1988 Suzuka 500 km

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The Suzuka 500 km, was the second round of the 1988 All Japan Sports Prototype Championship was held at the Suzuka Circuit, on 10 April, in front of a crowd of approximately 24,000.[1]

Layout of the Suzuka International Racing Course (1987-2002)

Report

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Entry

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A total of 26 cars were entered for the event, across three classes ranging from Local Prototypes to Group C Prototypes.[1]

Qualifying

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The pairing of Vern Schuppan and George Fouché took pole position for Trust Racing Team, in their Porsche 962GTi ahead of the European partnership of Kenny Acheson and Emanuele Pirro for the Omron Racing Team, in their Porsche 962C, by over 1.06secs.[2]

Race

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The race was held over 86 laps of the Suzuka circuit, a distance of 500 km (actual distance was 503.911 km). Eje Elgh and Maurizio Sandro Sala took the winner spoils for the Rothmans Porsche Schuppan Team, driving their Porsche 962C. The pair won in a time of 2hr 59:12.876mins., averaging a speed of 93.726 mph. Second place went to Vern Schuppan and George Fouché in the Trust Racing Team’s Porsche 962GTi who finished about 20seconds adrift. Also, the lead lap, was the third placed Porsche 962CK6 of Kris Nissen and Harald Grohs.[1]

Classification

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500km Suzuka

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Class Winners are in Bold text.

Pos. No. Class Drivers Entrant Car — Engine Time, Laps Reason Out
1st 25 C   Eje Elgh   Maurizio Sandro Sala Rothmans Porsche Schuppan Team Porsche 962C 2:59:12.876
2nd 100 C   Vern Schuppan   George Fouché Trust Racing Team Porsche 962GTi 2:59:32.386
3rd 16 C   Kris Nissen   Harald Grohs Leyton House Racing Team Porsche 962CK6 3:00:31.704
4th 27 C   Hideki Okada   Stanley Dickens From A Racing Porsche 962C 3:01:30.755
5th 37 C   Stefan Johansson   Paolo Barilla Toyota Team Tom’s Toyota 88C 85
6th 23 C   Kazuyoshi Hoshino   Kenji Takahashi Nissan Motorsport Nissan R88C 84
7th 201 C   Yoshimi Katayama   Yojiro Tarada   Takashi Yorino Mazdaspeed Mazda 767 81
8th 151 B   Jirou Yoneyama   Hideo Fukuyama British Barn Racing Team JTK-Ford 63C 79
9th 32 C   Masahiro Hasemi   Aguri Suzuki Nissan Motorsport Nissan R88C 77
10th 50 C   Syuuroku Saski   Tsunehisa Asai SARD SARD-Toyota MC88S 76
11th 87 A   Yoshifumi Yamazaki   Masaki Oohashi Yoshifumi Yamazaki West-Mazda 87S 74
12th 48 A   Keiichi Mizutani   Norizaku Tomiyasu Gorou Suzuki Oscar-Mazda SK85 74
13th 77 A   Kazuo Ukita   Norihiro Takeda   Hiroshi Yonetani Kazuo Ukita Oscar-Mazda SK85 74
14th 230 C   Syuuji Fujii   Terumitsu Fujieda Shizumatsu Racing Mazda 757 71
15th 9 A   Keiichi Kosaka   Masayoshi Furuya   Souichirou Tanaka Keiichi Kosaka West-Mazda 85S 70
16th 14 A   Junji Okada   Mitsui Yamamoto RS Yamada West-Mazda 83S II 70
17th 30 A   Seiji Imoto   Seiji Imoto   Tadao Yamauchi Auto In'nan Oscar-Mazda 8II 68
DNF 36 C   Kiyotaka Nonomura   Masanori Sekiya Toyota team TOM’S Toyota 88C 82 DNF
DNF 101 B   Masami Shirai   Syunji Abe Unicorn Racing MCS Guppy-Mazda 73
DNF 15 C   Naoki Nagasaka   Kaoru Hoshino   Masahiro Kageyama Leyton House Racing Team Porsche 962C 69 Suspension
DNF 1 C   Kunimitsu Takahashi   Kazuo Mogi Advan Alpha Nova Porsche 962C 58 Engine
DNF 6 A   Seiichi Sodeyama   Yoshiyuki Ogura West Racing Cars West-Mazda 87S 55 Engine
DNF 55 C   Kenny Acheson   Emanuele Pirro Omron Racing Team Porsche 962C 38 Engine
DNF 85 C   Takao Wada   Anders Olofsson Person’s Racing Team March-Nissan 88S 31 Transmission
DNF 31 A   Nobuyoshi Horii   Tadao Shin’ya   Hajime Kajiwara Norii Racing Sport Oscar-Mazda SK85 13 Drive Shaft
DNF 3 C   Steven Andskär   Andrew Gilbert-Scott Auto Beaurex Motorsport TOM’s-Toyota 86C 4 CV joint

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "500 km Suzuka 1988 - Race Results - Racing Sports Cars".
  2. ^ Suzuka 10 April 1988 Racing Sports Cars [dead link]