1989 All Japan Sports Prototype Car Endurance Championship

The 1989 All Japan Sports Prototype Car Endurance Championship was the seventh season of the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The 1989 champion was the #25 Advan Alpha Nova Porsche 962C driven by Kunimitsu Takahashi.

Schedule All races were held in Japan. Round Race Circuit Date 1 All Japan Fuji 500 km Fuji Speedway 12 March 2 JAF Grand Prix All Japan Fuji 1000 km Fuji Speedway 30 April 3 All Japan Fuji 500 Miles Fuji Speedway 23 July 4 International Suzuka 1000 km Suzuka Circuit 3 December 5 Interchallenge Fuji 1000 km Fuji Speedway 8 October – Round 4 at the Suzuka Circuit was originally scheduled for 27 August; however, due to a typhoon the race was rescheduled for 3 December.

Entry list C/GTP Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds Alpha Nova Racing Porsche Porsche 962C Porsche 935/82 3.0 L Twin Turbo F66 Jesús Pareja 5 Walter Brun 5 Costas Los 57 Oscar Larrauri All Maurizio Sandro Sala All Walter Brun 122 Naoki Nagasaka All Chiyomi Totani All25 Kunimitsu Takahashi All Stanley Dickens All26 Kenji Takahashi All Kazuo Mogi All Giovanni Lavaggi 4–5 Joest Racing Porsche Porsche 962C Porsche 935/82 3.0 L Twin Turbo F68 Henri Pescarolo 5 Jean-Louis Ricci 59 Bob Wollek 5 Frank Jelinski 5 Leyton House Racing Porsche Porsche 962C Porsche 935/82 3.0 L Twin Turbo F616 Masanori Sekiya All Hideki Okada All Team Davey Porsche Porsche 962C Porsche 935/82 3.0 L Twin Turbo F619 Tim Lee-Davey 5 Desiré Wilson 5 Nissan Motorsports Nissan Nissan R88C (Rd. 1–2)Nissan R89C (Rd. 3–5) Nissan VRH30T 3.0 L Twin Turbo V8 (Rd. 1–2)Nissan VRH35Z 3.5 L Twin Turbo V8 (Rd. 3–5)23 Kazuyoshi Hoshino All Toshio Suzuki All24 Masahiro Hasemi All Anders Olofsson All From A Racing Porsche Porsche 962C Porsche 935/82 3.0 L Twin Turbo F627 Akihiko Nakaya All Harald Grohs All Takefuji Racing Team Porsche Porsche 962C Porsche 935/82 3.0 L Twin Turbo F633 Johnny Herbert 5 Martin Donnelly 5 Toyota Team TOM'S Toyota Toyota 89C-V Toyota R32V 3.2 L Turbo V836 Geoff Lees All Hitoshi Ogawa 1–2, 4 Ross Cheever 3–538 Paolo Barilla 3–5 Hitoshi Ogawa 3, 5 Johnny Dumfries 4 Toyota Team SARD Toyota Toyota 89C-V Toyota R32V 3.2 L Turbo V850 Roland Ratzenberger All Keiichi Suzuki All David Sears 1 Koji Sato 2 Jean-Pierre Jabouille 5 Omron Racing Porsche Porsche 962C Porsche 935/83 3.0 L Twin Turbo F655 Eje Elgh All Vern Schuppan All Keiji Matsumoto 1–4 Team LeMans March March 88G Nissan VG30DETT 3.0 L Twin Turbo V685 Takao Wada All Akio Morimoto All Koji Sato 3 British Barn Racing British Barn Racing British Barn BB89R Ford DFZ 3.5 L V888 Jiro Yoneyama All Kiyoshi Misaki 1–2, 4–5 Hideo Fukuyama 2–5 Trust Racing Porsche Porsche 962C Porsche 935/83 3.0 L Twin Turbo F6100 George Fouché All Steven Andskär All Mazdaspeed Mazda Mazda 767Mazda 767B Mazda RE13J 2.6 L 4-rotor201 Takashi Yorino 1 Tetsuya Ota 1 Yojiro Terada 5 Pierre Dieudonné 5 Yoshimi Katayama 5202 Yoshimi Katayama 1–4 Yojiro Terada 1–4 Takashi Yorino 2–5 David Kennedy 5 Shizumatsu Racing Mazda Mazda 757 Mazda RE13G 2.0 L 3-rotor230 Tetsuji Shiratori All Shuji Fujii All Seisaku Suzuki All Katayama Racing Mazda Mazda 757 Mazda RE13G 2.0 L 3-rotor240 Kazuhiko Oda 1, 5 Toshihiko Nogami 1–2 Shunji Kasuya 2 Yoshiyuki Ogura 2 Keiichi Mizutani 5 Tomiko Yoshikawa 5

A Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds Hatena Racing Team West West 89S Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 5 Zenkichi Maruko 4 Ryosuke Nozaki 4 Masami Miyoshi 4 Yoshifumi Yamazaki West West 89S Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 8 Yoshifumi Yamazaki 4 Masaki Ohashi 4 Naoto Chikada 4 Moditt Racing Team West West 89S Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 17 Ryuichi Natsukawa 4 Junichi Ikura 4 Naoki Hattori 4 Keiichi Mizutani West West 89S Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 21 Keiichi Mizutani 4 Kenichi Kaneko 4 Masaki Furuhashi 4 Something Good Racing Team West West 87S Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 56 Keiichi Sakamoto 4 Eiichi Tajima 4 Tomoyuki Hosono 4 Joy Sport Oscar Oscar SK90 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 67 Tsuguaki Ogura 4 Yoshiyuki Ogura 4 Hiromi Nishizawa 4 Yoichiro Suzuki West West 87S Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 73 Yoichiro Suzuki 4 Toshihiko Mochizuki 4 Hajime Oshiro 4 Susai Racing Magic Oscar Oscar SK90 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 77 Yasuhiro Susai 4 Hiroshi Yonetani 4 Hidetoshi Okamoto 4 Team Jikanwari Oscar Oscar SK85 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 99 Michiko Hashimoto 4 Soichiro Tanaka 4 Hiroaki Ishii 4

Season results Season results as follows:

Round Circuit Winning team Winning drivers 1 Mt. Fuji #27 From A Racing Porsche 962C Harald Grohs Akihiko Nakaya 2 Mt. FujiReport #55 Omron Racing Porsche 962C Vern Schuppan Eje Elgh Keiji Matsumoto 3 Mt. Fuji #16 Leyton House Racing Porsche 962C Hideki Okada Masanori Sekiya 4 Suzuka CircuitReport #25 Alpha Nova Porsche 962C Kunimitsu Takahashi Stanley Dickens 5 Mt. Fuji #38 Toyota Team TOM'S Toyota 89C-V Hitoshi Ogawa Paolo Barilla

Point Ranking

Drivers RankDriversNumber/Team Points Wins Distance 1 Kunimitsu Takahashi #25 Alpha Nova Porsche 962C 56 1 2077.617 km 2 Stanley Dickens 56 1 1794.012 km 3 Geoff Lees #36 Toyota Team TOM'S Toyota 89C-V 55 0 1945.209 km 4 Steven Andskär #100 Trust Racing Porsche 962C 55 0 1379.514 km 5 Eje Elgh #55 Omron Racing Porsche 962C 47 1 1215.84 km 6 Vern Schuppan 47 1 701.79 km

Makes Rank Make Points Wins 1 Porsche 95 4 2 Toyota 43 1 3 Nissan 24 0 4 March-Nissan 18 0 5 Mazda 18 0 6 TOM'S-British Barn-Ford 3 0

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References

External links 1989 全日本スポーツプロトタイプカー耐久選手権