1995 Japanese Touring Car Championship

The 1995 Japanese Touring Car Championship season was the 11th edition of the series. It began at Fuji Speedway on 12 March and finished after eight events, also at Fuji Speedway on 5 November. The championship was won by Steve Soper, driving for BMW Team Schnitzer. It was his only touring car title[1][2][3] and it would be the only time a non-Japanese driver won the series.

Teams & Drivers

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Toyota Team TOM's	Toyota Corona EXiV	1	Masanori Sekiya	All
	Toyota Corona T190	37	Michael Krumm	1
	Toyota Corona EXiV	37	Michael Krumm	2-8
Hasemi Motorsport	Nissan Primera GTe	3	Masahiro Hasemi	All
Trans Global	BMW 318i	5	Mutsuaki Sanada	1-6
			Akira Watanabe	7
			Richard Dean	8
Castrol Racing	Mazda Lantis	6	Yojiro Terada	1-2, 4-8
FET Racing	Toyota Corolla AE101	8	Kiyoshi Misaki	1-5
FET Racing	Toyota Corolla AE110	8	Kiyoshi Misaki	6-8
Mazdaspeed	Mazda Familia	9	Andrew Gilbert-Scott	6-8
Mazdaspeed	Mazda Lantis	47	Shogo Kobayashi	1-2, 4-8
BMW Team Schnitzer	BMW 318i	10	Steve Soper	All
		73	Joachim Winkelhock	1, 5-8
		73	Leopold Prinz von Bayern	2-4
		74	Peter Kox	8
Object T	Honda Civic Ferio	11	Takahiko Hara	1
	Toyota Corona T190	33	Satoshi Motoyama	1
	Toyota Corona EXiV	51	Satoshi Motoyama	2-8
Team Impul	Nissan Primera GTe	12	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	All
WedsSport	BMW 318i	13	Takeo Asano	All
Mooncraft	Honda Civic Ferio	14	Naoki Hattori	All
Nakajima Planning	Honda Civic Ferio	15	Tetsuya Tanaka	1-3
Nakajima Planning	Honda Civic Ferio	15	Takuya Kurosawa	4-8
Castrol Mugen Honda	Honda Civic Ferio	16	Osamu Nakako	All
Misuzu Racing	Opel Vectra GT	17	Tatsuhiko Kaneumi	2-4, 6-8
Club Endless	BMW 318i	18	Mitsuhiro Kinoshita	All
Racing Project Bandoh	Toyota Sprinter Marino	19	Katsutomo Kaneishi	1
Racing Project Bandoh	Toyota Corona EXiV	19	Katsutomo Kaneishi	2-8
Hitotsuyama Racing	BMW 318i	20	Mikio Hitotsuyama	8
		21	Mikio Hitotsuyama	3, 5-7
		21	Yasushi Hitotsuyama	1-2, 4, 8
Team Advan Yamaichi	BMW 318i	22	Kazuo Mogi	All
Team Advan	Toyota Corolla Ceres	25	Masami Kageyama	1, 3
Team Advan	Toyota Corona EXiV	25	Masami Kageyama	2, 4-8
Nismo	Nissan Sunny	31	Akira Iida	2-8
Nismo	Nissan Sunny	32	Toshio Suzuki	2-8
AS Auto Tech	BMW 318i	35	Akihiko Nakaya	All
Toyota Team Cerumo	Toyota Corona T190	38	Hidetoshi Mitsusada	1
	Toyota Corona EXiV	38	Hidetoshi Mitsusada	2-8
	Toyota Corona EXiV	39	Tom Kristensen	All
5Zigen Racing	Honda Civic Ferio	50	Hideki Okada	2-8
Unicorse	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	55	Yasutaka Hinoi	4
			Giambattista Busi	6
			Giorgio Francia	8
Team Dome-Kosei	Ford Mondeo	65	Hisashi Wada	7-8
Dandelion Racing	Toyota Corolla AE101	68	Hideo Fukuyama	1-2, 4
Dandelion Racing	Toyota Corolla AE101	68	Masayuki Yamamoto	3, 5-8
Concept L Racing	Honda Civic Ferio	77	Kazuo Shimizu	All
HKS Opel Team Japan	Opel Vectra GT	86	Justin Bell	All
		87	Anthony Reid	1-7
		87	Philipp Peter	8
Team Kunimitsu	Honda Civic Ferio	100	Keiichi Tsuchiya	2-8

Calendar

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Fuji Speedway, Shizuoka	12 March	Masanori Sekiya	Tom Kristensen	Tom Kristensen	Toyota Team Cerumo
1	R2	Fuji Speedway, Shizuoka	12 March		Masanori Sekiya	Tom Kristensen	Toyota Team Cerumo
2	R3	Sportsland SUGO, Miyagi	14 May	Masanori Sekiya	Anthony Reid	Masanori Sekiya	Toyota Team TOM's
2	R4	Sportsland SUGO, Miyagi	14 May		Tom Kristensen	Masanori Sekiya	Toyota Team TOM's
3	R5	Tokachi International Speedway, Hokkaidō	11 June	Tom Kristensen	Tom Kristensen	Tom Kristensen	Toyota Team Cerumo
3	R6	Tokachi International Speedway, Hokkaidō	11 June		Michael Krumm	Michael Krumm	Toyota Team TOM's
4	R7	Suzuka Circuit, Mie	2 July	Anthony Reid	Anthony Reid	Anthony Reid	HKS Opel Team Japan
4	R8	Suzuka Circuit, Mie	2 July		Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Steve Soper	BMW Team Schnitzer
5	R9	Mine Central Circuit, Yamaguchi	23 July	Anthony Reid	Anthony Reid	Akira Iida	Nismo
5	R10	Mine Central Circuit, Yamaguchi	23 July		Michael Krumm	Anthony Reid	HKS Opel Team Japan
6	R11	TI Circuit Aida, Okayama	6 August	Tom Kristensen	Masanori Sekiya	Masanori Sekiya	Toyota Team TOM's
6	R12	TI Circuit Aida, Okayama	6 August		Anthony Reid	Anthony Reid	HKS Opel Team Japan
7	R13	Sendai Hi-Land Raceway, Miyagi	8 October	Joachim Winkelhock	Joachim Winkelhock	Joachim Winkelhock	BMW Team Schnitzer
7	R14	Sendai Hi-Land Raceway, Miyagi	8 October		Joachim Winkelhock	Steve Soper	BMW Team Schnitzer
8	R15	Fuji Speedway, Shizuoka	5 November	Steve Soper	Masanori Sekiya	Steve Soper	BMW Team Schnitzer
8	R16	Fuji Speedway, Shizuoka	5 November		Masanori Sekiya	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Team Impul

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 11 best scores.

Pos	Driver	FUJ		SUG		TOK		SUZ		MIN		AID		SEN		FUJ		Pts
1	Steve Soper	10	5	4	4	3	3	2	1	9	2	3	9	3	1	1	2	124
2	Masanori Sekiya	3	2	1	1	2	4	5	4	22	3	1	3	4	11	Ret	5	117
3	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	6	6	24	6	Ret	Ret	3	2	14	Ret	2	2	6	5	2	1	98
4	Anthony Reid	2	3	Ret	16	19	8	1	3	8	1	5	1	DSQ	DNS			87
5	Tom Kristensen	1	1	5	Ret	1	12	Ret	8	3	4	Ret	DSQ	18	6	Ret	4	82
6	Akira Iida			Ret	DNS	10	7	6	Ret	1	7	6	4	2	3	Ret	6	67
7	Hidetoshi Mitsusada	Ret	12	6	2	7	2	4	5	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	16	DSQ	5	20	57
8	Michael Krumm	Ret	DNS	2	Ret	4	1	14	6	17	13	4	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	52
9	Joachim Winkelhock	7	Ret							11	5	15	Ret	1	2	Ret	7	41
10	Masami Kageyama	4	Ret	Ret	DNS	9	13	Ret	18	Ret	Ret	9	5	11	10	4	3	34
11	Justin Bell	NC	Ret	14	7	15	14	10	Ret	18	16	7	6	5	4	7	10	32
12	Akihiko Nakaya	16	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	5	8	7	4	Ret	Ret	DNS	9	8	Ret	14	31
13	Osamu Nakako	13	Ret	3	3	8	9	Ret	15	7	Ret	Ret	DNS	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	28
14	Mitsuhiro Kinoshita	5	4	10	Ret	6	18	21	Ret	19	6	8	15	Ret	14	13	13	27
15	Naoki Hattori	8	7	22	Ret	Ret	Ret	15	14	2	Ret	19	10	7	9	Ret	12	26
16	Masahiro Hasemi	14	13	7	11	17	11	13	Ret	13	15	11	8	15	13	3	8	19
17	Toshio Suzuki			23	Ret	11	6	7	21	Ret	Ret	21	14	8	7	NC	Ret	16
18	Takuya Kurosawa							Ret	Ret	5	8	14	Ret	23	15	9	11	11
19	Satoshi Motoyama	Ret	Ret	8	5	22	17	19	16	21	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	12	Ret	17	9
20	Leopold Prinz von Bayern			9	9	13	16	9	9									8
21	Keiichi Tsuchiya			21	Ret	23	Ret	Ret	12	23	9	13	Ret	22	Ret	6	21	7
22	Tetsuya Tanaka	9	10	25	8	16	Ret											6
23	Kiyoshi Misaki	11	8	12	Ret	21	20	12	11	10	Ret	16	Ret	12	16	Ret	15	4
24	Peter Kox															8	Ret	3
25	Katsutomo Kaneishi	12	9	19	Ret	12	10	20	Ret	15	Ret	12	19	13	Ret	11	27	3
26	Hideki Okada			Ret	Ret	18	15	Ret	10	25	10	26	12	Ret	20	Ret	18	2
27	Shogo Kobayashi	NC	14	11	10			Ret	Ret	20	11	17	20	19	Ret	21	19	1
28	Giambattista Busi											10	13					1
29	Philipp Peter															10	22	1
30	Kazuo Mogi	15	18	20	DNS	14	19	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	22	Ret	17	19	Ret	24	0
31	Takahiko Hara	Ret	11															0
32	Kazuo Shimizu	Ret	16	13	12	DSQ	24	17	17	24	Ret	Ret	DNS	Ret	17	12	Ret	0
33	Yojiro Terada	Ret	15	16	15			Ret	20	12	12	20	21	Ret	Ret	18	Ret	0
34	Mutsuaki Sanada	NC	Ret	17	13	20	21	16	13	Ret	Ret	DNS	DNS					0
35	Tatsuhiko Kaneumi			15	14	27	22	DNS	DNS			DSQ	DNS	14	18	Ret	26	0
36	Yasushi Hitotsuyama	Ret	Ret	18	17			Ret	DNS							14	16	0
37	Takeo Asano	Ret	17	Ret	Ret	25	25	18	Ret	16	14	25	18	DNS	DNS	NC	Ret	0
38	Richard Dean															15	23	0
39	Masayuki Yamamoto					26	26			Ret	Ret	24	17	24	Ret	16	Ret	0
40	Andrew Gilbert-Scott											18	16	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	0
41	Hisashi Wada													Ret	Ret	17	Ret	0
42	Hideo Fukuyama	DNS	DNS	Ret	18			22	19									0
43	Mikio Hitotsuyama					24	23			26	Ret	23	Ret	21	22	19	Ret	0
44	Akira Watanabe													20	21			0
45	Giorgio Francia															20	25	0
46	Yasutaka Hinoi							23	Ret									0
Pos	Driver	FUJ		SUG		TOK		SUZ		MIN		AID		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