1990 Fuji 1000km

The All Japan Fuji 1000 km, was the sixth round of the 1990 All Japan Sports Prototype Championship and the fourth round of the 1990 Fuji Long Distance Series which was held at the Fuji International Speedway, on October 7th, in front of a crowd of approximately 41,000.[1]

Report

Entry

A total of 19 cars were entered for the event, in two classes, one for cars running to Group C1 specification and the other to IMSA GTP regulations.[1]

Qualifying

The Nissan Motorsport car of Anders Olofsson and Masahiro Hasemi took pole position, in their Nissan R90CP ahead of team mates Kazuyoshi Hoshino and Toshio Suzuki, by 0.428secs.[2]

Race

The race was held over 224 laps of the Fuji circuit, a distance of 1000 km (actual distance was 1001.28 km). Roland Ratzenberger, and Naoki Nagasaka took the winner spoils for the Toyota Team SARD, driving their Toyota 89C-V. They won with a time of 5hr 57:15.832mins., averaging a speed of 168.158 km/h (104.489 mph). Second place went to Kazuyoshi Hoshino and Toshio Suzuki in the pole sitting Nissan Motorsport’s Nissan R90CP[3] who finished about 1 minute and 18 seconds adrift. Five laps down, in third place was the Alpha Racing Porsche 962 C of Stanley Dickens and Will Hoy.[4]

Classification

Result

Class Winners are in Bold text.

Pos. No. Class Drivers Entrant Car - Engine Time, Laps Reason Out
1st 39 C1 Roland Ratzenberger Naoki Nagasaka Toyota Team SARD Toyota 89C-V 5:57:15.832
2nd 23 C1 Kazuyoshi Hoshino Toshio Suzuki Nissan Motorsports Nissan R90CP 5:58:34.540
3rd 2 C1 Stanley Dickens Will Hoy Alpha Racing Porsche 962C 219
4th 55 C1 Eje Elgh Tomas Mezera Omron Racing Team Porsche 962C 214
5th 24 C1 Masahiro Hasemi Anders Olofsson Nissan Motorsports Nissan R90CP 214
6th 203 GTP Maurizio Sandro Sala Yoshimi Katayama Mazdaspeed Mazda 767B 211
7th 201 GTP David Kennedy Pierre Dieudonné Mazdaspeed Mazda 787 208
DNF 37 C1 Pierre-Henri Raphanel Masanori Sekiya Hitoshi Ogawa Toyota Team Tom's Toyota 90C-V 189 Transmission
9th 230 GTP Tetsuji Shiratori Syuuji Fujii Pleasure Racing Mazda 757B 183
DNF 7 C1 Tiff Needell Derek Bell Anthony Reid The Alpha Racing Porsche 962C 167 Suspension
DNF 1 C1 Kunimitsu Takahashi Kazuo Mogi Advan Alpha Nova Porsche 962C 124 Accident
DNF 33 C1 Johnny Herbert Rickard Rydell Takefuji Racing Team Porsche 962C 110 Accident
DNF 27 C1 Akihiko Nakaya Volker Weidler Yukihiro Hane From A Racing Porsche 962C 98 Accident
DNF 85 C1 Takao Wada Osamu Nakako Cabin Racing Team With Team Le Mans Nissan R90V 97 Transmission
DNF 202 GTP Yojiro Terada Takashi Yorino Mazdaspeed Mazda 787 39 Transmission
DNF 88 C1 Jirou Yoneyama Hisatoyo Goto Hideo Fukuyama British Barn Racing Team British Barn BB90R 36 Electrics
DNF 100 C1 George Fouché Steven Andskär Trust Racing Team Porsche 962C 20 Engine
DNF 36 C1 Hitoshi Ogawa Keiichi Suzuki Takuya Kurosawa Toyota Team Tom's Toyota 89C-V 10 Engine
DSQ 240 GTP "Nogami" Kazuhiko Oda Keiichi Mizutani Lenox Racing Mazda 757 ? Engine repair with outside assistance

References
  1. "Fuji 1000 Kilometres 1990 - Racing Sports Cars".
  2. "Fuji 1000 Kilometres 1990 - Photo Gallery - Racing Sports Cars".
  3. "[OTHER] Nissan's Gr. C racing cars results in Japan, 1990-92 | Nissan Heritage Collection". www.nissan-global.com.
  4. "Fuji 1000 Kilometres 1990 - Photo Gallery - Racing Sports Cars".
  5. "Fuji 1000 Kilometres 1990 - Photo Gallery - Racing Sports Cars".
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