1994 Japanese Touring Car Championship season

The 1994 Japanese Touring Car Championship season was the 10th edition of the series and the first to be run under Class II regulations. It began at Autopolis on 24 April and finished after nine events at Fuji Speedway on 30 October. The championship was won by Masanori Sekiya, driving for Toyota Team TOM's.^[1][2][3]

Teams & Drivers

Team Car No. Drivers Rounds BMW Team Schnitzer BMW 318i 1 Joachim Winkelhock 9 73 3-4 Leopold Prinz von Bayern 1-2, 5-9 2 Steve Soper 9 10 1-8 Team Taisan BMW 318i 2 Kazuo Mogi 1-8 26 9 Nismo Nissan Primera P10 3 Masahiro Hasemi 1-7, 9 12 Kazuyoshi Hoshino 1-7, 9 Nissan Sunny B14 31 Akira Iida 6-9 32 Masahiko Kageyama 6-9 Trans Global BMW 318i 5 Mutsuaki Sanada 9 YTR Mazdaspeed Mazda Lantis 1-4, 7 6 Yojiro Terada 1-2, 4-8 9 9 Motorola Pagers Racing BMW 318i 6 Justin Bell 9 51 Tim Harvey 9 FET Racing Toyota Corolla AE100 7 Naoki Nagasaka All 8 Kiyoshi Misaki All Object T Honda Civic Ferio 11 Takahiko Hara All Toyota Corona T190 33 Yasuo Muramatsu 1-5 Michael Krumm 7-9 Mooncraft Honda Civic Ferio 14 Naoki Hattori 2-9 Nakajima Planning Honda Civic Ferio 15 Tetsuya Tanaka All Castrol Mugen Honda Honda Civic Ferio 16 Osamu Nakako 2-9 Team Advan BMW 318i 17 Tatsuhiko Kaneumi 2-4, 6-9 18 Mitsuhiro Kinoshita 2, 4-9 Racing Project Bandoh Toyota Sprinter Marino 19 Masahiro Matsunaga All Unknown Mazda Lantis 20 Hidetoshi Mitsusada 1 Hitotsuyama Racing BMW 318i 21 Yasushi Hitotsuyama 1-2, 4, 7, 9 Mikio Hitotsuyama 3, 5-6, 8 22 9 Takayuki Kinoshita 1 Fuminori Mizuno 2, 4 Kondō Racing Nissan HR33 Skyline GTS 23 Kaoru Iida 3, 7, 9 Tsuchiya Engineering Toyota Corolla Ceres 25 Keiichi Suzuki 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 Morio Nitta 2, 4, 6, 8 Team Kunimitsu Honda Civic Ferio 27 Keiichi Tsuchiya 2, 4-9 Team Take One BMW 318i 30 Akihiko Nakaya All Auto Tech Racing BMW 318i 35 Andrew Gilbert-Scott All Toyota Team TOM's Toyota Corona T190 36 Masanori Sekiya All 37 Aguri Suzuki 1, 3-9 Masami Kageyama 2 Toyota Team Cerumo Toyota Corona T190 38 Takuya Kurosawa All 39 Tom Kristensen All Unicorse Alfa Romeo 155 TS 55 Giambattista Busi 7-9 Team Gathers Honda Civic Ferio 77 Kazuo Shimizu 2, 4-9 Team HKS Vauxhall Cavalier 87 Anthony Reid All Team Doricome Honda Civic Ferio 88 Armin Hahne 9 Team Tanabe Mazda Lantis 99 Katsutomo Kaneishi 8-9

Calendar

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Autopolis, Ōita	24 April	Tom Kristensen	Anthony Reid	Anthony Reid	Team HKS
	R2				Anthony Reid	Anthony Reid	Team HKS
2	R3	Sportsland SUGO, Miyagi	15 May	Tom Kristensen	Masanori Sekiya	Tom Kristensen	Toyota Team Cerumo
	R4				Tom Kristensen	Steve Soper	BMW Team Schnitzer
3	R5	Tokachi International Speedway, Hokkaidō	19 June	Aguri Suzuki	Aguri Suzuki	Anthony Reid	Team HKS
	R6				Steve Soper	Masanori Sekiya	Toyota Team TOM's
4	R7	Suzuka Circuit, Mie	3 July	Steve Soper	Tom Kristensen	Tom Kristensen	Toyota Team Cerumo
	R8				Tom Kristensen	Tom Kristensen	Toyota Team Cerumo
5	R9	Mine Central Circuit, Yamaguchi	17 July	Tom Kristensen	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Steve Soper	BMW Team Schnitzer
	R10				Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Steve Soper	BMW Team Schnitzer
6	R11	TI Circuit Aida, Okayama	7 August	Anthony Reid	Tom Kristensen	Tom Kristensen	Toyota Team Cerumo
	R12				Tom Kristensen	Tom Kristensen	Toyota Team Cerumo
7	R13	Tsukuba Circuit, Ibaraki	21 August	Steve Soper	Naoki Hattori	Masanori Sekiya	Toyota Team TOM's
	R14				Tetsuya Tanaka	Masanori Sekiya	Toyota Team TOM's
8	R15	Sendai Hi-Land Raceway, Miyagi	25 September	Tom Kristensen	Steve Soper	Steve Soper	BMW Team Schnitzer
	R16				Tom Kristensen	Steve Soper	BMW Team Schnitzer
9	R17	Fuji Speedway, Shizuoka	30 October	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Tom Kristensen	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Nissan Motorsport
	R18				Anthony Reid	Anthony Reid	Team HKS

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 13 best scores.

Pos Driver AUT SUG TOK SUZ MIN AID TSU SEN FUJ Pts 1 Masanori Sekiya 2 3 17 Ret 2 1 4 3 Ret 2 Ret 5 1 1 6 3 6 3 135 2 Tom Kristensen 5 6 1 12 4 7 1 1 2 DNS 1 1 NC 5 2 5 24 6 134 3 Steve Soper Ret 7 3 1 6 9 2 2 1 1 9 3 Ret DNS 1 1 Ret 7 132 4 Anthony Reid 1 1 Ret DNS 1 3 12 5 7 8 Ret 7 5 Ret 9 Ret 2 1 106 5 Aguri Suzuki 9 5 3 2 5 4 Ret 3 2 2 3 DNS 3 Ret 5 8 102 6 Masahiro Hasemi 4 2 4 2 9 8 6 8 5 Ret 5 Ret Ret DNS 4 5 76 7 Naoki Hattori 9 11 10 6 8 7 3 10 3 4 Ret Ret 4 2 7 12 64 8 Kazuyoshi Hoshino 3 Ret Ret 3 7 Ret 3 20 16 Ret 4 Ret Ret DNS 1 Ret 53 9 Andrew Gilbert-Scott 7 4 5 Ret Ret 11 11 10 9 6 8 Ret 6 12 16 15 Ret Ret 33 10 Joachim Winkelhock 8 4 Ret Ret 3 2 31 11 Osamu Nakako Ret 6 12 Ret 16 Ret 4 7 12 17 10 Ret 5 6 26 13 28 12 Keiichi Suzuki 6 8 5 5 Ret 4 Ret DNS DNS DNS 27 13 Akira Iida 14 13 4 2 8 Ret 12 10 24 14 Tetsuya Tanaka Ret 12 Ret DNS Ret Ret 10 9 6 Ret 18 DNS 2 Ret 11 7 DNS 14 24 15 Leopold Prinz von Bayern 10 9 7 7 Ret DNS 10 6 15 DNS 7 8 DNS DNS 24 16 Keiichi Tsuchiya 8 4 17 16 Ret Ret 16 11 8 4 13 11 13 Ret 20 17 Naoki Nagasaka Ret 10 6 16 11 10 7 6 Ret DNS 7 Ret Ret DNS Ret Ret 11 11 20 18 Takuya Kurosawa 8 DNS Ret DNS DNS Ret 9 Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret Ret 6 Ret 10 9 9 18 19 Kiyoshi Misaki 13 17 Ret 9 15 Ret Ret 11 Ret DNS 6 Ret NC 11 20 16 8 4 17 20 Akihiko Nakaya 11 Ret 10 Ret 13 12 Ret 21 10 5 Ret 8 12 Ret 10 9 Ret 23 14 21 Masami Kageyama 2 Ret 12 22 Masahiko Kageyama 21 10 Ret 3 Ret DNS 14 18 10 23 Giambattista Busi DNQ DNQ 14 4 10 27 8 24 Michael Krumm 7 7 Ret DNS 27 22 8 25 Yojiro Terada 18 15 15 8 20 17 14 9 17 15 17 9 21 21 DNS DNS 7 26 Fuminori Mizuno 12 5 15 15 6 27 Masahiro Matsunaga 16 11 13 13 14 Ret 19 Ret Ret DNS 13 9 9 10 17 20 DNS DNS 5 28 Kazuo Mogi 12 18 Ret DNS DNS Ret 14 12 15 Ret 11 Ret 11 8 Ret DNS DNS NC 3 29 Takahiko Hara 19 14 16 10 16 15 13 13 11 12 15 16 Ret DNS 15 12 15 17 1 30 Mutsuaki Sanada 14 Ret 11 Ret 17 13 Ret Ret DNQ DNQ 19 21 0 31 Mikio Hitotsuyama 18 14 17 11 19 14 22 19 22 26 0 32 Kazuo Shimizu 14 15 Ret Ret Ret DNS Ret 12 13 Ret 18 18 16 20 0 33 Morio Nitta Ret DNS 23 Ret Ret DNS 12 13 0 34 Yasuo Muramatsu NC Ret Ret DNS Ret Ret Ret DNS 12 Ret 0 35 Mitsuhiro Kinoshita NC Ret 18 14 13 Ret Ret DNS 14 Ret Ret 14 25 DSQ 0 36 Tatsuhiko Kaneumi NC 14 Ret Ret 22 19 20 Ret 16 13 23 Ret Ret 25 0 37 Takayuki Kinoshita 15 13 0 38 Armin Hahne 21 15 0 39 Yasushi Hitotsuyama 17 16 Ret Ret 21 18 Ret DNS DNS 24 0 40 Tim Harvey 17 16 0 41 Katsutomo Kaneishi 19 17 18 19 0 42 Justin Bell 20 Ret 0 43 Kaoru Iida Ret Ret Ret DNS 23 28 0 NC Hidetoshi Mitsusada DNS DNS 0 Pos Driver AUT SUG TOK SUZ MIN AID TSU SEN FUJ Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (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