1997 Japanese Touring Car Championship

The 1997 Japanese Touring Car Championship season was the 13th edition of the series. It began at Fuji Speedway on 6 April and finished after eight events, also at Fuji Speedway on 2 November. The championship was won by Osamu Nakako, driving for Mugen Honda.[1][2][3]

Teams & Drivers
Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
Mugen Honda Honda Accord 1 Japan Naoki Hattori 8
15 Japan Takuya Kurosawa All
16 Japan Osamu Nakako All
Object T Toyota Corona EXiV 11 Japan Takahiko Hara All
22 Japan Hidetoshi Mitsusada 8
Nismo Nissan Primera GT 12 Japan Kazuyoshi Hoshino All
23 Japan Satoshi Motoyama All
Asano Racing Service BMW 318i 13 Japan Takeo Asano 8
Mooncraft Mugen Honda Honda Accord 14 Japan Ryo Michigami All
33 Japan Hideki Okada All
Endless Sport BMW 318i 18 Japan Mitsuhiro Kinoshita 1, 8
Racing Project Bandoh Toyota Corona EXiV 19 Japan Katsutomo Kaneishi All
Hitotsuyama Racing BMW 318i 21 Japan Yasushi Hitotsuyama 1, 3-5, 8
Japan Mikio Hitotsuyama 2, 6-7
Tsuchiya Engineering Toyota Chaser 24 Japan Keiichi Tsuchiya 8
Toyota Corona EXiV 25 Japan Masami Kageyama All
Auto Tech Racing BMW 318i 35 Japan Akihiko Nakaya 5-6
Toyota Team TOM's Toyota Chaser 36 Japan Masanori Sekiya All
Toyota Corona EXiV 37 Germany Michael Krumm 1-4
Toyota Chaser 5-8
Toyota Team Cerumo Toyota Chaser 38 Japan Hironori Takeuchi All
Toyota Corona EXiV 39 Argentina Juan Manuel Silva 1-6
Toyota Chaser 7-8
Dandelion Racing Toyota Corona EXiV 68 Japan Tetsuya Tanaka All
Team Something Toyota Corolla AE110 72 Japan Masahiro Matsunaga 1-6, 8
Japan Minoru Tanaka 7
HKS Opel Team Japan Opel Vectra 87 Japan Akira Iida All

Calendar
Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Japan Fuji Speedway, Shizuoka 6 April Japan Satoshi Motoyama Races cancelled due to adverse weather conditions.
R2 Japan Ryo Michigami
2 R3 Japan TI Circuit Aida, Okayama 11 May Japan Osamu Nakako Japan Satoshi Motoyama Japan Takuya Kurosawa Mugen Honda
R4 Japan Osamu Nakako Japan Osamu Nakako Japan Osamu Nakako Mugen Honda
3 R5 Japan Sportsland SUGO, Miyagi 25 May Germany Michael Krumm Japan Kazuyoshi Hoshino Germany Michael Krumm Toyota Team TOM's
R6 Germany Michael Krumm Japan Hideki Okada Japan Kazuyoshi Hoshino Nismo
4 R7 Japan Suzuka Circuit, Mie 8 June Japan Takuya Kurosawa Japan Takuya Kurosawa Japan Takuya Kurosawa Mugen Honda
R8 Japan Takuya Kurosawa Japan Satoshi Motoyama Japan Satoshi Motoyama Nismo
5 R9 Japan Mine Central Circuit, Yamaguchi 13 July Japan Satoshi Motoyama Japan Osamu Nakako Japan Osamu Nakako Mugen Honda
R10 Japan Satoshi Motoyama Japan Ryo Michigami Japan Osamu Nakako Mugen Honda
6 R11 Japan Sendai Hi-Land Raceway, Miyagi 7 September Japan Akira Iida Japan Kazuyoshi Hoshino Japan Satoshi Motoyama Nismo
R12 Japan Akira Iida Japan Kazuyoshi Hoshino Japan Akira Iida HKS Opel Team Japan
7 R13 Japan Tokachi International Speedway, Hokkaidō 21 September Japan Satoshi Motoyama Germany Michael Krumm Japan Takuya Kurosawa Mugen Honda
R14 Japan Takuya Kurosawa Japan Ryo Michigami Japan Takuya Kurosawa Mugen Honda
8 R15 Japan Fuji Speedway, Shizuoka 2 November Japan Naoki Hattori Japan Osamu Nakako Japan Osamu Nakako Mugen Honda
R16 Japan Naoki Hattori Japan Naoki Hattori Japan Kazuyoshi Hoshino Nismo

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 would have counted their best 12 scores, but with the cancellation of the first two races of the season, only the ten best were counted.

Pos Driver FUJ AID SUG SUZ MIN SEN TOK FUJ Pts
1 Japan Osamu Nakako C C 2 1 8 Ret 4 5 1 1 4 10 Ret 2 1 Ret 107
2 Japan Takuya Kurosawa C C 1 4 5 6 1 2 Ret 6 7 6 1 1 10 4 102
3 Japan Satoshi Motoyama C C 4 2 3 3 Ret 1 DSQ 3 1 Ret 2 4 6 DSQ 100
4 Japan Kazuyoshi Hoshino C C 6 14 2 1 2 6 4 11 2 Ret 3 Ret 8 1 95
5 Japan Ryo Michigami C C 3 3 Ret Ret 5 4 2 2 13 2 5 3 5 12 88
6 Japan Masami Kageyama C C 5 6 9 8 3 3 5 7 5 7 6 11 4 13 61
7 Japan Katsutomo Kaneishi C C Ret 10 Ret 7 11 10 3 14 Ret 5 4 5 3 3 52
8 Japan Akira Iida C C 10 Ret 4 5 6 Ret Ret DNS 3 1 12 DNS 13 Ret 43
9 Japan Hironori Takeuchi C C 9 5 6 9 7 7 8 9 8 4 8 8 11 6 43
10 Germany Michael Krumm C C 7 9 1 Ret 10 Ret 6 4 Ret DNS Ret 10 12 Ret 35
11 Argentina Juan Manuel Silva C C 8 13 7 2 13 8 Ret 12 6 Ret Ret 7 16 Ret 31
12 Japan Hideki Okada C C 12 Ret Ret 4 8 Ret Ret 5 9 Ret 11 9 7 5 30
13 Japan Masanori Sekiya C C 13 7 11 Ret 12 9 Ret DNS Ret 3 9 6 18 8 25
14 Japan Naoki Hattori 2 2 24
15 Japan Tetsuya Tanaka C C 11 8 10 10 16 11 7 Ret Ret 8 Ret DNS 9 Ret 14
16 Japan Takahiko Hara C C 15 11 Ret 13 9 Ret Ret 10 11 DNS 7 12 15 7 11
17 Japan Akihiko Nakaya Ret 8 Ret DNS 3
18 Japan Masahiro Matsunaga C C 14 12 12 11 14 12 9 15 10 Ret NC Ret 3
19 Japan Mikio Hitotsuyama 16 Ret 12 9 13 14 2
20 Japan Mitsuhiro Kinoshita C C Ret 9 2
21 Japan Yasushi Hitotsuyama C C 13 12 15 13 10 13 DNS 11 1
22 Japan Minoru Tanaka 10 13 1
23 Japan Keiichi Tsuchiya 14 10 1
24 Japan Takeo Asano 17 Ret 0
NC Japan Hidetoshi Mitsusada Ret DNS 0
Pos Driver FUJ AID SUG SUZ MIN SEN TOK FUJ Pts
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
  1. "Google Translate".
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  3. "Japanese Touring Car Championship 1997 standings | Driver Database".
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