1990 Fuji 1000km

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The All Japan Fuji 1000 km, was the sixth round of the 1990 All Japan Sports Prototype Championship and the fourth round of the 1990 Fuji Long Distance Series which was held at the Fuji International Speedway, on October 7, in front of a crowd of approximately 41,000. [1]

Contents

Report

Entry

A total of 19 cars were entered for the event, in two classes, one for cars running to Group C1 specification and the other to IMSA GTP regulations. [1]

Qualifying

The Nissan Motorsport car of Anders Olofsson and Masahiro Hasemi took pole position, in their Nissan R90CP ahead of teammates Kazuyoshi Hoshino and Toshio Suzuki, by 0.428secs. [2]

Race

The race was held over 224 laps of the Fuji circuit, a distance of 1000 km (actual distance was 1001.28 km). Roland Ratzenberger, and Naoki Nagasaka took the winner spoils for the Toyota Team SARD, driving their Toyota 89C-V. They won with a time of 5hr 57:15.832mins., averaging a speed of 168.158 km/h (104.489 mph). Second place went to Kazuyoshi Hoshino and Toshio Suzuki in the pole sitting Nissan Motorsport's Nissan R90CP [3] who finished about 1 minute and 18 seconds adrift. Five laps down, in third place was the Alpha Racing Porsche 962 C of Stanley Dickens and Will Hoy. [4]

Classification

Result

Class Winners are in Bold text.

Pos.No.ClassDriversEntrantCar - EngineTime, LapsReason Out
1st39C1 Flag of Austria.svg Roland Ratzenberger Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Nagasaka Toyota Team SARDToyota 89C-V5:57:15.832
2nd23C1 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuyoshi Hoshino Flag of Japan.svg Toshio Suzuki Nissan Motorsports Nissan R90CP 5:58:34.540
3rd2C1 Flag of Sweden.svg Stanley Dickens Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Will Hoy Alpha Racing Porsche 962C219
4th55C1 Flag of Sweden.svg Eje Elgh Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tomas Mezera Omron Racing Team Porsche 962C214
5th24C1 Flag of Japan.svg Masahiro Hasemi Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Olofsson Nissan Motorsports Nissan R90CP 214
6th203GTP Flag of Brazil.svg Maurizio Sandro Sala Flag of Japan.svg Yoshimi Katayama Mazdaspeed Mazda 767B211
7th201GTP Flag of Ireland.svg David Kennedy Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Pierre Dieudonné Mazdaspeed Mazda 787 208
DNF37C1 Flag of France.svg Pierre-Henri Raphanel Flag of Japan.svg Masanori Sekiya Flag of Japan.svg Hitoshi Ogawa Toyota Team Tom's Toyota 90C-V 189Transmission
9th230GTP Flag of Japan.svg Tetsuji Shiratori Flag of Japan.svg Syuuji FujiiPleasure Racing Mazda 757B183
DNF7C1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tiff Needell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Derek Bell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anthony Reid The Alpha Racing Porsche 962C167Suspension
DNF1C1 Flag of Japan.svg Kunimitsu Takahashi Flag of Japan.svg Kazuo MogiAdvan Alpha Nova Porsche 962C124Accident
DNF33C1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Johnny Herbert Flag of Sweden.svg Rickard Rydell Takefuji Racing Team Porsche 962C110Accident
DNF27C1 Flag of Japan.svg Akihiko Nakaya Flag of Germany.svg Volker Weidler Flag of Japan.svg Yukihiro HaneFrom A Racing Porsche 962C98Accident
DNF85C1 Flag of Japan.svg Takao Wada Flag of Japan.svg Osamu NakakoCabin Racing Team With Team Le Mans Nissan R90V 97Transmission
DNF202GTP Flag of Japan.svg Yojiro Terada Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Yorino Mazdaspeed Mazda 787 39Transmission
DNF88C1 Flag of Japan.svg Jirou Yoneyama Flag of Japan.svg Hisatoyo Goto Flag of Japan.svg Hideo Fukuyama British Barn Racing TeamBritish Barn BB90R36Electrics
DNF100C1 Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg George Fouché Flag of Sweden.svg Steven Andskär Trust Racing Team Porsche 962C20Engine
DNF36C1 Flag of Japan.svg Hitoshi Ogawa Flag of Japan.svg Keiichi Suzuki Flag of Japan.svg Takuya Kurosawa Toyota Team Tom's Toyota 89C-V10Engine
DSQ240GTP Flag of Japan.svg "Nogami" Flag of Japan.svg Kazuhiko Oda Flag of Japan.svg Keiichi MizutaniLenox Racing Mazda 757  ?Engine repair with outside assistance

References

  1. 1 2 "Fuji 1000 Kilometres 1990 - Racing Sports Cars".
  2. "Fuji 1000 Kilometres 1990 - Photo Gallery - Racing Sports Cars".
  3. "[OTHER] Nissan's Gr. C racing cars results in Japan, 1990-92 | Nissan Heritage Collection". www.nissan-global.com.
  4. "Fuji 1000 Kilometres 1990 - Photo Gallery - Racing Sports Cars".
  5. "Fuji 1000 Kilometres 1990 - Photo Gallery - Racing Sports Cars".