1986 All Japan Endurance Championship

The 1986 All Japan Endurance Championship was the fourth season of the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The 1986 champion was the #1 Advan Alpha Nova Porsche 962C driven by Kunimitsu Takahashi.

Entry list edit

C/LD-1 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
ADVAN Sports Nova Porsche Porsche 962C Porsche 935/82 3.0 L Twin Turbo F6 1   Kunimitsu Takahashi Y All
  Kenji Takahashi All
Alpha Cubic Racing Team Porsche Porsche 956B Porsche 935/79 2.6 L Twin Turbo F6 2   Noritake Takahara B All
  Chiyomi Totani All
  Kenji Tohira All
Auto Beaurex Motorsport Toyota TOM'S 85C Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4 3   Naoki Nagasaka D All
  Taku Akaike 1
  Steven Andskär 2–6
5   Kazuo Mogi Y All
  Toshio Motohashi 1–4
  Hideshi Matsuda 3–5
  Naoki Nagasaka 5
  Will Hoy 6
Trust Racing Team Porsche Porsche 962C Porsche 935/82 3.0 L Twin Turbo F6 7   Vern Schuppan D All
  George Fouché 2–5
  Keiichi Suzuki 2–6
Person's Racing Team Nissan Nissan R86V Nissan VG30ET 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6 8   Keiji Matsumoto B 2–6
  Aguri Suzuki 2–6
  Tiff Needell 4
CARA International Racing LeMans LeMans LM06C Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4 12   Akio Morimoto Y 4–6
  Franz Konrad 4–6
Hermanos MCS MCS Guppy BMW M12/7 2.0 L I4 14   Yasuo Ishimura D 4
  Masahiro Kimoto 4
SARD SARD SARD MC86X Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4 19   Shuroku Sasaki D 3–5
  Yasuhiro Okamoto 3–4
  Kiyoshi Misaki 4
  David Sears 5–6
Central 20 Racing Team Lola Lola T810 Nissan VG30ET 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6 20   Haruhito Yanagida D All
  Takamasa Nakagawa All
Hoshino Racing[N 1] Nissan Nissan R86V Nissan VG30ET 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6 23   Kazuyoshi Hoshino B 1, 3–6
  Osamu Nakako 1, 3–6
From A Racing Porsche Porsche 956B Porsche 935/79 2.6 L Twin Turbo F6 27   Jiro Yoneyama D All
  Hideki Okada All
  Tsunehisa Asai All
Hasemi Motorsport Nissan Nissan R85V Nissan VG30T/C 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6 32   Masahiro Hasemi B 1–3
  Takao Wada 1–3
Nissan R86V   Masahiro Hasemi 4–6
  Takao Wada 4–6
TOM'S Toyota TOM'S 85C Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4 35   Hitoshi Ogawa B 1–2
  Toshio Suzuki 1
  Motoharu Kurosawa 2
  Kaoru Hoshino 2
TOM'S 86C Toyota 3S-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4   Hitoshi Ogawa 3–6
  Kaoru Hoshino 3–5
  Motoharu Kurosawa 3–4
  Toshio Suzuki 5–6
TOM'S 85C Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4 36   Geoff Lees 1–2
  Masanori Sekiya 1–2
  Toshio Suzuki 2
TOM'S 86C Toyota 3S-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4   Geoff Lees 3–5
  Masanori Sekiya 3–6
  Toshio Suzuki 3
  Satoru Nakajima 5–6
Team Ikuzawa Toyota TOM'S 85C Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4 37   Kenny Acheson D 1–2
  Michael Roe 1–2
TOM'S 86C Toyota 3S-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4   Kenny Acheson 3–6
  Michael Roe 3–6
Wacoal Dome Toyota TOM'S 84C Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4 38   Eje Elgh D 1–2
  Beppe Gabbiani 1–2
TOM'S 86C Toyota 3S-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4   Eje Elgh 2–6
  Beppe Gabbiani 2–5
  Thomas Danielsson 6
Mazdaspeed Mazda Mazda 757 Mazda RE13G 2.0 L 3-rotor 170   Yoshimi Katayama D 1, 3–6
  Yojiro Terada 1, 3–6
  Pierre Dieudonné 1, 4–5
171   Takashi Yorino 3–6
  David Kennedy 3–6

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Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Shinryo Auto West West 85S Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 6   Akihiro Masuda B 1, 4
  Hideki Uemura 1, 4
Heian Jidosha Manatee Manatee Mk.IV Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 8   Minoru Ogino Y 1
  Satoru Hisada 1
Katayama Racing Oscar Oscar SK85 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 9   Shigeo Torige D 4
  Soichiro Tanaka 4
  Hiroaki Ishii 4
Levis Cars West West 85S Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 10   Nobuyuki Saka B 1, 4
  Nobuo Naka 1, 4
  Ichiro Mizuno 4
Auto Kamida West West 85S Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 11   Masako Fujikawa Y 4
  Shigeki Matsui 4
Daiichi Hanbai Manatee Manatee Mk.IV Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 12   Ichiro Mizuno B 1
  Tetsuya Kasai 1
Capris Enterprise Mazda Mazda RX-7 253 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 15   Kazuyoshi Sakamoto B 1
  Akio Yamamoto 1
  Kenji Iya 1
Auto European West West 85S Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 15   Katsunori Iketani Y 4
  Hideo Hosoya 4
  Ryuji Nakajima 4
Cosmos West West 85S Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 17   Yoshifumi Yamazaki D 1, 4
  Masaki Ohashi 1, 4
  Naoto Chikada 4
Tecnica Racing West West 83S-II Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 19   Fumiko Shinoda B 1
  Makoto Nakayama 1
Checker/Flat Out West West 85S Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 22   Makoto Kaneko D 4
  Tetsuya Ota 4
  Mutsumi Kumagaya 4
Matsumoto Hikkoshi Center Oscar Oscar SK85 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 29   Kazuo Emi D 4
  Hideki Ogawa 4
  Norihiro Takeda 4
Horii Racing West West 83S-II Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 31   Nobuyoshi Horii B 1, 4
  Hajime Kajiwara 1, 4
Taisei Insatsu West West 83S-II Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 33   Seiji Imoto D 4
  Tadao Yamauchi 4
  Kazuo Fujita 4
ADVAN Manatee Manatee Mk.IV Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 39   Masakazu Okawa Y 4
  Takayuki Kinoshita 4
  Mitsumasa Watanabe 4
Toda Toso Nissan Nissan Sunny Nissan A12 1.3 L I4 44   Katsuhisa Toda B 4
  Tatsumi Aoyama 4
First Mordling Collage Collage FM45 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 45   Satoshi Kakimoto D 1, 4
  Taido Hashimoto 1
  Fuminori Shimogishi 4
  Masaharu Kinoshita 4
Nissan Nissan Silvia Nissan FJ20E 2.0 L I4 78   Makio Nonaka 1
  Junichi Ikura 1
Limit Oscar Oscar SK85 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 47   Hisatoyo Goto D 1, 4
  Shuroku Sasaki 1
  Kozo Okumura 4
Roebel/Modena Oscar Oscar SK85 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 48   Keiichi Mizutani Y 1, 4
  Naoki Wakasugi 1
  Yuzo Kamata 4
  Yoshiyuki Ogura 4
FET Maxim Maxim 61S Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 54   Tatsuki Ichijima D 4
  Seiichi Sodeyama 4
  Shigeharu Kumakura 4
O&K Toyota Toyota Sprinter Trueno Toyota 4A 1.6 L I4 67   Satoshi Fujita D 6
  Shuzo Harako 6
86   Satoshi Fujita 1
  Shuji Fujii 1
Rock'n Beat Simon West West 83S-II Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 72   Hiroaki Ishii B 1
  Takeshi Morimoto 1
  Yoshiyuki Ogura 1
Yukihiro Hane Manatee Manatee Mk.IV Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 72   Yukihiro Hane B 4
  Tetsuya Kasai 4
Road Runner Racing Team Mazda Mazda RX-7 253 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 77   Chikage Oguchi D 2–4
  Shuji Fujii 2, 4
  Kazuhiko Oda 3–4

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Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
OZ Racing MCS MCS Guppy Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 21   Kenji Seino D 2–6
  Mutsuo Kazama 2–6
  Shuji Fujii 5
Mr S Racing Product MCS MCS Guppy BMW M12/7 2.0 L I4 96   Toru Sawada D 3, 5
  Seiichi Sodeyama 3, 5
  Shuji Fujii 3

LD-3 edit

Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Torii Engineering Toyota Toyota Sprinter Trueno Toyota 4A 1.6 L I4 5   Hiroyuki Nodi Y 2–3
  Masami Ishikawa 2–3
10   Hiroyuki Nodi 6
  Masami Ishikawa 6
AMRC Mazda Mazda RX-7 253 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 12   Shinya Nishizawa D 2
  Fumio Suzuki 2
18   Yutaka Fukuda 6
  Shinpachi Nishizawa 6
ERC Mazda Mazda RX-7 253 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 16   Masaatsu Oya D 2–3, 6
  Kinji Suzuki 2–3
  Yuji Takano 3, 6
Mazda Sport Car Club Mazda Mazda RX-7 254 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 30   Iwao Sugai D 2–6
  Hiroshi Sugai 2–6
Mazda Auto Nishi Tokyo Mazda Mazda RX-7 254 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 55   Toshihiro Fukazawa D 2–3, 6
  Shigeru Miura 2–3, 6
  Toshiyuki Abe 2–3
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 2–3, 6
  Motoji Sekine 2
  Masao Endo 3, 6
  Michie Shinbori 3
Koyata Engei Racing Mazda Mazda RX-7 253 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 80   Shigeru Yokoyama B 2–3, 6
  Akio Yokoyama 2–3, 6
  Kenichi Suzuki 3

Schedule edit

All races were held in Japan.

Round Race Circuit Date
1 International Suzuka 500 km Suzuka Circuit 6 April
2 All Japan Fuji 1000 km Fuji Speedway 4 May
3 All Japan Fuji 500 Miles Fuji Speedway 20 July
4 International Suzuka 1000 km Suzuka Circuit 24 August
5 WEC-Japan Fuji Speedway 5 October
6 All Japan Fuji 500 km Fuji Speedway 23 November

Season results edit

Season results are as follows:[1]

Round Circuit Winning Team
Winning Drivers
1 Suzuka Circuit #1 Advan Sports Nova [ja] Porsche 962C
  Kunimitsu Takahashi
  Kenji Takahashi
2 Mt. Fuji
Report
#1 Advan Sports Nova [ja] Porsche 962C
  Kunimitsu Takahashi
  Kenji Takahashi
3 Mt. Fuji #7 Trust Racing Team [ja] Porsche 956
  Vern Schuppan
  Keiichi Suzuki
4 Suzuka Circuit
Report
#27 FromA [ja] Racing [ja] Porsche 956
  Jiro Yoneyama
  Hideki Okada
  Tsunehisa Asai
5 Mt. Fuji
Report
#7 Joest Racing Porsche 956
  Paolo Barilla
  Piercarlo Ghinzani
6 Mt. Fuji #7 Trust Racing Team [ja] Porsche 956
  Vern Schuppan
  Keiichi Suzuki

Point Ranking edit

Drivers edit

Rank Drivers Number/Team Points Wins
1   Kunimitsu Takahashi #1 Advan Sports Nova [ja] Porsche 962C
#25 Advan Sports Nova Porsche 962C
70 2
2   Kenji Takahashi 70 2
3   Vern Schuppan #7 Trust Racing Team [ja] Porsche 956
#60 Trust Racing Team Porsche 956
54 2
4   Hideki Okada #27 FromA [ja] Racing [ja] Porsche 956 53 1
5   Tsunehisa Asai 53 1

Notes edit

  1. ^ Competed as #28 in Rd. 1

References edit

  1. ^ "JSPC 1986". Archived from the original on 15 November 2009.

External links edit