The JAF Grand Prix All Japan Fuji 1000 km, was the second round of both the 1989 All Japan Sports Prototype Championship and the 1989 Fuji Long Distance Series was held at the Fuji International Speedway, on the 30 April, in front of a crowd of approximately 58,000.[1]

Layout of the Fuji Speedway (1987–2003)

Report

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Entry

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A total of 17 cars were entered for the event, in two classes, one for cars running to Group C1 specification and the other to IMSA GTP regulations.[1]

Qualifying

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The Nissan Motorsport car of Anders Olofsson and Masahiro Hasemi took pole position, in their Nissan R88C ahead of team mates Kazuyoshi Hoshino and Toshio Suzuki, by only 0.269secs.[2]

Race

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The race was held over 224 laps of the Fuji circuit, a distance of 1000 km (actual distance was 1001.28 km). Vern Schuppan, Eje Elgh and Keiji Matsumoto took the winner spoils for the Omron Racing Team, driving their Porsche 962C. The trio won in a time of 5hr 30:36.816mins., averaging a speed of 133.571 mph. Second place went to George Fouché and Steven Andskär in the Trust Racing Team’s Porsche 962GTi who finished about 15 seconds adrift. Coming in third was the pole winning Nissan of Olofsson and Hasemi. They finished 1 lap behind the winners.[3]

Classification

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Result

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Class Winners are in Bold text.

Pos. No. Class Drivers Entrant Car - Engine Time, Laps Reason Out
1st 55 C1   Vern Schuppan   Eje Elgh   Keiji Matsumoto Omron RacingTeam [ja] Porsche 962C 5:30:36.816
2nd 100 C1   George Fouché   Steven Andskär Trust Racing Team Porsche 962GTi 5:30:51.215
3rd 24 C1   Anders Olofsson   Masahiro Hasemi Nissan Motorsport Nissan R88C 223
4th 25 C1   Kunimitsu Takahashi   Stanley Dickens Advan Alpha Nova Porsche 962C 223
5th 16 C1   Masanori Sekiya   Hideki Okada Leyton House Racing Team Porsche 962CK6 220
6th 23 C1   Kazuyoshi Hoshino   Toshio Suzuki Nissan Motorsport Nissan R88C 214
7th 85 C1   Takao Wada   Akio Morimoto Cabin Racing Team with Team Le Mans March-Nissan 88 212
8th 36 C1   Geoff Lees   Hitoshi Ogawa Toyota team TOM’S Toyota 89C-V 211
9th 202 GTP   Yoshimi Katayama   Yojiro Terada   Takashi Yorino Mazdaspeed Mazda 767B 205
10th 50 C1   Roland Ratzenberger   Keiichi Suzuki   Kouji Satou Tenoras Toyota SARD Racing Team Toyota 89C-V 205
11th 240 GTP   Toshihiko Nogami   Syuuji Kasuya   Yoshiyuki Ogura Katayama Racing Mazda 757 197
12th 230 GTP   Tetsuji Shiratori   Syuuji Fujii   Seisaku Suzuki Shizumats Racing Mazda 757 195
13th 26 C1   Kazuo Mogi   Kenji Takahashi Advan Alpha Tomei Porsche 962C 190
DNF 7 C1   Oscar Larruari   Maurizio Sandro Sala The Alpha Racing with Brun Porsche 962C 76 Turbocharger
DNF 27 C1   Akihiko Nakaya   Harald Grohs From A Racing Porsche 962C 31 Engine
DNF 22 C1   Naoki Nagasaka   Chiyomi Totani Alpha Cubic Racing Team Porsche 962CK6 27 Differential
DNF 88 C1   Kiyoshi Misaki   Jirou Yoneyama   Hideo Fukuyama British Barn Racing Team BB-Ford 89R 12 Engine

References

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  1. ^ a b "Fuji 1000 Kilometres JSPC 1989". Racing Sports Cars. 1989-04-30. Retrieved 2013-08-25.
  2. ^ "Fuji 1000 Kilometres JSPC 1989 - Grid". Racing Sports Cars. 1989-04-30. Retrieved 2013-08-25.
  3. ^ a b "Fuji 1000 Kilometres JSPC 1989 - Race Results - Racing Sports Cars".