1991 Japanese Touring Car Championship

1991 Japanese Touring Car Championship 1990 1992 The 1991 Japanese Touring Car Championship season was the 7th edition of the series. It began at Sportsland SUGO on 19 May and finished after six events at Fuji Speedway on 10 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 RoundsTeam ImpulNissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 1 JPN Kazuyoshi Hoshino JTC-1 All JPN Toshio Suzuki AllTeam TaisanNissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 2 JPN Kenji Takahashi JTC-1 All JPN Keiichi Tsuchiya All AUS Mark Skaife 6BMW M3 Sport Evolution 26 JPN Atsushi Kawamoto JTC-2 All JPN Fuminori Mizuno AllHasemi MotorsportNissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 3 JPN Masahiro Hasemi JTC-1 3-6 SWE Anders Olofsson 3-6 50 JPN Masahiro Hasemi JTC-1 1-2 SWE Anders Olofsson 1-2Cara RacingBMW M3 Sport Evolution 4 JPN Hiroyuki Noji JTC-2 2-6 JPN Toru Sawada 2-5 JPN Hideshi Matsuda 2, 4-6Team Koyama GarageIsuzu Gemini JT191 5 JPN Isao Shibata JTC-3 1, 6 JPN Yasuo Kusakabe 1 JPN Akihiro Higashi 3, 6 JPN Takashi Ooi 3 JPN Toshihiko Nogami 6TOM'sToyota Corolla Levin AE92 6 JPN Shunji Kasuya JTC-3 1-2, 5-6 JPN Kaori Okamoto 1-2, 5-6 7 JPN Masahiro Matsunaga JTC-3 1, 3-6 JPN Junko Mihara 1, 3-6FET RacingFord Sierra RS500 8 JPN Kiyoshi Misaki JTC-1 1-5 JPN Naoki Nagasaka 1-5Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R JPN Kiyoshi Misaki JTC-1 6 JPN Naoki Nagasaka 6Team Take OneBMW M3 Sport Evolution 9 JPN Takamasa Nakagawa JTC-2 2, 5 HKG 1959 Kevin Wong 2 HKG 1959 Charles Kwan 5 HKG 1959 Winston Mak 6 JPN Eiichi Tajima 6 10 HKG 1959 Winston Mak JTC-2 1-2, 5 HKG 1959 Charles Kwan 1-2 JPN Eiichi Tajima 2, 5 HKG 1959 Kevin Wong 5-6 JPN Takashi Ooi 6 16 JPN Takamasa Nakagawa JTC-2 1 HKG 1959 Kevin Wong 1Object TToyota Corolla Levin AE92 11 JPN Hisashi Yokoshima JTC-3 All JPN Hisashi Wada 1-5 JPN Takamasa Nakagawa 6Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 22 JPN Masahiko Kageyama JTC-1 All JPN Kazuo Shimizu AllNapolex Racing TeamNissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 12 ITA Paolo Barilla JTC-1 6 SWE Stefan Johansson 6MooncraftHonda Civic EF9 14 JPN Naoki Hattori JTC-3 All JPN Akihiko Nakaya AllNakajima PlanningHonda Civic EF9 15 JPN Hisatoyo Goto JTC-3 All JPN Koji Sato AllCherena Racing TeamBMW M3 Sport Evolution 17 JPN Ryuichi Natsukawa JTC-2 1-4, 6 JPN Masahiko Kondō 1, 3-4, 6 JPN Katsutomo Kaneishi 2-3Asano Racing ServiceToyota Corolla Levin AE92 18 JPN Takeo Asano JTC-3 All JPN Makoto Hagiwara AllRacing Project BandohToyota Corolla Levin AE92 19 JPN Shinji Tsunashima JTC-3 All JPN Hiroyuki Kawai All JPN Shoji Kasai 1 JPN Tomoyuki Hosono 6Hitotsuyama RacingBMW M3 Sport Evolution 21 JPN Hideo Fukuyama JTC-2 All JPN Yasushi Hitotsuyama All JPN Mikio Hitotsuyama 1-2, 4-6Team AdvanToyota Corolla Levin AE92 25 JPN Morio Nitta JTC-3 1-5 JPN Keiichi Suzuki 1-5Toyota Corolla Levin AE101 JPN Morio Nitta JTC-3 6 JPN Keiichi Suzuki 6Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 28 JPN Takeshi Kubo JTC-3 1, 3-4, 6 JPN Akira Shibata 1, 3-4, 6Trust RacingToyota Corolla Levin AE92 27 JPN Mitsutake Koma JTC-3 All JPN Tomoyuki Hosono 1-5 JPN Ryusaku Hitomi 1-4, 6 GBR James Kaye 6B-ing Kegani RacingBMW M3 Sport Evolution 29 JPN Kazuo Mogi JTC-2 All JPN Sakai Obata AllNismoNissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 32 JPN Ryu Haruki JTC-1 3-4 JPN Eiji Yamada 3-4Racing ForumFord Sierra RS500 33 JPN Takahiko Hara JTC-1 1 JPN Yasuo Muramatsu 1Honda Civic EF9 JPN Takahiko Hara JTC-3 2-6 JPN Yasuo Muramatsu 2-6Auto Tech RacingBMW M3 Sport Evolution 34 BEL Philippe Adams JTC-2 3, 6 GBR Andrew Gilbert-Scott 3, 6 35 SWE Thomas Danielsson JTC-2 All AUT Roland Ratzenberger AllToyota Team TOM'sToyota Corolla Levin AE92 36 JPN Hitoshi Ogawa JTC-3 1-5 JPN Masanori Sekiya 1-5Toyota Corolla Levin AE101 JPN Hitoshi Ogawa JTC-3 6 JPN Masanori Sekiya 6Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 37 JPN Kaoru Hoshino JTC-3 1-5 ARG Víctor Rosso 1-2, 4-5 JPN Takuya Kurosawa 3Toyota Corolla Levin AE101 JPN Kaoru Hoshino JTC-3 6 ARG Víctor Rosso 6Toyota Team ThailandToyota Corolla Levin AE92 45 THA Sutthipong Samitchart JTC-3 6 THA Kasikam Suphot 6Concept L Racing TeamHonda Civic EF9 55 JPN Masahiko Hanayama JTC-3 6 JPN Masami Kageyama 6 JPN Kumi Sato 6FMRBMW M3 Sport Evolution 56 JPN Fumio Mutoh JTC-2 1-2, 4-6 JPN Satoshi Ikezawa 1-3 JPN Hironori Takeuchi 3-6 JPN Toshikazu Kanamori 5AP NationalToyota Corolla Levin AE92 59 THA Prasert Aphiphunya JTC-3 6 THA Kriangkrai Limnantarak 6Team CMS SwedenFord Sierra RS500 66 FIN Heikki Salmenautio JTC-1 6 SWE Christer Simonsen 6 SWE Kurt Simonsen 6Team YamatoHonda Civic EF3 67 JPN Tsugio Oba JTC-3 2, 4, 6 JPN Katsuaki Sato 2, 4, 6Team NojiBMW M3 Sport Evolution 72 JPN Norio Makiguchi JTC-2 1, 3-6 JPN Hiroyuki Noji 1, 3 JPN Sanshu Tanaka 1 JPN Tetsu Horigome 3-4 JPN Tetsuya Ota 4-5 JPN Toru Horigome 5-6KawashoToyota Corolla Levin AE92 88 JPN Takashi Onuma JTC-3 3, 6 JPN Shinichi Yamaji 3, 6 JPN Minoru Tanaka 3 JPN Tetsuya Tanaka 6MoritaniHonda Civic EF9 90 JPN Masami Miyoshi JTC-3 All JPN Toru Hanyu 1 JPN Masahiko Arakawa 2, 6 JPN Michiko Uematsu 2 JPN Kawaji Takahashi 3 JPN Nobuyoshi Fukuda 4 JPN Yasufumi Yamakazi 5 JPN Toshihiro Yoshida 6Mugen HondaHonda Civic EF9 100 JPN Osamu Nakako JTC-3 All JPN Hideki Okada All 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 Sportsland SUGO, Miyagi 19 May #1 Team Impul #29 B-ing Kegani Racing #25 Team Advan JPN Kazuyoshi HoshinoJPN Toshio Suzuki JPN Kazuo MogiJPN Sakai Obata JPN Morio NittaJPN Keiichi Suzuki 2 JPN Suzuka Circuit, Mie 7 July #50 Hasemi Motorsport #35 Auto Tech Racing #100 Mugen Honda JPN Masahiro HasemiSWE Anders Olofsson SWE Thomas DanielssonAUT Roland Ratzenberger JPN Osamu NakakoJPN Hideki Okada 3 JPN Tsukuba Circuit, Ibaraki 18 August #3 Hasemi Motorsport #21 Hitotsuyama Racing #25 Team Advan JPN Masahiro HasemiSWE Anders Olofsson JPN Hideo FukuyamaJPN Yasushi Hitotsuyama JPN Morio NittaJPN Keiichi Suzuki 4 JPN Sendai Hi-Land Raceway, Miyagi 1 September #1 Team Impul #35 Auto Tech Racing #36 Toyota Team TOM's JPN Kazuyoshi HoshinoJPN Toshio Suzuki SWE Thomas DanielssonAUT Roland Ratzenberger JPN Hitoshi OgawaJPN Masanori Sekiya 5 JPN Autopolis, Ōita 13 October #3 Hasemi Motorsport #35 Auto Tech Racing #33 Racing Forum JPN Masahiro HasemiSWE Anders Olofsson SWE Thomas DanielssonAUT Roland Ratzenberger JPN Takahiko HaraJPN Yasuo Muramatsu 6 JPN Fuji Speedway, Shizuoka 10 November #1 Team Impul #26 Team Taisan #100 Mugen Honda JPN Kazuyoshi HoshinoJPN Toshio Suzuki JPN Atsushi KawamotoJPN Fuminori Mizuno JPN Osamu NakakoJPN Hideki Okada Championship Standings Points were awarded 20, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 to the overall top 10 as well as 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 SUG SUZ TSU SEN AUT FUJ Pts Distance 1 JPN Masahiro Hasemi 2 1 1 2 1 4 200 Unknown 2 SWE Anders Olofsson 2 1 1 2 1 4 200 Unknown 3 JPN Kazuyoshi Hoshino 1 Ret 3 1 2 1 174 Unknown 4 JPN Toshio Suzuki 1 Ret 3 1 2 1 174 Unknown 5 JPN Keiichi Tsuchiya Ret 2 2 3 4 3 128 Unknown 6 JPN Kenji Takahashi Ret 2 2 3 4 3 128 Unknown 7 AUT Roland Ratzenberger 6 4 23 5 5 8 125 Unknown 8 SWE Thomas Danielsson 6 4 23 5 5 8 125 Unknown 9 JPN Fuminori Mizuno 5 5 6 23 11 7 103 Unknown 10 JPN Atsushi Kawamoto 5 5 6 23 11 7 103 Unknown 11/12 JPN Masahiko Kageyama Ret 3 4 Ret 3 2 98 Unknown 11/12 JPN Kazuo Shimizu Ret 3 4 Ret 3 2 98 Unknown 13 JPN Hideo Fukuyama 17 9 5 6 7 10 98 Unknown 14/15 JPN Osamu Nakako Ret 6 13 10 Ret 9 74 Unknown 14/15 JPN Hideki Okada Ret 6 13 10 Ret 9 74 Unknown 16/17 JPN Kazuo Mogi 4 Ret 8 7 6 24 73 Unknown 16/17 JPN Sakai Obata 4 Ret 8 7 6 24 73 Unknown 18 JPN Yasushi Hitotsuyama DNS 9 5 DNS 7 10 71 Unknown 19/20 JPN Takahiko Hara Ret 7 12 12 8 22 66 Unknown 19/20 JPN Yasuo Muramatsu Ret 7 12 12 8 22 66 Unknown 21 JPN Mikio Hitotsuyama 17 DNS 6 7 10 56 Unknown 22/23 JPN Morio Nitta 7 Ret 9 18 14 Ret 56 Unknown 22/23 JPN Keiichi Suzuki 7 Ret 9 18 14 Ret 56 Unknown 24 JPN Kaoru Hoshino 12 11 18 13 13 12 53 Unknown 25 ARG Víctor Rosso 12 11 13 13 12 49 Unknown 26/27 JPN Kiyoshi Misaki 3 Ret 16 Ret Ret 5 48 Unknown 26/27 JPN Naoki Nagasaka 3 Ret 16 Ret Ret 5 48 Unknown 28/29 JPN Hitoshi Ogawa 15 Ret Ret 8 9 Ret 43 Unknown 28/29 JPN Masanori Sekiya 15 Ret Ret 8 9 Ret 43 Unknown 30 JPN Hiroyuki Noji 16 10 DNS 9 10 Ret 42 Unknown DNQ 31/32 JPN Naoki Hattori Ret Ret 11 11 12 21 42 Unknown 31/32 JPN Akihiko Nakaya Ret Ret 11 11 12 21 42 Unknown 33/34 JPN Hisatoyo Goto 8 16 20 21 17 14 37 Unknown 33/34 JPN Koji Sato 8 16 20 21 17 14 37 Unknown 35 JPN Masami Miyoshi 13 8 14 15 Ret 20 35 Unknown 36 JPN Hideshi Matsuda 10 9 10 Ret 34 Unknown 37 JPN Norio Makiguchi 16 19 20 Ret 11 28 Unknown 38/39 JPN Ryu Haruki 21 4 26 Unknown 38/39 JPN Eiji Yamada 21 4 26 Unknown 40 AUS Mark Skaife 3 24 Unknown 41 JPN Hisashi Yokoshima 9 Ret Ret 14 16 Ret 24 Unknown 42 JPN Hisashi Wada 9 Ret Ret 14 16 24 Unknown 43 JPN Ryuichi Natsukawa 14 Ret 15 16 Ret 24 Unknown 44 JPN Masahiko Kondō 14 15 16 Ret 24 Unknown 45 JPN Mitsutake Koma 10 15 22 26 Ret 17 23 Unknown 46 JPN Satoshi Ikezawa 18 12 10 21 Unknown 47/48 BEL Philippe Adams 7 19 20 Unknown 47/48 GBR Andrew Gilbert-Scott 7 19 20 Unknown 49 JPN Fumio Mutoh 18 12 Ret 19 25 20 Unknown 50 JPN Masahiko Arakawa 8 20 19 Unknown 51 JPN Tomoyuki Hosono 10 15 22 DNS Ret Ret 17 Unknown 52 JPN Ryusaku Hitomi 10 DNS DNS 26 17 17 Unknown 53/54 JPN Shinji Tsunashima 11 Ret Ret 17 15 Ret 17 Unknown 53/54 JPN Hiroyuki Kawai 11 Ret Ret 17 15 Ret 17 Unknown 55 JPN Michiko Uematsu 8 15 Unknown 56/57 ITA Paolo Barilla 6 12 Unknown 56/57 SWE Stefan Johansson 6 12 Unknown 58/59/60 JPN Masahiko Hanayama 13 12 Unknown 58/59/60 JPN Masami Kageyama 13 12 Unknown 58/59/60 JPN Kumi Sato 13 12 Unknown 61 JPN Hironori Takeuchi 10 Ret DNS 25 11 Unknown 62 JPN Toru Sawada DNS DNQ DNS 10 11 Unknown 63 JPN Toru Horigome Ret 11 10 Unknown 64/65 JPN Takeo Asano 19 Ret 17 25 20 Ret 9 Unknown 64/65 JPN Makoto Hagiwara 19 Ret 17 25 20 Ret 9 Unknown 66/67 JPN Tsugio Oba 13 22 Ret 8 Unknown 66/67 JPN Katsuaki Sato 13 22 Ret 8 Unknown 68/69 JPN Shunji Kasuya 21 14 18 Ret 8 Unknown 68/69 JPN Kaori Okamoto 21 14 18 Ret 8 Unknown 70 JPN Kawaji Takahashi 14 8 Unknown 71/72 JPN Takashi Onuma Ret 15 8 Unknown 71/72 JPN Shinichi Yamaji Ret 15 8 Unknown 73 JPN Tetsuya Tanaka 15 8 Unknown 74 HKG 1959 Winston Mak DNS Ret Ret 16 8 Unknown 75 JPN Eiichi Tajima Ret Ret 16 8 Unknown 76 GBR James Kaye 17 6 Unknown 77 JPN Toshikazu Kanamori 19 6 Unknown 78 JPN Tetsuya Ota 20 Ret 6 Unknown 79 HKG 1959 Kevin Wong DNS Ret Ret 18 6 Unknown 80 JPN Takashi Ooi Ret 18 6 Unknown 81 JPN Toru Hanyu 13 4 Unknown 82 JPN Nobuyoshi Fukuda 15 4 Unknown 83 JPN Takuya Kurosawa 18 4 Unknown 84 JPN Tetsu Horigome 19 DNS 4 Unknown 85 JPN Toshihiro Yoshida 20 4 Unknown 86/87/88 FIN Heikki Salmenautio 26 4 Unknown 86/87/88 SWE Christer Simonsen 26 4 Unknown 86/87/88 SWE Kurt Simonsen 26 4 Unknown 89/90 JPN Takeshi Kubo 20 Ret 19 Ret 2 Unknown 89/90 JPN Akira Shibata 20 Ret 19 Ret 2 Unknown 91/92 THA Sutthipong Samitchart 23 1 Unknown 91/92 THA Kasikam Suphot 23 1 Unknown 93/94 JPN Masahiro Matsunaga 22 24 24 Ret Ret 1 Unknown 93/94 JPN Junko Mihara 22 24 24 Ret Ret 1 Unknown 95 JPN Akihiro Higashi Ret 27 0 Unknown 96 JPN Isao Shibata DNS 27 0 Unknown 97 JPN Toshihiko Nogami 27 0 Unknown NC JPN Takamasa Nakagawa DNS Ret Ret Ret 0 Unknown NC HKG 1959 Charles Kwan DNS Ret Ret 0 Unknown NC JPN Katsutomo Kaneishi Ret DNS 0 Unknown NC JPN Minoru Tanaka Ret 0 Unknown NC JPN Yasufumi Yamakazi Ret 0 Unknown NC THA Prasert Aphiphunya Ret 0 Unknown NC THA Kriangkrai Limnantarak Ret 0 Unknown NC JPN Shoji Kasai DNS 0 0.00 km NC JPN Sanshu Tanaka DNS 0 0.00 km NC JPN Yasuo Kusakabe DNS 0 0.00 km Pos Driver SUG SUZ TSU SEN AUT FUJ Pts DistanceBold - Pole Italics - Fastest lap References Japanese Touring Car Championship Category:Japanese Touring Car Championship seasons