1991 Sugo 500km

April 2025 thumb|250px|Layout of the Sugo The Sugo Inter 500 km, was the fifth round of both the 1991 All Japan Sports Prototype Championship and the 1991 Long Distance Series, held at the Sugo on 15 September, in front of a crowd of approximately 45,000. http://www.racingsportscars.com/race/Sugo-1991-09-15-3469.html Sugo 500 kilometres 1991 – Racing Sports Cars Report Entry A total of 14 cars were entered for the event, in two classes, one for cars running to Group C1 specification and the other to IMSA GTP regulations. http://www.racingsportscars.com/race/Sugo-1991-09-15-3469.html Sugo 500 kilometres 1991 – Racing Sports Cars Qualifying The Nisseki Racing Team of George Fouché and Steven Andskär took pole position, in their Porsche 962GTi ahead of the Toyota Team SARD's Toyota 91C-V of Roland Ratzenberger and Pierre-Henri Raphanel, by only 0.047secs. http://www.racingsportscars.com/results/qualifying/Sugo-1991-09-15-3469.html Sugo 500 kilometres 1991 – Qualifying Results – Racing Sports Cars Race The race was held over 135 laps of the Sportsland Sugo circuit, a distance of 500 km (actual distance was 500.075 km). Eje Elgh and Geoff Lees took the winner spoils for the Toyota Team Tom's, driving their Toyota 91C-V. The European duo won in a time of 2hr 57:30.838mins., averaging a speed of 105.641 mph. Second place went to Akihiko Nakaya and Volker Weidler in the From A Racing's Nissan R91CK who finished about 6.5 seconds adrift. Also on the lead lap, in third place was the Nissan Motorsport of Anders Olofsson and Masahiro Hasemi. http://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Sugo-1991-09-15-3469.html Sugo 500 kilometres 1991 – 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 37 C1 SWE Eje Elgh GBR Geoff Lees Toyota Team Tom's Toyota 91C-V 2:57:30.838 2nd 27 C1 JPN Akihiko Nakaya DEU Volker Weidler From A Racing Nissan R91CK 2:57:37.020 3rd 1 C1 JPN Masahiro Hasemi SWE Anders Olofsson Nissan Motorsport Nissan R91CP 2:58:55.982 4th 100 C1 ZAF 1928 George Fouché SWE Steven Andskär Nisseki Racing Team Porsche 962GTi 132 5th 25 C1 JPN Hideki Okada JPN Masahiko Kageyama Team Le Mans Nissam R90VP 132 6th 18 C1 ITA Mauro Martini USA Jeff Krosnoff TWR Suntec Jaguar Jaguar XJR-11 129 7th 38 C1 AUT Roland Ratzenberger FRA Pierre-Henri Raphanel Toyota Team SARDToyota 91C-V 127 8th 21 C1 JPN Hideo Fukuyama JPN Hideshi Matsuda Aoshima Tsunemasa Spice-Ford SE90C 127 9th 202 GTP JPN Tetsuya Ota JPN Takashi Yorino Mazdaspeed Mazda 787B 126 10th 36 C1 JPN Masanori Sekiya JPN Hitoshi Ogawa Toyota Team Tom's Toyota 91C-V 126 11th 119 C1 JPN Kazuyoshi Hoshino JPN Toshio Suzuki Nissan Motorsport Nissan R91CP 119 DNF 201 GTP Republic of Ireland David Kennedy JPN Yojiro Terada Mazdaspeed Mazda 787B 23 Course Out DNF 230GTP JPN Tetsuji Shiratori JPN Masatomo Shimizu JPN Syuuji Fujii Pleasure Racing Mazda 767 3 Differential DNQ 3 C1 JPN Taku Akaike JPN Karou Iida Navi Connection Racing Mazda-Ford 767B Fastest lap: Masanori Sekiya/Hitoshi Ogawa, 1:14.593secs. (111.74 mph) http://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Sugo-1991-09-15-3469.html Sugo 500 kilometres 1991 – Race Results – Racing Sports Cars References Category:All Japan Sports Prototype Championship Category:Fuji Long Distance Series Category:Sports car races Sugo Category:SUGO Inter 500km