1983 All Japan Endurance Championship

The 1983 All Japan Endurance Championship was the inaugural season of the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The series champion was the #1 Trust Racing Team Porsche 956 driven by Australian Vern Schuppan, who earlier in the year had won the 1983 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Entry list edit

C 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
  Naohiro Fujita All
Alpha Cubic Racing Team MCS MCS Guppy BMW M12/7 2.0 L I4 7   Chiyomi Totani B All
  Taku Akaike All
Hasemi Motorsport Nissan Nissan Skyline Turbo C Nissan LZ20B 2.1 L Turbo I4 11   Masahiro Hasemi D 2–3
  Kenji Tohira 2–3
Mazdaspeed Mazda Mazda 717C Mazda RE13B 1.3 L Twin Turbo 2-rotor 16   Yojiro Terada D 3
  Takashi Yorino 3
  Pierre Dieudonné 3
TOM'S Toyota Toyota TOM'S Celica C Toyota 3T-G 2.0 L I4 17   Keiji Matsumoto B 1
  Masanori Sekiya 1
  Kaoru Hoshino 1
TOM'S 83C Toyota 4T-G 2.1 L Twin Turbo I4   Keiji Matsumoto 2–3
  Masanori Sekiya 2–3
  Kaoru Hoshino 2–3
Central 20 Racing Team Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z Turbo C Nissan LZ20B 2.1 L Twin Turbo I4 20   Haruhito Yanagida D 3
  Takao Wada 3
Hoshino Racing Nissan Nissan Silvia Turbo C Nissan LZ20B 2.1 L Turbo I4 23   Kazuyoshi Hoshino B 2–3
  Akira Hagiwara 2–3
Team Ikuzawa Toyota Toyota TOM'S Celica C Toyota 3T-G 2.0 L I4 37   Geoff Lees D 3
  Derek Daly 3
  Toshio Suzuki 3
Auto Beaurex Motorsport Lotec Lotec M1C BMW M88 3.5 L I6 65   Naoki Nagasaka Y 3
  Kurt Lotterschmid 3
  Keiichi Suzuki 3
Autobacs Dome Motorsport Dome Dome RC83 Ford DFL 4.0 L V8 77   Eje Elgh D 2–3
  Tiff Needell 2–3
Misaki Speed MCS MCS Guppy Toyota 18R-G 2.2 L Turbo I4 (Rd. 2)
Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4 (Rd. 3)
81   Kiyoshi Misaki D 2–3
  Masakazu Nakamura 2–3
Panasport Japan Panasport Panasport C BMW M12/7 2.0 L I4 88   Aguri Suzuki D 3
  Toshio Motohashi 3

B edit

Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Katayama Racing Mazda Mazda RX-7 254 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 2   Yoshimi Katayama D 2
  Tsunehisa Asai 2
Alpha Cubic Racing Team Mazda Mazda RX-7 825 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 3   Chiyomi Totani D 1
  Taku Akaike 1
MO Racing Mazda Mazda RX-7 253 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 5   Hiroyuki Ono D 1
  Kazuo Mogi 1
Capris Enterprise Mazda Mazda RX-7 253 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 6   Kazuyoshi Sakamoto D 1–2
  Kenji Iya 1–2
Yours Sports Mazda Mazda RX-7 254 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 7   Takashi Yorino B 1–2
  Chikage Oguchi 1–2
Mazda RX-7 253 8   Takashi Tosa 1–2
  Hideki Okada 1–2
TRS Itabashi Mazda Mazda RX-7 253 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 10   Tsutomu Itabashi B 2
  Tetsuji Tabata 2
  Masahiro Kimoto 2
Malibu Motor Sports Club Mazda Mazda RX-7 253 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 12   Hironobu Tatsumi B 2
  Yoshimasa Matsumoto 2
  Yoshiyuki Ogura 2
Orient Speed Isuzu Isuzu Piazza Isuzu 4ZC1 2.0 L I4 14   Akihiko Koto D 1
  Shuichi Ogata 1
Yoshiro Takaoka Subaru Subaru Leone Subaru EA81 1.8 L F4 14   Yoshiro Takaoka B 2
  Koichi Tahara 2
  Akihiko Nakaya 2
Japan Sports Car Club Mazda Mazda RX-7 253 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 17   Yoshimasa Matsumoto D 1
JACS Racing Team Mazda Mazda RX-7 253 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 25   Kozo Kamata BF 2
  Tetsuya Ota 2
Nagata Racing Toyota Toyota Corolla Toyota 18R-G 2.0 L I4 27   Tetsuhide Nagata D 2
  Koichi Iwaki 2
  Makoto Nakamura 2
Akeno Car Mazda Mazda RX-7 253 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 33   Fumio Inagaki D 1
  Masaaki Imai 1
Marukatsu Racing Chevrolet Chevrolet Corvette Chevrolet LS6 7.4 L V8 93   Tomohiko Tsutsumi D 1
  Shuroku Sasaki 1
Tomei Jidosha Nissan Nissan 240RS Nissan FJ24 2.4 L I4 102   Eiji Shibuya D 3
  Fumio Aiba 3

A edit

Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Horii Racing West West 83S Subaru EA81 1.8 L F4 5   Nobuyoshi Horii D 2
  Hajime Kajiwara 2
Mariko Racing Team West West 83S Subaru EA81 1.8 L F4 9   Osamu Nakajima B 2
  Kazunori Kyutoku 2
Autobacs Racing Team Toyota Toyota Starlet Toyota 4K-E 1.3 L I4 10   Ron Brown D 1
  Hideo Fukuyama 1
Cockpit Inazawa Daihatsu Daihatsu Consorte Toyota 4K-E 1.3 L I4 11   Shigehito Hirabayashi D 1
  Koji Sato 1
KSCC Toyota Toyota Starlet Toyota 4K-E 1.3 L I4 12   Taido Hashimoto D 1
  Masaharu Kinoshita 1
Koichi Nishikawa Nissan Nissan Sunny Nissan A12 1.3 L I4 15   Koichi Nishikawa D 2
  Yasumi Fukao 2
Hiro Racing Toyota Toyota Starlet Toyota 4K-E 1.3 L I4 16   Makoto Iwasaki B 1
  Masashi Kitagawa 1
30   Makoto Iwasaki 2
  Kozo Okumura 2
Hideki Ogawa West West 83S Subaru EA81 1.8 L F4 16   Hideki Ogawa D 2
  Shuji Fujii 2
  Makio Nonaka 2
ARCN Nissan Nissan Sunny Nissan A12 1.3 L I4 18   Kiyotaka Nonomura D 1–2
  Mitsuo Yamamoto 1–2
Central 20 Racing Team Nissan Nissan Sunny Nissan A12 1.3 L I4 20   Hiroshi Tomioka D 1
  Peter Chau 2
  "S. Kockie"[N 1] 2
Suda Racing Toyota Toyota Starlet Toyota 4K-E 1.3 L I4 21   Yoshinori Sakurai B 1–2
  Masafumi Suda 1
  Hideki Iida 2
Kumida Racing West West 83S Subaru EA81 1.8 L F4 22   Yukio Minagawa D 2
  Seiji Omura 2
Racing Service Masakazu Nissan Nissan Sunny Nissan A12 1.3 L I4 24   Teruki Koshino B 2
  Koji Sato 2
Umeda Tuning Shop Nissan Nissan Sunny Nissan A12 1.3 L I4 26   Masahiro Shimada B 2
  Yoshimasa Fujiwara 2
Kyoko Racing Club Nissan Nissan Sunny Nissan A12 1.3 L I4 44   Katsuhisa Toda B 2
  Toyoaki Iwata 2
Team Yamato Honda Honda Civic Honda EN1 1.3 L I4 68   Tsuguo Ohba B 1–2
  Katsuaki Sato 1–2
TMSC Toyota Toyota Starlet Toyota 4K-E 1.3 L I4 69   Satoshi Fujita D 1–2
  Shuji Fujii 1–2
Bellco West West West 83S Subaru EA81 1.8 L F4 76   Hideki Ogawa D 1
  Makio Nonaka 1
NRC Toyota Toyota Starlet Toyota 4K-E 1.3 L I4 92   Masahiro Kimoto D 1
  Norimasa Sakamoto 1

GT Japan edit

Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Yours Sports Mazda Mazda RX-7 254 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 120   Hideki Okada D 3
  Akio Morimoto 3
  Seiichi Okada 3
121   Chikage Oguchi 3
  Toshio Fujimura 3
Trust Racing Team Toyota Toyota Celica Toyota 18R-G 2.0 L I4 122   Ryusaku Hitomi D 3
  Mitsutake Koma 3
ERC Racing Mazda Mazda RX-7 253 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 123   Masaatsu Ohya D 3
  Shinichi Katsuki 3
  Yoshio Ishikawa 3
Sansho Kogyo Racing Team Mazda Mazda RX-7 825 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 125   Toru Shimegi B 3
  Yoshiyuki Ogura 3
  Yoshimasa Matsumoto 3
Mishima Auto Racing Mazda Mazda RX-7 253 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 126   Minoru Sawada D 3
  Kaneyuki Okamoto 3
  Toyoshi Sugiyama 3
TRS Itabashi Mazda Mazda RX-7 253i Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 130   Tsutomu Itabashi D 3
  Tetsuji Tabata 3
  Kimiya Iwanalaya 3
  Oneri Wenyapaimi 3
Team No. 3 Racing Mazda Mazda RX-7 253i Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 133   Seiji Kusano D 3
  Yasuhiro Isozaki 3
  Tadao Furusawa 3
Gotanzaka Enterprise Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z Nissan L28E 2.8 L I6 136   Yoshio Nagata D 3
  Hiroyuki Miyagawa 3
  Takamichi Shinohara 3
Tomei Jidosha Nissan Nissan Sunny Nissan LZ14 1.6 L I4 171   Yoshiaki Jitsukawa D 3
  Motoji Sekine 3
Shizumatsu Racing Mazda Mazda RX-7 254 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 180   Tetsuji Shiratori D 3
  Seisaku Suzuki 3
  Osamu Ihara 3
Mazda Sport Car Club Mazda Mazda RX-7 254 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 181   Kenji Seino D 3
  Masashi Kitagawa 3
  Yasaharu Nakajima 3
182   Kanjun Arai 3
  Yuichi Hagiwara 3
  Minoru Yajima 3

Schedule edit

All races were held in Japan.

Round Race Circuit Date
1 International Suzuka 500 km Suzuka Circuit 3 April
2 International Suzuka 1000 km 28 August
3 WEC-Japan Fuji Speedway 2 October

Season results edit

Season results are as follows:[1]

Round Circuit Winning Team
Winning Drivers
1 Suzuka Circuit #1 Trust Racing Team [ja] Porsche 956
  Vern Schuppan
  Naohiro Fujita
2 Suzuka Circuit
Report
#1 Trust Racing Team [ja] Porsche 956
  Vern Schuppan
  Naohiro Fujita
3 Mt. Fuji
Report
#2 Rothmans Porsche 956
  Derek Bell
  Stefan Bellof

Point Ranking edit

Drivers edit

Rank Drivers Number/Team Points Wins
1   Vern Schuppan #1 Trust Racing Team [ja] Porsche 956
#6 Trust Racing Team Porsche 956
52 2
2   Naohiro Fujita 52 2
3   Taku Akaike #7 Alpha Racing Team MCS Guppy-Mazda
#62 Alpha Racing Team Mazda 83C
24 0
4   Stefan Bellof #2 Rothmans Porsche 956 20 1
5   Derek Bell 20 1

Notes edit

  1. ^ Nationality unknown

References edit

  1. ^ "JSPC 1983". Archived from the original on 15 November 2009.

External links edit