1985 1000 km of Fuji

The 1985 Fuji 1000 Kilometres was the ninth round of the 1985 World Endurance Championship as well as the fifth round of the 1985 All Japan Endurance Championship. It took place at the Fuji Speedway, Japan on October 6, 1985.

Rain

Prior to the start of the race, heavy rain fell on the Fuji circuit. Several racing teams were concerned with the safety of the circuit under such conditions, even leading to the Italiya Lancia withdrawing just prior to the warm-up laps. Although the race started, the first ten laps were held under caution in order for the drivers to adapt to the wet circuit. Three teams chose to immediately withdraw before the first lap was even completed, including the two Rothmans Porsches. Within the next several laps, both Tom Walkinshaw Jaguars also returned to the pits to withdraw. The first Japanese squad to withdraw after the race began was the Alpha Cubic Porsche, stopping after only six laps, and followed two laps later by both Mazdas. By time caution was withdrawn at the beginning of the eleventh lap, fifteen cars had already returned to the pits to withdraw. They were joined a lap later by the Bartlett Chevron, the last remaining European entry.

Eighteen cars remained in the event, all Japanese squads. The torrential rain continued however, and after two hours of racing, the organisers chose to end the event after completing only a fourth of the scheduled distance. As the race was shortened, half points were awarded in the Teams Championship, as well as the Drivers Championship, but only to those drivers who had actually had a chance to drive during the race.

Official results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of the winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
					Engine
1	C1	28	Hoshino Racing	Kazuyoshi Hoshino Akira Hagiwara Keiji Matsumoto	March 85G	?	62
					Nissan VG30ET 3.0 L Turbo V6
2	C1	12	Panasport Japan	Osamu Nakako Akio Morimoto Emanuele Pirro	LeMans LM05C	?	61
					Nissan VG30ET 3.0 L Turbo V6
3	C1	36	Tom's	Satoru Nakajima Masanori Sekiya	Tom's 85C	B	61
					Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4
4	C1	45	Auto Beaurex Motorsport	Naoki Nagasaka Taku Akaike	Tom's 85C	?	61
					Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4
5	C1	50	Hasemi Motor Sport	Masahiro Hasemi Takao Wada	March 85G	?	60
					Nissan VG30ET 3.0 L Turbo V6
6	C1	60	Trust Racing Team	Vern Schuppan George Fouché Keiichi Suzuki	Porsche 956	?	60
					Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6
7	C1	35	Misaki Speed	Toshio Suzuki Kaoru Hoshino	Tom's 85C	?	59
					Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4
8	C1	30	Central 20 Racing Team	Aguri Suzuki Haruhito Yanagida	Lola T810	D	59
					Nissan VG30ET 3.0 L Turbo V6
9	C1	38	Dome Motorsport	Geoff Lees Eje Elgh	Dome 85C	D	58
					Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4
10	C1	37	Team Ikuzawa	Tiff Needell James Weaver	Tom's 85C	?	57
					Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4
11	GTU	175	Trust Racing Team	Mitsutake Koma Ryuusaku Hitomi	Toyota Celica	?	57
					Toyota 2.0 L I4
12	GTP	172	Top Fuel Racing	Norimasa Sakamoto Hironobu Tatsumi	Mazda RX-7 855	?	56
					Mazda 13B 1.3 L Turbo 2-Rotor
13	C1	57	Rays Racing Division	Hitoshi Ogawa Tsunehisa Asai	Tom's 84C	?	56
					Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4
14	C2	84	Auto Beaurex Motorsport	Kazuo Mogi Toshio Motohashi	Lotec M1C	?	55
					BMW M88 3.5 L I6
15	GTX	174	OZ Racing	Kenji Seino Mutsuo Kazama	Mazda RX-7 254	?	54
					Mazda 13B 1.3 L 2-Rotor
16	GTX	173	Mazda Sport Car Club	Iwao Sugai Hiroshi Sugai	Mazda RX-7 254	?	50
					Mazda 13B 1.3 L 2-Rotor
17 DNF	C2	96	Mr. S Racing Product	Syuuji Fujii Seiichi Sodeyama Tooru Sawada	Mishima Auto 84C	?	51
					BMW M88 3.5 L I6
18 DNF	C1	25	Advan Sports Nova	Kunimitsu Takahashi Kenji Takahashi	Porsche 962C	Y	34
					Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6
19 WD	C2	100	Barlett Chevron Racing	Robin Smith Kenneth Leim Martin Birrane	Chevron B62	A	11
					Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3 L V8
20 WD	C1	27	FromA Racing	Jiro Yoneyama Hideki Okada	Porsche 956	?	10
					Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6
21 DNF	C2	98	Roy Baker Promotion Ford	Roy Baker David Andrews	Tiga GC285	A	10
					Ford Cosworth BDT 1.8 L Turbo I4
22 WD	C1	7	New Man Joest Racing	"John Winter" Paolo Barilla Marc Duez	Porsche 956B	D	9
					Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6
23 WD	C1	14	Richard Lloyd Racing	Kenny Acheson Johnny Dumfries	Porsche 956 GTi	G	9
					Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6
24 WD	C1	34	Kreepy Krauly Racing Cosmik Racing	Christian Danner Costas Los Anders Olofsson	March 84G	Y	9
					Porsche Type-956 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6
25 WD	C2	85	Mazdaspeed	Yoshimi Katayama Takashi Yorino	Mazda 737C	D	8
					Mazda 13B 1.3 L 2-Rotor
26 WD	C2	86	Mazdaspeed	Yojiro Terada David Kennedy	Mazda 737C	D	8
					Mazda 13B 1.3 L 2-Rotor
27 WD	C1	33	John Fitzpatrick Racing	Jo Gartner Michael Roe	Porsche 956B	Y	6
					Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6
28 WD	C1	48	Alpha Cubic Racing Team	Noritake Takahara Chiyomi Totani	Porsche 956B	?	6
					Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6
29 WD	C1	51	TWR Jaguar	John Nielsen Mike Thackwell	Jaguar XJR-6	D	4
					Jaguar 6.2 L V12
30 WD	C1	52	TWR Jaguar	Hans Heyer Steve Soper	Jaguar XJR-6	D	4
					Jaguar 6.2 L V12
31 WD	C1	23	Cheetah Automobiles Switzerland	Bernard de Dryver Laurent Ferrier	Cheetah G604	D	3
					Aston Martin-Tickford 5.3 L V8
32 WD	C1	8	New Man Joest Racing	"John Winter" Paul Belmondo Mauricio de Narváez	Porsche 956	D	2
					Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6
33 WD	C1	1	Rothmans Porsche	Jochen Mass Jacky Ickx	Porsche 962C	D	0
					Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6
34 WD	C1	2	Rothmans Porsche	Hans-Joachim Stuck Derek Bell	Porsche 956	D	0
					Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6
35 WD	C2	74	Gebhardt Motorsport	Stanley Dickens Frank Jelinski John Graham	Gebhardt JC853	A	0
					Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 L V8
DNS	C1	47	Garage Italiya	Henri Pescarolo Lucio Cesario	Lancia LC2	?	-
					Ferrari 308C 3.0 L Turbo V8
DNQ	C2	99	Roy Baker Promotion Ford	Roy Baker Bill Bean	Tiga GC284	A	-
					Ford Cosworth BDT 1.8 L Turbo I4
DNQ	GTU	176	Norikura Engineering	Yoshimasa Fujiwara Makio Nonaka Junichi Igura	Nissan Silvia	?	-
					Nissan 2.0 L I6

Statistics

• Pole Position - #2 Rothmans Porsche - 1:15.92
• Average Speed - 135.379 km/h

References