1991 Japanese Touring Car Championship

The 1991 Japanese Touring Car Championship season was the 7th edition of the series and 4age rule . It began at Sportsland SUGO on 19 May and finished after six events at Fuji Speedway on 10 November. The championship was won by Masahiro Hasemi, driving for Hasemi Motorsport.[1][2]

1991 Japanese Touring Car Championship
Previous: 1990 Next: 1992

Teams & Drivers
Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
Team Impul Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 1 Kazuyoshi Hoshino JTC-1 All
Toshio Suzuki All
Team Taisan Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 2 Kenji Takahashi JTC-1 All
Keiichi Tsuchiya All
Mark Skaife 6
BMW M3 Sport Evolution 26 Atsushi Kawamoto JTC-2 All
Fuminori Mizuno All
Hasemi Motorsport Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 3 Masahiro Hasemi JTC-1 3-6
Anders Olofsson 3-6
50 Masahiro Hasemi JTC-1 1-2
Anders Olofsson 1-2
Cara Racing BMW M3 Sport Evolution 4 Hiroyuki Noji JTC-2 2-6
Toru Sawada 2-5
Hideshi Matsuda 2, 4-6
Team Koyama Garage Isuzu Gemini JT191 5 Isao Shibata JTC-3 1, 6
Yasuo Kusakabe 1
Akihiro Higashi 3, 6
Takayuki Ooi 3
Toshihiko Nogami 6
TOM's Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 6 Syunji Kasuya JTC-3 1-2, 5-6
Kaori Okamoto 1-2, 5-6
7 Masahiro Matsunaga JTC-3 1, 3-6
Junko Mihara 1, 3-6
FET Racing Ford Sierra RS500 8 Kiyoshi Misaki JTC-1 1-5
Naoki Nagasaka 1-5
Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R Kiyoshi Misaki JTC-1 6
Naoki Nagasaka 6
Team Take One BMW M3 Sport Evolution 9 Takamasa Nakagawa JTC-2 2, 5
Kevin Wong 2
Charles Kwan 5
Winston Mak 6
Eiichi Tajima 6
10 Winston Mak JTC-2 1-2, 5
Charles Kwan 1-2
Eiichi Tajima 2, 5
Kevin Wong 5-6
Takayuki Ooi 6
16 Takamasa Nakagawa JTC-2 1
Kevin Wong 1
Object T Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 11 Hisashi Yokoshima JTC-3 All
Hisashi Wada 1-5
Takamasa Nakagawa 6
Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 22 Masahiko Kageyama JTC-1 All
Kazuo Shimizu All
Napolex Racing Team Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 12 Paolo Barilla JTC-1 6
Stefan Johansson 6
Mooncraft Honda Civic EF9 14 Naoki Hattori JTC-3 All
Akihiko Nakaya All
Nakajima Planning Honda Civic EF9 15 Hisatoyo Goto JTC-3 All
Koji Sato All
Cherena Racing Team BMW M3 Sport Evolution 17 Ryuichi Natsukawa JTC-2 1-4, 6
Masahiko Kondō 1, 3-4, 6
Katsutomo Kaneishi 2-3
Asano Racing Service Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 18 Takeo Asano JTC-3 All
Makoto Hagiwara All
Racing Project Bandoh Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 19 Shinji Tsunashima JTC-3 All
Hiroyuki Kawai All
Shoji Kasai 1
Tomoyuki Hosono 6
Hitotsuyama Racing BMW M3 Sport Evolution 21 Hideo Fukuyama JTC-2 All
Yasushi Hitotsuyama All
Mikio Hitotsuyama 1-2, 4-6
Team Advan Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 25 Morio Nitta JTC-3 1-5
Keiichi Suzuki 1-5
Toyota Corolla Levin AE101 Morio Nitta JTC-3 6
Keiichi Suzuki 6
Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 28 Takeshi Kubo JTC-3 1, 3-4, 6
Akira Shibata 1, 3-4, 6
Trust Racing Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 27 Mitsutake Koma JTC-3 All
Tomoyuki Hosono 1-5
Ryusaku Hitomi 1-4, 6
James Kaye 6
B-ing Kegani Racing BMW M3 Sport Evolution 29 Kazuo Mogi JTC-2 All
Sakai Obata All
Nismo Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 32 Ryu Haruki JTC-1 3-4
Eiji Yamada 3-4
Racing Forum Ford Sierra RS500 33 Takahiko Hara JTC-1 1
Yasuo Muramatsu 1
Honda Civic EF9 Takahiko Hara JTC-3 2-6
Yasuo Muramatsu 2-6
Auto Tech Racing BMW M3 Sport Evolution 34 Philippe Adams JTC-2 3, 6
Andrew Gilbert-Scott 3, 6
35 Thomas Danielsson JTC-2 All
Roland Ratzenberger All
Toyota Team TOM's Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 36 Hitoshi Ogawa JTC-3 1-5
Masanori Sekiya 1-5
Toyota Corolla Levin AE101 Hitoshi Ogawa JTC-3 6
Masanori Sekiya 6
Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 37 Kaoru Hoshino JTC-3 1-5
Víctor Rosso 1-2, 4-5
Takuya Kurosawa 3
Toyota Corolla Levin AE101 Kaoru Hoshino JTC-3 6
Víctor Rosso 6
Toyota Team Thailand Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 45 Sutthipong Samitchart JTC-3 6
Kasikam Suphot 6
Concept L Racing Team Honda Civic EF9 55 Masahiko Hanayama JTC-3 6
Masami Kageyama 6
Kumi Sato 6
FMR BMW M3 Sport Evolution 56 Fumio Mutoh JTC-2 1-2, 4-6
Satoshi Ikezawa 1-3
Hironori Takeuchi 3-6
Toshikazu Kanamori 5
AP National Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 59 Prasert Aphiphunya JTC-3 6
Kriangkrai Limnantarak 6
Team CMS Sweden Ford Sierra RS500 66 Heikki Salmenautio JTC-1 6
Christer Simonsen 6
Kurt Simonsen 6
Team Yamato Honda Civic EF3 67 Tsugio Oba JTC-3 2, 4, 6
Katsuaki Sato 2, 4, 6
Team Noji BMW M3 Sport Evolution 72 Norio Makiguchi JTC-2 1, 3-6
Hiroyuki Noji 1, 3
Sanshu Tanaka 1
Tetsu Horigome 3-4
Tetsuya Ota 4-5
Toru Horigome 5-6
Kawasho Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 88 Takashi Onuma JTC-3 3, 6
Shinichi Yamaji 3, 6
Minoru Tanaka 3
Tetsuya Tanaka 6
Moritani Honda Civic EF9 90 Masami Miyoshi JTC-3 All
Toru Hanyu 1
Masahiko Arakawa 2, 6
Michiko Uematsu 2
Kawaji Takahashi 3
Nobuyoshi Fukuda 4
Yasufumi Yamakazi 5
Toshihiro Yoshida 6
Mugen Honda Honda Civic EF9 100 Osamu Nakako JTC-3 All
Hideki Okada All
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 Sportsland SUGO, Miyagi 19 May #1 Team Impul #29 B-ing Kegani Racing #25 Team Advan
Kazuyoshi Hoshino
Toshio Suzuki		 Kazuo Mogi
Sakai Obata		 Morio Nitta
Keiichi Suzuki
2 Suzuka Circuit, Mie 7 July #50 Hasemi Motorsport #35 Auto Tech Racing #100 Mugen Honda
Masahiro Hasemi
Anders Olofsson		 Thomas Danielsson
Roland Ratzenberger		 Osamu Nakako
Hideki Okada
3 Tsukuba Circuit, Ibaraki 18 August #3 Hasemi Motorsport #21 Hitotsuyama Racing #25 Team Advan
Masahiro Hasemi
Anders Olofsson		 Hideo Fukuyama
Yasushi Hitotsuyama		 Morio Nitta
Keiichi Suzuki
4 Sendai Hi-Land Raceway, Miyagi 1 September #1 Team Impul #35 Auto Tech Racing #36 Toyota Team TOM's
Kazuyoshi Hoshino
Toshio Suzuki		 Thomas Danielsson
Roland Ratzenberger		 Hitoshi Ogawa
Masanori Sekiya
5 Autopolis, Ōita 13 October #3 Hasemi Motorsport #35 Auto Tech Racing #33 Racing Forum
Masahiro Hasemi
Anders Olofsson		 Thomas Danielsson
Roland Ratzenberger		 Takahiko Hara
Yasuo Muramatsu
6 Fuji Speedway, Shizuoka 10 November #1 Team Impul #26 Team Taisan #100 Mugen Honda
Kazuyoshi Hoshino
Toshio Suzuki		 Atsushi Kawamoto
Fuminori Mizuno		 Osamu Nakako
Hideki Okada

Championship Standings

Points were awarded 20, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 to the overall top 10 as well as 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 SUG SUZ TSU SEN AUT FUJ Pts Distance
1 Masahiro Hasemi 2 1 1 2 1 4 200 Unknown
2 Anders Olofsson 2 1 1 2 1 4 200 Unknown
3 Kazuyoshi Hoshino 1 Ret 3 1 2 1 174 Unknown
4 Toshio Suzuki 1 Ret 3 1 2 1 174 Unknown
5 Keiichi Tsuchiya Ret 2 2 3 4 3 128 Unknown
6 Kenji Takahashi Ret 2 2 3 4 3 128 Unknown
7 Roland Ratzenberger 6 4 23 5 5 8 125 Unknown
8 Thomas Danielsson 6 4 23 5 5 8 125 Unknown
9 Fuminori Mizuno 5 5 6 23 11 7 103 Unknown
10 Atsushi Kawamoto 5 5 6 23 11 7 103 Unknown
11/12 Masahiko Kageyama Ret 3 4 Ret 3 2 98 Unknown
11/12 Kazuo Shimizu Ret 3 4 Ret 3 2 98 Unknown
13 Hideo Fukuyama 17 9 5 6 7 10 98 Unknown
14/15 Osamu Nakako Ret 6 13 10 Ret 9 74 Unknown
14/15 Hideki Okada Ret 6 13 10 Ret 9 74 Unknown
16/17 Kazuo Mogi 4 Ret 8 7 6 24 73 Unknown
16/17 Sakai Obata 4 Ret 8 7 6 24 73 Unknown
18 Yasushi Hitotsuyama DNS 9 5 DNS 7 10 71 Unknown
19/20 Takahiko Hara Ret 7 12 12 8 22 66 Unknown
19/20 Yasuo Muramatsu Ret 7 12 12 8 22 66 Unknown
21 Mikio Hitotsuyama 17 DNS 6 7 10 56 Unknown
22/23 Morio Nitta 7 Ret 9 18 14 Ret 56 Unknown
22/23 Keiichi Suzuki 7 Ret 9 18 14 Ret 56 Unknown
24 Kaoru Hoshino 12 11 18 13 13 12 53 Unknown
25 Víctor Rosso 12 11 13 13 12 49 Unknown
26/27 Kiyoshi Misaki 3 Ret 16 Ret Ret 5 48 Unknown
26/27 Naoki Nagasaka 3 Ret 16 Ret Ret 5 48 Unknown
28/29 Hitoshi Ogawa 15 Ret Ret 8 9 Ret 43 Unknown
28/29 Masanori Sekiya 15 Ret Ret 8 9 Ret 43 Unknown
30 Hiroyuki Noji 16 10 DNS 9 10 Ret 42 Unknown
DNQ
31/32 Naoki Hattori Ret Ret 11 11 12 21 42 Unknown
31/32 Akihiko Nakaya Ret Ret 11 11 12 21 42 Unknown
33/34 Hisatoyo Goto 8 16 20 21 17 14 37 Unknown
33/34 Koji Sato 8 16 20 21 17 14 37 Unknown
35 Masami Miyoshi 13 8 14 15 Ret 20 35 Unknown
36 Hideshi Matsuda 10 9 10 Ret 34 Unknown
37 Norio Makiguchi 16 19 20 Ret 11 28 Unknown
38/39 Ryu Haruki 21 4 26 Unknown
38/39 Eiji Yamada 21 4 26 Unknown
40 Mark Skaife 3 24 Unknown
41 Hisashi Yokoshima 9 Ret Ret 14 16 Ret 24 Unknown
42 Hisashi Wada 9 Ret Ret 14 16 24 Unknown
43 Ryuichi Natsukawa 14 Ret 15 16 Ret 24 Unknown
44 Masahiko Kondō 14 15 16 Ret 24 Unknown
45 Mitsutake Koma 10 15 22 26 Ret 17 23 Unknown
46 Satoshi Ikezawa 18 12 10 21 Unknown
47/48 Philippe Adams 7 19 20 Unknown
47/48 Andrew Gilbert-Scott 7 19 20 Unknown
49 Fumio Mutoh 18 12 Ret 19 25 20 Unknown
50 Masahiko Arakawa 8 20 19 Unknown
51 Tomoyuki Hosono 10 15 22 DNS Ret Ret 17 Unknown
52 Ryusaku Hitomi 10 DNS DNS 26 17 17 Unknown
53/54 Shinji Tsunashima 11 Ret Ret 17 15 Ret 17 Unknown
53/54 Hiroyuki Kawai 11 Ret Ret 17 15 Ret 17 Unknown
55 Michiko Uematsu 8 15 Unknown
56/57 Paolo Barilla 6 12 Unknown
56/57 Stefan Johansson 6 12 Unknown
58/59/60 Masahiko Hanayama 13 12 Unknown
58/59/60 Masami Kageyama 13 12 Unknown
58/59/60 Kumi Sato 13 12 Unknown
61 Hironori Takeuchi 10 Ret DNS 25 11 Unknown
62 Toru Sawada DNS DNQ DNS 10 11 Unknown
63 Toru Horigome Ret 11 10 Unknown
64/65 Takeo Asano 19 Ret 17 25 20 Ret 9 Unknown
64/65 Makoto Hagiwara 19 Ret 17 25 20 Ret 9 Unknown
66/67 Tsugio Oba 13 22 Ret 8 Unknown
66/67 Katsuaki Sato 13 22 Ret 8 Unknown
68/69 Syunji Kasuya 21 14 18 Ret 8 Unknown
68/69 Kaori Okamoto 21 14 18 Ret 8 Unknown
70 Kawaji Takahashi 14 8 Unknown
71/72 Takashi Onuma Ret 15 8 Unknown
71/72 Shinichi Yamaji Ret 15 8 Unknown
73 Tetsuya Tanaka 15 8 Unknown
74 Winston Mak DNS Ret Ret 16 8 Unknown
75 Eiichi Tajima Ret Ret 16 8 Unknown
76 James Kaye 17 6 Unknown
77 Toshikazu Kanamori 19 6 Unknown
78 Tetsuya Ota 20 Ret 6 Unknown
79 Kevin Wong DNS Ret Ret 18 6 Unknown
80 Takayuki Ooi Ret 18 6 Unknown
81 Toru Hanyu 13 4 Unknown
82 Nobuyoshi Fukuda 15 4 Unknown
83 Takuya Kurosawa 18 4 Unknown
84 Tetsu Horigome 19 DNS 4 Unknown
85 Toshihiro Yoshida 20 4 Unknown
86/87/88 Heikki Salmenautio 26 4 Unknown
86/87/88 Christer Simonsen 26 4 Unknown
86/87/88 Kurt Simonsen 26 4 Unknown
89/90 Takeshi Kubo 20 Ret 19 Ret 2 Unknown
89/90 Akira Shibata 20 Ret 19 Ret 2 Unknown
91/92 Sutthipong Samitchart 23 1 Unknown
91/92 Kasikam Suphot 23 1 Unknown
93/94 Masahiro Matsunaga 22 24 24 Ret Ret 1 Unknown
93/94 Junko Mihara 22 24 24 Ret Ret 1 Unknown
95 Akihiro Higashi Ret 27 0 Unknown
96 Isao Shibata DNS 27 0 Unknown
97 Toshihiko Nogami 27 0 Unknown
NC Takamasa Nakagawa DNS Ret Ret Ret 0 Unknown
NC Charles Kwan DNS Ret Ret 0 Unknown
NC Katsutomo Kaneishi Ret DNS 0 Unknown
NC Minoru Tanaka Ret 0 Unknown
NC Yasufumi Yamakazi Ret 0 Unknown
NC Prasert Aphiphunya Ret 0 Unknown
NC Kriangkrai Limnantarak Ret 0 Unknown
NC Shoji Kasai DNS 0 0.00 km
NC Sanshu Tanaka DNS 0 0.00 km
NC Yasuo Kusakabe DNS 0 0.00 km
Pos Driver SUG SUZ TSU SEN AUT 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)
Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole
Italics - Fastest lap

References
  1. https://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jaf.or.jp%2FCGI%2Fmsports%2Fresults%2Frace%2Flist.cgi%3Ftype%3DTC&sl=ja&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-8
  2. https://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fms.bridgestone.co.jp%2Fdatabase%2Frace_list_category04%3Fcid%3D20&sl=ja&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-8
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