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1989 All Japan Sports Prototype Car Endurance Championship

The 1989 All Japan Sports Prototype Car Endurance Championship was the seventh season of the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The 1989 champion was the #25 Advan Alpha Nova Porsche 962C driven by Kunimitsu Takahashi.

Schedule edit

All races were held in Japan.

Round Race Circuit Date
1 All Japan Fuji 500 km Fuji Speedway 12 March
2 JAF Grand Prix All Japan Fuji 1000 km Fuji Speedway 30 April
3 All Japan Fuji 500 Miles Fuji Speedway 23 July
41 International Suzuka 1000 km Suzuka Circuit 3 December
5 Interchallenge Fuji 1000 km Fuji Speedway 8 October
  • ^1 – Round 4 at the Suzuka Circuit was originally scheduled for 27 August; however, due to a typhoon the race was rescheduled for 3 December.

Entry list edit

C/GTP edit

Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Alpha Nova Racing[N 1] Porsche Porsche 962C Porsche 935/82 3.0 L Twin Turbo F6 6   Jesús Pareja Y 5
  Walter Brun 5
  Costas Los 5
7   Oscar Larrauri All
  Maurizio Sandro Sala All
  Walter Brun 1
22   Naoki Nagasaka B All
  Chiyomi Totani All
25   Kunimitsu Takahashi Y All
  Stanley Dickens All
26   Kenji Takahashi All
  Kazuo Mogi All
  Giovanni Lavaggi 4–5
Joest Racing Porsche Porsche 962C Porsche 935/82 3.0 L Twin Turbo F6 8   Henri Pescarolo G 5
  Jean-Louis Ricci 5
9   Bob Wollek 5
  Frank Jelinski 5
Leyton House Racing Porsche Porsche 962C Porsche 935/82 3.0 L Twin Turbo F6 16   Masanori Sekiya B All
  Hideki Okada All
Team Davey Porsche Porsche 962C Porsche 935/82 3.0 L Twin Turbo F6 19   Tim Lee-Davey D 5
  Desiré Wilson 5
Nissan Motorsports Nissan Nissan R88C (Rd. 1–2)
Nissan R89C (Rd. 3–5) 		Nissan VRH30T 3.0 L Twin Turbo V8 (Rd. 1–2)
Nissan VRH35Z 3.5 L Twin Turbo V8 (Rd. 3–5) 		23   Kazuyoshi Hoshino D
B 		All
  Toshio Suzuki All
24   Masahiro Hasemi All
  Anders Olofsson All
From A Racing Porsche Porsche 962C Porsche 935/82 3.0 L Twin Turbo F6 27   Akihiko Nakaya D
B 		All
  Harald Grohs All
Takefuji Racing Team Porsche Porsche 962C Porsche 935/82 3.0 L Twin Turbo F6 33   Johnny Herbert D 5
  Martin Donnelly 5
Toyota Team TOM'S Toyota Toyota 89C-V Toyota R32V 3.2 L Turbo V8 36   Geoff Lees B All
  Hitoshi Ogawa 1–2, 4
  Ross Cheever 3–5
38   Paolo Barilla 3–5
  Hitoshi Ogawa 3, 5
  Johnny Dumfries 4
Toyota Team SARD Toyota Toyota 89C-V Toyota R32V 3.2 L Turbo V8 50   Roland Ratzenberger D All
  Keiichi Suzuki All
  David Sears 1
  Koji Sato 2
  Jean-Pierre Jabouille 5
Omron Racing Porsche Porsche 962C Porsche 935/83 3.0 L Twin Turbo F6 55   Eje Elgh D All
  Vern Schuppan All
  Keiji Matsumoto 1–4
Team LeMans March March 88G Nissan VG30DETT 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6 85   Takao Wada Y All
  Akio Morimoto All
  Koji Sato 3
British Barn Racing British Barn Racing British Barn BB89R Ford DFZ 3.5 L V8 88   Jiro Yoneyama D All
  Kiyoshi Misaki 1–2, 4–5
  Hideo Fukuyama 2–5
Trust Racing Porsche Porsche 962C Porsche 935/83 3.0 L Twin Turbo F6 100   George Fouché D All
  Steven Andskär All
Mazdaspeed Mazda Mazda 767
Mazda 767B 		Mazda RE13J 2.6 L 4-rotor 201   Takashi Yorino D 1
  Tetsuya Ota 1
  Yojiro Terada 5
  Pierre Dieudonné 5
  Yoshimi Katayama 5
202   Yoshimi Katayama 1–4
  Yojiro Terada 1–4
  Takashi Yorino 2–5
  David Kennedy 5
Shizumatsu Racing Mazda Mazda 757 Mazda RE13G 2.0 L 3-rotor 230   Tetsuji Shiratori D All
  Shuji Fujii All
  Seisaku Suzuki All
Katayama Racing Mazda Mazda 757 Mazda RE13G 2.0 L 3-rotor 240   Kazuhiko Oda D 1, 5
  Toshihiko Nogami 1–2
  Shunji Kasuya 2
  Yoshiyuki Ogura 2
  Keiichi Mizutani 5
  Tomiko Yoshikawa 5

A edit

Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Hatena Racing Team West West 89S Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 5   Zenkichi Maruko Y 4
  Ryosuke Nozaki 4
  Masami Miyoshi 4
Yoshifumi Yamazaki West West 89S Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 8   Yoshifumi Yamazaki Y 4
  Masaki Ohashi 4
  Naoto Chikada 4
Moditt Racing Team West West 89S Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 17   Ryuichi Natsukawa D 4
  Junichi Ikura 4
  Naoki Hattori 4
Keiichi Mizutani West West 89S Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 21   Keiichi Mizutani D 4
  Kenichi Kaneko 4
  Masaki Furuhashi 4
Something Good Racing Team West West 87S Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 56   Keiichi Sakamoto D 4
  Eiichi Tajima 4
  Tomoyuki Hosono 4
Joy Sport Oscar Oscar SK90 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 67   Tsuguaki Ogura D 4
  Yoshiyuki Ogura 4
  Hiromi Nishizawa 4
Yoichiro Suzuki West West 87S Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 73   Yoichiro Suzuki D 4
  Toshihiko Mochizuki 4
  Hajime Oshiro 4
Susai Racing Magic Oscar Oscar SK90 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 77   Yasuhiro Susai D 4
  Hiroshi Yonetani 4
  Hidetoshi Okamoto 4
Team Jikanwari Oscar Oscar SK85 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 99   Michiko Hashimoto Y 4
  Soichiro Tanaka 4
  Hiroaki Ishii 4

Season results edit

Season results as follows:[1]

Round Circuit Winning Team
Winning Drivers
1 Mt. Fuji #27 From A Racing Porsche 962C
  Harald Grohs
  Akihiko Nakaya
2 Mt. Fuji
Report 		#55 Omron Racing Porsche 962C
  Vern Schuppan
  Eje Elgh
  Keiji Matsumoto
3 Mt. Fuji #16 Leyton House Racing Porsche 962C
  Hideki Okada
  Masanori Sekiya
4 Suzuka Circuit
Report 		#25 Alpha Nova Porsche 962C
  Kunimitsu Takahashi
  Stanley Dickens
5 Mt. Fuji
 #38 Toyota Team TOM'S Toyota 89C-V
  Hitoshi Ogawa
  Paolo Barilla

Point Ranking edit

Drivers edit

Rank Drivers Number/Team Points Wins Distance
1   Kunimitsu Takahashi #25 Alpha Nova Porsche 962C 56 1 2077.617 km
2   Stanley Dickens 56 1 1794.012 km
3   Geoff Lees #36 Toyota Team TOM'S Toyota 89C-V 55 0 1945.209 km
4   Steven Andskär #100 Trust Racing Porsche 962C 55 0 1379.514 km
5   Eje Elgh #55 Omron Racing Porsche 962C 47 1 1215.84 km
6   Vern Schuppan 47 1 701.79 km

Makes edit

Rank Make Points Wins
1 Porsche 95 4
2 Toyota 43 1
3 Nissan 24 0
4 March-Nissan 18 0
5 Mazda 18 0
6 TOM'S-British Barn-Ford 3 0

Notes edit

  1. ^ No. 26 competed under Ba-Tsu ADVAN Alpha Tomei name

References edit

  1. ^ "JSPC 1989". Archived from the original on 15 November 2009.

External links edit

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