1987 Fuji InterTEC 500

The 1987 Fuji InterTEC [ja] 500 was the eleventh and final round of the inaugural World Touring Car Championship. The race was held for cars eligible for Group A touring car regulations. It was held on November 15, 1987, at the Fuji Speedway in Oyama, Japan.

Japan 1987 Fuji InterTEC 500
Race details
Fuji Speedway (1987-2003)
Date15 November, 1987
LocationOyama, Japan
CourseFuji Speedway
4.440 kilometres (2.759 mi)
Laps 112
Pole position
Driver Germany Klaus Ludwig Ford Texaco Racing Team
Time 1:36.981
Podium
First Germany Klaus Ludwig
Germany Klaus Niedzwiedz
Ford Texaco Racing Team
Second United Kingdom Andy Rouse
Japan Naoki Nagasaka
Rousesport
Third Italy Emanuele Pirro
Italy Roberto Ravaglia
Schnitzer Motorsport
Fastest Lap
Driver Germany Klaus Ludwig Ford Texaco Racing Team
Time 1:39.249

Official results edit

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Pos Class No Team Drivers Car Laps Qual
Pos
Series
Points
1 3 6   Eggenberger Motorsport   Klaus Ludwig
  Klaus Niedzwiedz
Ford Sierra RS500 112 1 40
2 3 10   Rousesport   Andy Rouse
  Naoki Nagasaka
Ford Sierra RS500 112 3
3 2 46   Schnitzer Motorsport   Roberto Ravaglia
  Emanuele Pirro
BMW M3 112 9 35
4 2 40   Schnitzer Motorsport   Markus Oestreich
  Dieter Quester
  Roberto Ravaglia
BMW M3 112 14 27
5 3 7   Eggenberger Motorsport   Steve Soper
  Pierre Dieudonné
Ford Sierra RS500 112 2 25
6 2 42   CiBiEmme   Johnny Cecotto
  Gianfranco Brancatelli
BMW M3 110 15 20
7 2 43   Bigazzi   Luis Pérez-Sala
  Olivier Grouillard
BMW M3 110 11 16
8 2 55   AutoTech M3   Will Hoy
  Haruto Yanagida
BMW M3 110 20
9 3 37   Minolta Supra TOM's   Geoff Lees
  Kaoru Hoshino
Toyota Supra Turbo-A 109 4
10 3 5   STP Mitsubishi Ralliart   Kunimitsu Takahashi
  Akihiko Nakaya
Mitsubishi Starion 109 10
11 3 28   Söderqvist Racing Services Team[5]   Ulf Granberg
  Ian Tulloch
Volvo 240 Turbo 109
12 3 26   ADVAN Skyline RS Turbo   Kenji Takahashi
  Takao Wada
Nissan Skyline RS DR30 109
13 1 116   Mugen Motul Civic   Osamu Nakako
  Hideki Okada
Honda Civic 106
14 3 20   AutoTech BMW 635   David Scott
  Takamasa Nakagawa
BMW 635 CSi 106
15 3 23   Nismo   Kazuyoshi Hoshino
  Anders Olofsson
Nissan Skyline GTS-R HR31 105 5
16 1 111   Hisashi Yokoyama
  Hisatoyo Goto
Toyota Sprinter AE86 105
17 3 8   Eggenberger Motorsport   Armin Hahne
  Bernd Schneider
Ford Sierra RS500 105 12 16
18 1 167   Yamato Civic   Tsuguo Oba
  Katsuaki Sato
Honda Civic 105
19 1 107   Minolta TOM'S   Masanori Sekiya
  Hitoshi Ogawa
Toyota Corolla FX AE82 104
20 1 118   WedSport Civic   Takeo Asano
  Makoto Hagiwara
Toyota Corolla FX AE82 104
21 1 160   Hiroyuki Noji
  Mutsuaki Sanada
Toyota Corolla FX AE82 103
22 1 168   Yamato Civic   Ken Mizokawa
  Yoshimi Watanabe
Honda Civic 103
23 3 22   Diesel Kiki P'Chiba   Kenji Tohiro
  Masao Kamioka
Nissan Skyline RS DR30 103
24 1 112   Trampio Civic   Tomohiko Tsutsumi
  Kaoru Honda
Honda Civic 100
25 3 14   Yasuo Ishimura
  Masahiro Kimoto
Holden Commodore VK Group A SS 100
26 1 170   Team Gaikokuya   Yoshimi Ishibashi
  Hiroyasu Aoyagi
  Fumio Aiba
Toyota Sprinter AE86 98
27 1 100   Scuderia Autolodi Corse S.r.l.   Daniele Toffoli
  Alain Thibaut
Alfa Romeo 33 97 52 23
28 1 101   Sports Car Club of Nissan   Yoshinari Takasugi
  Shinichi Katsura
Nissan Pulsar 96
29 1 106   ADVAN・FET・TBS Sprinter   Tsutomu Sakurai
  Kenichi Okuyama
Toyota Sprinter AE86 85
30 1 121   TOM'S   Kaori Okamoto
  Hideshi Matsuda
Toyota Corolla FX AE82 85
DNF 1 115   EPSON Civic   Toshio Suzuki
  Koji Sato
Honda Civic 100
DNF 1 102   COSMO OIL CIVIC   Keiichi Tsuchiya
  Yasuhiko Tanabe
Honda Civic 97
DNF 1 117   ADVAN Japan トレドFX   Takahashi Abe
  Masakazu Hamana
Toyota Corolla FX AE82 96
DNF 1 122   アラミス 900トムスカローラ   Morio Nitta
  Hideo Fukuyama
Toyota Sprinter AE86 95
DNF 3 36   TOM's   Eje Elgh
  Mauro Baldi
Toyota Supra Turbo-A 94 7
DNF 3 3 DUNLOP・ARJ・ROVER   Taku Akaike
  Kenny Acheson
Rover Vitesse 80
DNF 1 128   Wako's   Nobuko Koike
  Mitsutake Koma
  Susumu Tanno
Toyota Sprinter AE86 68
DNF 3 32   Nismo   Masahiro Hasemi
  Aguri Suzuki
Nissan Skyline GTS-R HR31 63 6
DNF 3 16   Leyton House   Hajime Kitano
  Masahiko Kageyama
  Ryoichi Oono
Nissan Skyline RS DR30 35
DNF 1 161   フジメカカローラFX GT   Tatsuhiko Seki
  Masami Ishikawa
  Kazuhisa Shimura
Toyota Corolla FX AE82 33
DNF 3 24   Diesel Kiki Skyline   Motoji Sekine
  Masami Miyoshi
Nissan Skyline RS DR30 29
DNF 1 125   ADVAN COROLLA FX   Kazuo Mogi
  Tetsuya Ota
Toyota Corolla FX AE82 24
DNF 3 30   Team Le Mans   Robert Kvist
  Per-Gunnar Andersson
Volvo 240 Turbo 20
DNF 1 109   WedSport Corolla FX   Yuji Nihei
  Shinji Tsunashima
Toyota Corolla FX AE82 19
DNF 1 103   Gullivers Ltd   Andrew Bagnall
  Mark Jennings
  Chris Hodgetts
Toyota Sprinter AE86 17
DNF 1 185   CABIN CIVIC   Yasuo Muramatsu
  Kazuo Shimizu
Honda Civic 10
DNS 2 47   Schnitzer Motorsport   Markus Oestreich
  Dieter Quester
  Emanuele Pirro
BMW M3
DNS 1 99   Keiichi Suzuki
 Ryusaku Hitomi
Toyota Celica
DNS 3 15   Mitsubishi Ralliart   Brad Jones
 Sakae Obata
Mitsubishi Starion

Italics indicate driver practiced this car but did not race.

References edit

  1. ^ "www.touringcarracing.net". Archived from the original on 2009-03-10. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
  2. ^ Wilson, Stewart (1987). "World Touring Car Championship". Australian Motor Racing Year. 17. Killara: Berghouse Publishing Group Pty. Ltd.: 184–186. ISSN 0158-4138.
  3. ^ Tuckey, Bill (1987). The Great Race. 7. Hornsby: The Berghouse Floyd Tuckey Publishing Group Pty. Ltd. ISSN 1031-6124.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  4. ^ "Jaf|モータースポーツ".
  5. ^ Hyde, Anthony (February 2003). "Volvo 240 Turbo Group 'A' Racing Information". Archived from the original on 2008-12-29. Retrieved 2008-11-22.

Statistics edit

  • Pole Position - #7 Klaus Ludwig - 1:36.981
  • Fastest Lap - #7 Klaus Ludwig - 1:39.249

External links edit


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