1992 Japanese Touring Car Championship

The 1992 Japanese Touring Car Championship season was the 8th edition of the series. It began at TI Circuit Aida on 15 March and finished after eight events at Fuji Speedway on 8 November. The championship was won by Masahiro Hasemi, driving for Hasemi Motorsport.[1][2]

1992 Japanese Touring Car Championship
Previous: 1991 Next: 1993

Teams & Drivers

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
Hasemi Motorsport Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 1 Hideo Fukuyama JTC-1 All
Masahiro Hasemi All
Team Taisan Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 2 Kunimitsu Takahashi JTC-1 All
Keiichi Tsuchiya All
BMW M3 Sport Evolution 24 Hironori Takeuchi JTC-2 All
Fumio Mutoh 1-2, 6-8
Masaki Tanaka 3
Motoshi Sekine 4-8
26 Fuminori Mizuno JTC-2 All
Atsushi Kawamoto 1-2, 4-8
Anthony Reid 3
Team Koyama Garage Isuzu Gemini JT191 5 Tsutomu Azuma JTC-3 8
Akihiro Higashi 8
Isao Shibata 8
Unknown Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 6 Junko Mihara JTC-3 2
Unknown Honda Civic EG6 7 Yoshio Hattori JTC-3 8
Kenta Shimamura 8
Yutaka Tomii 8
FET Racing Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 8 Kiyoshi Misaki JTC-1 All
Naoki Nagasaka All
AP National Honda Civic EF9 9 prasert aphiphunya JTC-3 8
Kriangkrai Limnantarak 8
Object T Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 11 Hisashi Wada JTC-3 1-2
Hisashi Yokoshima 1-2
Toyota Corolla Levin AE101 Hisashi Wada JTC-3 3-8
Hisashi Yokoshima 3-8
Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 22 Tom Kristensen JTC-1 All
Kazuo Shimizu All
Team Impul Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 12 Kazuyoshi Hoshino JTC-1 All
Masahiko Kageyama All
Mooncraft Honda Civic EF9 14 Naoki Hattori JTC-3 1-6
Katsutomo Kaneishi 1-6
Honda Civic EG6 Naoki Hattori JTC-3 7-8
Katsutomo Kaneishi 7-8
Cherena Racing Team BMW M3 Sport Evolution 17 Ryuichi Natsukawa JTC-2 1, 3-8
Kazuaki Takamura 1, 3, 5, 7
Masahiko Kondō 4, 6, 8
Asano Racing Service Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 18 Takeo Asano JTC-3 All
Makoto Hagiwara All
Racing Project Bandoh Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 19 Hiroyuki Kawai JTC-3 1-7
Mitsutake Koma 1-7
Toyota Corolla Levin AE101 Hiroyuki Kawai JTC-3 8
Mitsutake Koma 8
Hitotsuyama Racing BMW M3 Sport Evolution 21 Hideshi Matsuda JTC-2 All
Mikio Hitotsuyama 1, 3, 5, 7-8
Yasushi Hitotsuyama 2, 4, 6, 8
Team Advan Toyota Corolla Levin AE101 25 Morio Nitta JTC-3 2-8
Keiichi Suzuki 2-8
BVDR Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 28 Takeshi Kubo JTC-3 3, 6-8
Akira Shibata 3, 6-8
Yasuo Kusakabe 7-8
B-ing Kegani Racing BMW M3 Sport Evolution 29 Kazuo Mogi JTC-2 All
Sakai Obata 1-3, 5-8
Hideyuki Tamamoto 4
Concept L Racing Team Honda Civic EF9 32 Takahiko Hara JTC-3 1-6
Masami Kageyama 1-6
Honda Civic EG6 Takahiko Hara JTC-3 7-8
Masami Kageyama 7-8
Honda Civic EF9 77 Masahiko Hanayama JTC-3 7-8
Nobukazu Katsura 7-8
Racing Forum Honda Civic EF9 33 Yasuo Muramatsu JTC-3 1-7
Kumi Sato 1-7
Honda Civic EG6 Yasuo Muramatsu JTC-3 8
Kumi Sato 8
Auto Tech Racing BMW M3 Sport Evolution 34 Derek Higgins JTC-2 6, 8
Paul Radisich 6, 8
35 Andrew Gilbert-Scott JTC-2 All
Roland Ratzenberger All
Toyota Team TOM's Toyota Corolla Levin AE101 36 Pierre-Henri Raphanel JTC-3 All
Masanori Sekiya All
37 Kaoru Hoshino JTC-3 All
Victor Rosso All
Kinku Boston Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 39 Tsuyoshi Mouri JTC-3 4
Atsushi Okuda 4
Fuyu Takashi 4
Nismo Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 55 Takayuki Kinoshita JTC-1 All
Anders Olofsson All
Team Take One BMW M3 Sport Evolution 61 Takamasa Nakagawa JTC-2 All
Eiichi Tajima All
62 Kevin Wong JTC-2 2-5, 7-8
Charles Kwan 2, 5-6, 8
Winston Mak 3-4, 7-8
Akira Watanabe 3, 6-7
Syunji Kasuya 4
Team Noji BMW M3 Sport Evolution 63 Katsunori Iketani JTC-2 8
Hiroyuki Noji 8
Hisashi Shimura 8
Team Yamato Honda Civic EF9 67 Tsugio Oba JTC-3 4, 7-8
Katsuaki Sato 4, 7-8
Masahiro Imamura 7-8
IPF Wako's BMW M3 Sport Evolution 72 Toru Horigome JTC-2 1-4, 6-8
Norio Makiguchi 1-4, 6-8
Tetsuya Ota 1-4
Seiichi Sodeyama 8
Unknown Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 83 M.V. Manitto JTC-1 8
Ratanakul Prutirat Serireongrith 8
Kenji HKS Racing Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 87 Yukihiro Hane JTC-1 1, 3-4, 6-8
Osamu Hagiwara 1, 3, 6-8
Shigeki Matsui 4
Kawasho Toyota Corolla Levin AE101 88 Masahiro Matsunaga JTC-3 4, 6, 8
Junko Mihara 4, 6, 8
Shinichi Yamaji 4, 6, 8
Moritani Honda Civic EF9 90 Masami Miyoshi JTC-3 All
Kenji Kuroki 1
Kouzi Takubo 2
Hikari Inami 3, 5
Tsutomo Hiraoka 4
Hirokazu Ebihara 6
Kenji Hongo 7
Masayoshi Nishikakinouchi 8
Mugen Honda Honda Civic EF9 100 Osamu Nakako JTC-3 1-3
Hideki Okada 1-3
Honda Civic EG6 Osamu Nakako JTC-3 4-8
Hideki Okada 4-8
Icon Class
JTC-1 over 2500cc
JTC-2 1601-2500cc
JTC-3 Up to 1600cc

Calendar

Overall winner in bold.

Round Circuit Date JTC-1 Winning Team JTC-2 Winning Team JTC-3 Winning Team
JTC-1 Winning Drivers JTC-2 Winning Drivers JTC-3 Winning Drivers
1 TI Circuit Aida, Okayama 15 March #1 Hasemi Motorsport #61 Team Take One #100 Mugen Honda
Hideo Fukuyama
Masahiro Hasemi
Takamasa Nakagawa
Eiichi Tajima
Osamu Nakako
Hideki Okada
2 Autopolis, Ōita 26 April #55 Nismo #29 B-ing Kegani Racing #25 Team Advan
Takayuki Kinoshita
Anders Olofsson
Kazuo Mogi
Sakai Obata
Morio Nitta
Keiichi Suzuki
3 Sportsland SUGO, Miyagi 17 May #12 Team Impul #26 Team Taisan #100 Mugen Honda
Kazuyoshi Hoshino
Masahiko Kageyama
Fuminori Mizuno
Anthony Reid
Osamu Nakako
Hideki Okada
4 Suzuka Circuit, Mie 5 July #22 Object T #61 Team Take One #11 Object T
Tom Kristensen
Kazuo Shimizu
Takamasa Nakagawa
Eiichi Tajima
Hisashi Wada
Hisashi Yokoshima
5 Mine Central Circuit, Yamaguchi 9 August #1 Hasemi Motorsport #29 B-ing Kegani Racing #37 Toyota Team TOM's
Hideo Fukuyama
Masahiro Hasemi
Kazuo Mogi
Sakai Obata
Kaoru Hoshino
Victor Rosso
6 Tsukuba Circuit, Ibaraki 23 August #12 Team Impul #61 Team Take One #100 Mugen Honda
Kazuyoshi Hoshino
Masahiko Kageyama
Takamasa Nakagawa
Eiichi Tajima
Osamu Nakako
Hideki Okada
7 Sendai Hi-Land Raceway, Miyagi 20 September #12 Team Impul #35 Auto Tech Racing #14 Mooncraft
Kazuyoshi Hoshino
Masahiko Kageyama
Andrew Gilbert-Scott
Roland Ratzenberger
Naoki Hattori
Katsutomo Kaneishi
8 Fuji Speedway, Shizuoka 8 November #55 Nismo #34 Auto Tech Racing #100 Mugen Honda
Takayuki Kinoshita
Anders Olofsson
Derek Higgins
Paul Radisich
Osamu Nakako
Hideki Okada

Championship Standings

Points were awarded 20, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 to the top 10 finishers in each class, with no bonus points for pole positions or fastest laps. All scores counted towards the championship. In cases where teammates tied on points, the driver who completed the greater distance during the season was given the higher classification.

Pos Driver AID AUT SUG SUZ MIN TSU SEN FUJ Pts Distance
JTC-1
1 Masahiro Hasemi 1 7 5 2 1 4 3 2 110 1607.56 km
2 Hideo Fukuyama 1 7 5 2 1 4 3 2 110 1167.86 km
3 Tom Kristensen 2 2 4 1 2 5 5 3 103 1449.72 km
4 Kazuo Shimizu 2 2 4 1 2 5 5 3 103 1322.56 km
5 Anders Olofsson 9 1 2 4 NC 3 2 1 100 1503.17 km
6 Takayuki Kinoshita 9 1 2 4 NC 3 2 1 100 971.01 km
7 Kazuyoshi Hoshino Ret 3 1 Ret Ret 1 1 6 78 966.81 km
8 Masahiko Kageyama Ret 3 1 Ret Ret 1 1 6 78 706.64 km
9 Keiichi Tsuchiya 4 Ret 3 3 17 2 4 17 74 1275.98 km
10 Kunimitsu Takahashi 4 Ret 3 3 17 2 4 17 74 1116.19 km
11 Yukihiro Hane 15 6 5 7 6 4 42 Unknown
12 Osamu Hagiwara 15 6 7 6 4 34 Unknown
13/14 Kiyoshi Misaki 3 Ret 7 Ret Ret Ret 7 5 28 Unknown
13/14 Naoki Nagasaka 3 Ret 7 Ret Ret Ret 7 5 28 Unknown
15 Shigeki Matsui 5 8 Unknown
16/17 M.V. Manitto 10 4 Unknown
16/17 Ratanakul Prutirat Serireongrith 10 4 Unknown
JTC-2
1 Kazuo Mogi Ret 4 9 17 3 9 9 22 92 1261.94 km
2 Sakai Obata Ret 4 9 3 9 9 22 88 876.81 km
3 Eiichi Tajima 6 Ret 19 6 5 6 25 26 86 1126.24 km
4 Takamasa Nakagawa 6 Ret 19 6 5 6 25 26 86 1120.78 km
5 Roland Ratzenberger Ret 5 10 7 4 13 8 Ret 85 1003.24 km
6 Andrew Gilbert-Scott Ret 5 10 7 4 13 8 Ret 85 899.45 km
7 Hideshi Matsuda 12 16 Ret 13 6 8 10 8 81 1358.47 km
8 Fuminori Mizuno 13 6 8 10 Ret 15 13 27 72 1363.53 km
9 Norio Makiguchi Ret 8 11 12 11 11 9 62 982.29 km
10 Atsushi Kawamoto 13 6 10 Ret 15 13 27 52 701.96 km
11 Toru Horigome DNS 8 11 DNS 11 11 9 52 Unknown
12 Yasushi Hitotsuyama 16 13 8 8 44 Unknown
13 Ryuichi Natsukawa 14 21 18 7 Ret 17 11 41 Unknown
14 Mikio Hitotsuyama 12 Ret 6 10 DNS 37 Unknown
15 Tetsuya Ota Ret 8 11 12 30 Unknown
16 Kevin Wong Ret 23 14 10 15 20 30 Unknown
17 Kazuaki Takamura 14 21 7 17 28 Unknown
18/19 Derek Higgins 23 7 23 Unknown
18/19 Paul Radisich 23 7 23 Unknown
20 Anthony Reid 8 20 Unknown
21 Hironori Takeuchi Ret 9 24 Ret Ret 20 Ret 24 19 Unknown
22 Winston Mak 23 14 DNS 20 18 Unknown
23 Fumio Mutoh Ret 9 20 Ret 24 16 Unknown
24 Masahiko Kondō 18 Ret 11 13 Unknown
25 Seiichi Sodeyama 9 12 Unknown
26 Akira Watanabe 23 Ret 15 10 Unknown
27 Motoshi Sekine Ret Ret 20 Ret 24 8 Unknown
28 Charles Kwan Ret 10 Ret DNS 6 Unknown
29 Syunji Kasuya 14 6 Unknown
30 Hideyuki Tamamoto 17 4 Unknown
31 Masaki Tanaka 24 3 Unknown
NC Katsunori Iketani Ret 0 Unknown
NC Hiroyuki Noji Ret 0 Unknown
NC Hisashi Shimura Ret 0 Unknown
JTC-3
1 Osamu Nakako 5 12 12 Ret Ret 10 24 12 93 960.70 km
2 Hideki Okada 5 12 12 Ret Ret 10 24 12 93 866.19 km
3 Naoki Hattori 8 13 18 9 Ret 24 12 13 77 1209.57 km
4 Katsutomo Kaneishi 8 13 18 9 Ret 24 12 13 77 1077.74 km
5 Kaoru Hoshino Ret 14 13 19 8 21 19 Ret 60 909.49 km
6 Victor Rosso Ret 14 13 19 8 21 19 Ret 60 899.18 km
7 Hisashi Yokoshima 16 11 17 8 Ret 16 Ret Ret 57 862.03 km
8 Hisashi Wada 16 11 17 8 Ret 16 Ret Ret 57 722.19 km
9 Masami Kageyama Ret Ret 16 11 12 Ret 14 14 57 897.02 km
10 Takahiko Hara Ret Ret 16 11 12 Ret 14 14 57 877.36 km
11/12 Morio Nitta 10 Ret Ret 9 22 18 16 55 Unknown
11/12 Keiichi Suzuki 10 Ret Ret 9 22 18 16 55 Unknown
13/14 Pierre-Henri Raphanel 11 Ret 14 Ret 15 18 16 15 52 Unknown
13/14 Masanori Sekiya 11 Ret 14 Ret 15 18 16 15 52 Unknown
15 Masami Miyoshi Ret 15 22 15 13 12 22 18 50 Unknown
16/17 Hiroyuki Kawai 7 Ret 20 16 11 Ret 20 19 48 Unknown
16/17 Mitsutake Koma 7 Ret 20 16 11 Ret 20 19 48 Unknown
18/19 Yasuo Muramatsu 10 17 15 Ret 14 Ret Ret Ret 30 Unknown
18/19 Kumi Sato 10 17 15 Ret 14 Ret Ret Ret 30 Unknown
20/21 Takeo Asano 17 DNS 25 21 16 19 Ret Ret 17 Unknown
20/21 Makoto Hagiwara 17 DNS 25 21 16 19 Ret Ret 17 Unknown
22 Hirokazu Ebihara 12 15 Unknown
23/24 Masahiro Matsunaga 20 17 21 15 Unknown
23/24 Shinichi Yamaji 20 17 21 15 Unknown
25/26 Takeshi Kubo Ret 14 Ret 25 13 Unknown
25/26 Akira Shibata Ret 14 Ret 25 13 Unknown
27 Junko Mihara DNS DNS 17 21 11 Unknown
28 Hikari Inami 22 13 10 Unknown
29 Tsutomu Hiraoka 15 8 Unknown
30 Kouzi Takubo 15 6 Unknown
31 Masayoshi Nishikakinouchi 18 6 Unknown
32/33 Masahiko Hanayama 21 28 4 Unknown
32/33 Nobukazu Katsura 21 28 4 Unknown
34/35 Tsugio Oba 22 23 Ret 4 Unknown
34/35 Katsuaki Sato 22 23 Ret 4 Unknown
36 Kenji Hongo 22 3 Unknown
37/38/39 Tsutomu Azuma 23 2 Unknown
37/38/39 Akihiro Higashi 23 2 Unknown
37/38/39 Isao Shibata 23 2 Unknown
40/41/42 Tsuyoshi Mouri 23 1 Unknown
40/41/42 Atsushi Okuda 23 1 Unknown
40/41/42 Fuyu Takashi 23 1 Unknown
43 Yasuo Kusakabe Ret 25 1 Unknown
NC Masahiro Imamura DNS Ret 0 Unknown
NC Kenji Kuroki Ret 0 Unknown
NC Yoshio Hattori Ret 0 Unknown
NC Kenta Shimamura Ret 0 Unknown
NC Yutaka Tomii Ret 0 Unknown
NC Prasert Aphihanya DNS 0 0.00 km
NC Kurienkurai Limnantharak DNS 0 0.00 km
Pos Driver AID AUT SUG SUZ MIN TSU SEN FUJ Pts Distance
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole
Italics - Fastest lap

References

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