1989 All Japan Sports Prototype Car Endurance Championship

The 1989 All Japan Sports Prototype Car Endurance Championship was the seventh season of the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The 1989 champion was the #25 Advan Alpha Nova Porsche 962C driven by Kunimitsu Takahashi.

Schedule[edit]

All races were held in Japan.

Round	Race	Circuit	Date
1	All Japan Fuji 500 km	Fuji Speedway	12 March
2	JAF Grand Prix All Japan Fuji 1000 km	Fuji Speedway	30 April
3	All Japan Fuji 500 Miles	Fuji Speedway	23 July
4¹	International Suzuka 1000 km	Suzuka Circuit	3 December
5	Interchallenge Fuji 1000 km	Fuji Speedway	8 October

^1 – Round 4 at the Suzuka Circuit was originally scheduled for 27 August; however, due to a typhoon the race was rescheduled for 3 December.

Entry list[edit]

C/GTP[edit]

Team	Make	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Tyre	Rounds
Alpha Nova Racing^{[N 1]}	Porsche	Porsche 962C	Porsche 935/82 3.0 L Twin Turbo F6	6	Jesús Pareja	Y	5
					Walter Brun		5
					Costas Los		5
				7	Oscar Larrauri		All
					Maurizio Sandro Sala		All
					Walter Brun		1
				22	Naoki Nagasaka	B	All
				22	Chiyomi Totani	B	All
				25	Kunimitsu Takahashi	Y	All
				25	Stanley Dickens		All
				26	Kenji Takahashi		All
					Kazuo Mogi		All
					Giovanni Lavaggi		4–5
Joest Racing	Porsche	Porsche 962C	Porsche 935/82 3.0 L Twin Turbo F6	8	Henri Pescarolo	G	5
				8	Jean-Louis Ricci		5
				9	Bob Wollek		5
				9	Frank Jelinski		5
Leyton House Racing	Porsche	Porsche 962C	Porsche 935/82 3.0 L Twin Turbo F6	16	Masanori Sekiya	B	All
Leyton House Racing	Porsche	Porsche 962C	Porsche 935/82 3.0 L Twin Turbo F6	16	Hideki Okada	B	All
Team Davey	Porsche	Porsche 962C	Porsche 935/82 3.0 L Twin Turbo F6	19	Tim Lee-Davey	D	5
Team Davey	Porsche	Porsche 962C	Porsche 935/82 3.0 L Twin Turbo F6	19	Desiré Wilson	D	5
Nissan Motorsports	Nissan	Nissan R88C (Rd. 1–2) Nissan R89C (Rd. 3–5)	Nissan VRH30T 3.0 L Twin Turbo V8 (Rd. 1–2) Nissan VRH35Z 3.5 L Twin Turbo V8 (Rd. 3–5)	23	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	D B	All
				23	Toshio Suzuki		All
				24	Masahiro Hasemi		All
				24	Anders Olofsson		All
From A Racing	Porsche	Porsche 962C	Porsche 935/82 3.0 L Twin Turbo F6	27	Akihiko Nakaya	D B	All
From A Racing	Porsche	Porsche 962C	Porsche 935/82 3.0 L Twin Turbo F6	27	Harald Grohs	D B	All
Takefuji Racing Team	Porsche	Porsche 962C	Porsche 935/82 3.0 L Twin Turbo F6	33	Johnny Herbert	D	5
Takefuji Racing Team	Porsche	Porsche 962C	Porsche 935/82 3.0 L Twin Turbo F6	33	Martin Donnelly	D	5
Toyota Team TOM'S	Toyota	Toyota 89C-V	Toyota R32V 3.2 L Turbo V8	36	Geoff Lees	B	All
					Hitoshi Ogawa		1–2, 4
					Ross Cheever		3–5
				38	Paolo Barilla		3–5
					Hitoshi Ogawa		3, 5
					Johnny Dumfries		4
Toyota Team SARD	Toyota	Toyota 89C-V	Toyota R32V 3.2 L Turbo V8	50	Roland Ratzenberger	D	All
					Keiichi Suzuki		All
					David Sears		1
					Koji Sato		2
					Jean-Pierre Jabouille		5
Omron Racing	Porsche	Porsche 962C	Porsche 935/83 3.0 L Twin Turbo F6	55	Eje Elgh	D	All
					Vern Schuppan		All
					Keiji Matsumoto		1–4
Team LeMans	March	March 88G	Nissan VG30DETT 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6	85	Takao Wada	Y	All
					Akio Morimoto		All
					Koji Sato		3
British Barn Racing	British Barn Racing	British Barn BB89R	Ford DFZ 3.5 L V8	88	Jiro Yoneyama	D	All
					Kiyoshi Misaki		1–2, 4–5
					Hideo Fukuyama		2–5
Trust Racing	Porsche	Porsche 962C	Porsche 935/83 3.0 L Twin Turbo F6	100	George Fouché	D	All
Trust Racing	Porsche	Porsche 962C	Porsche 935/83 3.0 L Twin Turbo F6	100	Steven Andskär	D	All
Mazdaspeed	Mazda	Mazda 767 Mazda 767B	Mazda RE13J 2.6 L 4-rotor	201	Takashi Yorino	D	1
					Tetsuya Ota		1
					Yojiro Terada		5
					Pierre Dieudonné		5
					Yoshimi Katayama		5
				202	Yoshimi Katayama		1–4
					Yojiro Terada		1–4
					Takashi Yorino		2–5
					David Kennedy		5
Shizumatsu Racing	Mazda	Mazda 757	Mazda RE13G 2.0 L 3-rotor	230	Tetsuji Shiratori	D	All
					Shuji Fujii		All
					Seisaku Suzuki		All
Katayama Racing	Mazda	Mazda 757	Mazda RE13G 2.0 L 3-rotor	240	Kazuhiko Oda	D	1, 5
					Toshihiko Nogami		1–2
					Shunji Kasuya		2
					Yoshiyuki Ogura		2
					Keiichi Mizutani		5
					Tomiko Yoshikawa		5

A[edit]

Team	Make	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Tyre	Rounds
Hatena Racing Team	West	West 89S	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	5	Zenkichi Maruko	Y	4
					Ryosuke Nozaki		4
					Masami Miyoshi		4
Yoshifumi Yamazaki	West	West 89S	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	8	Yoshifumi Yamazaki	Y	4
					Masaki Ohashi		4
					Naoto Chikada		4
Moditt Racing Team	West	West 89S	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	17	Ryuichi Natsukawa	D	4
					Junichi Ikura		4
					Naoki Hattori		4
Keiichi Mizutani	West	West 89S	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	21	Keiichi Mizutani	D	4
					Kenichi Kaneko		4
					Masaki Furuhashi		4
Something Good Racing Team	West	West 87S	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	56	Keiichi Sakamoto	D	4
					Eiichi Tajima		4
					Tomoyuki Hosono		4
Joy Sport	Oscar	Oscar SK90	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	67	Tsuguaki Ogura	D	4
					Yoshiyuki Ogura		4
					Hiromi Nishizawa		4
Yoichiro Suzuki	West	West 87S	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	73	Yoichiro Suzuki	D	4
					Toshihiko Mochizuki		4
					Hajime Oshiro		4
Susai Racing Magic	Oscar	Oscar SK90	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	77	Yasuhiro Susai	D	4
					Hiroshi Yonetani		4
					Hidetoshi Okamoto		4
Team Jikanwari	Oscar	Oscar SK85	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	99	Michiko Hashimoto	Y	4
					Soichiro Tanaka		4
					Hiroaki Ishii		4

Season results[edit]

Season results as follows:^[1]

Round	Circuit	Winning Team
Round	Circuit	Winning Drivers
1	Mt. Fuji	#27 From A Racing Porsche 962C
1	Mt. Fuji	Harald Grohs Akihiko Nakaya
2	Mt. Fuji Report	#55 Omron Racing Porsche 962C
2	Mt. Fuji Report	Vern Schuppan Eje Elgh Keiji Matsumoto
3	Mt. Fuji	#16 Leyton House Racing Porsche 962C
3	Mt. Fuji	Hideki Okada Masanori Sekiya
4	Suzuka Circuit Report	#25 Alpha Nova Porsche 962C
4	Suzuka Circuit Report	Kunimitsu Takahashi Stanley Dickens
5	Mt. Fuji	#38 Toyota Team TOM'S Toyota 89C-V
5	Mt. Fuji	Hitoshi Ogawa Paolo Barilla

Point Ranking[edit]

Drivers[edit]

Rank	Drivers	Number/Team	Points	Wins	Distance
1	Kunimitsu Takahashi	#25 Alpha Nova Porsche 962C	56	1	2077.617 km
2	Stanley Dickens	#25 Alpha Nova Porsche 962C	56	1	1794.012 km
3	Geoff Lees	#36 Toyota Team TOM'S Toyota 89C-V	55	0	1945.209 km
4	Steven Andskär	#100 Trust Racing Porsche 962C	55	0	1379.514 km
5	Eje Elgh	#55 Omron Racing Porsche 962C	47	1	1215.84 km
6	Vern Schuppan	#55 Omron Racing Porsche 962C	47	1	701.79 km

Makes[edit]

Rank	Make	Points	Wins
1	Porsche	95	4
2	Toyota	43	1
3	Nissan	24	0
4	March-Nissan	18	0
5	Mazda	18	0
6	TOM'S-British Barn-Ford	3	0

Notes[edit]

^ No. 26 competed under Ba-Tsu ADVAN Alpha Tomei name

References[edit]

^ "JSPC 1989". Archived from the original on 15 November 2009.

External links[edit]

1989 全日本スポーツプロトタイプカー耐久選手権 (in Japanese)

[1] No. 26 competed under Ba-Tsu ADVAN Alpha Tomei name

[2] "JSPC 1989". Archived from the original on 15 November 2009.

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