1988 Suzuka 500 km

May 2026 thumb|250px|Layout of the Suzuka International Racing Course (1987-2002) The Suzuka 500 km, was the second round of the 1988 All Japan Sports Prototype Championship was held at the Suzuka Circuit, on 10 April, in front of a crowd of approximately 24,000. http://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Suzuka-1988-04-10-3481.html 500 km Suzuka 1988 - Race Results - Racing Sports Cars Report Entry A total of 26 cars were entered for the event, across three classes ranging from Local Prototypes to Group C Prototypes. Qualifying The pairing of Vern Schuppan and George Fouché took pole position for Trust Racing Team, in their Porsche 962GTi ahead of the European partnership of Kenny Acheson and Emanuele Pirro for the Omron Racing Team, in their Porsche 962C, by over 1.06secs.Suzuka 10 April 1988 Racing Sports Cars http://www.racingsportcars.com/grid/Suzuka-1988-04-10-3481.html https://web.archive.org/web/20250119175344/http://www.racingsportcars.com/grid/Suzuka-1988-04-10-3481.html 19 January 2025 usurped Race The race was held over 86 laps of the Suzuka circuit, a distance of 500 km (actual distance was 503.911 km). Eje Elgh and Maurizio Sandro Sala took the winner spoils for the Rothmans Porsche Schuppan Team, driving their Porsche 962C. The pair won in a time of 2hr 59:12.876mins., averaging a speed of 93.726 mph. Second place went to Vern Schuppan and George Fouché in the Trust Racing Team’s Porsche 962GTi who finished about 20seconds adrift. Also, the lead lap, was the third placed Porsche 962CK6 of Kris Nissen and Harald Grohs. Classification 500km Suzuka Class Winners are in Bold text. Pos. No. Class Drivers Entrant Car — Engine Time, Laps Reason Out 1st 25 C SWE Eje Elgh BRA Maurizio Sandro Sala Rothmans Porsche Schuppan Team Porsche 962C 2:59:12.876 2nd 100 C AUS Vern Schuppan ZAF 1928 George Fouché Trust Racing Team Porsche 962GTi 2:59:32.386 3rd 16 C DNK Kris Nissen DEU Harald Grohs Leyton House Racing Team Porsche 962CK6 3:00:31.704 4th 27 C JPN Hideki Okada SWE Stanley Dickens From A Racing Porsche 962C 3:01:30.755 5th 37 C SWE Stefan Johansson ITA Paolo Barilla Toyota Team Tom’s Toyota 88C 85 6th 23 C JPN Kazuyoshi Hoshino JPN Kenji Takahashi Nissan Motorsport Nissan R88C 84 7th 201 C JPN Yoshimi Katayama JPN Yojiro Tarada JPN Takashi Yorino MazdaspeedMazda 767 81 8th 151 B JPN Jirou Yoneyama JPN Hideo Fukuyama British Barn Racing Team JTK-Ford 63C 79 9th 32 C JPN Masahiro Hasemi JPN Aguri Suzuki Nissan Motorsport Nissan R88C 77 10th 50 C JPN Syuuroku Saski JPN Tsunehisa Asai SARD SARD-Toyota MC88S 76 11th 87 A JPN Yoshifumi Yamazaki JPN Masaki Oohashi Yoshifumi Yamazaki West-Mazda 87S 74 12th 48 A JPN Keiichi Mizutani JPN Norizaku Tomiyasu Gorou Suzuki Oscar-Mazda SK85 74 13th77 A JPN Kazuo Ukita JPN Norihiro Takeda JPN Hiroshi Yonetani Kazuo Ukita Oscar-Mazda SK85 74 14th 230 C JPN Syuuji FujiiJPN Terumitsu Fujieda Shizumatsu Racing Mazda 757 71 15th 9 A JPN Keiichi Kosaka JPN Masayoshi Furuya JPN Souichirou Tanaka Keiichi Kosaka West-Mazda 85S 70 16th 14 A JPN Junji Okada JPN Mitsui Yamamoto RS Yamada West-Mazda 83S II 70 17th 30 A JPN Seiji Imoto JPN Seiji Imoto JPN Tadao Yamauchi Auto In'nan Oscar-Mazda 8II 68 DNF 36 C JPN Kiyotaka Nonomura JPN Masanori Sekiya Toyota team TOM’S Toyota 88C 82 DNF DNF 101 B JPN Masami Shirai JPN Syunji Abe Unicorn Racing MCS Guppy-Mazda 73 DNF 15 C JPN Naoki Nagasaka JPN Kaoru Hoshino JPN Masahiro Kageyama Leyton House Racing Team Porsche 962C 69 Suspension DNF 1 C JPN Kunimitsu Takahashi JPN Kazuo Mogi Advan Alpha Nova Porsche 962C 58 Engine DNF 6 A JPN Seiichi Sodeyama JPN Yoshiyuki Ogura West Racing Cars West-Mazda 87S 55Engine DNF 55 C Northern Ireland Kenny Acheson ITA Emanuele Pirro Omron Racing Team Porsche 962C 38 Engine DNF 85 C JPN Takao Wada SWE Anders Olofsson Person’s Racing Team March-Nissan 88S 31 Transmission DNF 31 A JPN Nobuyoshi Horii JPN Tadao Shin’ya JPN Hajime Kajiwara Norii Racing Sport Oscar-Mazda SK85 13 Drive Shaft DNF 3 C SWE Steven Andskär England Andrew Gilbert-Scott Auto Beaurex Motorsport TOM’s-Toyota 86C 4 CV joint Fastest lap: Hideki Okada/Stanley Dickens, 1:56.691secs. (112.98 mph) References 30em Category:All Japan Sports Prototype Championship Category:International Suzuka 500km Suzuka