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 By time caution was withdrawn at the beginning of the eleventh lap, fifteen cars had already returned to the pits to withdraw.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

    • "FIA World Endurance Championship 1985 - 1000 km Fuji". World Sports Racing Prototypes. 2005-10-02. Archived from the original on 26 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-09.
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