1991 Japanese Touring Car Championship season

1991 Japanese Touring Car Championship
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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.^[1][2]

Teams & Drivers

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds Team Impul Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 1 Kazuyoshi Hoshino JTC-1 All Toshio Suzuki All Team Taisan Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 2 Kenji Takahashi JTC-1 All Keiichi Tsuchiya All Mark Skaife 6 BMW M3 Sport Evolution 26 Atsushi Kawamoto JTC-2 All Fuminori Mizuno All Hasemi Motorsport Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 3 Masahiro Hasemi JTC-1 3-6 Anders Olofsson 3-6 50 Masahiro Hasemi JTC-1 1-2 Anders Olofsson 1-2 Cara Racing BMW M3 Sport Evolution 4 Hiroyuki Noji JTC-2 2-6 Toru Sawada 2-5 Hideshi Matsuda 2, 4-6 Team Koyama Garage Isuzu Gemini JT191 5 Isao Shibata JTC-3 1, 6 Yasuo Kusakabe 1 Akihiro Higashi 3, 6 Takayuki Ooi 3 Toshihiko Nogami 6 TOM's Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 6 Syunji Kasuya JTC-3 1-2, 5-6 Kaori Okamoto 1-2, 5-6 7 Masahiro Matsunaga JTC-3 1, 3-6 Junko Mihara 1, 3-6 FET Racing Ford Sierra RS500 8 Kiyoshi Misaki JTC-1 1-5 Naoki Nagasaka 1-5 Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R Kiyoshi Misaki JTC-1 6 Naoki Nagasaka 6 Team Over Take BMW M3 Sport Evolution 9 Takamasa Nakagawa JTC-2 2, 5 Kevin Wong 2 Charles Kwan 5 Winston Mak 6 Eiichi Tajima 6 10 Winston Mak JTC-2 1-2, 5 Charles Kwan 1-2 Eiichi Tajima 2, 5 Kevin Wong 5-6 Takayuki Ooi 6 16 Takamasa Nakagawa JTC-2 1 Kevin Wong 1 Object T Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 11 Hisashi Yokoshima JTC-3 All Hisashi Wada 1-5 Takamasa Nakagawa 6 Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 22 Masahiko Kageyama JTC-1 All Kazuo Shimizu All Napolex Racing Team Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 12 Paolo Barilla JTC-1 6 Stefan Johansson 6 Mooncraft Honda Civic EF9 14 Naoki Hattori JTC-3 All Akihiko Nakaya All Nakajima Planning Honda Civic EF9 15 Hisatoyo Goto JTC-3 All Koji Sato All Cherena Racing Team BMW M3 Sport Evolution 17 Ryuichi Natsukawa JTC-2 1-4, 6 Masahiko Kondō 1, 3-4, 6 Katsutomo Kaneishi 2-3 Asano Racing Service Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 18 Takeo Asano JTC-3 All Makoto Hagiwara All Racing Project Bandoh Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 19 Shinji Tsunashima JTC-3 All Hiroyuki Kawai All Shoji Kasai 1 Tomoyuki Hosono 6 Hitotsuyama Racing BMW M3 Sport Evolution 21 Hideo Fukuyama JTC-2 All Yasushi Hitotsuyama All Mikio Hitotsuyama 1-2, 4-6 Team Advan Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 25 Morio Nitta JTC-3 1-5 Keiichi Suzuki 1-5 Toyota Corolla Levin AE101 Morio Nitta JTC-3 6 Keiichi Suzuki 6 Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 28 Takeshi Kubo JTC-3 1, 3-4, 6 Akira Shibata 1, 3-4, 6 Trust Racing Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 27 Mitsutake Koma JTC-3 All Tomoyuki Hosono 1-5 Ryusaku Hitomi 1-4, 6 James Kaye 6 B-ing Kegani Racing BMW M3 Sport Evolution 29 Kazuo Mogi JTC-2 All Sakai Obata All Nismo Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 32 Ryu Haruki JTC-1 3-4 Eiji Yamada 3-4 Racing Forum Ford Sierra RS500 33 Takahiko Hara JTC-1 1 Yasuo Muramatsu 1 Honda Civic EF9 Takahiko Hara JTC-3 2-6 Yasuo Muramatsu 2-6 Auto Tech Racing BMW M3 Sport Evolution 34 Philippe Adams JTC-2 3, 6 Andrew Gilbert-Scott 3, 6 35 Thomas Danielsson JTC-2 All Roland Ratzenberger All Toyota Team TOM's Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 36 Hitoshi Ogawa JTC-3 1-5 Masanori Sekiya 1-5 Toyota Corolla Levin AE101 Hitoshi Ogawa JTC-3 6 Masanori Sekiya 6 Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 37 Kaoru Hoshino JTC-3 1-5 Víctor Rosso 1-2, 4-5 Takuya Kurosawa 3 Toyota Corolla Levin AE101 Kaoru Hoshino JTC-3 6 Víctor Rosso 6 Toyota Team Thailand Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 45 Sutthipong Samitchart JTC-3 6 Kasikam Suphot 6 Concept L Racing Team Honda Civic EF9 55 Masahiko Hanayama JTC-3 6 Masami Kageyama 6 Kumi Sato 6 FMR BMW M3 Sport Evolution 56 Fumio Mutoh JTC-2 1-2, 4-6 Satoshi Ikezawa 1-3 Hironori Takeuchi 3-6 Toshikazu Kanamori 5 AP National Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 59 Prasert Aphiphunya JTC-3 6 Kriangkrai Limnantarak 6 Team CMS Sweden Ford Sierra RS500 66 Heikki Salmenautio JTC-1 6 Christer Simonsen 6 Kurt Simonsen 6 Team Yamato Honda Civic EF3 67 Tsugio Oba JTC-3 2, 4, 6 Katsuaki Sato 2, 4, 6 Team Noji BMW M3 Sport Evolution 72 Norio Makiguchi JTC-2 1, 3-6 Hiroyuki Noji 1, 3 Sanshu Tanaka 1 Tetsu Horigome 3-4 Tetsuya Ota 4-5 Toru Horigome 5-6 Kawasho Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 88 Takashi Onuma JTC-3 3, 6 Shinichi Yamaji 3, 6 Minoru Tanaka 3 Tetsuya Tanaka 6 Moritani Honda Civic EF9 90 Masami Miyoshi JTC-3 All Toru Hanyu 1 Masahiko Arakawa 2, 6 Michiko Uematsu 2 Kawaji Takahashi 3 Nobuyoshi Fukuda 4 Yasufumi Yamakazi 5 Toshihiro Yoshida 6 Mugen Honda Honda Civic EF9 100 Osamu Nakako JTC-3 All 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	Sportsland SUGO, Miyagi	19 May	#1 Team Impul	#29 B-ing Kegani Racing	#25 Team Advan
			Kazuyoshi Hoshino Toshio Suzuki	Kazuo Mogi Sakai Obata	Morio Nitta Keiichi Suzuki
2	Suzuka Circuit, Mie	7 July	#50 Hasemi Motorsport	#35 Auto Tech Racing	#100 Mugen Honda
			Masahiro Hasemi Anders Olofsson	Thomas Danielsson Roland Ratzenberger	Osamu Nakako Hideki Okada
3	Tsukuba Circuit, Ibaraki	18 August	#3 Hasemi Motorsport	#21 Hitotsuyama Racing	#25 Team Advan
			Masahiro Hasemi Anders Olofsson	Hideo Fukuyama Yasushi Hitotsuyama	Morio Nitta Keiichi Suzuki
4	Sendai Hi-Land Raceway, Miyagi	1 September	#1 Team Impul	#35 Auto Tech Racing	#36 Toyota Team TOM's
			Kazuyoshi Hoshino Toshio Suzuki	Thomas Danielsson Roland Ratzenberger	Hitoshi Ogawa Masanori Sekiya
5	Autopolis, Ōita	13 October	#3 Hasemi Motorsport	#35 Auto Tech Racing	#33 Racing Forum
			Masahiro Hasemi Anders Olofsson	Thomas Danielsson Roland Ratzenberger	Takahiko Hara Yasuo Muramatsu
6	Fuji Speedway, Shizuoka	10 November	#1 Team Impul	#26 Team Taisan	#100 Mugen Honda
			Kazuyoshi Hoshino Toshio Suzuki	Atsushi Kawamoto Fuminori Mizuno	Osamu Nakako 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 Masahiro Hasemi 2 1 1 2 1 4 200 Unknown 2 Anders Olofsson 2 1 1 2 1 4 200 Unknown 3 Kazuyoshi Hoshino 1 Ret 3 1 2 1 174 Unknown 4 Toshio Suzuki 1 Ret 3 1 2 1 174 Unknown 5 Keiichi Tsuchiya Ret 2 2 3 4 3 128 Unknown 6 Kenji Takahashi Ret 2 2 3 4 3 128 Unknown 7 Roland Ratzenberger 6 4 23 5 5 8 125 Unknown 8 Thomas Danielsson 6 4 23 5 5 8 125 Unknown 9 Fuminori Mizuno 5 5 6 23 11 7 103 Unknown 10 Atsushi Kawamoto 5 5 6 23 11 7 103 Unknown 11/12 Masahiko Kageyama Ret 3 4 Ret 3 2 98 Unknown 11/12 Kazuo Shimizu Ret 3 4 Ret 3 2 98 Unknown 13 Hideo Fukuyama 17 9 5 6 7 10 98 Unknown 14/15 Osamu Nakako Ret 6 13 10 Ret 9 74 Unknown 14/15 Hideki Okada Ret 6 13 10 Ret 9 74 Unknown 16/17 Kazuo Mogi 4 Ret 8 7 6 24 73 Unknown 16/17 Sakai Obata 4 Ret 8 7 6 24 73 Unknown 18 Yasushi Hitotsuyama DNS 9 5 DNS 7 10 71 Unknown 19/20 Takahiko Hara Ret 7 12 12 8 22 66 Unknown 19/20 Yasuo Muramatsu Ret 7 12 12 8 22 66 Unknown 21 Mikio Hitotsuyama 17 DNS 6 7 10 56 Unknown 22/23 Morio Nitta 7 Ret 9 18 14 Ret 56 Unknown 22/23 Keiichi Suzuki 7 Ret 9 18 14 Ret 56 Unknown 24 Kaoru Hoshino 12 11 18 13 13 12 53 Unknown 25 Víctor Rosso 12 11 13 13 12 49 Unknown 26/27 Kiyoshi Misaki 3 Ret 16 Ret Ret 5 48 Unknown 26/27 Naoki Nagasaka 3 Ret 16 Ret Ret 5 48 Unknown 28/29 Hitoshi Ogawa 15 Ret Ret 8 9 Ret 43 Unknown 28/29 Masanori Sekiya 15 Ret Ret 8 9 Ret 43 Unknown 30 Hiroyuki Noji 16 10 DNS 9 10 Ret 42 Unknown DNQ 31/32 Naoki Hattori Ret Ret 11 11 12 21 42 Unknown 31/32 Akihiko Nakaya Ret Ret 11 11 12 21 42 Unknown 33/34 Hisatoyo Goto 8 16 20 21 17 14 37 Unknown 33/34 Koji Sato 8 16 20 21 17 14 37 Unknown 35 Masami Miyoshi 13 8 14 15 Ret 20 35 Unknown 36 Hideshi Matsuda 10 9 10 Ret 34 Unknown 37 Norio Makiguchi 16 19 20 Ret 11 28 Unknown 38/39 Ryu Haruki 21 4 26 Unknown 38/39 Eiji Yamada 21 4 26 Unknown 40 Mark Skaife 3 24 Unknown 41 Hisashi Yokoshima 9 Ret Ret 14 16 Ret 24 Unknown 42 Hisashi Wada 9 Ret Ret 14 16 24 Unknown 43 Ryuichi Natsukawa 14 Ret 15 16 Ret 24 Unknown 44 Masahiko Kondō 14 15 16 Ret 24 Unknown 45 Mitsutake Koma 10 15 22 26 Ret 17 23 Unknown 46 Satoshi Ikezawa 18 12 10 21 Unknown 47/48 Philippe Adams 7 19 20 Unknown 47/48 Andrew Gilbert-Scott 7 19 20 Unknown 49 Fumio Mutoh 18 12 Ret 19 25 20 Unknown 50 Masahiko Arakawa 8 20 19 Unknown 51 Tomoyuki Hosono 10 15 22 DNS Ret Ret 17 Unknown 52 Ryusaku Hitomi 10 DNS DNS 26 17 17 Unknown 53/54 Shinji Tsunashima 11 Ret Ret 17 15 Ret 17 Unknown 53/54 Hiroyuki Kawai 11 Ret Ret 17 15 Ret 17 Unknown 55 Michiko Uematsu 8 15 Unknown 56/57 Paolo Barilla 6 12 Unknown 56/57 Stefan Johansson 6 12 Unknown 58/59/60 Masahiko Hanayama 13 12 Unknown 58/59/60 Masami Kageyama 13 12 Unknown 58/59/60 Kumi Sato 13 12 Unknown 61 Hironori Takeuchi 10 Ret DNS 25 11 Unknown 62 Toru Sawada DNS DNQ DNS 10 11 Unknown 63 Toru Horigome Ret 11 10 Unknown 64/65 Takeo Asano 19 Ret 17 25 20 Ret 9 Unknown 64/65 Makoto Hagiwara 19 Ret 17 25 20 Ret 9 Unknown 66/67 Tsugio Oba 13 22 Ret 8 Unknown 66/67 Katsuaki Sato 13 22 Ret 8 Unknown 68/69 Syunji Kasuya 21 14 18 Ret 8 Unknown 68/69 Kaori Okamoto 21 14 18 Ret 8 Unknown 70 Kawaji Takahashi 14 8 Unknown 71/72 Takashi Onuma Ret 15 8 Unknown 71/72 Shinichi Yamaji Ret 15 8 Unknown 73 Tetsuya Tanaka 15 8 Unknown 74 Winston Mak DNS Ret Ret 16 8 Unknown 75 Eiichi Tajima Ret Ret 16 8 Unknown 76 James Kaye 17 6 Unknown 77 Toshikazu Kanamori 19 6 Unknown 78 Tetsuya Ota 20 Ret 6 Unknown 79 Kevin Wong DNS Ret Ret 18 6 Unknown 80 Takayuki Ooi Ret 18 6 Unknown 81 Toru Hanyu 13 4 Unknown 82 Nobuyoshi Fukuda 15 4 Unknown 83 Takuya Kurosawa 18 4 Unknown 84 Tetsu Horigome 19 DNS 4 Unknown 85 Toshihiro Yoshida 20 4 Unknown 86/87/88 Heikki Salmenautio 26 4 Unknown 86/87/88 Christer Simonsen 26 4 Unknown 86/87/88 Kurt Simonsen 26 4 Unknown 89/90 Takeshi Kubo 20 Ret 19 Ret 2 Unknown 89/90 Akira Shibata 20 Ret 19 Ret 2 Unknown 91/92 Sutthipong Samitchart 23 1 Unknown 91/92 Kasikam Suphot 23 1 Unknown 93/94 Masahiro Matsunaga 22 24 24 Ret Ret 1 Unknown 93/94 Junko Mihara 22 24 24 Ret Ret 1 Unknown 95 Akihiro Higashi Ret 27 0 Unknown 96 Isao Shibata DNS 27 0 Unknown 97 Toshihiko Nogami 27 0 Unknown NC Takamasa Nakagawa DNS Ret Ret Ret 0 Unknown NC Charles Kwan DNS Ret Ret 0 Unknown NC Katsutomo Kaneishi Ret DNS 0 Unknown NC Minoru Tanaka Ret 0 Unknown NC Yasufumi Yamakazi Ret 0 Unknown NC Prasert Aphiphunya Ret 0 Unknown NC Kriangkrai Limnantarak Ret 0 Unknown NC Shoji Kasai DNS 0 0.00 km NC Sanshu Tanaka DNS 0 0.00 km NC Yasuo Kusakabe DNS 0 0.00 km Pos Driver SUG SUZ TSU SEN AUT FUJ Pts Distance

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold - Pole Italics - Fastest lap

References

1. http://translate.google.co.uk/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
2. http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fms.bridgestone.co.jp%2Fdatabase%2Frace_list_category04%3Fcid%3D20&sl=ja&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-8