1994 Japanese Touring Car Championship

The 1994 Japanese Touring Car Championship season was the 10th edition of the series and the first to be run under Class II regulations. It began at Autopolis on 24 April and finished after nine events at Fuji Speedway on 30 October. The championship was won by Masanori Sekiya, driving for Toyota Team TOM's.[1][2][3]

Teams & Drivers

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
BMW Team Schnitzer	BMW 318i	1	Joachim Winkelhock	9
		73	Joachim Winkelhock	3-4
		73	Leopold Prinz von Bayern	1-2, 5-9
		2	Steve Soper	9
		10	Steve Soper	1-8
Team Taisan	BMW 318i	2	Kazuo Mogi	1-8
Team Taisan	BMW 318i	26	Kazuo Mogi	9
Nismo	Nissan Primera P10	3	Masahiro Hasemi	1-7, 9
	Nissan Primera P10	12	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	1-7, 9
	Nissan Sunny B14	31	Akira Iida	6-9
	Nissan Sunny B14	32	Masahiko Kageyama	6-9
Trans Global	BMW 318i	5	Mutsuaki Sanada	9
YTR Mazdaspeed	Mazda Lantis	5	Mutsuaki Sanada	1-4, 7
		6	Yojiro Terada	1-2, 4-8
		9	Yojiro Terada	9
Motorola Pagers Racing	BMW 318i	6	Justin Bell	9
Motorola Pagers Racing	BMW 318i	51	Tim Harvey	9
FET Racing	Toyota Corolla AE100	7	Naoki Nagasaka	All
FET Racing	Toyota Corolla AE100	8	Kiyoshi Misaki	All
Object T	Honda Civic Ferio	11	Takahiko Hara	All
	Toyota Corona T190	33	Yasuo Muramatsu	1-5
	Toyota Corona T190	33	Michael Krumm	7-9
Mooncraft	Honda Civic Ferio	14	Naoki Hattori	2-9
Nakajima Planning	Honda Civic Ferio	15	Tetsuya Tanaka	All
Castrol Mugen Honda	Honda Civic Ferio	16	Osamu Nakako	2-9
Team Advan	BMW 318i	17	Tatsuhiko Kaneumi	2-4, 6-9
Team Advan	BMW 318i	18	Mitsuhiro Kinoshita	2, 4-9
Racing Project Bandoh	Toyota Sprinter Marino	19	Masahiro Matsunaga	All
Now Motor Sport	Mazda Lantis	20	Hidetoshi Mitsusada	1
Hitotsuyama Racing	BMW 318i	21	Yasushi Hitotsuyama	1-2, 4, 7, 9
		21	Mikio Hitotsuyama	3, 5-6, 8
		22	Mikio Hitotsuyama	9
			Takayuki Kinoshita	1
			Fuminori Mizuno	2, 4
Kondō Racing	Nissan HR33 Skyline GTS	23	Kaoru Iida	3, 7, 9
Tsuchiya Engineering	Toyota Corolla Ceres	25	Keiichi Suzuki	1, 3, 5, 7, 9
Tsuchiya Engineering	Toyota Corolla Ceres	25	Morio Nitta	2, 4, 6, 8
Team Kunimitsu	Honda Civic Ferio	27	Keiichi Tsuchiya	2, 4-9
Team Take One	BMW 318i	30	Akihiko Nakaya	All
Auto Tech Racing	BMW 318i	35	Andrew Gilbert-Scott	All
Toyota Team TOM's	Toyota Corona T190	36	Masanori Sekiya	All
		37	Aguri Suzuki	1, 3-9
		37	Masami Kageyama	2
Toyota Team Cerumo	Toyota Corona T190	38	Takuya Kurosawa	All
Toyota Team Cerumo	Toyota Corona T190	39	Tom Kristensen	All
Unicorse	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	55	Giambattista Busi	7-9
Team Gathers	Honda Civic Ferio	77	Kazuo Shimizu	2, 4-9
Team HKS	Vauxhall Cavalier 16v	87	Anthony Reid	1-6
Team HKS	Opel Vectra GT	87	Anthony Reid	7-9
Team Doricome	Honda Civic Ferio	88	Armin Hahne	9
Team Tanabe	Mazda Lantis	99	Katsutomo Kaneishi	8-9

Calendar

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Autopolis, Ōita	24 April	Tom Kristensen	Anthony Reid	Anthony Reid	Team HKS
1	R2	Autopolis, Ōita	24 April		Anthony Reid	Anthony Reid	Team HKS
2	R3	Sportsland SUGO, Miyagi	15 May	Tom Kristensen	Masanori Sekiya	Tom Kristensen	Toyota Team Cerumo
2	R4	Sportsland SUGO, Miyagi	15 May		Tom Kristensen	Steve Soper	BMW Team Schnitzer
3	R5	Tokachi International Speedway, Hokkaidō	19 June	Aguri Suzuki	Aguri Suzuki	Anthony Reid	Team HKS
3	R6	Tokachi International Speedway, Hokkaidō	19 June		Steve Soper	Masanori Sekiya	Toyota Team TOM's
4	R7	Suzuka Circuit, Mie	3 July	Steve Soper	Tom Kristensen	Tom Kristensen	Toyota Team Cerumo
4	R8	Suzuka Circuit, Mie	3 July		Tom Kristensen	Tom Kristensen	Toyota Team Cerumo
5	R9	Mine Central Circuit, Yamaguchi	17 July	Tom Kristensen	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Steve Soper	BMW Team Schnitzer
5	R10	Mine Central Circuit, Yamaguchi	17 July		Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Steve Soper	BMW Team Schnitzer
6	R11	TI Circuit Aida, Okayama	7 August	Anthony Reid	Tom Kristensen	Tom Kristensen	Toyota Team Cerumo
6	R12	TI Circuit Aida, Okayama	7 August		Tom Kristensen	Tom Kristensen	Toyota Team Cerumo
7	R13	Tsukuba Circuit, Ibaraki	21 August	Steve Soper	Naoki Hattori	Masanori Sekiya	Toyota Team TOM's
7	R14	Tsukuba Circuit, Ibaraki	21 August		Tetsuya Tanaka	Masanori Sekiya	Toyota Team TOM's
8	R15	Sendai Hi-Land Raceway, Miyagi	25 September	Tom Kristensen	Steve Soper	Steve Soper	BMW Team Schnitzer
8	R16	Sendai Hi-Land Raceway, Miyagi	25 September		Tom Kristensen	Steve Soper	BMW Team Schnitzer
9	R17	Fuji Speedway, Shizuoka	30 October	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Tom Kristensen	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Nissan Motorsport
9	R18	Fuji Speedway, Shizuoka	30 October		Anthony Reid	Anthony Reid	Team HKS

Round 18 was also part of the 1994 Asia-Pacific Touring Car Championship calendar.

Championship Standings

Points were awarded 15, 12, 9, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 to the top 10 finishers in each race, with no bonus points for pole positions or fastest laps. Drivers counted their 13 best scores.

Pos	Driver	AUT		SUG		TOK		SUZ		MIN		AID		TSU		SEN		FUJ		Pts
1	Masanori Sekiya	2	3	17	Ret	2	1	4	3	Ret	2	Ret	5	1	1	6	3	6	3	135
2	Tom Kristensen	5	6	1	12	4	7	1	1	2	DNS	1	1	NC	5	2	5	24	6	134
3	Steve Soper	Ret	7	3	1	6	9	2	2	1	1	9	3	Ret	DNS	1	1	Ret	7	132
4	Anthony Reid	1	1	Ret	DNS	1	3	12	5	7	8	Ret	7	5	Ret	9	Ret	2	1	106
5	Aguri Suzuki	9	5			3	2	5	4	Ret	3	2	2	3	DNS	3	Ret	5	8	102
6	Masahiro Hasemi	4	2	4	2	9	8	6	8	5	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	DNS			4	5	76
7	Naoki Hattori			9	11	10	6	8	7	3	10	3	4	Ret	Ret	4	2	7	12	64
8	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	3	Ret	Ret	3	7	Ret	3	20	16	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	DNS			1	Ret	53
9	Andrew Gilbert-Scott	7	4	5	Ret	Ret	11	11	10	9	6	8	Ret	6	12	16	15	Ret	Ret	33
10	Joachim Winkelhock					8	4	Ret	Ret									3	2	31
11	Osamu Nakako			Ret	6	12	Ret	16	Ret	4	7	12	17	10	Ret	5	6	26	13	28
12	Keiichi Suzuki	6	8			5	5			Ret	4			Ret	DNS			DNS	DNS	27
13	Akira Iida											14	13	4	2	8	Ret	12	10	24
14	Tetsuya Tanaka	Ret	12	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret	10	9	6	Ret	18	DNS	2	Ret	11	7	DNS	14	24
15	Leopold Prinz von Bayern	10	9	7	7					Ret	DNS	10	6	15	DNS	7	8	DNS	DNS	24
16	Keiichi Tsuchiya			8	4			17	16	Ret	Ret	16	11	8	4	13	11	13	Ret	20
17	Naoki Nagasaka	Ret	10	6	16	11	10	7	6	Ret	DNS	7	Ret	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret	11	11	20
18	Takuya Kurosawa	8	DNS	Ret	DNS	DNS	Ret	9	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	10	9	9	18
19	Kiyoshi Misaki	13	17	Ret	9	15	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	DNS	6	Ret	NC	11	20	16	8	4	17
20	Akihiko Nakaya	11	Ret	10	Ret	13	12	Ret	21	10	5	Ret	8	12	Ret	10	9	Ret	23	14
21	Masami Kageyama			2	Ret															12
22	Masahiko Kageyama											21	10	Ret	3	Ret	DNS	14	18	10
23	Giambattista Busi													DNQ	DNQ	14	4	10	27	8
24	Michael Krumm													7	7	Ret	DNS	27	22	8
25	Yojiro Terada	18	15	15	8			20	17	14	9	17	15	17	9	21	21	DNS	DNS	7
26	Fuminori Mizuno			12	5			15	15											6
27	Masahiro Matsunaga	16	11	13	13	14	Ret	19	Ret	Ret	DNS	13	9	9	10	17	20	DNS	DNS	5
28	Kazuo Mogi	12	18	Ret	DNS	DNS	Ret	14	12	15	Ret	11	Ret	11	8	Ret	DNS	DNS	NC	3
29	Takahiko Hara	19	14	16	10	16	15	13	13	11	12	15	16	Ret	DNS	15	12	15	17	1
30	Mutsuaki Sanada	14	Ret	11	Ret	17	13	Ret	Ret					DNQ	DNQ			19	21	0
31	Mikio Hitotsuyama					18	14			17	11	19	14			22	19	22	26	0
32	Kazuo Shimizu			14	15			Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS	Ret	12	13	Ret	18	18	16	20	0
33	Morio Nitta			Ret	DNS			23	Ret			Ret	DNS			12	13			0
34	Yasuo Muramatsu	NC	Ret	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS	12	Ret									0
35	Mitsuhiro Kinoshita			NC	Ret			18	14	13	Ret	Ret	DNS	14	Ret	Ret	14	25	DSQ	0
36	Tatsuhiko Kaneumi			NC	14	Ret	Ret	22	19			20	Ret	16	13	23	Ret	Ret	25	0
37	Takayuki Kinoshita	15	13																	0
38	Armin Hahne																	21	15	0
39	Yasushi Hitotsuyama	17	16	Ret	Ret			21	18					Ret	DNS			DNS	24	0
40	Tim Harvey																	17	16	0
41	Katsutomo Kaneishi															19	17	18	19	0
42	Justin Bell																	20	Ret	0
43	Kaoru Iida					Ret	Ret							Ret	DNS			23	28	0
NC	Hidetoshi Mitsusada	DNS	DNS																	0
Pos	Driver	AUT		SUG		TOK		SUZ		MIN		AID		TSU		SEN		FUJ		Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did 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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Japanese Touring Car Championship seasons
Group A era (JTC)	1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993
Super Touring era (JTCC)	1994 1995 1996 1997 1998

Super Touring championships
Australian Super Touring Championship	1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Belgian Procar Championship	1994 1995 1996 1997
British Touring Car Championship	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Central European Supertouring Car Championship	1994 1995 1996
Czech Supertouring Car Championship	1996 1997
French Supertouring Championship	1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Super Tourenwagen Cup	1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Italian Superturismo Championship	1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Japanese Touring Car Championship	1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
Guia Race of Macau	1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Portuguese Touring Car Championship	1993 1994
Campeonato de España de Turismos	1994 1995 1996 1997
South African Touring Car Championship	1994 1995 1996
Swedish Touring Car Championship	1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Asia-Pacific Touring Car Championship	1994 1996 1997 1998 1999
European Touring Car Championship	2000 2001
North American Touring Car Championship	1996 1997
South American Super Touring Car Championship	1997 1998 1999 2000
Touring Car World Cup	1993 1994 1995