1997 Japanese Touring Car Championship season

1997 Japanese Touring Car Championship
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The 1997 Japanese Touring Car Championship season was the 13th edition of the series. It began at Fuji Speedway on April 6 and finished after eight events, also at Fuji Speedway on November 2. The championship was won by Osamu Nakako, driving for Mugen Honda.[1][2][3]

Contents

Teams & Drivers

Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
Mugen Honda Honda Accord 1 Naoki Hattori 8
15 Takuya Kurosawa All
16 Osamu Nakako All
Object T Toyota Corona EXiV 11 Takahiko Hara All
22 Hidetoshi Mitsusada 8
Nismo Nissan Primera GT 12 Kazuyoshi Hoshino All
23 Satoshi Motoyama All
Asano Racing Service BMW 318i 13 Takeo Asano 8
Mooncraft Mugen Honda Honda Accord 14 Ryo Michigami All
33 Hideki Okada All
Endless Sport BMW 318i 18 Mitsuhiro Kinoshita 1, 8
Racing Project Bandoh Toyota Corona EXiV 19 Katsutomo Kaneishi All
Hitotsuyama Racing BMW 318i 21 Yasushi Hitotsuyama 1, 3-5, 8
Mikio Hitotsuyama 2, 6-7
Tsuchiya Engineering Toyota Chaser 24 Keiichi Tsuchiya 8
Toyota Corona EXiV 25 Masami Kageyama All
Auto Tech Racing BMW 318i 35 Akihiko Nakaya 5-6
Toyota Team TOM's Toyota Chaser 36 Masanori Sekiya All
Toyota Corona EXiV 37 Michael Krumm 1-4
Toyota Chaser 5-8
Toyota Team Cerumo Toyota Chaser 38 Hironori Takeuchi All
Toyota Corona EXiV 39 Juan Manuel Silva 1-6
Toyota Chaser 7-8
Dandelion Racing Toyota Corona EXiV 68 Tetsuya Tanaka All
Team Something Toyota Corolla AE110 72 Masahiro Matsunaga 1-6, 8
Minoru Tanaka 7
HKS Opel Team Japan Opel Vectra 87 Akira Iida All

Calendar

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Fuji Speedway, Shizuoka April 6 Satoshi Motoyama Races cancelled due to adverse weather conditions.
R2 Ryo Michigami
2 R3 TI Circuit Aida, Okayama May 11 Osamu Nakako Satoshi Motoyama Takuya Kurosawa Mugen Honda
R4 Osamu Nakako Osamu Nakako Osamu Nakako Mugen Honda
3 R5 Sportsland SUGO, Miyagi May 25 Michael Krumm Kazuyoshi Hoshino Michael Krumm Toyota Team TOM's
R6 Michael Krumm Hideki Okada Kazuyoshi Hoshino Nismo
4 R7 Suzuka Circuit, Mie June 8 Takuya Kurosawa Takuya Kurosawa Takuya Kurosawa Mugen Honda
R8 Takuya Kurosawa Satoshi Motoyama Satoshi Motoyama Nismo
5 R9 Mine Central Circuit, Yamaguchi July 13 Satoshi Motoyama Osamu Nakako Osamu Nakako Mugen Honda
R10 Satoshi Motoyama Ryo Michigami Osamu Nakako Mugen Honda
6 R11 Sendai Hi-Land Raceway, Miyagi September 7 Akira Iida Kazuyoshi Hoshino Satoshi Motoyama Nismo
R12 Akira Iida Kazuyoshi Hoshino Akira Iida HKS Opel Team Japan
7 R13 Tokachi International Speedway, Hokkaidō September 21 Satoshi Motoyama Michael Krumm Takuya Kurosawa Mugen Honda
R14 Takuya Kurosawa Ryo Michigami Takuya Kurosawa Mugen Honda
8 R15 Fuji Speedway, Shizuoka November 2 Naoki Hattori Osamu Nakako Osamu Nakako Mugen Honda
R16 Naoki Hattori Naoki Hattori Kazuyoshi Hoshino Nismo

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 would have counted their best 12 scores, but with the cancellation of the first two races of the season, only the ten best were counted.

Pos Driver FUJ
 AID
 SUG
 SUZ
 MIN
 SEN
 TOK
 FUJ
 Pts
1 Osamu Nakako C C 2 1 8 Ret 4 5 1 1 4 10 Ret 2 1 Ret 107
2 Takuya Kurosawa C C 1 4 5 6 1 2 Ret 6 7 6 1 1 10 4 102
3 Satoshi Motoyama C C 4 2 3 3 Ret 1 DSQ 3 1 Ret 2 4 6 DSQ 100
4 Kazuyoshi Hoshino C C 6 14 2 1 2 6 4 11 2 Ret 3 Ret 8 1 95
5 Ryo Michigami C C 3 3 Ret Ret 5 4 2 2 13 2 5 3 5 12 88
6 Masami Kageyama C C 5 6 9 8 3 3 5 7 5 7 6 11 4 13 61
7 Katsutomo Kaneishi C C Ret 10 Ret 7 11 10 3 14 Ret 5 4 5 3 3 52
8 Akira Iida C C 10 Ret 4 5 6 Ret Ret DNS 3 1 12 DNS 13 Ret 43
9 Hironori Takeuchi C C 9 5 6 9 7 7 8 9 8 4 8 8 11 6 43
10 Michael Krumm C C 7 9 1 Ret 10 Ret 6 4 Ret DNS Ret 10 12 Ret 35
11 Juan Manuel Silva C C 8 13 7 2 13 8 Ret 12 6 Ret Ret 7 16 Ret 31
12 Hideki Okada C C 12 Ret Ret 4 8 Ret Ret 5 9 Ret 11 9 7 5 30
13 Masanori Sekiya C C 13 7 11 Ret 12 9 Ret DNS Ret 3 9 6 18 8 25
14 Naoki Hattori 2 2 24
15 Tetsuya Tanaka C C 11 8 10 10 16 11 7 Ret Ret 8 Ret DNS 9 Ret 14
16 Takahiko Hara C C 15 11 Ret 13 9 Ret Ret 10 11 DNS 7 12 15 7 11
17 Akihiko Nakaya Ret 8 Ret DNS 3
18 Masahiro Matsunaga C C 14 12 12 11 14 12 9 15 10 Ret NC Ret 3
19 Mikio Hitotsuyama 16 Ret 12 9 13 14 2
20 Mitsuhiro Kinoshita C C Ret 9 2
21 Yasushi Hitotsuyama C C 13 12 15 13 10 13 DNS 11 1
22 Minoru Tanaka 10 13 1
23 Keiichi Tsuchiya 14 10 1
24 Takeo Asano 17 Ret 0
NC Hidetoshi Mitsusada Ret DNS 0
Pos Driver FUJ
 AID
 SUG
 SUZ
 MIN
 SEN
 TOK
 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/474-1997/
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