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 3-4
Leopold Prinz von Bayern 1-2, 5-9
2 Steve Soper 9
10 1-8
Team Taisan BMW 318i 2 Kazuo Mogi 1-8
26 9
Nismo Nissan Primera P10 3 Masahiro Hasemi 1-7, 9
12 Kazuyoshi Hoshino 1-7, 9
Nissan Sunny B14 31 Akira Iida 6-9
32 Masahiko Kageyama 6-9
Trans Global BMW 318i 5 Mutsuaki Sanada 9
YTR Mazdaspeed Mazda Lantis 1-4, 7
6 Yojiro Terada 1-2, 4-8
9 9
Motorola Pagers Racing BMW 318i 6 Justin Bell 9
51 Tim Harvey 9
FET Racing Toyota Corolla AE100 7 Naoki Nagasaka All
8 Kiyoshi Misaki All
Object T Honda Civic Ferio 11 Takahiko Hara All
Toyota Corona T190 33 Yasuo Muramatsu 1-5
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
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
Mikio Hitotsuyama 3, 5-6, 8
22 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
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
Masami Kageyama 2
Toyota Team Cerumo Toyota Corona T190 38 Takuya Kurosawa All
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
Opel Vectra GT 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 Ref
1 R1 Autopolis, Ōita 24 April Tom Kristensen Anthony Reid Anthony Reid Team HKS [4]
R2 Anthony Reid Anthony Reid Team HKS [5]
2 R3 Sportsland SUGO, Miyagi 15 May Tom Kristensen Masanori Sekiya Tom Kristensen Toyota Team Cerumo [6]
R4 Tom Kristensen Steve Soper BMW Team Schnitzer [7]
3 R5 Tokachi International Speedway, Hokkaidō 19 June Aguri Suzuki Aguri Suzuki Anthony Reid Team HKS [8]
R6 Steve Soper Masanori Sekiya Toyota Team TOM's [9]
4 R7 Suzuka Circuit, Mie 3 July Steve Soper Tom Kristensen Tom Kristensen Toyota Team Cerumo [10]
R8 Tom Kristensen Tom Kristensen Toyota Team Cerumo [11]
5 R9 Mine Central Circuit, Yamaguchi 17 July Tom Kristensen Kazuyoshi Hoshino Steve Soper BMW Team Schnitzer [12]
R10 Kazuyoshi Hoshino Steve Soper BMW Team Schnitzer [13]
6 R11 TI Circuit Aida, Okayama 7 August Anthony Reid Tom Kristensen Tom Kristensen Toyota Team Cerumo [14]
R12 Tom Kristensen Tom Kristensen Toyota Team Cerumo [15]
7 R13 Tsukuba Circuit, Ibaraki 21 August Steve Soper Naoki Hattori Masanori Sekiya Toyota Team TOM's [16]
R14 Tetsuya Tanaka Masanori Sekiya Toyota Team TOM's [17]
8 R15 Sendai Hi-Land Raceway, Miyagi 25 September Tom Kristensen Steve Soper Steve Soper BMW Team Schnitzer [18]
R16 Tom Kristensen Steve Soper BMW Team Schnitzer [19]
9 R17 Fuji Speedway, Shizuoka 30 October Kazuyoshi Hoshino Tom Kristensen Kazuyoshi Hoshino Nissan Motorsport [20]
R18 Anthony Reid Anthony Reid Team HKS [21]

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 classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
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

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