1987 All Japan Sports Prototype Car Endurance Championship

The 1987 All Japan Sports Prototype Car Endurance Championship was the fifth season of the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The 1987 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 Alpha Nova Racing Porsche Porsche 962C Porsche 935/82 3.0 L Twin Turbo F6 Kunimitsu Takahashi All Kazuo Mogi All Kenny Acheson 5 Alpha Cubic Racing Team Porsche Porsche 962C Porsche 935/82 3.0 L Twin Turbo F6 Naoki Nagasaka All Chiyomi Totani All Taku Akaike 4 Hitoshi Ogawa 5 Auto Beaurex Motorsport Toyota TOM'S 86C Toyota 3S-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4 Will Hoy All Kaoru Hoshino 1–5 Andrew Gilbert-Scott 6 Best House Racing Team LeMans LeMans LM07C Toyota 3S-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4 Osamu Nakako All Maurizio Sandro Sala 1–5 Koji Sato 6 Leyton House Racing Porsche Porsche 962C Porsche 935/82 3.0 L Twin Turbo F6 Kris Nissen All Volker Weidler 1–5 Oscar Larrauri 6 Hoshino Racing Nissan Nissan R87E Nissan VEJ30 3.0 L Twin Turbo V823 Kazuyoshi Hoshino All Kenji Takahashi All Dave Scott 5 From A Racing Porsche Porsche 962C Porsche 935/82 3.0 L Twin Turbo F6 27 Hideki Okada All Mike Thackwell 1 John Nielsen 2–6 Person's Racing Team Nissan Nissan R86V Nissan VG30T 3.0 L Twin Turbo V628 Takao Wada 3–6 Anders Olofsson 3–6 Hasemi Motorsport Nissan Nissan R86V Nissan VG30T 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6 32 Masahiro Hasemi 1 Aguri Suzuki 1 Nissan R87E Nissan VEJ30 3.0 L Twin Turbo V8 Masahiro Hasemi 2–6 Aguri Suzuki 2–6 Toyota Team TOM'S Toyota Toyota 87C Toyota 3S-GT 2.1 L Turbo I436 Geoff Lees All Alan Jones 1–3, 5 Masanori Sekiya 2–3, 5 Hitoshi Ogawa 4 Mauro Baldi 637 Masanori Sekiya 5–6 Nobuhide Tachi 5 Hitoshi Ogawa 6 Dome Toyota Toyota 87C Toyota 3S-GT 2.1 L Turbo I438 Eje Elgh 1–5 Ross Cheever 1–5 Paolo Barilla 6 Yoshiyasu Tachi 6 SARD SARD SARD MC87S Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I450 Shuroku Sasaki All Taku Akaike 1 David Sears 2–3, 5–6 Tsunehisa Asai 3–6 Rothmans Porsche Team Schuppan Porsche Porsche 962C Porsche 935/82 3.0 L Twin Turbo F699 Geoff Brabham 5–6 Derek Bell 5 Eje Elgh 6 Trust Racing Team Porsche Porsche 962C Porsche 935/82 3.0 L Twin Turbo F6 100 Vern Schuppan All Keiichi Suzuki All James Weaver 4–5 Mazdaspeed Mazda Mazda 757E Mazda RE13G 2.0 L 3-rotor 201 Yoshimi Katayama 1–5 Yojiro Terada 1–5 Pierre Dieudonné 2–5202 Takashi Yorino All David Kennedy All207 Yoshimi Katayama 6 Yojiro Terada 6

B/LD-2 Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds British Barn Racing Team British Barn British Barn JTK 62C Ford DFL 3.3 L V8 151 Jiro Yoneyama 3–6 Hideshi Matsuda 3, 5 Katsunori Iketani 3 Kiyoshi Misaki 4–5 Hideo Fukuyama 6 Ba-Tsu Racing Team MCS MCS Guppy Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 170 Shuji Fujii All Seiichi Sodeyama 1–4, 6 Ichiro Mizuno 3, 5 Kazuhiko Oda 4–6 Shizumatsu Racing Mazda Mazda 737C Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 285 Tetsuji Shiratori 2–3, 5–6 Kaneyuki Okamoto 2–3, 5–6 Mitsuaki Tonoka 3–6

A/LD-3 Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds Shinryo Auto West West 85S Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 6 Hideki Uemura 1 Yoshiyuki Ogura 1 West 87S Hideki Uemura 4 Akihiro Matsuda 4 Auto Kamida West West 87S Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 8 Isao Nakahira 1, 4 Kenji Kuroki 1 Koji Sato 4 Katayama Racing Oscar Oscar SK85 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 9 Soichiro Tanaka 1, 4 Hiroaki Ishii 1, 4 Kazuo Emi 4 M505/Eibo Porsche Porsche 924 Porsche M44/40 2.5 L I4 11 Masaatsu Oya 3, 6 Kinji Suzuki 3, 6 Tetsuya Kawasaki 3, 6 Team RS Kamata with Technica West West 83S Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 11 Naonori Naekawa 4 Tomoaki Niimi 4 Unicorn Racing Maxim Maxim 61S Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 17 Masami Shirai 6 Shunji Abe 6 Tetsuya Nakajima 6 Pro Staff/Hobby R Oscar Oscar SK85 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 18 Yuzo Kamata 4 Hajime Oshiro 4 Yoshiyuki Ogura 4 Superman Oscar Oscar SK85 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 19 Shinichi Takahisa 4 Seiichi Sodeyama 4 Masami Miyoshi 4 ADVAN/PIAA West West 85S Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 20 Kenichi Kaneko 4 Tsuguaki Ogura 4 Masakazu Okawa 4 Cosmos/Motul Oscar Oscar SK85 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 22 Yoshihide Fukuyasu 4 Toshihiko Mochizuki 4 Yoichiro Suzuki 4 Matsumoto Hikkoshi Center Oscar Oscar SK85 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 29 Norihiro Takeda 1 Ichiro Mizuno 1 Mazda Sport Car Club Mazda Mazda RX-7 254 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 30 Iwao Sugai 2–4, 6 Hiroshi Sugai 2–4, 6 Takeshi Yamazaki 4 Horii Racing West West 83S-II Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 31 Nobuyoshi Horii 1, 4 Hajime Kajiwara 1, 4 Takada Bakery Oscar Oscar SK85 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 33 Kazuo Fujita 4 Seiji Imoto 4 Tadao Yamauchi 4 Yoshioka Seikei Geka Mazda Mazda RX-7 253 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 33 Tatsuki Yoshioka 6 Kazuyuki Yoshizaki 6 Tomiyasu Shofuku West West 83S-II Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 35 Mitsutaka Hayakawa 1 Masatoshi Yamaguchi 1 Rev Racing Oscar Oscar SK85 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 47 Seiji Imoto 1 Tadao Yamauchi 1 I World Oscar Oscar SK85 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 48 Keiichi Mizutani 1, 3–4, 6 Motozo Fujikawa 1, 3–4, 6 Mazda Auto Nishi Tokyo Mazda Mazda RX-7 254 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 55 Shigeru Miura 2–3, 6 Kinji Suzuki 2 Toshihiro Fukuzawa 3, 6 Tomei Jidosha Nissan Nissan Sunny Nissan A12 1.3 L I4 71 Yoshiaki Jitsukawa 2–3, 6 Shinya Nishizawa 2–3, 6 Michie Shinbori 2–3 Masao Endo 6 Shasta Cola Mazda Mazda RX-7 254 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 72 Yu Konishi 2–3 Masami Shirai 2–3 Shunji Abe 2–3 Fam Speed Maxim Maxim 61S Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 74 Terumitsu Fujieda 2 Zenkichi Maruko 2 Atsushi Hayakawa 2 Mazda Auto Tokyo West West 85S Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 77 Toshihiko Nogami 2–4, 6 Hideyuki Tamamoto 2–4, 6 Koyata Engei Racing Mazda Mazda RX-7 254 Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 80 Shigeru Yokoyama 3, 6 Kenichi Suzuki 3, 6 Akio Yokoyama 3 Cosmos/Woodpecker West West 87S Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 87 Yoshifumi Yamazaki 1, 4 Masaki Ohashi 1, 4 Naoto Chikada 4

Schedule All races were held in Japan. Round Race Circuit Date 1 Suzuka Circuit 12 April 2 All Japan Fuji 1000 km Fuji Speedway 3 May 3 Fuji Speedway 19 July 4 International Suzuka 1000 km Suzuka Circuit 23 August 5 WEC-Japan Fuji Speedway 27 September 6 Fuji Speedway 29 November

Season results Season results as follows:

Round Circuit Winning team Winning drivers 1 Suzuka CircuitReport #27 Porsche 962C Hideki Okada Mike Thackwell 2 Mt. FujiReport #36 Toyota Team TOM'S Toyota 87C Masanori Sekiya Alan Jones Geoff Lees 3 Mt. Fuji #1 Alpha Porsche 962C Kunimitsu Takahashi Kenny Acheson 4 Suzuka CircuitReport #36 Toyota Team TOM'S Toyota 87C Masanori Sekiya Hitoshi Ogawa Geoff Lees 5 Mt. FujiReport #5 Tom Walkinshaw Racing Jaguar XJR-8 John Watson Jan Lammers 6 Mt. Fuji #1 Alpha Porsche 962C Kunimitsu Takahashi Kenny Acheson

Point Ranking

Drivers RankDriversNumber/Team Points Wins Distance 1 Kunimitsu Takahashi #1 Alpha Porsche 962C 59 2 1825.339 km 2 Kenny Acheson 59 2 1155.306 km 3 Geoff Lees #36 Toyota Team TOM'S Toyota 87C 52 2 4 Hideki Okada #27 Porsche 962C 46 1 5 Masanori Sekiya #36 Toyota Team TOM'S Toyota 87C#37 Toyota Team TOM'S Toyota 87C 40 2 6 Vern Schuppan #100 Trust Porsche 962C 36.5 0 1568.307 km

Makes Rank Make Points Wins 1 Porsche 70 3 2 Toyota 52 2 3 Mazda 34 0 4 March-Nissan 22 0 5 Jaguar 20 1 6 LM-Toyota 8.5 0 7 TOM'S-Toyota 8 0 8 Dome-Toyota 7 0 9 SARD-Toyota 7 0

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References

External links 1987 全日本スポーツプロトタイプカー耐久選手権