1995 Japanese Touring Car Championship season

1995 Japanese Touring Car Championship
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The 1995 Japanese Touring Car Championship season was the 11th edition of the series. It began at Fuji Speedway on March 12 and finished after eight events, also at Fuji Speedway on November 5. The championship was won by Steve Soper, driving for BMW Team Schnitzer. It was his only touring car title.[1][2][3]

Contents

Teams & Drivers

Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
Toyota Team TOM's Toyota Corona EXiV 1 Masanori Sekiya All
Toyota Corona T190 37 Michael Krumm 1
Toyota Corona EXiV 2-8
Hasemi Motorsport Nissan Primera GTe 3 Masahiro Hasemi All
Trans Global BMW 318i 5 Mutsuaki Sanada 1-6
Akira Watanabe 7
Richard Dean 8
Castrol Racing Mazda Lantis 6 Yojiro Terada 1-2, 4-8
FET Racing Toyota Corolla AE101 8 Kiyoshi Misaki 1-5
Toyota Corolla AE110 6-8
Mazdaspeed Mazda Familia 9 Andrew Gilbert-Scott 6-8
Mazda Lantis 47 Shogo Kobayashi 1-2, 4-8
BMW Team Schnitzer BMW 318i 10 Steve Soper All
73 Joachim Winkelhock 1, 5-8
Leopold Prinz von Bayern 2-4
74 Peter Kox 8
Object T Honda Civic Ferio 11 Takahiko Hara 1
Toyota Corona T190 33 Satoshi Motoyama 1
Toyota Corona EXiV 51 2-8
Team Impul Nissan Primera GTe 12 Kazuyoshi Hoshino All
WedsSport BMW 318i 13 Takeo Asano All
Mooncraft Honda Civic Ferio 14 Naoki Hattori All
Nakajima Planning Honda Civic Ferio 15 Tetsuya Tanaka 1-3
Takuya Kurosawa 4-8
Castrol Mugen Honda Honda Civic Ferio 16 Osamu Nakako All
Misuzu Racing Opel Vectra GT 17 Tatsuhiko Kaneumi 2-4, 6-8
Club Endless BMW 318i 18 Mitsuhiro Kinoshita All
Racing Project Bandoh Toyota Sprinter Marino 19 Katsutomo Kaneishi 1
Toyota Corona EXiV 2-8
Hitotsuyama Racing BMW 318i 20 Mikio Hitotsuyama 8
21 3, 5-7
Yasushi Hitotsuyama 1-2, 4, 8
Team Advan Yamaichi BMW 318i 22 Kazuo Mogi All
Team Advan Toyota Corolla Ceres 25 Masami Kageyama 1, 3
Toyota Corona EXiV 2, 4-8
Nismo Nissan Sunny 31 Akira Iida 2-8
32 Toshio Suzuki 2-8
AS Auto Tech BMW 318i 35 Akihiko Nakaya All
Toyota Team Cerumo Toyota Corona T190 38 Hidetoshi Mitsusada 1
Toyota Corona EXiV 2-8
39 Tom Kristensen All
5Zigen Racing Honda Civic Ferio 50 Hideki Okada 2-8
Unicorse Alfa Romeo 155 TS 55 Yasutaka Hinoi 4
Giambattista Busi 6
Giorgio Francia 8
Team Dome-Kosei Ford Mondeo 65 Hisashi Wada 7-8
Dandelion Racing Toyota Corolla AE101 68 Hideo Fukuyama 1-2, 4
Masayuki Yamamoto 3, 5-8
Concept L Racing Honda Civic Ferio 77 Kazuo Shimizu All
HKS Opel Team Japan Opel Vectra GT 86 Justin Bell All
87 Anthony Reid 1-7
Philipp Peter 8
Team Kunimitsu Honda Civic Ferio 100 Keiichi Tsuchiya 2-8

Calendar

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Fuji Speedway, Shizuoka March 12 Masanori Sekiya Tom Kristensen Tom Kristensen Toyota Team Cerumo
R2 Masanori Sekiya Tom Kristensen Toyota Team Cerumo
2 R3 Sportsland SUGO, Miyagi May 14 Masanori Sekiya Anthony Reid Masanori Sekiya Toyota Team TOM's
R4 Tom Kristensen Masanori Sekiya Toyota Team TOM's
3 R5 Tokachi International Speedway, Hokkaidō June 11 Tom Kristensen Tom Kristensen Tom Kristensen Toyota Team Cerumo
R6 Michael Krumm Michael Krumm Toyota Team TOM's
4 R7 Suzuka Circuit, Mie July 2 Anthony Reid Anthony Reid Anthony Reid HKS Opel Team Japan
R8 Kazuyoshi Hoshino Steve Soper BMW Team Schnitzer
5 R9 Mine Central Circuit, Yamaguchi July 23 Anthony Reid Anthony Reid Akira Iida Nismo
R10 Michael Krumm Anthony Reid HKS Opel Team Japan
6 R11 TI Circuit Aida, Okayama August 6 Tom Kristensen Masanori Sekiya Masanori Sekiya Toyota Team TOM's
R12 Anthony Reid Anthony Reid HKS Opel Team Japan
7 R13 Sendai Hi-Land Raceway, Miyagi October 8 Joachim Winkelhock Joachim Winkelhock Joachim Winkelhock BMW Team Schnitzer
R14 Joachim Winkelhock Steve Soper BMW Team Schnitzer
8 R15 Fuji Speedway, Shizuoka November 5 Steve Soper Masanori Sekiya Steve Soper BMW Team Schnitzer
R16 Masanori Sekiya Kazuyoshi Hoshino Team Impul

Championship Standings

Points were awarded 15, 12, 9, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 to the top 10 finishers in each race, with no bonus points for pole positions or fastest laps. Drivers counted their 11 best scores.

Pos Driver FUJ
 SUG
 TOK
 SUZ
 MIN
 AID
 SEN
 FUJ
 Pts
1 Steve Soper 10 5 4 4 3 3 2 1 9 2 3 9 3 1 1 2 124
2 Masanori Sekiya 3 2 1 1 2 4 5 4 22 3 1 3 4 11 Ret 5 117
3 Kazuyoshi Hoshino 6 6 24 6 Ret Ret 3 2 14 Ret 2 2 6 5 2 1 98
4 Anthony Reid 2 3 Ret 16 19 8 1 3 8 1 5 1 DSQ DNS 87
5 Tom Kristensen 1 1 5 Ret 1 12 Ret 8 3 4 Ret DSQ 18 6 Ret 4 82
6 Akira Iida Ret DNS 10 7 6 Ret 1 7 6 4 2 3 Ret 6 67
7 Hidetoshi Mitsusada Ret 12 6 2 7 2 4 5 6 Ret Ret Ret 16 DSQ 5 20 57
8 Michael Krumm Ret DNS 2 Ret 4 1 14 6 17 13 4 7 Ret Ret Ret 9 52
9 Joachim Winkelhock 7 Ret 11 5 15 Ret 1 2 Ret 7 41
10 Masami Kageyama 4 Ret Ret DNS 9 13 Ret 18 Ret Ret 9 5 11 10 4 3 34
11 Justin Bell NC Ret 14 7 15 14 10 Ret 18 16 7 6 5 4 7 10 32
12 Akihiko Nakaya 16 Ret Ret Ret 5 5 8 7 4 Ret Ret DNS 9 8 Ret 14 31
13 Osamu Nakako 13 Ret 3 3 8 9 Ret 15 7 Ret Ret DNS 10 Ret Ret Ret 28
14 Mitsuhiro Kinoshita 5 4 10 Ret 6 18 21 Ret 19 6 8 15 Ret 14 13 13 27
15 Naoki Hattori 8 7 22 Ret Ret Ret 15 14 2 Ret 19 10 7 9 Ret 12 26
16 Masahiro Hasemi 14 13 7 11 17 11 13 Ret 13 15 11 8 15 13 3 8 19
17 Toshio Suzuki 23 Ret 11 6 7 21 Ret Ret 21 14 8 7 NC Ret 16
18 Takuya Kurosawa Ret Ret 5 8 14 Ret 23 15 9 11 11
19 Satoshi Motoyama Ret Ret 8 5 22 17 19 16 21 Ret Ret 11 Ret 12 Ret 17 9
20 Leopold Prinz von Bayern 9 9 13 16 9 9 8
21 Keiichi Tsuchiya 21 Ret 23 Ret Ret 12 23 9 13 Ret 22 Ret 6 21 7
22 Tetsuya Tanaka 9 10 25 8 16 Ret 6
23 Kiyoshi Misaki 11 8 12 Ret 21 20 12 11 10 Ret 16 Ret 12 16 Ret 15 4
24 Peter Kox 8 Ret 3
25 Katsutomo Kaneishi 12 9 19 Ret 12 10 20 Ret 15 Ret 12 19 13 Ret 11 27 3
26 Hideki Okada Ret Ret 18 15 Ret 10 25 10 26 12 Ret 20 Ret 18 2
27 Shogo Kobayashi NC 14 11 10 Ret Ret 20 11 17 20 19 Ret 21 19 1
28 Giambattista Busi 10 13 1
29 Philipp Peter 10 22 1
30 Kazuo Mogi 15 18 20 DNS 14 19 11 Ret Ret Ret 22 Ret 17 19 Ret 24 0
31 Takahiko Hara Ret 11 0
32 Kazuo Shimizu Ret 16 13 12 DSQ 24 17 17 24 Ret Ret DNS Ret 17 12 Ret 0
33 Yojiro Terada Ret 15 16 15 Ret 20 12 12 20 21 Ret Ret 18 Ret 0
34 Mutsuaki Sanada NC Ret 17 13 20 21 16 13 Ret Ret DNS DNS 0
35 Tatsuhiko Kaneumi 15 14 27 22 DNS DNS DSQ DNS 14 18 Ret 26 0
36 Yasushi Hitotsuyama Ret Ret 18 17 Ret DNS 14 16 0
37 Takeo Asano Ret 17 Ret Ret 25 25 18 Ret 16 14 25 18 DNS DNS NC Ret 0
38 Richard Dean 15 23 0
39 Masayuki Yamamoto 26 26 Ret Ret 24 17 24 Ret 16 Ret 0
40 Andrew Gilbert-Scott 18 16 Ret Ret Ret Ret 0
41 Hisashi Wada Ret Ret 17 Ret 0
42 Hideo Fukuyama DNS DNS Ret 18 22 19 0
43 Mikio Hitotsuyama 24 23 26 Ret 23 Ret 21 22 19 Ret 0
44 Akira Watanabe 20 21 0
45 Giorgio Francia 20 25 0
46 Yasutaka Hinoi 23 Ret 0
Pos Driver FUJ
 SUG
 TOK
 SUZ
 MIN
 AID
 SEN
 FUJ
 Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Finished, in points
Blue Finished, no points
Not classified (NC)
Purple Did not finish (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
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
  3. ^ http://www.driverdb.com/standings/474-1995/
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