1987 Suzuka 500 km
The Suzuka 500 km, was the opening round of the 1987 All Japan Sports Prototype Championship was held at the Suzuka Circuit, on 12 April, in front of a crowd of approximately 18,000.[1]
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Report
Entry
A total of 24 cars were entered for the event, across three classes ranging from Local Prototypes to Group C Prototypes.[2]
Qualifying
The pairing of Hideki Okada and Mike Thackwell took pole position for From A Racing, in their Porsche 962C ahead of the new partnership of Kazuyoshi Hoshino and Kenji Takahashi for Hoshino Racing, in their Nissan R87E, by just 0.42secs.[3]
Race
The race was held over 85 laps of the Suzuka circuit, a distance of 500 km (actual distance was 502.519 km). Hideki Okada and Mike Thackwell took the winner spoils for From A Racing, driving their Porsche 962C. The pair won in a time of 2hr 57:25.959mins., averaging a speed of 106.206 mph. Second place went to Kunimitsu Takahashi and Kenny Acheson in the Advan Alpha Nova’s Porsche 962C who finished just 2.775 seconds adrift. Also, the lead lap, was the third placed Toyota 87C of Geoff Lees and Alan Jones.[4]
Classification
Race Result
Class Winners are in Bold text.
Pos. | No. | Class | Driver | Entrant | Car - Engine | Time, Laps | Reason Out | |
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1st | 27 | C | ![]() |
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From A Racing | Porsche 962C | 2hr 57:25.959 | |
2nd | 1 | C | ![]() |
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Advan Alpha Nove | Porsche 962C | 2hr 57:28.734 | |
3rd | 36 | C | ![]() |
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Toyota Team TOM’s | Toyota 87C | 2hr 58:29.226 | |
4th | 16 | C | ![]() |
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Leyton House Racing Team | Porsche 962C | 84 | |
5th | 202 | C | ![]() |
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Mazdaspeed | Mazda 757 | 84 | |
6th | 201 | C | ![]() |
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Mazdaspeed | Mazda 757 | 84 | |
7th | 2 | C | ![]() |
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Alpha Cubic Racing Team | Porsche 962C | 82 | |
8th | 32' | C | ![]() |
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Hasemi Motorsport | Nissan R86V | 80 | |
9th | 70 | B | ![]() |
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Batsu Racing Team | MCS Guppy-Mazda | 75 | |
10th | 100 | C | ![]() |
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Trust Racing Team | Porsche 962C | 75 | |
11th | 67 | A | ![]() |
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West-Mazda 87S | 74 | ||
12th | 29 | A | ![]() |
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Oscar-Mazda SK85 | 74 | ||
13th | 48 | A | ![]() |
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Oscar-Mazda SK85 | 73 | ||
14th | 30 | A | ![]() |
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West-Mazda 87S | 73 | ||
15th | 6 | A | ![]() |
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West-Mazda 85S | 71 | ||
16th | 38 | C | ![]() |
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Dome Motorsport | Dome Motorsport-Toyota 87C | 71 | |
17th | 31 | A | ![]() |
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Horil Racing | West-Mazda 83S II | 71 | |
18th | 47 | A | ![]() |
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Rev Racing | Oscar-Mazda SK85 | 70 | |
19th | 35 | A | ![]() |
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West-Mazda 83S II | 70 | ||
20th | 7 | C | ![]() |
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Best House Racing Team | LM-Toyota 07 | 63 | |
DNF | 50 | C | ![]() |
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SARD | SARD-Toyota MC87S | 52 | Driveshaft |
DNF | 8 | C | ![]() |
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Person’s Racing Team | Nissan R86V | 31 | Oil Leak |
DNF | 23 | C | ![]() |
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Hoshino Racing | Nissan R87E | 17 | Drivesharft |
DNF | 9 | A | ![]() |
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Katayama Racing | Oscar-Mazda SK85 | 15 | Retire |
DNS | 37 | C | ![]() |
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Toyota Team TOM’s | TOM’s-Toyota 87C | Withdrawn | |