1992 Japanese Touring Car Championship

1992 Japanese Touring Car Championship 1991 1993 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.https://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jaf.or.jp%2FCGI%2Fmsports%2Fresults%2Frace%2Flist.cgi%3Ftype%3DTC&sl=ja&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-8 Google Translatehttps://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fms.bridgestone.co.jp%2Fdatabase%2Frace_list_category04%3Fcid%3D20&sl=ja&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-8 Google Translate Teams & Drivers Team Car No. Drivers Class RoundsHasemi MotorsportNissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 1 JPN Hideo Fukuyama JTC-1 All JPN Masahiro Hasemi AllTeam TaisanNissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 2 JPN Kunimitsu Takahashi JTC-1 All JPN Keiichi Tsuchiya AllBMW M3 Sport Evolution 24 JPN Hironori Takeuchi JTC-2 All JPN Fumio Mutoh 1-2, 6-8 JPN Masaki Tanaka 3 JPN Motoshi Sekine 4-8 26 JPN Fuminori Mizuno JTC-2 All JPN Atsushi Kawamoto 1-2, 4-8 GBR Anthony Reid 3Team Koyama GarageIsuzu Gemini JT191 5 JPN Tsutomu Azuma JTC-3 8 JPN Akihiro Higashi 8 JPN Isao Shibata 8UnknownToyota Corolla Levin AE92 6 JPN Junko Mihara JTC-3 2UnknownHonda Civic EG6 7 JPN Yoshio Hattori JTC-3 8 JPN Kenta Shimamura 8 JPN Yutaka Tomii 8FET RacingNissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 8 JPN Kiyoshi Misaki JTC-1 All JPN Naoki Nagasaka AllAP NationalHonda Civic EF9 9 THA Prasert Aphiphunya JTC-3 8 THA Kriangkrai Limnantarak 8Object TToyota Corolla Levin AE92 11 JPN Hisashi Wada JTC-3 1-2 JPN Hisashi Yokoshima 1-2Toyota Corolla Levin AE101 JPN Hisashi Wada JTC-3 3-8 JPN Hisashi Yokoshima 3-8Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 22 DNK Tom Kristensen JTC-1 All JPN Kazuo Shimizu AllTeam ImpulNissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 12 JPN Kazuyoshi Hoshino JTC-1 All JPN Masahiko Kageyama AllMooncraftHonda Civic EF9 14 JPN Naoki Hattori JTC-3 1-6 JPN Katsutomo Kaneishi 1-6Honda Civic EG6 JPN Naoki Hattori JTC-3 7-8 JPN Katsutomo Kaneishi 7-8Cherena Racing TeamBMW M3 Sport Evolution 17 JPN Ryuichi Natsukawa JTC-2 1, 3-8 JPN Kazuaki Takamura 1, 3, 5, 7 JPN Masahiko Kondō 4, 6, 8Asano Racing ServiceToyota Corolla Levin AE92 18 JPN Takeo Asano JTC-3 All JPN Makoto Hagiwara AllRacing Project BandohToyota Corolla Levin AE92 19 JPN Hiroyuki Kawai JTC-3 1-7 JPN Mitsutake Koma 1-7Toyota Corolla Levin AE101 JPN Hiroyuki Kawai JTC-3 8 JPN Mitsutake Koma 8Hitotsuyama RacingBMW M3 Sport Evolution 21 JPN Hideshi Matsuda JTC-2 All JPN Mikio Hitotsuyama 1, 3, 5, 7-8 JPN Yasushi Hitotsuyama 2, 4, 6, 8Team AdvanToyota Corolla Levin AE101 25 JPN Morio Nitta JTC-3 2-8 JPN Keiichi Suzuki 2-8BVDRToyota Corolla Levin AE92 28 JPN Takeshi Kubo JTC-3 3, 6-8 JPN Akira Shibata 3, 6-8 JPN Yasuo Kusakabe 7-8B-ing Kegani RacingBMW M3 Sport Evolution 29 JPN Kazuo Mogi JTC-2 All JPN Sakai Obata 1-3, 5-8 JPN Hideyuki Tamamoto 4Concept L Racing TeamHonda Civic EF9 32 JPN Takahiko Hara JTC-3 1-6 JPN Masami Kageyama 1-6Honda Civic EG6 JPN Takahiko Hara JTC-3 7-8 JPN Masami Kageyama 7-8Honda Civic EF9 77 JPN Masahiko Hanayama JTC-3 7-8 JPN Nobukazu Katsura 7-8Racing ForumHonda Civic EF9 33 JPN Yasuo Muramatsu JTC-3 1-7 JPN Kumi Sato 1-7Honda Civic EG6 JPN Yasuo Muramatsu JTC-3 8 JPN Kumi Sato 8Auto Tech RacingBMW M3 Sport Evolution 34 IRL Derek Higgins JTC-2 6, 8 NZL Paul Radisich 6, 8 35 GBR Andrew Gilbert-Scott JTC-2 All AUT Roland Ratzenberger AllToyota Team TOM'sToyota Corolla Levin AE101 36 FRA Pierre-Henri Raphanel JTC-3 All JPN Masanori Sekiya All 37 JPN Kaoru Hoshino JTC-3 All ARG Víctor Rosso AllKinku BostonToyota Corolla Levin AE92 39 JPN Tsuyoshi Mouri JTC-3 4 JPN Atsushi Okuda 4 JPN Fuyu Takashi 4NismoNissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 55 JPN Takayuki Kinoshita JTC-1 All SWE Anders Olofsson AllTeam Over TakeBMW M3 Sport Evolution 61 JPN Takamasa Nakagawa JTC-2 All JPN Eiichi Tajima All 62 HKG 1959 Kevin Wong JTC-2 2-5, 7-8 HKG 1959 Charles Kwan 2, 5-6, 8 HKG 1959 Winston Mak 3-4, 7-8 JPN Akira Watanabe 3, 6-7 JPN Shunji Kasuya 4Team NojiBMW M3 Sport Evolution 63 JPN Katsunori Iketani JTC-2 8 JPN Hiroyuki Noji 8 JPN Hisashi Shimura 8Team YamatoHonda Civic EF9 67 JPN Tsugio Oba JTC-3 4, 7-8 JPN Katsuaki Sato 4, 7-8 JPN Masahiro Imamura 7-8IPF Wako'sBMW M3 Sport Evolution 72 JPN Toru Horigome JTC-2 1-4, 6-8 JPN Norio Makiguchi 1-4, 6-8 JPN Tetsuya Ota 1-4 JPN Seiichi Sodeyama 8UnknownNissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 83 THA M.V. Manitto JTC-1 8 THA Ratanakul Prutirat Serireongrith 8Kenji HKS RacingNissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 87 JPN Yukihiro Hane JTC-1 1, 3-4, 6-8 JPN Osamu Hagiwara 1, 3, 6-8 JPN Shigeki Matsui 4KawashoToyota Corolla Levin AE101 88 JPN Masahiro Matsunaga JTC-3 4, 6, 8 JPN Junko Mihara 4, 6, 8 JPN Shinichi Yamaji 4, 6, 8MoritaniHonda Civic EF9 90 JPN Masami Miyoshi JTC-3 All JPN Kenji Kuroki 1 JPN Kouzi Takubo 2 JPN Hikari Inami 3, 5 JPN Tsutomo Hiraoka 4 JPN Hirokazu Ebihara 6 JPN Kenji Hongo 7 JPN Masayoshi Nishikakinouchi 8Mugen HondaHonda Civic EF9 100 JPN Osamu Nakako JTC-3 1-3 JPN Hideki Okada 1-3Honda Civic EG6 JPN Osamu Nakako JTC-3 4-8 JPN Hideki Okada 4-8 Icon Class JTC-1 over 2500cc JTC-2 1601-2500cc JTC-3 Up to 1600cc Calendar 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 JPN TI Circuit Aida, Okayama 15 March #1 Hasemi Motorsport #61 Team Take One #100 Mugen Honda JPN Hideo FukuyamaJPN Masahiro Hasemi JPN Takamasa NakagawaJPN Eiichi Tajima JPN Osamu NakakoJPN Hideki Okada 2 JPN Autopolis, Ōita 26 April #55 Nismo #29 B-ing Kegani Racing #25 Team Advan JPN Takayuki KinoshitaSWE Anders Olofsson JPN Kazuo MogiJPN Sakai Obata JPN Morio NittaJPN Keiichi Suzuki 3 JPN Sportsland SUGO, Miyagi 17 May #12 Team Impul #26 Team Taisan #100 Mugen Honda JPN Kazuyoshi HoshinoJPN Masahiko Kageyama JPN Fuminori MizunoGBR Anthony Reid JPN Osamu NakakoJPN Hideki Okada 4 JPN Suzuka Circuit, Mie 5 July #22 Object T #61 Team Take One #11 Object T DNK Tom KristensenJPN Kazuo Shimizu JPN Takamasa NakagawaJPN Eiichi Tajima JPN Hisashi WadaJPN Hisashi Yokoshima 5 JPN Mine Central Circuit, Yamaguchi 9 August #1 Hasemi Motorsport #29 B-ing Kegani Racing #37 Toyota Team TOM's JPN Hideo FukuyamaJPN Masahiro Hasemi JPN Kazuo MogiJPN Sakai Obata JPN Kaoru HoshinoARG Víctor Rosso 6 JPN Tsukuba Circuit, Ibaraki 23 August #12 Team Impul #61 Team Take One #100 Mugen Honda JPN Kazuyoshi HoshinoJPN Masahiko Kageyama JPN Takamasa NakagawaJPN Eiichi Tajima JPN Osamu NakakoJPN Hideki Okada 7 JPN Sendai Hi-Land Raceway, Miyagi 20 September #12 Team Impul #35 Auto Tech Racing #14 Mooncraft JPN Kazuyoshi HoshinoJPN Masahiko Kageyama GBR Andrew Gilbert-ScottAUT Roland Ratzenberger JPN Naoki HattoriJPN Katsutomo Kaneishi 8 JPN Fuji Speedway, Shizuoka 8 November #55 Nismo #34 Auto Tech Racing #100 Mugen Honda JPN Takayuki KinoshitaSWE Anders Olofsson IRL Derek HigginsNZL Paul Radisich JPN Osamu NakakoJPN Hideki Okada Championship Standings 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 JPN Masahiro Hasemi 1 7 5 2 1 4 3 2 110 1607.56 km 2 JPN Hideo Fukuyama 1 7 5 2 1 4 3 2 110 1167.86 km 3 DNK Tom Kristensen 2 2 4 1 2 5 5 3 103 1449.72 km 4 JPN Kazuo Shimizu 2 2 4 1 2 5 5 3 103 1322.56 km 5 SWE Anders Olofsson 9 1 2 4 NC 3 2 1 100 1503.17 km 6 JPN Takayuki Kinoshita 9 1 2 4 NC 3 2 1 100 971.01 km 7 JPN Kazuyoshi Hoshino Ret 3 1 Ret Ret 1 1 6 78 966.81 km 8 JPN Masahiko Kageyama Ret 3 1 Ret Ret 1 1 6 78 706.64 km 9 JPN Keiichi Tsuchiya 4 Ret 3 3 17 2 4 17 74 1275.98 km 10 JPN Kunimitsu Takahashi 4 Ret 3 3 17 2 4 17 74 1116.19 km 11 JPN Yukihiro Hane 15 6 5 7 6 4 42 Unknown 12 JPN Osamu Hagiwara 15 6 7 6 4 34 Unknown 13/14 JPN Kiyoshi Misaki 3 Ret 7 Ret Ret Ret 7 5 28 Unknown 13/14 JPN Naoki Nagasaka 3 Ret 7 Ret Ret Ret 7 5 28 Unknown 15 JPN Shigeki Matsui 5 8 Unknown 16/17 THA M.V. Manitto 10 4 Unknown 16/17 THA Ratanakul Prutirat Serireongrith 10 4 Unknown JTC-2 1 JPN Kazuo Mogi Ret 4 9 17 3 9 9 22 92 1261.94 km 2 JPN Sakai Obata Ret 4 9 3 9 9 22 88 876.81 km 3 JPN Eiichi Tajima 6 Ret 19 6 5 6 25 26 86 1126.24 km 4 JPN Takamasa Nakagawa 6 Ret 19 6 5 6 25 26 86 1120.78 km 5 AUT Roland Ratzenberger Ret 5 10 7 4 13 8 Ret 85 1003.24 km 6 GBR Andrew Gilbert-Scott Ret 5 10 7 4 13 8 Ret 85 899.45 km 7 JPN Hideshi Matsuda 12 16 Ret 13 6 8 10 8 81 1358.47 km 8 JPN Fuminori Mizuno 13 6 8 10 Ret 15 13 27 72 1363.53 km 9 JPN Norio Makiguchi Ret 8 11 12 11 11 9 62 982.29 km 10 JPN Atsushi Kawamoto 13 6 10 Ret 15 13 27 52 701.96 km 11 JPN Toru Horigome DNS 8 11 DNS 11 11 9 52 Unknown 12 JPN Yasushi Hitotsuyama 16 13 8 8 44 Unknown 13 JPN Ryuichi Natsukawa 14 21 18 7 Ret 17 11 41 Unknown 14 JPN Mikio Hitotsuyama 12 Ret 6 10 DNS 37 Unknown 15 JPN Tetsuya Ota Ret 8 11 12 30 Unknown 16 HKG 1959 Kevin Wong Ret 23 14 10 15 20 30 Unknown 17 JPN Kazuaki Takamura 14 21 7 17 28 Unknown 18/19 IRL Derek Higgins 23 7 23 Unknown 18/19 NZL Paul Radisich 23 7 23 Unknown 20 GBR Anthony Reid 8 20 Unknown 21 JPN Hironori Takeuchi Ret 9 24 Ret Ret 20 Ret 24 19 Unknown 22 HKG 1959 Winston Mak 23 14 DNS 20 18 Unknown 23 JPN Fumio Mutoh Ret 9 20 Ret 24 16 Unknown 24 JPN Masahiko Kondō 18 Ret 11 13 Unknown 25 JPN Seiichi Sodeyama 9 12 Unknown 26 JPN Akira Watanabe 23 Ret 15 10 Unknown 27 JPN Motoshi Sekine Ret Ret 20 Ret 24 8 Unknown 28 HKG 1959 Charles Kwan Ret 10 Ret DNS 6 Unknown 29 JPN Shunji Kasuya 14 6 Unknown 30 JPN Hideyuki Tamamoto 17 4 Unknown 31 JPN Masaki Tanaka 24 3 Unknown NC JPN Katsunori Iketani Ret 0 Unknown NC JPN Hiroyuki Noji Ret 0 Unknown NC JPN Hisashi Shimura Ret 0 Unknown JTC-3 1 JPN Osamu Nakako 5 12 12 Ret Ret 10 24 12 93 960.70 km 2 JPN Hideki Okada 5 12 12 Ret Ret 10 24 12 93 866.19 km 3 JPN Naoki Hattori 8 13 18 9 Ret 24 12 13 77 1209.57 km 4 JPN Katsutomo Kaneishi 8 13 18 9 Ret 24 12 13 77 1077.74 km 5 JPN Kaoru Hoshino Ret 14 13 19 8 21 19 Ret 60 909.49 km 6 ARG Víctor Rosso Ret 14 13 19 8 21 19 Ret 60 899.18 km 7 JPN Hisashi Yokoshima 16 11 17 8 Ret 16 Ret Ret 57 862.03 km 8 JPN Hisashi Wada 16 11 17 8 Ret 16 Ret Ret 57 722.19 km 9 JPN Masami Kageyama Ret Ret 16 11 12 Ret 14 14 57 897.02 km 10 JPN Takahiko Hara Ret Ret 16 11 12 Ret 14 14 57 877.36 km 11/12 JPN Morio Nitta 10 Ret Ret 9 22 18 16 55 Unknown 11/12 JPN Keiichi Suzuki 10 Ret Ret 9 22 18 16 55 Unknown 13/14 FRA Pierre-Henri Raphanel 11 Ret 14 Ret 15 18 16 15 52 Unknown 13/14 JPN Masanori Sekiya 11 Ret 14 Ret 15 18 16 15 52 Unknown 15 JPN Masami Miyoshi Ret 15 22 15 13 12 22 18 50 Unknown 16/17 JPN Hiroyuki Kawai 7 Ret 20 16 11 Ret 20 19 48 Unknown 16/17 JPN Mitsutake Koma 7 Ret 20 16 11 Ret 20 19 48 Unknown 18/19 JPN Yasuo Muramatsu 10 17 15 Ret 14 Ret Ret Ret 30 Unknown 18/19 JPN Kumi Sato 10 17 15 Ret 14 Ret Ret Ret 30 Unknown 20/21 JPN Takeo Asano 17 DNS 25 21 16 19 Ret Ret 17 Unknown 20/21 JPN Makoto Hagiwara 17 DNS 25 21 16 19 Ret Ret 17 Unknown 22 JPN Hirokazu Ebihara 12 15 Unknown 23/24 JPN Masahiro Matsunaga 20 17 21 15 Unknown 23/24 JPN Shinichi Yamaji 20 17 21 15 Unknown 25/26 JPN Takeshi Kubo Ret 14 Ret 25 13 Unknown 25/26 JPN Akira Shibata Ret 14 Ret 25 13 Unknown 27 JPN Junko Mihara DNS DNS 17 21 11 Unknown 28 JPN Hikari Inami 22 13 10 Unknown 29 JPN Tsutomu Hiraoka 15 8 Unknown 30 JPN Kouzi Takubo 15 6 Unknown 31 JPN Masayoshi Nishikakinouchi 18 6 Unknown 32/33 JPN Masahiko Hanayama 21 28 4 Unknown 32/33 JPN Nobukazu Katsura 21 28 4 Unknown 34/35 JPN Tsugio Oba 22 23 Ret 4 Unknown 34/35 JPN Katsuaki Sato 22 23 Ret 4 Unknown 36 JPN Kenji Hongo 22 3 Unknown 37/38/39 JPN Tsutomu Azuma 23 2 Unknown 37/38/39 JPN Akihiro Higashi 23 2 Unknown 37/38/39 JPN Isao Shibata 23 2 Unknown 40/41/42 JPN Tsuyoshi Mouri 23 1 Unknown 40/41/42 JPN Atsushi Okuda 23 1 Unknown 40/41/42 JPN Fuyu Takashi 23 1 Unknown 43 JPN Yasuo Kusakabe Ret 25 1 Unknown NC JPN Masahiro Imamura DNS Ret 0 Unknown NC JPN Kenji Kuroki Ret 0 Unknown NC JPN Yoshio Hattori Ret 0 Unknown NC JPN Kenta Shimamura Ret 0 Unknown NC JPN Yutaka Tomii Ret 0 Unknown NC THA Prasert Aphihanya DNS 0 0.00 km NC THA Kurienkurai Limnantharak DNS 0 0.00 km Pos Driver AID AUT SUG SUZ MIN TSU SEN FUJ Pts DistanceBold - Pole Italics - Fastest lap References Touring Car Championship Category:Japanese Touring Car Championship seasons