1992 Japanese Touring Car Championship

The 1992 Japanese Touring Car Championship season was the 8th edition of the series. It began at TI Circuit Aida on 15 March and finished after eight events at Fuji Speedway on 8 November. The championship was won by Masahiro Hasemi, driving for Hasemi Motorsport.[1][2]

Teams & Drivers

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Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
Hasemi Motorsport Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 1   Hideo Fukuyama JTC-1 All
  Masahiro Hasemi All
Team Taisan Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 2   Kunimitsu Takahashi JTC-1 All
  Keiichi Tsuchiya All
BMW M3 Sport Evolution 24   Hironori Takeuchi JTC-2 All
  Fumio Mutoh 1-2, 6-8
  Masaki Tanaka 3
  Motoshi Sekine 4-8
26   Fuminori Mizuno JTC-2 All
  Atsushi Kawamoto 1-2, 4-8
  Anthony Reid 3
Team Koyama Garage Isuzu Gemini JT191 5   Tsutomu Azuma JTC-3 8
  Akihiro Higashi 8
  Isao Shibata 8
Unknown Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 6   Junko Mihara JTC-3 2
Unknown Honda Civic EG6 7   Yoshio Hattori JTC-3 8
  Kenta Shimamura 8
  Yutaka Tomii 8
FET Racing Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 8   Kiyoshi Misaki JTC-1 All
  Naoki Nagasaka All
AP National Honda Civic EF9 9   Prasert Aphiphunya JTC-3 8
  Kriangkrai Limnantarak 8
Object T Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 11   Hisashi Wada JTC-3 1-2
  Hisashi Yokoshima 1-2
Toyota Corolla Levin AE101   Hisashi Wada JTC-3 3-8
  Hisashi Yokoshima 3-8
Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 22   Tom Kristensen JTC-1 All
  Kazuo Shimizu All
Team Impul Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 12   Kazuyoshi Hoshino JTC-1 All
  Masahiko Kageyama All
Mooncraft Honda Civic EF9 14   Naoki Hattori JTC-3 1-6
  Katsutomo Kaneishi 1-6
Honda Civic EG6   Naoki Hattori JTC-3 7-8
  Katsutomo Kaneishi 7-8
Cherena Racing Team BMW M3 Sport Evolution 17   Ryuichi Natsukawa JTC-2 1, 3-8
  Kazuaki Takamura 1, 3, 5, 7
  Masahiko Kondō 4, 6, 8
Asano Racing Service Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 18   Takeo Asano JTC-3 All
  Makoto Hagiwara All
Racing Project Bandoh Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 19   Hiroyuki Kawai JTC-3 1-7
  Mitsutake Koma 1-7
Toyota Corolla Levin AE101   Hiroyuki Kawai JTC-3 8
  Mitsutake Koma 8
Hitotsuyama Racing BMW M3 Sport Evolution 21   Hideshi Matsuda JTC-2 All
  Mikio Hitotsuyama 1, 3, 5, 7-8
  Yasushi Hitotsuyama 2, 4, 6, 8
Team Advan Toyota Corolla Levin AE101 25   Morio Nitta JTC-3 2-8
  Keiichi Suzuki 2-8
BVDR Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 28   Takeshi Kubo JTC-3 3, 6-8
  Akira Shibata 3, 6-8
  Yasuo Kusakabe 7-8
B-ing Kegani Racing BMW M3 Sport Evolution 29   Kazuo Mogi JTC-2 All
  Sakai Obata 1-3, 5-8
  Hideyuki Tamamoto 4
Concept L Racing Team Honda Civic EF9 32   Takahiko Hara JTC-3 1-6
  Masami Kageyama 1-6
Honda Civic EG6   Takahiko Hara JTC-3 7-8
  Masami Kageyama 7-8
Honda Civic EF9 77   Masahiko Hanayama JTC-3 7-8
  Nobukazu Katsura 7-8
Racing Forum Honda Civic EF9 33   Yasuo Muramatsu JTC-3 1-7
  Kumi Sato 1-7
Honda Civic EG6   Yasuo Muramatsu JTC-3 8
  Kumi Sato 8
Auto Tech Racing BMW M3 Sport Evolution 34   Derek Higgins JTC-2 6, 8
  Paul Radisich 6, 8
35   Andrew Gilbert-Scott JTC-2 All
  Roland Ratzenberger All
Toyota Team TOM's Toyota Corolla Levin AE101 36   Pierre-Henri Raphanel JTC-3 All
  Masanori Sekiya All
37   Kaoru Hoshino JTC-3 All
  Víctor Rosso All
Kinku Boston Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 39   Tsuyoshi Mouri JTC-3 4
  Atsushi Okuda 4
  Fuyu Takashi 4
Nismo Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 55   Takayuki Kinoshita JTC-1 All
  Anders Olofsson All
Team Over Take BMW M3 Sport Evolution 61   Takamasa Nakagawa JTC-2 All
  Eiichi Tajima All
62   Kevin Wong JTC-2 2-5, 7-8
  Charles Kwan 2, 5-6, 8
  Winston Mak 3-4, 7-8
  Akira Watanabe 3, 6-7
  Shunji Kasuya 4
Team Noji BMW M3 Sport Evolution 63   Katsunori Iketani JTC-2 8
  Hiroyuki Noji 8
  Hisashi Shimura 8
Team Yamato Honda Civic EF9 67   Tsugio Oba JTC-3 4, 7-8
  Katsuaki Sato 4, 7-8
  Masahiro Imamura 7-8
IPF Wako's BMW M3 Sport Evolution 72   Toru Horigome JTC-2 1-4, 6-8
  Norio Makiguchi 1-4, 6-8
  Tetsuya Ota 1-4
  Seiichi Sodeyama 8
Unknown Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 83   M.V. Manitto JTC-1 8
  Ratanakul Prutirat Serireongrith 8
Kenji HKS Racing Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 87   Yukihiro Hane JTC-1 1, 3-4, 6-8
  Osamu Hagiwara 1, 3, 6-8
  Shigeki Matsui 4
Kawasho Toyota Corolla Levin AE101 88   Masahiro Matsunaga JTC-3 4, 6, 8
  Junko Mihara 4, 6, 8
  Shinichi Yamaji 4, 6, 8
Moritani Honda Civic EF9 90   Masami Miyoshi JTC-3 All
  Kenji Kuroki 1
  Kouzi Takubo 2
  Hikari Inami 3, 5
  Tsutomo Hiraoka 4
  Hirokazu Ebihara 6
  Kenji Hongo 7
  Masayoshi Nishikakinouchi 8
Mugen Honda Honda Civic EF9 100   Osamu Nakako JTC-3 1-3
  Hideki Okada 1-3
Honda Civic EG6   Osamu Nakako JTC-3 4-8
  Hideki Okada 4-8
Icon Class
JTC-1 over 2500cc
JTC-2 1601-2500cc
JTC-3 Up to 1600cc

Calendar

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Overall winner in bold.

Round Circuit Date JTC-1 Winning Team JTC-2 Winning Team JTC-3 Winning Team
JTC-1 Winning Drivers JTC-2 Winning Drivers JTC-3 Winning Drivers
1   TI Circuit Aida, Okayama 15 March #1 Hasemi Motorsport #61 Team Take One #100 Mugen Honda
  Hideo Fukuyama
  Masahiro Hasemi
  Takamasa Nakagawa
  Eiichi Tajima
  Osamu Nakako
  Hideki Okada
2   Autopolis, Ōita 26 April #55 Nismo #29 B-ing Kegani Racing #25 Team Advan
  Takayuki Kinoshita
  Anders Olofsson
  Kazuo Mogi
  Sakai Obata
  Morio Nitta
  Keiichi Suzuki
3   Sportsland SUGO, Miyagi 17 May #12 Team Impul #26 Team Taisan #100 Mugen Honda
  Kazuyoshi Hoshino
  Masahiko Kageyama
  Fuminori Mizuno
  Anthony Reid
  Osamu Nakako
  Hideki Okada
4   Suzuka Circuit, Mie 5 July #22 Object T #61 Team Take One #11 Object T
  Tom Kristensen
  Kazuo Shimizu
  Takamasa Nakagawa
  Eiichi Tajima
  Hisashi Wada
  Hisashi Yokoshima
5   Mine Central Circuit, Yamaguchi 9 August #1 Hasemi Motorsport #29 B-ing Kegani Racing #37 Toyota Team TOM's
  Hideo Fukuyama
  Masahiro Hasemi
  Kazuo Mogi
  Sakai Obata
  Kaoru Hoshino
  Víctor Rosso
6   Tsukuba Circuit, Ibaraki 23 August #12 Team Impul #61 Team Take One #100 Mugen Honda
  Kazuyoshi Hoshino
  Masahiko Kageyama
  Takamasa Nakagawa
  Eiichi Tajima
  Osamu Nakako
  Hideki Okada
7   Sendai Hi-Land Raceway, Miyagi 20 September #12 Team Impul #35 Auto Tech Racing #14 Mooncraft
  Kazuyoshi Hoshino
  Masahiko Kageyama
  Andrew Gilbert-Scott
  Roland Ratzenberger
  Naoki Hattori
  Katsutomo Kaneishi
8   Fuji Speedway, Shizuoka 8 November #55 Nismo #34 Auto Tech Racing #100 Mugen Honda
  Takayuki Kinoshita
  Anders Olofsson
  Derek Higgins
  Paul Radisich
  Osamu Nakako
  Hideki Okada

Championship Standings

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Points were awarded 20, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 to the top 10 finishers in each class, with no bonus points for pole positions or fastest laps. All scores counted towards the championship. In cases where teammates tied on points, the driver who completed the greater distance during the season was given the higher classification.

Pos Driver AID AUT SUG SUZ MIN TSU SEN FUJ Pts Distance
JTC-1
1   Masahiro Hasemi 1 7 5 2 1 4 3 2 110 1607.56 km
2   Hideo Fukuyama 1 7 5 2 1 4 3 2 110 1167.86 km
3   Tom Kristensen 2 2 4 1 2 5 5 3 103 1449.72 km
4   Kazuo Shimizu 2 2 4 1 2 5 5 3 103 1322.56 km
5   Anders Olofsson 9 1 2 4 NC 3 2 1 100 1503.17 km
6   Takayuki Kinoshita 9 1 2 4 NC 3 2 1 100 971.01 km
7   Kazuyoshi Hoshino Ret 3 1 Ret Ret 1 1 6 78 966.81 km
8   Masahiko Kageyama Ret 3 1 Ret Ret 1 1 6 78 706.64 km
9   Keiichi Tsuchiya 4 Ret 3 3 17 2 4 17 74 1275.98 km
10   Kunimitsu Takahashi 4 Ret 3 3 17 2 4 17 74 1116.19 km
11   Yukihiro Hane 15 6 5 7 6 4 42 Unknown
12   Osamu Hagiwara 15 6 7 6 4 34 Unknown
13/14   Kiyoshi Misaki 3 Ret 7 Ret Ret Ret 7 5 28 Unknown
13/14   Naoki Nagasaka 3 Ret 7 Ret Ret Ret 7 5 28 Unknown
15   Shigeki Matsui 5 8 Unknown
16/17   M.V. Manitto 10 4 Unknown
16/17   Ratanakul Prutirat Serireongrith 10 4 Unknown
JTC-2
1   Kazuo Mogi Ret 4 9 17 3 9 9 22 92 1261.94 km
2   Sakai Obata Ret 4 9 3 9 9 22 88 876.81 km
3   Eiichi Tajima 6 Ret 19 6 5 6 25 26 86 1126.24 km
4   Takamasa Nakagawa 6 Ret 19 6 5 6 25 26 86 1120.78 km
5   Roland Ratzenberger Ret 5 10 7 4 13 8 Ret 85 1003.24 km
6   Andrew Gilbert-Scott Ret 5 10 7 4 13 8 Ret 85 899.45 km
7   Hideshi Matsuda 12 16 Ret 13 6 8 10 8 81 1358.47 km
8   Fuminori Mizuno 13 6 8 10 Ret 15 13 27 72 1363.53 km
9   Norio Makiguchi Ret 8 11 12 11 11 9 62 982.29 km
10   Atsushi Kawamoto 13 6 10 Ret 15 13 27 52 701.96 km
11   Toru Horigome DNS 8 11 DNS 11 11 9 52 Unknown
12   Yasushi Hitotsuyama 16 13 8 8 44 Unknown
13   Ryuichi Natsukawa 14 21 18 7 Ret 17 11 41 Unknown
14   Mikio Hitotsuyama 12 Ret 6 10 DNS 37 Unknown
15   Tetsuya Ota Ret 8 11 12 30 Unknown
16   Kevin Wong Ret 23 14 10 15 20 30 Unknown
17   Kazuaki Takamura 14 21 7 17 28 Unknown
18/19   Derek Higgins 23 7 23 Unknown
18/19   Paul Radisich 23 7 23 Unknown
20   Anthony Reid 8 20 Unknown
21   Hironori Takeuchi Ret 9 24 Ret Ret 20 Ret 24 19 Unknown
22   Winston Mak 23 14 DNS 20 18 Unknown
23   Fumio Mutoh Ret 9 20 Ret 24 16 Unknown
24   Masahiko Kondō 18 Ret 11 13 Unknown
25   Seiichi Sodeyama 9 12 Unknown
26   Akira Watanabe 23 Ret 15 10 Unknown
27   Motoshi Sekine Ret Ret 20 Ret 24 8 Unknown
28   Charles Kwan Ret 10 Ret DNS 6 Unknown
29   Shunji Kasuya 14 6 Unknown
30   Hideyuki Tamamoto 17 4 Unknown
31   Masaki Tanaka 24 3 Unknown
NC   Katsunori Iketani Ret 0 Unknown
NC   Hiroyuki Noji Ret 0 Unknown
NC   Hisashi Shimura Ret 0 Unknown
JTC-3
1   Osamu Nakako 5 12 12 Ret Ret 10 24 12 93 960.70 km
2   Hideki Okada 5 12 12 Ret Ret 10 24 12 93 866.19 km
3   Naoki Hattori 8 13 18 9 Ret 24 12 13 77 1209.57 km
4   Katsutomo Kaneishi 8 13 18 9 Ret 24 12 13 77 1077.74 km
5   Kaoru Hoshino Ret 14 13 19 8 21 19 Ret 60 909.49 km
6   Víctor Rosso Ret 14 13 19 8 21 19 Ret 60 899.18 km
7   Hisashi Yokoshima 16 11 17 8 Ret 16 Ret Ret 57 862.03 km
8   Hisashi Wada 16 11 17 8 Ret 16 Ret Ret 57 722.19 km
9   Masami Kageyama Ret Ret 16 11 12 Ret 14 14 57 897.02 km
10   Takahiko Hara Ret Ret 16 11 12 Ret 14 14 57 877.36 km
11/12   Morio Nitta 10 Ret Ret 9 22 18 16 55 Unknown
11/12   Keiichi Suzuki 10 Ret Ret 9 22 18 16 55 Unknown
13/14   Pierre-Henri Raphanel 11 Ret 14 Ret 15 18 16 15 52 Unknown
13/14   Masanori Sekiya 11 Ret 14 Ret 15 18 16 15 52 Unknown
15   Masami Miyoshi Ret 15 22 15 13 12 22 18 50 Unknown
16/17   Hiroyuki Kawai 7 Ret 20 16 11 Ret 20 19 48 Unknown
16/17   Mitsutake Koma 7 Ret 20 16 11 Ret 20 19 48 Unknown
18/19   Yasuo Muramatsu 10 17 15 Ret 14 Ret Ret Ret 30 Unknown
18/19   Kumi Sato 10 17 15 Ret 14 Ret Ret Ret 30 Unknown
20/21   Takeo Asano 17 DNS 25 21 16 19 Ret Ret 17 Unknown
20/21   Makoto Hagiwara 17 DNS 25 21 16 19 Ret Ret 17 Unknown
22   Hirokazu Ebihara 12 15 Unknown
23/24   Masahiro Matsunaga 20 17 21 15 Unknown
23/24   Shinichi Yamaji 20 17 21 15 Unknown
25/26   Takeshi Kubo Ret 14 Ret 25 13 Unknown
25/26   Akira Shibata Ret 14 Ret 25 13 Unknown
27   Junko Mihara DNS DNS 17 21 11 Unknown
28   Hikari Inami 22 13 10 Unknown
29   Tsutomu Hiraoka 15 8 Unknown
30   Kouzi Takubo 15 6 Unknown
31   Masayoshi Nishikakinouchi 18 6 Unknown
32/33   Masahiko Hanayama 21 28 4 Unknown
32/33   Nobukazu Katsura 21 28 4 Unknown
34/35   Tsugio Oba 22 23 Ret 4 Unknown
34/35   Katsuaki Sato 22 23 Ret 4 Unknown
36   Kenji Hongo 22 3 Unknown
37/38/39   Tsutomu Azuma 23 2 Unknown
37/38/39   Akihiro Higashi 23 2 Unknown
37/38/39   Isao Shibata 23 2 Unknown
40/41/42   Tsuyoshi Mouri 23 1 Unknown
40/41/42   Atsushi Okuda 23 1 Unknown
40/41/42   Fuyu Takashi 23 1 Unknown
43   Yasuo Kusakabe Ret 25 1 Unknown
NC   Masahiro Imamura DNS Ret 0 Unknown
NC   Kenji Kuroki Ret 0 Unknown
NC   Yoshio Hattori Ret 0 Unknown
NC   Kenta Shimamura Ret 0 Unknown
NC   Yutaka Tomii Ret 0 Unknown
NC   Prasert Aphihanya DNS 0 0.00 km
NC   Kurienkurai Limnantharak DNS 0 0.00 km
Pos Driver AID AUT SUG SUZ MIN TSU SEN FUJ Pts Distance
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole
Italics - Fastest lap

References

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