1989 Fuji 1000km

thumb|Layout of the Fuji Speedway (1987–2003) The JAF Grand Prix All Japan Fuji 1000 km, was the second round of both the 1989 All Japan Sports Prototype Championship and the 1989 Fuji Long Distance Series was held at the Fuji International Speedway, on the 30 April, in front of a crowd of approximately 58,000.http://www.racingsportscars.com/race/Fuji-1989-04-30.html Fuji 1000 Kilometres JSPC 1989 Racing Sports Cars 1989-04-30 2013-08-25 Report Entry A total of 17 cars were entered for the event, in two classes, one for cars running to Group C1 specification and the other to IMSA GTP regulations. Qualifying The Nissan Motorsport car of Anders Olofsson and Masahiro Hasemi took pole position, in their Nissan R88C ahead of teammates Kazuyoshi Hoshino and Toshio Suzuki, by only 0.269secs.http://www.racingsportscars.com/grid/Fuji-1989-04-30.html Fuji 1000 Kilometres JSPC 1989 - Grid Racing Sports Cars 1989-04-30 2013-08-25 Race The race was held over 224 laps of the Fuji circuit, a distance of 1000 km (actual distance was 1001.28 km). Vern Schuppan, Eje Elgh and Keiji Matsumoto took the winner spoils for the Omron Racing Team, driving their Porsche 962C. The trio won in a time of 5hr 30:36.816mins., averaging a speed of 133.571 mph. Second place went to George Fouché and Steven Andskär in the Trust Racing Team's Porsche 962GTi who finished about 15 seconds adrift. Coming in third was the pole winning Nissan of Olofsson and Hasemi. They finished 1 lap behind the winners. http://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Fuji-1989-04-30.html Fuji 1000 Kilometres JSPC 1989 - Race Results - Racing Sports Cars Classification Result Class Winners are in Bold text. Pos. No. Class Drivers Entrant Car - Engine Time, Laps Reason Out 1st 55 C1 AUS Vern Schuppan SWE Eje ElghJPN Keiji Matsumoto Omron Nova Engineering ja ノバ・エンジニアリング RacingTeam Porsche 962C 5:30:36.816 2nd 100 C1 ZAF 1928 George Fouché SWE Steven Andskär Trust Racing Team Porsche 962GTi 5:30:51.215 3rd 24 C1 SWE Anders Olofsson JPN Masahiro Hasemi Nissan Motorsport Nissan R88C 223 4th 25 C1 JPN Kunimitsu Takahashi SWE Stanley Dickens Advan Alpha Nova Porsche 962C 223 5th 16 C1 JPN Masanori Sekiya JPN Hideki Okada Leyton House Racing Team Porsche 962CK6 220 6th 23 C1 JPN Kazuyoshi Hoshino JPN Toshio Suzuki Nissan Motorsport Nissan R88C 214 7th 85 C1 JPN Takao Wada JPN Akio Morimoto Cabin Racing Team with Team Le MansMarch-Nissan 88 212 8th 36 C1 England Geoff Lees JPN Hitoshi Ogawa Toyota team TOM’S Toyota 89C-V 211 9th 202 GTP JPN Yoshimi Katayama JPN Yojiro Terada JPN Takashi Yorino Mazdaspeed Mazda 767B 205 10th 50 C1 AUT Roland Ratzenberger JPN Keiichi Suzuki JPN Kouji Satou Tenoras Toyota SARD Racing Team Toyota 89C-V 205 11th 240 GTP JPN Toshihiko Nogami JPN Syuuji Kasuya JPN Yoshiyuki Ogura Katayama Racing Mazda 757 197 12th 230 GTP JPN Tetsuji Shiratori JPN Syuuji Fujii JPN Seisaku Suzuki Shizumats Racing Mazda 757 195 13th 26 C1 JPN Kazuo Mogi JPN Kenji Takahashi Advan Alpha Tomei Porsche 962C 190 DNF 7 C1 ARG Oscar LarruariBRA Maurizio Sandro Sala The Alpha Racing with Brun Porsche 962C 76 Turbocharger DNF 27 C1 JPN Akihiko Nakaya DEU Harald Grohs From A Racing Porsche 962C 31Engine DNF 22 C1 JPN Naoki Nagasaka JPN Chiyomi Totani Alpha Cubic Racing Team Porsche 962CK6 27 Differential DNF 88 C1 JPN Kiyoshi Misaki JPN Jirou Yoneyama JPN Hideo Fukuyama British Barn Racing Team BB-Ford 89R 12 Engine Fastest lap: Geoff Lees/Hitoshi Ogawa, 1:21:418secs. (112.98 mph) References Category:All Japan Sports Prototype Championship Category:Fuji Long Distance Series Category:All Japan Fuji 1000km Category:6 Hours of Fuji Fuji