoto D 6
  Kenichi Kaneko 6
All by Tabata Mazda Mazda RX-7 253 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 7   Kenji Shiono D 3
  Masami Yoshino 3
RE Amemiya Mazda Mazda RX-7 254 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 14   Satoshi Egura D 3
  Isao Itagaki 3
  Yasuo Inoue 3
ERC Mazda Mazda RX-7 253 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 16   Masaatsu Oya D 3, 6
  Kinji Suzuki 3, 6
OZ Racing Mazda Mazda RX-7 254 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 24   Kenji Seino D 2, 6
  Mutsuo Kazama 2, 6
Mazda Sport Car Club Mazda Mazda RX-7 254 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 30   Iwao Sugai D 2–3, 6
  Hiroshi Sugai 2–3, 6
Mazda Auto Nishi Tokyo Mazda Mazda RX-7 254 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 55   Toshiyuki Abe D 2, 6
  Toshihiro Fukazawa 2, 6
  Shigeru Miura 2, 6
gains/OPTION Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 56   Eiji Yamada Y 2–3, 6
  Nobuo Komiya 2–3, 6
  Shinichi Katsura 2
AMRC Mazda Mazda RX-7 253 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 61   Shinya Nishizawa D 3
  Fumio Suzuki 3
81   Shinya Nishizawa 3
  Fumio Suzuki 3
Build Factory Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 68   Tetsuya Kawasaki D 3, 6
  Shuji Fujii 3, 6
Tomei Jidosha Nissan Nissan Sunny Nissan A12 1.3 L I4 71   Yoshiaki Jitsukawa D 3, 6
  Motoji Sekine 3
  Hiroyuki Nodi 6
Koyata Engei Racing Mazda Mazda RX-7 254 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 80   Shigeru Yokoyama Y 2–3, 6
  Akio Yokoyama 2–3, 6
  Hachiro Saeki 2
  Kenichi Suzuki 3

LD-3 edit

Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Myspeed Toyota Toyota Sprinter Trueno Toyota 4A 1.6 L I4 5   Koichi Tahara D 2
  "A. Kharn"[N 4] 2
Toshio Aoyama Toyota Toyota Corolla Levin Toyota 4A 1.6 L I4 19   Toshio Aoyama D 6
  Yoshio Shimada 6
Trust Racing Team Toyota Toyota Celica LB Turbo Toyota 18R-G 2.1 L Turbo I4 21   Ryusaku Hitomi D 2–3, 6
  Mitsutake Koma 2–3, 6
  Shinichi Katsura 3
Asano Racing Service Toyota Toyota Corolla Levin Toyota 4A 1.6 L I4 47   Takeo Asano B 6
  Yuji Nihei 6
Kaneshin Toyota Toyota Starlet Toyota 4K-E 1.3 L I4 48   Masanori Kimura B 6
  Terumi Kuwahara 6
Sinzan Tyre Nissan Nissan Sunny Nissan A12 1.3 L I4 50   Hirofumi Sada Y 6
  Masahiro Akiyama 6

LD-4 edit

Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Chubu Jidosha Racing Nissan Nissan Sunny Nissan A12 1.3 L I4 10   Hiroyuki Nodi Y 1
  Masami Ishikawa 1
  Makoto Nakamura 1
Matsuoka Nissan Nissan Sunny Nissan A12 1.3 L I4 31   Yuji Furuya B 3
  "S. Sumitashachi" 3
SCCN Nissan Nissan Sunny Nissan A12 1.3 L I4 50   Masao Endo B 3
  Michie Shinbori 3

Schedule edit

All races were held in Japan.

Round Race Circuit Date
1 International Suzuka 500 km Suzuka Circuit 7 April
2 All Japan Fuji 1000 km Fuji Speedway 5 May
3 All Japan Fuji 500 Miles Fuji Speedway 28 July
4 International Suzuka 1000 km Suzuka Circuit 25 August
5 WEC-Japan Fuji Speedway 10 October
6 All Japan Fuji 500 km Fuji Speedway 24 November

Season results edit

Season results are as follows:[1]

Round Circuit Winning Team
Winning Drivers
1 Suzuka Circuit
Report 		#38 Dome Motorsport Dome 84C-Toyota
  Geoff Lees
  Eje Elgh
2 Mt. Fuji
Report 		#1 Trust Racing Team [ja] Porsche 956
  Vern Schuppan
  Keiichi Suzuki
3 Mt. Fuji #25 Advan Sports Nova [ja] Porsche 962C
  Kunimitsu Takahashi
  Kenji Takahashi
4 Suzuka Circuit
Report 		#25 Advan Sports Nova [ja] Porsche 962C
  Kunimitsu Takahashi
  Kenji Takahashi
5 Mt. Fuji
Report 		#28 Hoshino Racing March 85G
  Kazuyoshi Hoshino
  Akira Hagiwara
  Keiji Matsumoto
6 Mt. Fuji #25 Advan Sports Nova [ja] Porsche 962C
  Kunimitsu Takahashi
  Kenji Takahashi

Point Ranking edit

Drivers edit

Rank Drivers Number/Team Points Wins
1   Kunimitsu Takahashi #25 Advan Sports Nova [ja] Porsche 962C 72 3
2   Kenji Takahashi 72 3
3   Vern Schuppan #1 Trust Racing Team [ja] Porsche 956
#60 Trust Racing Team Porsche 956 		46 1
4   Geoff Lees #38 Dome Motorsport Dome 84C-Toyota
#38 Dome Motorsport Dome 85C-Toyota 		41 1
5   Eje Elgh 36 1

Notes edit

  1. ^ #84 competed as #62 from Rd. 1–4
  2. ^ Competed as #26 from Rd. 1–2
  3. ^ Competed as #77 in Rd. 1
  4. ^ Nationality unknown

References edit

  1. ^ "JSPC 1985". Archived from the original on 15 November 2009.

External links edit

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