Pole position: Olofsson/Suzuki in 1.34,804
Fastest lap: Suzuki in 1.38,100 = 164,037 kmh
Distance: 500 km
Average speed: 156,989 kmh
Weather: Fine
Ruleset: Group A
Car info: 1988 Cars
The final race for the Japanese championship as well as the FIA Asia-Pacific championship was held in Japan, with limited foreign entries. Pirro seemed certain of the Pacific championship until the Schnitzer car had to retire with a holed radiator. The race was won by Niedzwiedz and Yokoshima, after polesitters Olofsson and Suzuki retired as well. |
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Division 1, 2 and 3
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| Pos | Pos in class | # | Team / Entrant Car- Engine |
Drivers, Nationality | Engine vol. (cc) |
Engine Type |
Group | Distance, time |
Qualifying position | Qualifying time | Fastest lap | Reason out, remarks |
| 1 | 1 | 22 | Trampio Object-T Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth |
Klaus Niedzwiedz, D Hisashi Yokoshima, J |
1993 tc | L4 | Div. 3 | 112 laps, 3:11.10,655 | 2 | 1.35,041 | ||
| 2 | 2 | 37 | TOM's Minolta Toyota Supra Turbo MA70 |
Masanori Sekiya, J Hitoshi Ogawa, J |
2954 tc | L6 | Div. 3 | 112 laps, 3:11.48,071 | 6 | 1.36,021 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 70 | Advan Alpha BMW M3 Evo |
Kenny Acheson, GB Stanley Dickens, S |
2332 | L4 | Div. 2 | 111 laps, 3:11.13,458 | 13 | 1.39,082 | ||
| 4 | 2 | 72 | ID Auto Wako's BMW M3 ?Evo |
Norio Makiguchi, J Hisashi Shimura, J |
2332 | L4 | Div. 2 | 108 laps, 3:12.51,748 | 20 | 1.42,492 | ||
| 5 | 1 | 137 | TOM's Minolta Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 |
Kiyoshi Misaki, J Hideshi Matsuda, J |
1587 | L4 | Div. 1 | 107 laps, 3:12.37,256 | 24 | 1.43,948 | ||
| 6 | 2 | 146 | Infinite Sports Motul Honda Civic EF3 |
Hideki Okada, J Osamu Nakako, J |
1590 | L4 | Div. 1 | 106 laps, 3:11.30,041 | 22 | 1.43,444 | ||
| 7 | 3 | 136 | TOM's Minolta Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 |
Kaoro Hoshino, J Keiichi Suzuki, J |
1587 | L4 | Div. 1 | 106 laps, 3:11.58,208 | 23 | 1.43,516 | ||
| 8 | 3 | 75 | Autotech Racing Team BMW M3 Evo |
Will Hoy, GB Haruto Yanagida, J |
2332 | L4 | Div. 2 | 106 laps, 3:12.20,696 | 14 | 1.40,385 | ||
| 9 | 4 | 168 | Team Yamato Honda Civic Si AT |
Ken Mizokawa, J Yoshimi Watanabe, J |
1590 | L4 | Div. 1 | 104 laps, 3:12.27,294 | 33 | 1.46,402 | ||
| 10 | 5 | 127? | Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 |
Mitsutake Koma, J Ryusaku Hitomi, J |
1587 | L4 | Div. 1 | 103 laps, 3:12.29,383 | 35 | 1.47,828 | ||
| 11 | 4 | 77 | Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16 |
Shinji Tsunashima, J Jiro Yoneyama, J Fumio Mutoh, J |
2323 | L4 | Div. 2 | 100 laps, 3:11.30,764 | 26 | 1.44,401 | ||
| 12 | 6 | 121? | Toyota Corolla FX-GT AE82 |
David Slater, NZ Phil Myhre, NZ |
1587 | L4 | Div. 1 | 99 laps, 3:12.06,154 | 37 | 1.51,988 | ||
| 13 | 3 | 30 | Trampio Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth |
Eje Elgh, S Mauricio Sandro Sala, BR |
1993 tc | L4 | Div. 3 | 99 laps, 3:12.04,916 | 5 | 1.35,865 | ||
| 14 | 5 | 99 | Cosmo Oil BMW M3 ?Evo |
David Kennedy, IRL Keiichi Tsuchiya, J |
2332 | L4 | Div. 2 | 96 laps, 3:11.33,502 | 17 | 1.40,742 | ||
| 15 | 4 | 25 | Ralliart STP Mitsubishi Starion Turbo A183 |
Kunimitsu Takahashi, J Akihiko Nakaya, J |
1998 tc | L4 | Div. 3 | 96 laps, 3:12.07,377 | 11 | 1.37,999 | ||
| 16 | 7 | 135 | Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 |
Masami Ishikawa, J Shiino Toshiaki, J Masaaki Nagashima, J |
1587 | L4 | Div. 1 | 96 laps, 3:13.00,126 | 38 | 1.52,375 | ||
| 17 | 6 | 81 | Rays Racing Division BMW M3 ?Evo |
Andrew Gilbert-Scott, GB Norimasa Sakamoto, J Hideo Fukuyama, J |
2332 | L4 | Div. 2 | 94 laps, 3:11.53,138 | 16 | 1.40,522 | ||
| 18 | 8 | 167 | Team Yamato Honda Civic Si AT |
Tsuguo Oba, J Katsuaki Sato, J |
1590 | L4 | Div. 1 | 93 laps, 3:11.39,522 | 31 | 1.45,606 | ||
| 19 | 9 | 160 | Nissan Pulsar EN13 |
Terumitsu Fujieda, J Yoshiaki Sakai, J |
1598 | L4ยง | Div. 1 | 91 laps, 3:11.27,527 | 39 | 1.53,024 | ||
| DNF | 145 | Honda Civic EF3 |
Toshio Suzuki, J Koji Sato, J |
1590 | L4 | Div. 1 | 102 | 25 | 1.43,949 | |||
| DNF | 188 | Weds Sport Japan Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 |
Takeo Asano, J Makoto Hagiwara, J |
1587 | L4 | Div. 1 | 95 | 32 | 1.46,032 | |||
| DNF | 76 | BMW M3 ?Evo |
Shunji Kasuya, J Tetsuya Kawasaki, J |
2332 | L4 | Div. 2 | 90 | 19 | 1.41,817 | |||
| DNF | 52 | BMW M Team Schnitzer BMW M3 Evo |
Emanuele Pirro, I Altfrid Heger, D |
2332 | L4 | Div. 2 | 84 | 12 | 1.38,111 | Holed radiator | ||
| DNF | 177 | Weds Sport Japan Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 |
Masakazu Hamana, J Hiroyuki Kawai, J |
1587 | L4 | Div. 1 | 79 | 27 | 1.44,583 | |||
| DNF | 50 | Hasemi Motorsport Nissan Skyline GTS-R Turbo HR31 |
Masahiro Hasemi, J Kenji Takahashi, J |
2029 tc | L6 | Div. 3 | 77 | 7 | 1.36,137 | |||
| DNF | 151 | Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 |
Kaori Okamoto, J Morio Nitta, J |
1587 | L4 | Div. 1 | 77 | 30 | 1.45,558 | |||
| DNF | 150 | Advan Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 |
Kazuo Mogi, J Eiichi Tajima, J Yasuo Kusakabe, J |
1587 | L4 | Div. 1 | 63 | 21 | 1.43,254 | |||
| DNF | 161 | Toyota Corolla FX-GT AE82 |
Masami Ishikawa, J Yoshimi Ishibashi, J |
1587 | L4 | Div. 1 | 37 | 36 | 1.49,016 | |||
| DNF | 73 | Team Noji with Torii BMW M3 ?Evo |
Motoharu Kurosawa, J Hiroyuki Noji, J |
2332 | L4 | Div. 2 | 31 | 18 | 1.41,004 | Blown engine | ||
| DNF | 23 | Nissan Motorsports Ricoh Nissan Skyline GTS-R Turbo HR31 |
Anders Olofsson, S Aguri Suzuki, J |
2029 tc | L6 | Div. 3 | 24 | 1 | 1.34,804 | 1.38,100 | Electrics/ brakes | |
| DNF | 36 | TOM's Minolta Toyota Supra Turbo MA70 |
Geoff Lees, GB Paolo Barilla, I |
2954 tc | L6 | Div. 3 | 22 | 9 | 1.36,161 | Suspension | ||
| DNF | 666 | Honda Civic Si AT |
Kawaji Takahashi, J Naoki Hattori, J |
1590 | L4 | Div. 1 | 21 | 34 | 1.46,766 | |||
| DNF | 555 | Trampio Honda Civic Si AT |
Kaoru Itou, J Hisatoyo Goto, J |
1590 | L4 | Div. 1 | 20 | 29 | 1.45,412 | |||
| DNF | 32 | Calsonic Nissan Skyline GTS-R Turbo HR31 |
Takao Wada, J Hajime Kitano, J |
2029 tc | L6 | Div. 3 | 16 | 8 | 1.36,142 | |||
| DNF | 26 | Mitsubishi Starion Turbo A183 |
Sakae Obata, J Morio Hukui, J |
1998 tc | L4 | Div. 3 | 14 | 15 | 1.40,405 | |||
| DNF | 33 | Trampio Object-T Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth |
Naoki Nagasaka, J Tomohiko Tsutsumi, J Kazuo Shimizu, J |
1993 tc | L4 | Div. 3 | 12 | 4 | 1.35,644 | |||
| DNF | 6 | Andrew Miedecke Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth |
Andrew Miedecke, AUS Graeme Crosby, NZ |
1993 tc | L4 | Div. 3 | 11 | 3 | 1.35,281 | |||
| DNF | 155 | Cabin Racing Honda Civic EF3 |
Yasuo Muramatsu, J Masami Miyoshi, J |
1590 | L4 | Div. 1 | 2 | 28 | 1.45,342 | |||
| DNF | 24 | Diesel Kiki Co. Ltd. Nissan Skyline GTS-R Turbo HR31 |
Motoji Sekine, J Kenji Tohira, J Takayuki Kinoshita, J |
2029 tc | L6 | Div. 3 | 1 | 10 | 1.36,753 | |||
| DNS | 28 | Nissan Skyline RS Turbo DR30 |
Michiei Shinbori, J Masao Endo, J |
1990 tc | L4 | Div. 3 | no time | |||||
| DNS | 31 | SARD Toyota Supra Turbo MA70 |
Shuroku Sasaki, J ? Tsunehisa Asai, J |
2954 tc | L6 | Div. 3 | no time | |||||
| DNS | 185 | Cabin Racing Honda Civic EF3 |
Masami Miyoshi, J Yasuo Muramatsu, J |
1590 | L4 | Div. 1 | no time | |||||