1986 All Japan Endurance Championship

The 1986 All Japan Endurance Championship was the fourth season of the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The 1986 champion was the #1 Advan Alpha Nova Porsche 962C driven by Kunimitsu Takahashi.

Entry list

C/LD-1

  • For the WEC-Japan event, JSPC teams used different car numbers to avoid conflicts with the car numbers of the entrants of the World Sportscar Championship; each car's WEC-Japan race number is displayed in tooltips.
Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
ADVAN Sports Nova Porsche Porsche 962C Porsche 935/82 3.0 L Twin Turbo F6 1 Kunimitsu Takahashi Y All
Kenji Takahashi All
Alpha Cubic Racing Team Porsche Porsche 956B Porsche 935/79 2.6 L Twin Turbo F6 2 Noritake Takahara B All
Chiyomi Totani All
Kenji Tohira All
Auto Beaurex Motorsport Toyota TOM'S 85C Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4 3 Naoki Nagasaka D All
Taku Akaike 1
Steven Andskär 2–6
5 Kazuo Mogi Y All
Toshio Motohashi 1–4
Hideshi Matsuda 3–5
Naoki Nagasaka 5
Will Hoy 6
Trust Racing Team Porsche Porsche 962C Porsche 935/82 3.0 L Twin Turbo F6 7 Vern Schuppan D All
George Fouché 2–5
Keiichi Suzuki 2–6
Person's Racing Team Nissan Nissan R86V Nissan VG30ET 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6 8 Keiji Matsumoto B 2–6
Aguri Suzuki 2–6
Tiff Needell 4
CARA International Racing LeMans LeMans LM06C Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4 12 Akio Morimoto Y 4–6
Franz Konrad 4–6
Hermanos MCS MCS Guppy BMW M12/7 2.0 L I4 14 Yasuo Ishimura D 4
Masahiro Kimoto 4
SARD SARD SARD MC86X Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4 19 Shuroku Sasaki D 3–5
Yasuhiro Okamoto 3–4
Kiyoshi Misaki 4
David Sears 5–6
Central 20 Racing Team Lola Lola T810 Nissan VG30ET 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6 20 Haruhito Yanagida D All
Takamasa Nakagawa All
Hoshino Racing[N 1] Nissan Nissan R86V Nissan VG30ET 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6 23 Kazuyoshi Hoshino B 1, 3–6
Osamu Nakako 1, 3–6
From A Racing Porsche Porsche 956B Porsche 935/79 2.6 L Twin Turbo F6 27 Jiro Yoneyama D All
Hideki Okada All
Tsunehisa Asai All
Hasemi Motorsport Nissan Nissan R85V Nissan VG30T/C 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6 32 Masahiro Hasemi B 1–3
Takao Wada 1–3
Nissan R86V Masahiro Hasemi 4–6
Takao Wada 4–6
TOM'S Toyota TOM'S 85C Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4 35 Hitoshi Ogawa B 1–2
Toshio Suzuki 1
Motoharu Kurosawa 2
Kaoru Hoshino 2
TOM'S 86C Toyota 3S-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4 Hitoshi Ogawa 3–6
Kaoru Hoshino 3–5
Motoharu Kurosawa 3–4
Toshio Suzuki 5–6
TOM'S 85C Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4 36 Geoff Lees 1–2
Masanori Sekiya 1–2
Toshio Suzuki 2
TOM'S 86C Toyota 3S-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4 Geoff Lees 3–5
Masanori Sekiya 3–6
Toshio Suzuki 3
Satoru Nakajima 5–6
Team Ikuzawa Toyota TOM'S 85C Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4 37 Kenny Acheson D 1–2
Michael Roe 1–2
TOM'S 86C Toyota 3S-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4 Kenny Acheson 3–6
Michael Roe 3–6
Wacoal Dome Toyota TOM'S 84C Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4 38 Eje Elgh D 1–2
Beppe Gabbiani 1–2
TOM'S 86C Toyota 3S-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4 Eje Elgh 2–6
Beppe Gabbiani 2–5
Thomas Danielsson 6
Mazdaspeed Mazda Mazda 757 Mazda RE13G 2.0 L 3-rotor 170 Yoshimi Katayama D 1, 3–6
Yojiro Terada 1, 3–6
Pierre Dieudonné 1, 4–5
171 Takashi Yorino 3–6
David Kennedy 3–6

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Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Shinryo Auto West West 85S Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 6 Akihiro Masuda B 1, 4
Hideki Uemura 1, 4
Heian Jidosha Manatee Manatee Mk.IV Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 8 Minoru Ogino Y 1
Satoru Hisada 1
Katayama Racing Oscar Oscar SK85 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 9 Shigeo Torige D 4
Soichiro Tanaka 4
Hiroaki Ishii 4
Levis Cars West West 85S Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 10 Nobuyuki Saka B 1, 4
Nobuo Naka 1, 4
Ichiro Mizuno 4
Auto Kamida West West 85S Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 11 Masako Fujikawa Y 4
Shigeki Matsui 4
Daiichi Hanbai Manatee Manatee Mk.IV Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 12 Ichiro Mizuno B 1
Tetsuya Kasai 1
Capris Enterprise Mazda Mazda RX-7 253 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 15 Kazuyoshi Sakamoto B 1
Akio Yamamoto 1
Kenji Iya 1
Auto European West West 85S Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 15 Katsunori Iketani Y 4
Hideo Hosoya 4
Ryuji Nakajima 4
Cosmos West West 85S Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 17 Yoshifumi Yamazaki D 1, 4
Masaki Ohashi 1, 4
Naoto Chikada 4
Tecnica Racing West West 83S-II Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 19 Fumiko Shinoda B 1
Makoto Nakayama 1
Checker/Flat Out West West 85S Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 22 Makoto Kaneko D 4
Tetsuya Ota 4
Mutsumi Kumagaya 4
Matsumoto Hikkoshi Center Oscar Oscar SK85 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 29 Kazuo Emi D 4
Hideki Ogawa 4
Norihiro Takeda 4
Horii Racing West West 83S-II Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 31 Nobuyoshi Horii B 1, 4
Hajime Kajiwara 1, 4
Taisei Insatsu West West 83S-II Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 33 Seiji Imoto D 4
Tadao Yamauchi 4
Kazuo Fujita 4
ADVAN Manatee Manatee Mk.IV Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 39 Masakazu Okawa Y 4
Takayuki Kinoshita 4
Mitsumasa Watanabe 4
Toda Toso Nissan Nissan Sunny Nissan A12 1.3 L I4 44 Katsuhisa Toda B 4
Tatsumi Aoyama 4
First Mordling Collage Collage FM45 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 45 Satoshi Kakimoto D 1, 4
Taido Hashimoto 1
Fuminori Shimogishi 4
Masaharu Kinoshita 4
Nissan Nissan Silvia Nissan FJ20E 2.0 L I4 78 Makio Nonaka 1
Junichi Ikura 1
Limit Oscar Oscar SK85 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 47 Hisatoyo Goto D 1, 4
Shuroku Sasaki 1
Kozo Okumura 4
Roebel/Modena Oscar Oscar SK85 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 48 Keiichi Mizutani Y 1, 4
Naoki Wakasugi 1
Yuzo Kamata 4
Yoshiyuki Ogura 4
FET Maxim Maxim 61S Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 54 Tatsuki Ichijima D 4
Seiichi Sodeyama 4
Shigeharu Kumakura 4
O&K Toyota Toyota Sprinter Trueno Toyota 4A 1.6 L I4 67 Satoshi Fujita D 6
Shuzo Harako 6
86 Satoshi Fujita 1
Shuji Fujii 1
Rock'n Beat Simon West West 83S-II Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 72 Hiroaki Ishii B 1
Takeshi Morimoto 1
Yoshiyuki Ogura 1
Yukihiro Hane Manatee Manatee Mk.IV Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 72 Yukihiro Hane B 4
Tetsuya Kasai 4
Road Runner Racing Team Mazda Mazda RX-7 253 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 77 Chikage Oguchi D 2–4
Shuji Fujii 2, 4
Kazuhiko Oda 3–4

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Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
OZ Racing MCS MCS Guppy Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 21 Kenji Seino D 2–6
Mutsuo Kazama 2–6
Shuji Fujii 5
Mr S Racing Product MCS MCS Guppy BMW M12/7 2.0 L I4 96 Toru Sawada D 3, 5
Seiichi Sodeyama 3, 5
Shuji Fujii 3

LD-3

Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Torii Engineering Toyota Toyota Sprinter Trueno Toyota 4A 1.6 L I4 5 Hiroyuki Nodi Y 2–3
Masami Ishikawa 2–3
10 Hiroyuki Nodi 6
Masami Ishikawa 6
AMRC Mazda Mazda RX-7 253 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 12 Shinya Nishizawa D 2
Fumio Suzuki 2
18 Yutaka Fukuda 6
Shinpachi Nishizawa 6
ERC Mazda Mazda RX-7 253 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 16 Masaatsu Oya D 2–3, 6
Kinji Suzuki 2–3
Yuji Takano 3, 6
Mazda Sport Car Club Mazda Mazda RX-7 254 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 30 Iwao Sugai D 2–6
Hiroshi Sugai 2–6
Mazda Auto Nishi Tokyo Mazda Mazda RX-7 254 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 55 Toshihiro Fukazawa D 2–3, 6
Shigeru Miura 2–3, 6
Toshiyuki Abe 2–3
Build Factory Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 68 Tetsuya Kawasaki D 3, 6
Shuji Fujii 3, 6
Tomei Jidosha Nissan Nissan Sunny Nissan A12 1.3 L I4 71 Yoshiaki Jitsukawa D 2–3, 6
Motoji Sekine 2
Masao Endo 3, 6
Michie Shinbori 3
Koyata Engei Racing Mazda Mazda RX-7 253 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 80 Shigeru Yokoyama B 2–3, 6
Akio Yokoyama 2–3, 6
Kenichi Suzuki 3

Schedule

All races were held in Japan.

Round Race Circuit Date
1 International Suzuka 500 km Suzuka Circuit 6 April
2 All Japan Fuji 1000 km Fuji Speedway 4 May
3 All Japan Fuji 500 Miles Fuji Speedway 20 July
4 International Suzuka 1000 km Suzuka Circuit 24 August
5 WEC-Japan Fuji Speedway 5 October
6 All Japan Fuji 500 km Fuji Speedway 23 November

Season results

Season results are as follows:[1]

Round Circuit Winning Team
Winning Drivers
1 Suzuka Circuit #1 Advan Sports Nova Porsche 962C
Kunimitsu Takahashi
Kenji Takahashi
2 Mt. Fuji
Report
#1 Advan Sports Nova Porsche 962C
Kunimitsu Takahashi
Kenji Takahashi
3 Mt. Fuji #7 Trust Racing Team Porsche 956
Vern Schuppan
Keiichi Suzuki
4 Suzuka Circuit
Report
#27 FromA Racing Porsche 956
Jiro Yoneyama
Hideki Okada
Tsunehisa Asai
5 Mt. Fuji
Report
#7 Joest Racing Porsche 956
Paolo Barilla
Piercarlo Ghinzani
6 Mt. Fuji #7 Trust Racing Team Porsche 956
Vern Schuppan
Keiichi Suzuki

Point Ranking

Drivers

Rank Drivers Number/Team Points Wins
1 Kunimitsu Takahashi #1 Advan Sports Nova Porsche 962C
#25 Advan Sports Nova Porsche 962C
70 2
2 Kenji Takahashi 70 2
3 Vern Schuppan #7 Trust Racing Team Porsche 956
#60 Trust Racing Team Porsche 956
54 2
4 Hideki Okada #27 FromA Racing Porsche 956 53 1
5 Tsunehisa Asai 53 1

Notes

  1. ^ Competed as #28 in Rd. 1

References

  1. ^ "JSPC 1986". Archived from the original on 15 November 2009.