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1983 All Japan Endurance Championship

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The 1983 All Japan Endurance Championship was the inaugural season of the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The series champion was the #1 Trust Racing Team Porsche 956 driven by Australian Vern Schuppan, who earlier in the year had won the 1983 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Entry list

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C

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  • For the WEC-Japan event, JSPC teams used different car numbers to avoid conflicts with the car numbers of the entrants of the World Sportscar Championship; each car's WEC-Japan race number is displayed in tooltips.
Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Trust Racing Team Porsche Porsche 956B Porsche 935/79 2.6 L Twin Turbo F6 1 Australia Vern Schuppan D All
Japan Naohiro Fujita All
Alpha Cubic Racing Team MCS MCS Guppy BMW M12/7 2.0 L I4 7 Japan Chiyomi Totani B All
Japan Taku Akaike All
Hasemi Motorsport Nissan Nissan Skyline Turbo C Nissan LZ20B 2.1 L Turbo I4 11 Japan Masahiro Hasemi D 2–3
Japan Kenji Tohira 2–3
Mazdaspeed Mazda Mazda 717C Mazda RE13B 1.3 L Twin Turbo 2-rotor 16 Japan Yojiro Terada D 3
Japan Takashi Yorino 3
Belgium Pierre Dieudonné 3
TOM'S Toyota Toyota TOM'S Celica C Toyota 3T-G 2.0 L I4 17 Japan Keiji Matsumoto B 1
Japan Masanori Sekiya 1
Japan Kaoru Hoshino 1
TOM'S 83C Toyota 4T-G 2.1 L Twin Turbo I4 Japan Keiji Matsumoto 2–3
Japan Masanori Sekiya 2–3
Japan Kaoru Hoshino 2–3
Central 20 Racing Team Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z Turbo C Nissan LZ20B 2.1 L Twin Turbo I4 20 Japan Haruhito Yanagida D 3
Japan Takao Wada 3
Hoshino Racing Nissan Nissan Silvia Turbo C Nissan LZ20B 2.1 L Turbo I4 23 Japan Kazuyoshi Hoshino B 2–3
Japan Akira Hagiwara 2–3
Team Ikuzawa Toyota Toyota TOM'S Celica C Toyota 3T-G 2.0 L I4 37 United Kingdom Geoff Lees D 3
Republic of Ireland Derek Daly 3
Japan Toshio Suzuki 3
Auto Beaurex Motorsport Lotec Lotec M1C BMW M88 3.5 L I6 65 Japan Naoki Nagasaka Y 3
Germany Kurt Lotterschmid 3
Japan Keiichi Suzuki 3
Autobacs Dome Motorsport Dome Dome RC83 Ford DFL 4.0 L V8 77 Sweden Eje Elgh D 2–3
United Kingdom Tiff Needell 2–3
Misaki Speed MCS MCS Guppy Toyota 18R-G 2.2 L Turbo I4 (Rd. 2)
Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4 (Rd. 3) 		81 Japan Kiyoshi Misaki D 2–3
Japan Masakazu Nakamura 2–3
Panasport Japan Panasport Panasport C BMW M12/7 2.0 L I4 88 Japan Aguri Suzuki D 3
Japan Toshio Motohashi 3

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Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Katayama Racing Mazda Mazda RX-7 254 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 2 Japan Yoshimi Katayama D 2
Japan Tsunehisa Asai 2
Alpha Cubic Racing Team Mazda Mazda RX-7 825 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 3 Japan Chiyomi Totani D 1
Japan Taku Akaike 1
MO Racing Mazda Mazda RX-7 253 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 5 Japan Hiroyuki Ono D 1
Japan Kazuo Mogi 1
Capris Enterprise Mazda Mazda RX-7 253 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 6 Japan Kazuyoshi Sakamoto D 1–2
Japan Kenji Iya 1–2
Yours Sports Mazda Mazda RX-7 254 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 7 Japan Takashi Yorino B 1–2
Japan Chikage Oguchi 1–2
Mazda RX-7 253 8 Japan Takashi Tosa 1–2
Japan Hideki Okada 1–2
TRS Itabashi Mazda Mazda RX-7 253 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 10 Japan Tsutomu Itabashi B 2
Japan Tetsuji Tabata 2
Japan Masahiro Kimoto 2
Malibu Motor Sports Club Mazda Mazda RX-7 253 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 12 Japan Hironobu Tatsumi B 2
Japan Yoshimasa Matsumoto 2
Japan Yoshiyuki Ogura 2
Orient Speed Isuzu Isuzu Piazza Isuzu 4ZC1 2.0 L I4 14 Japan Akihiko Koto D 1
Japan Shuichi Ogata 1
Yoshiro Takaoka Subaru Subaru Leone Subaru EA81 1.8 L F4 14 Japan Yoshiro Takaoka B 2
Japan Koichi Tahara 2
Japan Akihiko Nakaya 2
Japan Sports Car Club Mazda Mazda RX-7 253 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 17 Japan Yoshimasa Matsumoto D 1
JACS Racing Team Mazda Mazda RX-7 253 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 25 Japan Kozo Kamata BF 2
Japan Tetsuya Ota 2
Nagata Racing Toyota Toyota Corolla Toyota 18R-G 2.0 L I4 27 Japan Tetsuhide Nagata D 2
Japan Koichi Iwaki 2
Japan Makoto Nakamura 2
Akeno Car Mazda Mazda RX-7 253 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 33 Japan Fumio Inagaki D 1
Japan Masaaki Imai 1
Marukatsu Racing Chevrolet Chevrolet Corvette Chevrolet LS6 7.4 L V8 93 Japan Tomohiko Tsutsumi D 1
Japan Shuroku Sasaki 1
Tomei Jidosha Nissan Nissan 240RS Nissan FJ24 2.4 L I4 102 Japan Eiji Shibuya D 3
Japan Fumio Aiba 3

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Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Horii Racing West West 83S Subaru EA81 1.8 L F4 5 Japan Nobuyoshi Horii D 2
Japan Hajime Kajiwara 2
Mariko Racing Team West West 83S Subaru EA81 1.8 L F4 9 Japan Osamu Nakajima B 2
Japan Kazunori Kyutoku 2
Autobacs Racing Team Toyota Toyota Starlet Toyota 4K-E 1.3 L I4 10 United States Ron Brown D 1
Japan Hideo Fukuyama 1
Cockpit Inazawa Daihatsu Daihatsu Consorte Toyota 4K-E 1.3 L I4 11 Japan Shigehito Hirabayashi D 1
Japan Koji Sato 1
KSCC Toyota Toyota Starlet Toyota 4K-E 1.3 L I4 12 Japan Taido Hashimoto D 1
Japan Masaharu Kinoshita 1
Koichi Nishikawa Nissan Nissan Sunny Nissan A12 1.3 L I4 15 Japan Koichi Nishikawa D 2
Japan Yasumi Fukao 2
Hiro Racing Toyota Toyota Starlet Toyota 4K-E 1.3 L I4 16 Japan Makoto Iwasaki B 1
Japan Masashi Kitagawa 1
30 Japan Makoto Iwasaki 2
Japan Kozo Okumura 2
Hideki Ogawa West West 83S Subaru EA81 1.8 L F4 16 Japan Hideki Ogawa D 2
Japan Shuji Fujii 2
Japan Makio Nonaka 2
ARCN Nissan Nissan Sunny Nissan A12 1.3 L I4 18 Japan Kiyotaka Nonomura D 1–2
Japan Mitsuo Yamamoto 1–2
Central 20 Racing Team Nissan Nissan Sunny Nissan A12 1.3 L I4 20 Japan Hiroshi Tomioka D 1
Hong Kong Peter Chau 2
"S. Kockie"[N 1] 2
Suda Racing Toyota Toyota Starlet Toyota 4K-E 1.3 L I4 21 Japan Yoshinori Sakurai B 1–2
Japan Masafumi Suda 1
Japan Hideki Iida 2
Kumida Racing West West 83S Subaru EA81 1.8 L F4 22 Japan Yukio Minagawa D 2
Japan Seiji Omura 2
Racing Service Masakazu Nissan Nissan Sunny Nissan A12 1.3 L I4 24 Japan Teruki Koshino B 2
Japan Koji Sato 2
Umeda Tuning Shop Nissan Nissan Sunny Nissan A12 1.3 L I4 26 Japan Masahiro Shimada B 2
Japan Yoshimasa Fujiwara 2
Kyoko Racing Club Nissan Nissan Sunny Nissan A12 1.3 L I4 44 Japan Katsuhisa Toda B 2
Japan Toyoaki Iwata 2
Team Yamato Honda Honda Civic Honda EN1 1.3 L I4 68 Japan Tsuguo Ohba B 1–2
Japan Katsuaki Sato 1–2
TMSC Toyota Toyota Starlet Toyota 4K-E 1.3 L I4 69 Japan Satoshi Fujita D 1–2
Japan Shuji Fujii 1–2
Bellco West West West 83S Subaru EA81 1.8 L F4 76 Japan Hideki Ogawa D 1
Japan Makio Nonaka 1
NRC Toyota Toyota Starlet Toyota 4K-E 1.3 L I4 92 Japan Masahiro Kimoto D 1
Japan Norimasa Sakamoto 1

GT Japan

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Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Yours Sports Mazda Mazda RX-7 254 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 120 Japan Hideki Okada D 3
Japan Akio Morimoto 3
Japan Seiichi Okada 3
121 Japan Chikage Oguchi 3
Japan Toshio Fujimura 3
Trust Racing Team Toyota Toyota Celica Toyota 18R-G 2.0 L I4 122 Japan Ryusaku Hitomi D 3
Japan Mitsutake Koma 3
ERC Racing Mazda Mazda RX-7 253 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 123 Japan Masaatsu Ohya D 3
Japan Shinichi Katsuki 3
Japan Yoshio Ishikawa 3
Sansho Kogyo Racing Team Mazda Mazda RX-7 825 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 125 Japan Toru Shimegi B 3
Japan Yoshiyuki Ogura 3
Japan Yoshimasa Matsumoto 3
Mishima Auto Racing Mazda Mazda RX-7 253 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 126 Japan Minoru Sawada D 3
Japan Kaneyuki Okamoto 3
Japan Toyoshi Sugiyama 3
TRS Itabashi Mazda Mazda RX-7 253i Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 130 Japan Tsutomu Itabashi D 3
Japan Tetsuji Tabata 3
Japan Kimiya Iwanalaya 3
Japan Oneri Wenyapaimi 3
Team No. 3 Racing Mazda Mazda RX-7 253i Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 133 Japan Seiji Kusano D 3
Japan Yasuhiro Isozaki 3
Japan Tadao Furusawa 3
Gotanzaka Enterprise Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z Nissan L28E 2.8 L I6 136 Japan Yoshio Nagata D 3
Japan Hiroyuki Miyagawa 3
Japan Takamichi Shinohara 3
Tomei Jidosha Nissan Nissan Sunny Nissan LZ14 1.6 L I4 171 Japan Yoshiaki Jitsukawa D 3
Japan Motoji Sekine 3
Shizumatsu Racing Mazda Mazda RX-7 254 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 180 Japan Tetsuji Shiratori D 3
Japan Seisaku Suzuki 3
Japan Osamu Ihara 3
Mazda Sport Car Club Mazda Mazda RX-7 254 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 181 Japan Kenji Seino D 3
Japan Masashi Kitagawa 3
Japan Yasaharu Nakajima 3
182 Japan Kanjun Arai 3
Japan Yuichi Hagiwara 3
Japan Minoru Yajima 3

Schedule

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All races were held in Japan.

Round Race Circuit Date
1 International Suzuka 500 km Suzuka Circuit 3 April
2 International Suzuka 1000 km 28 August
3 WEC-Japan Fuji Speedway 2 October

Season results

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Season results are as follows:[1]

Round Circuit Winning Team
Winning Drivers
1 Suzuka Circuit #1 Trust Racing Team [ja] Porsche 956
Australia Vern Schuppan
Japan Naohiro Fujita
2 Suzuka Circuit
Report 		#1 Trust Racing Team [ja] Porsche 956
Australia Vern Schuppan
Japan Naohiro Fujita
3 Mt. Fuji
Report 		#2 Rothmans Porsche 956
United Kingdom Derek Bell
Germany Stefan Bellof

Point Ranking

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Drivers

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Rank Drivers Number/Team Points Wins
1 Australia Vern Schuppan #1 Trust Racing Team [ja] Porsche 956
#6 Trust Racing Team Porsche 956 		52 2
2 Japan Naohiro Fujita 52 2
3 Japan Taku Akaike #7 Alpha Racing Team MCS Guppy-Mazda
#62 Alpha Racing Team Mazda 83C 		24 0
4 Germany Stefan Bellof #2 Rothmans Porsche 956 20 1
5 United Kingdom Derek Bell 20 1

Notes

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  1. ^ Nationality unknown

References

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  1. ^ "JSPC 1983". Archived from the original on 15 November 2009.
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