1993 Japanese Touring Car Championship

The 1993 Japanese Touring Car Championship season was the 9th edition of the series and the last to be run under Group A regulations. It began at Mine Central Circuit on 14 March and finished after nine events at Fuji Speedway on 31 October. The championship was won by Masahiko Kageyama, driving for Team Impul.[1][2]

Teams & Drivers

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
Hasemi Motorsport Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 1 Japan Hideo Fukuyama JTC-1 All
Japan Masahiro Hasemi All
Team Taisan Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 2 Japan Kunimitsu Takahashi JTC-1 All
Japan Keiichi Tsuchiya All
BMW M3 Sport Evolution 26 Japan Fuminori Mizuno JTC-2 1-4, 6, 8-9
Japan Kazuo Mogi 1-4, 6, 8-9
Team 5Zigen Toyota Corolla Levin AE101 5 Finland Mika Salo JTC-3 All
Japan Masayoshi Nishikakinouchi 1-5
Japan Minoru Tanaka 6-9
Unknown Isuzu Gemini JT191 7 Japan Akihiko Saka JTC-3 3
Japan Minoru Tanaka 3
FET Racing Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 8 Japan Kiyoshi Misaki JTC-1 All
Japan Naoki Nagasaka All
Object T Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 11 Denmark Tom Kristensen JTC-1 All
Japan Hisashi Yokoshima All
Team Impul Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 12 Japan Masahiko Kageyama JTC-1 All
Japan Kazuyoshi Hoshino 1-2, 4-9
Sweden Anders Olofsson 3
Mooncraft Honda Civic EG6 14 Japan Naoki Hattori JTC-3 All
Japan Katsutomo Kaneishi All
Asano Racing Service Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 18 Japan Takeo Asano JTC-3 1, 3-4, 6-9
Japan Makoto Hagiwara 1, 3-4, 6-9
Racing Project Bandoh Toyota Corolla Levin AE101 19 Japan Hiroyuki Kawai JTC-3 All
Japan Mitsutake Koma 1, 3, 5-9
Japan Tomoyuki Hosono 2, 9
United Kingdom James Kaye 4
Hitotsuyama Racing BMW M3 Sport Evolution 21 Japan Takayuki Kinoshita JTC-2 1, 3-9
Japan Yasushi Hitotsuyama 2, 4, 6-7, 9
Sweden Anders Olofsson 2
Japan Mikio Hitotsuyama 1, 3, 5, 8
22 JTC-2 9
Japan Fumio Mutoh 9
Team Advan Toyota Corolla Levin AE101 25 Japan Morio Nitta JTC-3 All
Japan Keiichi Suzuki All
Asahi Kiko Sport Team BMW M3 Sport Evolution 27 Japan Atsushi Kawamoto JTC-2 All
United Kingdom Anthony Reid All
Unknown Toyota Corolla Levin AE101 28 Japan Akira Shibata JTC-3 9
Japan Yusaku Shibata 9
Concept L Racing Team Honda Civic EG6 32 Japan Takahiko Hara JTC-3 1, 3-9
Japan Masami Kageyama 1, 3-9
77 Japan Nobukazu Katsura JTC-3 1
Japan Kumi Sato 1
Honda Civic Ferio EG9 Japan Shinichi Katsura JTC-3 3-9
Japan Masahiko Hanayama 3, 8-9
Japan Kumi Sato 4-7
Racing Forum Honda Civic EG6 33 Japan Kazuo Shimizu JTC-3 1, 3-9
Japan Yasuo Muramatsu 1-6, 9
Japan Toshihiro Yoshida 2, 7-8
Auto Tech Racing BMW M3 Sport Evolution 35 United Kingdom Andrew Gilbert-Scott JTC-2 All
Japan Akihiko Nakaya All
Toyota Team TOM's Toyota Corolla Levin AE101 36 France Pierre-Henri Raphanel JTC-3 All
Japan Masanori Sekiya All
37 Japan Kaoru Hoshino JTC-3 All
Japan Tetsuya Tanaka All
Nismo Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 55 Japan Akira Iida JTC-1 All
Japan Toshio Suzuki All
Team Take One BMW M3 Sport Evolution 61 Sweden Thomas Danielsson JTC-2 All
Japan Eiichi Tajima All
62 Hong Kong Kevin Wong JTC-2 1, 3-6, 8-9
Hong Kong Charles Kwan 1, 3-4, 6, 9
Hong Kong Winston Mak 5, 8-9
Team Yamato Honda Civic EF9 67 Japan Tsugio Oba JTC-3 4, 8-9
Japan Katsuaki Sato 4, 8-9
Japan Masahiro Imamura 9
IPF Wako's BMW M3 Sport Evolution 72 Japan Norio Makiguchi JTC-2 All
Japan Hideshi Matsuda All
HKS Racing Co. Ltd. Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 87 Japan Osamu Hagiwara JTC-1 All
Japan Yukihiro Hane All
Mugen Honda Honda Civic EG6 100 Japan Osamu Nakako JTC-3 All
Japan 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 Japan Mine Central Circuit, Yamaguchi 14 March #12 Team Impul #35 Auto Tech Racing #100 Mugen Honda
Japan Kazuyoshi Hoshino
Japan Masahiko Kageyama
United Kingdom Andrew Gilbert-Scott
Japan Akihiko Nakaya
Japan Osamu Nakako
Japan Hideki Okada
2 Japan Autopolis, Ōita 25 April #2 Team Taisan #35 Auto Tech Racing #14 Mooncraft
Japan Kunimitsu Takahashi
Japan Keiichi Tsuchiya
United Kingdom Andrew Gilbert-Scott
Japan Akihiko Nakaya
Japan Naoki Hattori
Japan Katsutomo Kaneishi
3 Japan Sportsland SUGO, Miyagi 16 May #87 HKS Racing Co. Ltd. #35 Auto Tech Racing #100 Mugen Honda
Japan Yukihiro Hane
Japan Osamu Hagiwara
United Kingdom Andrew Gilbert-Scott
Japan Akihiko Nakaya
Japan Osamu Nakako
Japan Hideki Okada
4 Japan Suzuka Circuit, Mie 4 June #1 Hasemi Motorsport #35 Auto Tech Racing #14 Mooncraft
Japan Masahiro Hasemi
Japan Hideo Fukuyama
United Kingdom Andrew Gilbert-Scott
Japan Akihiko Nakaya
Japan Naoki Hattori
Japan Katsutomo Kaneishi
5 Japan TI Circuit Aida, Okayama 8 August #12 Team Impul #27 Asahi Kiko Sport Team #14 Mooncraft
Japan Kazuyoshi Hoshino
Japan Masahiko Kageyama
United Kingdom Anthony Reid
Japan Atsushi Kawamoto
Japan Naoki Hattori
Japan Katsutomo Kaneishi
6 Japan Tsukuba Circuit, Ibaraki 22 August #55 Nismo #72 IPF Wako's #5 Team 5Zigen
Japan Toshio Suzuki
Japan Akira Iida
Japan Norio Makiguchi
Japan Hideshi Matsuda
Finland Mika Salo
Japan Minoru Tanaka
7 Japan Tokachi International Speedway, Hokkaidō 19 September #12 Team Impul #35 Auto Tech Racing #100 Mugen Honda
Japan Kazuyoshi Hoshino
Japan Masahiko Kageyama
United Kingdom Andrew Gilbert-Scott
Japan Akihiko Nakaya
Japan Osamu Nakako
Japan Hideki Okada
8 Japan Sendai Hi-Land Raceway, Miyagi 10 October #12 Team Impul #61 Team Take One #32 Concept L Racing Team
Japan Kazuyoshi Hoshino
Japan Masahiko Kageyama
Sweden Thomas Danielsson
Japan Eiichi Tajima
Japan Masami Kageyama
Japan Takahiko Hara
9 Japan Fuji Speedway, Shizuoka 31 October #11 Object T #26 Team Taisan #14 Mooncraft
Japan Hisashi Yokoshima
Denmark Tom Kristensen
Japan Kazuo Mogi
Japan Fuminori Mizuno
Japan Naoki Hattori
Japan Katsutomo Kaneishi

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 MIN AUT SUG SUZ AID TSU TOK SEN FUJ Pts Distance
JTC-1
1 Japan Masahiko Kageyama 1 3 2 3 1 2 1 1 Ret 134 1197.83 km
2 Japan Kazuyoshi Hoshino 1 3 3 1 2 1 1 Ret 119 1264.75 km
3 Japan Toshio Suzuki 14 5 3 5 2 1 2 18 3 106 1821.88 km
4 Japan Akira Iida 14 5 3 5 2 1 2 18 3 106 1227.09 km
5 Japan Hisashi Yokoshima 3 2 Ret 4 3 3 7 5 1 95 1412.22 km
6 Denmark Tom Kristensen 3 2 Ret 4 3 3 7 5 1 95 1368.53 km
7 Japan Masahiro Hasemi 2 4 4 1 4 5 5 Ret 5 89 1547.49 km
8 Japan Hideo Fukuyama 2 4 4 1 4 5 5 Ret 5 89 1237.04 km
9 Japan Yukihiro Hane 9 Ret 1 19 Ret 9 3 2 4 79 1347.92 km
10 Japan Osamu Hagiwara 9 Ret 1 19 Ret 9 3 2 4 79 1055.47 km
11/12 Japan Kunimitsu Takahashi Ret 1 Ret 2 5 4 6 Ret Ret 59 Unknown
11/12 Japan Keiichi Tsuchiya Ret 1 Ret 2 5 4 6 Ret Ret 59 Unknown
13/14 Japan Kiyoshi Misaki Ret Ret 5 Ret Ret 16 4 3 2 49 Unknown
13/14 Japan Naoki Nagasaka Ret Ret 5 Ret Ret 16 4 3 2 49 Unknown
15 Sweden Anders Olofsson 2 15 Unknown
JTC-2
1 United Kingdom Andrew Gilbert-Scott 4 6 6 6 7 7 8 22 NC 134 1266.89 km
2 Japan Akihiko Nakaya 4 6 6 6 7 7 8 22 NC 134 1229.69 km
3 United Kingdom Anthony Reid 10 7 9 16 6 8 9 7 7 117 1741.00 km
4 Japan Atsushi Kawamoto 10 7 9 16 6 8 9 7 7 117 1217.47 km
5 Japan Hideshi Matsuda 5 17 7 7 8 6 Ret 6 17 106 1585.64 km
6 Japan Norio Makiguchi 5 17 7 7 8 6 Ret 6 17 106 1059.44 km
7 Japan Kazuo Mogi 18 9 11 8 Ret 8 6 68 1036.57 km
8 Japan Fuminori Mizuno 18 9 11 8 Ret 8 6 68 1028.38 km
9 Japan Takayuki Kinoshita Ret 13 12 9 10 15 9 11 66 1342.22 km
10 Sweden Thomas Danielsson 17 10 8 Ret Ret 15 Ret 4 19 60 940.70 km
11 Japan Eiichi Tajima 17 10 8 Ret Ret 15 Ret 4 19 60 Unknown
12 Japan Yasushi Hitotsuyama 8 12 10 15 11 54 Unknown
13 Hong Kong Kevin Wong Ret 17 11 Ret 12 21 15 38 Unknown
14 Hong Kong Charles Kwan Ret 17 11 12 15 32 Unknown
15 Japan Mikio Hitotsuyama Ret 13 9 9 18 30 Unknown
16 Hong Kong Winston Mak Ret 21 15 16 Unknown
17 Sweden Anders Olofsson 8 12 Unknown
18 Japan Fumio Mutoh 18 6 Unknown
JTC-3
1 Japan Naoki Hattori Ret 11 14 9 10 Ret 14 12 8 112 1186.88 km
2 Japan Katsutomo Kaneishi Ret 11 14 9 10 Ret 14 12 8 112 1174.42 km
3 Japan Osamu Nakako 6 13 10 18 11 19 10 13 20 110 1418.07 km
4 Japan Hideki Okada 6 13 10 18 11 19 10 13 20 110 1347.85 km
5 Japan Morio Nitta 8 14 15 10 17 17 Ret 11 9 90 1354.38 km
6 Japan Keiichi Suzuki 8 14 15 10 17 17 Ret 11 9 90 1233.44 km
7 France Pierre-Henri Raphanel 7 12 20 DSQ 12 14 Ret 14 Ret 65 935.62 km
8 Japan Masanori Sekiya 7 12 20 DSQ 12 14 Ret 14 Ret 65 760.62 km
9 Japan Hiroyuki Kawai 19 18 16 14 13 18 11 15 Ret 63 1179.40 km
10 Japan Shinichi Katsura 13 21 15 15 13 13 17 13 58 1415.76 km
11/12 Japan Masami Kageyama Ret 12 13 18 Ret Ret 10 Ret 49 Unknown
11/12 Japan Takahiko Hara Ret 12 13 18 Ret Ret 10 Ret 49 Unknown
13 Japan Mitsutake Koma 19 16 13 18 11 15 Ret 49 Unknown
14 Finland Mika Salo 16 15 18 Ret Ret 11 Ret Ret 12 47 Unknown
15 Japan Kumi Sato 13 15 15 13 13 45 Unknown
16 Japan Kazuo Shimizu 12 19 Ret 14 Ret 12 16 Ret 36 Unknown
17 Japan Minoru Tanaka DNS 11 Ret Ret 12 28 Unknown
18/19 Japan Tetsuya Tanaka 11 Ret 23 DSQ 16 Ret Ret Ret 10 26 Unknown
18/19 Japan Kaoru Hoshino 11 Ret 23 DSQ 16 Ret Ret Ret 10 26 Unknown
20 Japan Yasuo Muramatsu 12 16 19 Ret 14 Ret Ret 26 Unknown
21 Japan Toshihiro Yoshida 16 12 16 22 Unknown
22 Japan Masayoshi Nishikakinouchi 16 15 18 Ret Ret 17 Unknown
23 Japan Masahiko Hanayama 21 17 13 13 Unknown
24/25 Japan Takeo Asano 15 22 20 Ret Ret 20 16 13 Unknown
24/25 Japan Makoto Hagiwara 15 22 20 Ret Ret 20 16 13 Unknown
26 United Kingdom James Kaye 14 8 Unknown
27/28 Japan Katsuaki Sato 17 19 Ret 8 Unknown
27/28 Japan Tsugio Oba 17 19 Ret 8 Unknown
29/30 Japan Akira Shibata 14 6 Unknown
29/30 Japan Yusaku Shibata 14 6 Unknown
31 Japan Tomoyuki Hosono 18 Ret 4 Unknown
NC Japan Masahiro Imamura Ret 0 Unknown
NC Japan Akihiko Saka DNS 0 0.00 km
Pos Driver MIN AUT SUG SUZ AID TSU TOK SEN FUJ Pts Distance
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird 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 practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole
Italics - Fastest lap

References

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