1985 1000 km of Fuji

thumb|Layout of the Fuji Speedway (1975–1985) The 1985 Fuji 1000 Kilometres was the ninth round of the 1985 World Endurance Championship as well as the fifth round of the 1985 All Japan Endurance Championship. It took place at the Fuji Speedway, Japan on October 6, 1985. Rain Prior to the start of the race, heavy rain fell on the Fuji circuit. Several racing teams were concerned with the safety of the circuit under such conditions, even leading to the Italian Lancia withdrawing just prior to the warm-up laps. Although the race started, the first ten laps were held under caution in order for the drivers to adapt to the wet circuit. Three teams chose to immediately withdraw before the first lap was even completed, including the two Rothmans Porsches. Within the next several laps, both Tom Walkinshaw Jaguars also returned to the pits to withdraw. The first Japanese squad to withdraw after the race began was the Alpha Cubic Porsche, stopping after only six laps, and followed two laps later by both Mazdas. By time caution was withdrawn at the beginning of the eleventh lap, fifteen cars had already returned to the pits to withdraw. They were joined a lap later by the Bartlett Chevron, the last remaining European entry. Eighteen cars remained in the event, all Japanese squads. The torrential rain continued however, and after two hours of racing, the organisers chose to end the event after completing only a fourth of the scheduled distance. As the race was shortened, half points were awarded in the Teams Championship, as well as the Drivers Championship, but only to those drivers who had actually had a chance to drive during the race. Official results Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of the winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC). Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Engine 1 C1 28 JPN Hoshino Racing JPN Kazuyoshi HoshinoJPN Akira HagiwaraJPN Keiji Matsumoto March 85G ? 62 Nissan VG30ET 3.0 L Turbo V6 2 C1 12 JPN Panasport Japan JPN Osamu NakakoJPN Akio MorimotoITA Emanuele Pirro LeMans LM05C ja ルマン・LM05C ? 61 Nissan VG30ET 3.0 L Turbo V6 3 C1 36 JPN Tom's JPN Satoru NakajimaJPN Masanori Sekiya Tom's 85C Bridgestone 61 Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4 4 C1 45 JPN ステラインターナショナル Auto Beaurex Motorsport ja JPN Naoki NagasakaJPN Taku Akaike Tom's 85C ? 61 Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4 5 C1 50 JPN Hasemi Motor Sport ja ハセミモータースポーツ JPN Masahiro HasemiJPN Takao Wada March 85G ? 60 Nissan VG30ET 3.0 L Turbo V6 6 C1 60 JPN Trust Nova Engineering ja ノバ・エンジニアリング Racing Team AUS Vern SchuppanRSA 1928 George FouchéJPN Keiichi Suzuki Porsche 956 ? 60 Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6 7 C1 35 JPN Misaki Speed JPN Toshio SuzukiJPN Kaoru Hoshino Tom's 85C ? 59 Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4 8 C1 30 JPN Central 20 Racing Team JPN Aguri SuzukiJPN Haruhito Yanagida Lola T810 Dunlop 59 Nissan VG30ET 3.0 L Turbo V6 9 C1 38 JPN Dome Motorsport GBR Geoff LeesSWE Eje Elgh Dome 85C Dunlop 58 Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4 10 C1 37 JPN Team Ikuzawa GBR Tiff NeedellGBR James Weaver Tom's 85C ? 57 Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4 11 GTU 175 JPN Trust Racing Team JPN Mitsutake KomaJPN Ryuusaku Hitomi Toyota Celica ? 57 Toyota 2.0 L I4 12 GTP 172 JPN Top Fuel Racing JPN Norimasa SakamotoJPN Hironobu Tatsumi Mazda RX-7 855 ? 56 Mazda 13B 1.3 L Turbo 2-Rotor 13 C1 57 JPN Rays Racing Division JPN Hitoshi OgawaJPN Tsunehisa Asai TOM'S 84C ? 56 Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4 14 C2 84 JPN ステラインターナショナル Auto Beaurex Motorsport ja JPN Kazuo MogiJPN Toshio Motohashi Lotec M1C ? 55 BMW M88 3.5 L I6 15 GTX 174 JPN OZ Racing JPN Kenji SeinoJPN Mutsuo Kazama Mazda RX-7 254 ? 54 Mazda 13B 1.3 L 2-Rotor 16 GTX 173 JPN Mazda Sport Car Club JPN Iwao SugaiJPN Hiroshi Sugai Mazda RX-7 254 ? 50 Mazda 13B 1.3 L 2-Rotor 17DNF C2 96 JPN Mr. S Racing Product JPN Syuuji FujiiJPN Seiichi SodeyamaJPN Tooru Sawada Mishima Auto 84C ? 51 BMW M88 3.5 L I6 18DNF C1 25 JPN Advan Sports Nova Engineering ja ノバ・エンジニアリング Nova JPN Kunimitsu TakahashiJPN Kenji Takahashi Porsche 962C Yokohama 34 Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6 19WD C2 100 GBR Barlett Chevron Racing GBR Robin SmithSWE Kenneth LeimIRL Martin Birrane Chevron B62 Avon 11 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3 L V8 20WD C1 27 JPN FromA ja Nova Engineering ja ノバ・エンジニアリング Racing JPN Jiro YoneyamaJPN Hideki Okada Porsche 956 ? 10 Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6 21DNF C2 98 GBR Roy Baker Promotion Ford GBR Roy BakerGBR David Andrews Tiga GC285 Avon 10 Ford Cosworth BDT 1.8 L Turbo I4 22WD C1 7 DEU New Man (company) fr New Man New Man Joest Racing DEU "John Winter"ITA Paolo BarillaBEL Marc Duez Porsche 956B Dunlop 9 Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6 23WD C1 14 GBR Richard Lloyd Racing GBR Kenny AchesonGBR Johnny Dumfries Porsche 956 GTi Goodyear 9 Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6 24WD C1 34 RSA 1928 Kreepy Krauly af RacingGBR Cosmik Racing DEU Christian DannerGRE Costas LosSWE Anders Olofsson March 84G Yokohama 9 Porsche Type-956 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6 25WD C2 85 JPN Mazdaspeed JPN Yoshimi KatayamaJPN Takashi Yorino Mazda 737C Dunlop 8 Mazda 13B 1.3 L 2-Rotor 26WD C2 86 JPN Mazdaspeed JPN Yojiro TeradaIRL David Kennedy Mazda 737C Dunlop 8 Mazda 13B 1.3 L 2-Rotor 27WD C1 33 GBR John Fitzpatrick Racing AUT Jo GartnerIRL Michael Roe Porsche 956B Yokohama 6 Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6 28WD C1 48 JPN Alpha Cubic Nova Engineering ja ノバ・エンジニアリング Racing Team JPN Noritake TakaharaJPN Chiyomi Totani Porsche 956B ? 6 Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6 29WD C1 51 GBR TWR Jaguar DEN John NielsenNZL Mike Thackwell Jaguar XJR-6 Dunlop 4 Jaguar 6.2 L V12 30WD C1 52 GBR TWR Jaguar DEU Hans HeyerGBR Steve Soper Jaguar XJR-6 Dunlop 4 Jaguar 6.2 L V12 31WD C1 23 SUI Cheetah Automobiles Switzerland BEL Bernard de DryverFRA Laurent Ferrier Cheetah G604 Dunlop 3 Aston Martin-Tickford 5.3 L V8 32WD C1 8 DEU New Man (company) fr New Man New Man Joest Racing DEU "John Winter"FRA Paul BelmondoCOL Mauricio de Narváez Porsche 956 Dunlop 2 Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6 33WD C1 1 DEU Rothmans Porsche DEU Jochen MassBEL Jacky Ickx Porsche 962C Dunlop 0 Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6 34WD C1 2 DEU Rothmans Porsche DEU Hans-Joachim StuckGBR Derek Bell Porsche 956 Dunlop 0 Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6 35WD C2 74 DEU Gebhardt Motorsport SWE Stanley DickensDEU Frank JelinskiCAN John Graham Gebhardt JC853 Avon 0 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 L V8 DNS C1 47 JPN Garage Italiya ja ガレーヂ伊太利屋 FRA Henri PescaroloITA Lucio Cesario Lancia LC2 ? - Ferrari 308C 3.0 L Turbo V8 DNQ C2 99 GBR Roy Baker Promotion Ford GBR Roy BakerUSA Bill Bean Tiga GC284 Avon - Ford Cosworth BDT 1.8 L Turbo I4 DNQ GTU 176 JPN Norikura Engineering JPN Yoshimasa FujiwaraJPN Makio NonakaJPN Junichi Igura Nissan Silvia ? - Nissan 2.0 L I6 Statistics Pole Position - #2 Rothmans Porsche - 1:15.92 Average Speed - 135.379 km/h References http://wsrp.ic.cz/wsc1985.html#9 FIA World Endurance Championship 1985 - 1000 km Fuji World Sports Racing Prototypes 2005-10-02 2008-07-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20080626005857/http://wsrp.ic.cz/wsc1985.html 26 June 2008 dead 1985 World Sportscar Championship 1985 1000 km of Brands Hatch 1985 800 km of Selangor 1985 All Japan Sports Prototype Championship 1985 1000 km of Suzuka 1985 500 km of Fuji Fuji Fuji Category:6 Hours of Fuji