1995 Japanese Touring Car Championship season

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

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	12 March	Masanori Sekiya	Tom Kristensen	Tom Kristensen	Toyota Team Cerumo
	R2				Masanori Sekiya	Tom Kristensen	Toyota Team Cerumo
2	R3	Sportsland SUGO, Miyagi	14 May	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	11 June	Tom Kristensen	Tom Kristensen	Tom Kristensen	Toyota Team Cerumo
	R6				Michael Krumm	Michael Krumm	Toyota Team TOM's
4	R7	Suzuka Circuit, Mie	2 July	Anthony Reid	Anthony Reid	Anthony Reid	HKS Opel Team Japan
	R8				Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Steve Soper	BMW Team Schnitzer
5	R9	Mine Central Circuit, Yamaguchi	23 July	Anthony Reid	Anthony Reid	Akira Iida	Nismo
	R10				Michael Krumm	Anthony Reid	HKS Opel Team Japan
6	R11	TI Circuit Aida, Okayama	6 August	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	8 October	Joachim Winkelhock	Joachim Winkelhock	Joachim Winkelhock	BMW Team Schnitzer
	R14				Joachim Winkelhock	Steve Soper	BMW Team Schnitzer
8	R15	Fuji Speedway, Shizuoka	5 November	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 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

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