Mine Circuit

Mine Circuit (みねサーキット) was a motor racing circuit in Nagao, Nishiatsu-cho, Mine, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It used to be known as Nishinihon. The track closed in February 2006 as it was sold to Mazda for development purposes.

It was one of the main circuits in Japanese motorsport; until 2005, every year, one or more races of the most important national categories, (the Japan GT Championship and Formula Nippon series) were held at this circuit.

Lap records

The fastest official race lap records at the Mine Circuit are listed as:

CategoryTimeDriverVehicleEvent Central Park Mine Circuit (1991–2006): Formula Nippon 1:14.618 Katsumi Yamamoto Reynard 97D 1997 Mine Formula Nippon round Formula 3000 1:14.669 Jeff Krosnoff Lola T94/50 1995 F3000 Mine All Star Group C 1:17.615 Geoff Lees Toyota TS010 1992 Inter-Challenge Cup Mine 500 km Formula Three 1:22.842 Fábio Carbone Dallara F304 2004 Mine Japanese F3 round JGTC (GT500) 1:23.186 Ryo Michigami Honda NSX (LA-NA2) 2002 CP Mine GT Race GT1 1:23.940 André Couto McLaren F1 GTR 2001 CP Mine GT Race Formula Toyota 1:27.933 Kohei Hirate Tom's FT30 2002 Mine Formula Toyota round Group A 1:29.259 Kazuyoshi Hoshino Nissan Skyline GT-R BNR32 1993 Mine JTCC round JGTC (GT300) 1:29.507 Masaoki Nagashima Toyota MR-S (ZZW30) 2002 CP Mine GT Race GT2 1:29.948 Eiichi Tajima Porsche 911 GT2 1995 CP Mine GT Race Super Touring 1:31.982 Masanori Sekiya Toyota Chaser 1998 Mine JTCC round GT 1:32.418 Shinsuke Shibahara Porsche 911 (996) GT3-R 2000 CP Mine GT Race Nishi-Nihon Circuit (1976–1990): Formula 3000 1:01.447 Hitoshi Ogawa Lola T90/50 1990 Mine Japanese F3000 round Group C 1:07.920 Kunimitsu Takahashi Porsche 962C 1985 Mine Super Cup Group A 1:13.377 Kazuyoshi Hoshino Nissan Skyline GT-R BNR32 1990 Mine JTCC round

See also

Mazda Proving Grounds

References