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

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C/LD-1

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  • 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
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

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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

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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

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Season results are as follows:[1]

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

Point Ranking

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Drivers

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

Notes

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  1. ^ Competed as #28 in Rd. 1

References

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