1990 Japanese Touring Car Championship

The 1990 Japanese Touring Car Championship season was the 6th edition of the series. It began at Nishi Nippon on 18 March and finished after six events at Fuji Speedway on 11 November. The championship was won by Kazuyoshi Hoshino, driving for Team Impul.[1][2]

Teams & Drivers

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Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
Hasemi Motorsport Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 1   Masahiro Hasemi JTC-1 All
  Anders Olofsson All
Endless Project Ford Sierra RS500 2   Keiichi Tsuchiya JTC-1 All
  Takao Wada All
Art Nature Ford Sierra RS500 3   Taku Akaike JTC-1 All
  Yojiro Terada All
Cara Racing BMW M3 4   Toru Kato JTC-2 2
  Fuminori Mizuno 2-6
  Tetsuya Ota 3-5
  Toru Sawada 4-6
  Shuji Huzii 6
Team Koyama Garage Isuzu Gemini JT190 5   Tomokazu Sakata JTC-3 2-4
  Isao Shibata 2
  Akihiro Higashi 3
  Michiko Okuyama 4
Isuzu Gemini JT191   Tomokazu Sakata JTC-3 6
  Isao Shibata 6
  Akihiro Higashi 6
Toyota Team TOM's Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 6   Kaoru Hoshino JTC-3 All
  Shunji Kasuya 1
  Kaori Okamoto 2
  Víctor Rosso 3, 5-6
  Kaoru Ito 4
7 JTC-3 1-3, 5-6
  Kaori Okamoto 1, 4, 6
  Víctor Rosso 2
  Michiko Okuyama 3
  Masaki Tanaka 4
  Masami Kageyama 5
  Yasushi Takashi 5
  Soshiki Katsura 6
Toyota MA70 Supra Turbo-A 36   Hitoshi Ogawa JTC-1 1, 3
  Masanori Sekiya 1-2, 4
  Takuya Kurosawa 2-6
  Migaku Wataru 2-6
  Yoshiyasu Tachi 5-6
37   Takuya Kurosawa JTC-1 1
  Migaku Wataru 1
  Shunji Kasuya 2-3, 5-6
  Yoshiyasu Tachi 2-4, 6
  Naoji Sugisaki 4-6
Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 38   Hitoshi Ogawa JTC-3 5-6
  Masanori Sekiya 5-6
39   Tomohiro Aiba JTC-3 6
  Michiko Okuyama 6
  Satoshi Yamaguchi 6
FET Racing Ford Sierra RS500 8   Kiyoshi Misaki JTC-1 All
  Kazuo Mogi All
TOM's Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 9   Masahiro Matsunaga JTC-3 All
  Junko Mihara All
  Michiko Okuyama 1
  Kenji Moriya 2-3
  Hideo Uehara 5-6
Team Take One BMW M3 10   Charles Kwan JTC-2 3-4
  Kevin Wong 3-4
  K. Che Hong 4
BMW M3 Sport Evolution   Eiichi Tajima JTC-2 6
  Kevin Wong 6
BMW M3 16   Winston Mak JTC-2 3-4
  K. Che Hong 3
  Kiyohiko Ito 4
BMW M3 Sport Evolution   Charles Kwan JTC-2 6
  Winston Mak 6
Object T Ford Sierra RS500 11   Hisashi Yokoshima JTC-1 All
  Masahiko Kageyama 1-4
  Hideshi Matsuda 5-6
22 JTC-1 1-4
  Kazuo Shimizu 1-4
Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R JTC-1 5-6
  Masahiko Kageyama 5-6
Team Impul Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 12   Kazuyoshi Hoshino JTC-1 All
  Toshio Suzuki All
Suntec Racing Ford Sierra RS500 13   Jeff Krosnoff JTC-1 All
  Mauro Martini All
Mooncraft Honda Civic EF9 14   Shigeru Muramatsu JTC-3 1
  Akihiko Nakaya 1
  Hisatoyo Goto 2-6
  Naoki Hattori 2-6
Nakajima Planning Honda Civic EF9 15 JTC-3 1
  Koji Sato All
  Akihiko Nakaya 2-6
Asano Racing Service Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 18   Takeo Asano JTC-3 All
  Makoto Hagiwara All
Racing Project Bandoh Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 19   Masakazu Hamana JTC-3 3-6
  Hiroyuki Kawai 3-6
  Tadashi Nishigaichi 3
Napolex Racing Team Ford Sierra RS500 20   Paolo Barilla JTC-1 6
  Robb Gravett 6
  Stefan Johansson 6
JRDA/Moritani Honda Civic EF3 21   Nao Maekawa JTC-3 1
  Masami Miyoshi 1
90 JTC-3 2-6
  Masahiko Hanayama 2
  Nao Maekawa 3, 6
  Keiichi Kobayashi 3
  Kyoshitsu Yuki 3, 6
  Norio Ajiro 4
  Toshihiro Yoshida 5-6
Team Advan Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 25   Morio Nitta JTC-3 All
  Keiichi Suzuki All
28   Shinichi Aoki JTC-3 1
  Akira Shibata All
  Akihiro Oshima 2-6
Team Taisan BMW M3 26   Will Hoy JTC-21 1-4
  Kenji Takahashi 1-4
BMW M3 Sport Evolution   Will Hoy JTC-2 5-6
  Kenji Takahashi 5-6
Trust Racing Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 27   Masakazu Hamana JTC-3 2
  Mitsutake Koma 2-6
  Tatsuhiko Seki 3-6
  Kazuhisa Shimura 4-5
  Ryusaku Hitomi 6
B-ing Kegani Racing BMW M3 29   Yasuo Kusakabe JTC-21 1-3
  Shinya Yamauchi 1-3
BMW M3 Sport Evolution   Yasuo Kusakabe JTC-2 4-6
  Shinya Yamauchi 4-6
Racing Forum Honda Civic EF3 33   Yasuo Muramatsu JTC-3 1-5
  Tomohiko Tsutsumi 1-5
Honda Civic EF9   Yasuo Muramatsu JTC-3 6
  Seiichi Sodeyama 6
  Tomohiko Tsutsumi 6
Auto Tech Racing BMW M3 35   Takamasa Nakagawa JTC-21 1-4, 6
  Roland Ratzenberger 1-4, 6
BMW M3 Sport Evolution   Takamasa Nakagawa JTC-2 5
  Roland Ratzenberger 5
BMW M3 72   Norio Makiguchi JTC-2 4-6
  Hiroyuki Noji 4-6
  Sanshu Tanaka 6
City Life 43 Ford Sierra RS500 43   Naoki Nagasaka JTC-1 All
  Mamoru Takashi 1-5
  Chris Hodgetts 5-6
Toyota Team Thailand Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 45   Hidenori Okuzumi JTC-3 6
  Sutthipong Samitchart 6
  Suphot Kasikam 6
59   Tomohiro Aiba JTC-3 6
  Prasert Aphiphunya 6
  Kriangkrai Limnantarak 6
FMR BMW M3 56   Hirokazu Kashihara JTC-2 2-4
  Susumu Shinozuka 2-4
  Fumio Mutoh 5-6
  Motoshi Sekine 5-6
Team Yamato Honda Civic EF3 67   Tsugio Oba JTC-3 3, 5-6
  Yoshiaki Sato 3, 5-6
  Yasuo Kezuka 6
Hitotsuyama Racing [ja] BMW M3 70   Hideo Fukuyama JTC-2 2-6
  Mikio Hitotsuyama [ja] 2, 5-6
  Akira Yasunaga 2-4
  Yasushi Hitotsuyama [ja] 3-4
  Yoshimi Watanabe 3
72   Norio Makiguchi JTC-2 2-3
  Hiroyuki Noji 2-3
Allan Moffat Enterprises Ford Sierra RS500 91   Gregg Hansford JTC-1 6
  Allan Moffat 6
  Klaus Niedzwiedz 6
Team CMS Sweden Ford Sierra RS500 99   Christer Simonsen JTC-1 6
  Kurt Simonsen 6
Mugen Honda Honda Civic EF9 100   Osamu Nakako JTC-3 All
  Hideki Okada All
Icon Class
JTC-1 over 2500cc
JTC-2 1601-2500cc
JTC-3 Up to 1600cc

1Due to insufficient JTC-2 entries at Round 1, the class was combined with JTC-1.

Calendar

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Overall winner in bold.

Round Circuit Date JTC-1 Winning Team JTC-2 Winning Team JTC-3 Winning Team
JTC-1 Winning Drivers JTC-2 Winning Drivers JTC-3 Winning Drivers
1   Nishi Nippon, Yamaguchi 18 March #12 Team Impul N/A #14 Mooncraft
  Kazuyoshi Hoshino
  Toshio Suzuki
N/A   Shigeru Muramatsu
  Akihiko Nakaya
2   Sportsland SUGO, Miyagi 20 May #12 Team Impul #29 B-ing Kegani Racing #25 Team Advan
  Kazuyoshi Hoshino
  Toshio Suzuki
  Yasuo Kusakabe
  Shinya Yamauchi
  Morio Nitta
  Keiichi Suzuki
3   Suzuka Circuit, Mie 1 July #1 Hasemi Motorsport #35 Auto Tech Racing #100 Mugen Honda
  Masahiro Hasemi
  Anders Olofsson
  Takamasa Nakagawa
  Roland Ratzenberger
  Osamu Nakako
  Hideki Okada
4   Tsukuba Circuit, Ibaraki 19 August #12 Team Impul #35 Auto Tech Racing #25 Team Advan
  Kazuyoshi Hoshino
  Toshio Suzuki
  Takamasa Nakagawa
  Roland Ratzenberger
  Morio Nitta
  Keiichi Suzuki
5   Sendai Hi-Land Raceway, Miyagi 30 September #12 Team Impul #26 Team Taisan #100 Mugen Honda
  Kazuyoshi Hoshino
  Toshio Suzuki
  Will Hoy
  Kenji Takahashi
  Osamu Nakako
  Hideki Okada
6   Fuji Speedway, Shizuoka 11 November #12 Team Impul #29 B-ing Kegani Racing #25 Team Advan
  Kazuyoshi Hoshino
  Toshio Suzuki
  Yasuo Kusakabe
  Shinya Yamauchi
  Morio Nitta
  Keiichi Suzuki

Championship Standings

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Points were awarded 20, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 to the overall top 10 as well as top 10 finishers in each class, with no bonus points for pole positions or fastest laps. All scores counted towards the championship. In cases where teammates tied on points, the driver who completed the greater distance during the season was given the higher classification.

Pos Driver NIS SUG SUZ TSU SEN FUJ Pts Distance
1   Kazuyoshi Hoshino 1 1 2 1 1 1 230 1240.77 km
2   Toshio Suzuki 1 1 2 1 1 1 230 960.16 km
3   Masahiro Hasemi 2 2 1 Ret 2 2 160 1066.31 km
4   Anders Olofsson 2 2 1 Ret 2 2 160 832.85 km
5   Keiichi Suzuki 15 8 17 6 12 8 104 1119.25 km
6   Morio Nitta 15 8 17 6 12 8 104 946.84 km
7   Roland Ratzenberger 9 10 8 4 14 18 98 1098.15 km
8   Takamasa Nakagawa 9 10 8 4 14 18 98 947.92 km
9   Hisashi Yokoshima 4 3 5 Ret 6 5 88 Unknown
10   Masahiko Kageyama 4 3 5 Ret 3 Ret 84 Unknown
11/12   Yasuo Kusakabe 10 9 15 10 26 7 79 Unknown
11/12   Shinya Yamauchi 10 9 15 10 26 7 79 Unknown
13/14   Osamu Nakako 16 11 11 19 9 12 78 Unknown
13/14   Hideki Okada 16 11 11 19 9 12 78 Unknown
15   Hideshi Matsuda Ret Ret 4 3 6 5 72 Unknown
16/17   Kiyoshi Misaki 6 4 3 14 7 21 72 Unknown
16/17   Kazuo Mogi 6 4 3 14 7 21 72 Unknown
18   Kazuo Shimizu Ret Ret 4 3 3 Ret 68 Unknown
19/20   Will Hoy 7 Ret 9 9 8 Ret 62 Unknown
19/20   Kenji Takahashi 7 Ret 9 9 8 Ret 62 Unknown
21/22   Taku Akaike 8 Ret 10 2 22 4 61 Unknown
21/22   Yojiro Terada 8 Ret 10 2 22 4 61 Unknown
23   Masanori Sekiya 5 7 8 16 10 57 Unknown
24   Akihiko Nakaya 11 Ret 13 11 29 15 56 Unknown
25/26   Jeff Krosnoff 3 5 7 Ret 11 Ret 51 Unknown
25/26   Mauro Martini 3 5 7 Ret 11 Ret 51 Unknown
27   Koji Sato 14 Ret 13 11 29 15 49 Unknown
28/29   Keiichi Tsuchiya Ret 6 6 Ret 4 Ret 44 Unknown
28/29   Takao Wada Ret 6 6 Ret 4 Ret 44 Unknown
30   Naoki Hattori 14 15 Ret 18 10 23 44 Unknown
31   Hideo Fukuyama Ret Ret 5 27 17 41 Unknown
32   Hitoshi Ogawa 5 23 16 10 39 Unknown
33   Naoki Nagasaka 12 Ret Ret 7 5 9 36 Unknown
34   Hisatoyo Goto 15 Ret 18 10 23 32 Unknown
35   Masami Miyoshi 17 Ret 18 DNQ 13 13 32 Unknown
36   Fuminori Mizuno 14 16 Ret 17 Ret 32 Unknown
37/38   Yasuo Muramatsu 13 Ret Ret 16 15 Ret 31 Unknown
37/38   Tomohiko Tsutsumi 13 Ret Ret 16 15 Ret 31 Unknown
39   Kevin Wong 21 20 14 29 Unknown
40/41   Gregg Hansford 3 24 Unknown
40/41   Klaus Niedzwiedz 3 24 Unknown
42/43   Norio Makiguchi 13 Ret 12 28 Ret 24 Unknown
42/43   Hiroyuki Noji 13 Ret 12 28 Ret 24 Unknown
44   Víctor Rosso 12 14 Ret Ret 24 Unknown
45   Mitsutake Koma 18 19 13 23 Ret 24 Unknown
46   Akira Yasunaga Ret Ret 5 23 Unknown
47   Yasushi Hitotsuyama Ret 5 23 Unknown
48   Masakazu Hamana 18 20 Ret 21 11 23 Unknown
49   Chris Hodgetts 5 9 22 Unknown
50   Nao Maekawa 17 18 13 22 Unknown
51   Tetsuya Ota 16 Ret 17 22 Unknown
52   Charles Kwan 21 20 20 22 Unknown
53/54   Takuya Kurosawa Ret 7 23 8 Ret Ret 20 Unknown
53/54   Migaku Wataru Ret 7 23 8 Ret Ret 20 Unknown
55   Shigeru Muramatsu 11 20 Unknown
56   Tatsuhiko Seki 19 13 23 Ret 20 Unknown
57   Hiroyuki Kawai 20 Ret 21 11 19 Unknown
58   Kaoru Ito 19 12 Ret Ret 20 Ret 19 Unknown
59   Kaoru Hoshino Ret 17 14 Ret Ret Ret 18 Unknown
60/61   Takeo Asano Ret 16 Ret 15 Ret Ret 18 Unknown
60/61   Makoto Hagiwara Ret 16 Ret 15 Ret Ret 18 Unknown
62   Mikio Hitotsuyama Ret 27 17 18 Unknown
63   Kyushitsu Yuki 18 13 16 Unknown
64/65   Fumio Mutoh 18 24 16 Unknown
64/65   Motoshi Sekine 18 24 16 Unknown
66   Eiichi Tajima 14 15 Unknown
67   Kaori Okamoto 19 17 17 Ret 15 Unknown
68   Mamoru Takashi 12 Ret Ret 7 DNS 14 Unknown
69/70   Christer Simonsen 6 12 Unknown
69/70   Kurt Simonsen 6 12 Unknown
71   Kazuhisa Shimura 13 DNS 12 Unknown
72   Yoshimi Watanabe 17 12 Unknown
73   Toshihiro Yoshida 13 DNS 10 Unknown
74   Toru Kato 14 10 Unknown
75   Keiichi Kobayashi 18 8 Unknown
76   Winston Mak Ret Ret 20 8 Unknown
77   Shunji Kasuya Ret Ret 12 19 16 7 Unknown
78   Akira Shibata 18 Ret 22 Ret 25 Ret 7 Unknown
79   Masaki Tanaka 17 6 Unknown
80   K. Che Hong Ret 20 6 Unknown
81   Yoshiyasu Tachi Ret 12 Ret Ret Ret 5 Unknown
16
82   Naoji Sugisaki Ret 19 16 5 Unknown
83   Shinichi Aoki 18 4 Unknown
84/85  Prasert Aphiphunya 19 4 Unknown
84/85   Kriangkrai Limnantarak 19 4 Unknown
86   Tadashi Nishigaichi 20 4 Unknown
87   Masami Kageyama 20 4 Unknown
88/89   Masahiro Matsunaga 20 Ret Ret DNQ 24 DNS 3 Unknown
88/89   Junko Mihara 20 Ret Ret DNQ 24 DNS 3 Unknown
90   Akihiro Oshima Ret 22 Ret 25 Ret 3 Unknown
91/92   Sutthipong Samitchart 22 3 Unknown
91/92   Kasikam Suphot 22 3 Unknown
93   Michiko Okuyama 20 Ret DNQ Ret 2 Unknown
94   Hideo Uehara 24 DNS 1 Unknown
NC   Tomokazu Sakata Ret Ret DNQ Ret 0 Unknown
NC   Tsugio Oba Ret Ret Ret 0 Unknown
NC   Yoshiaki Sato Ret Ret Ret 0 Unknown
NC   Kenji Moriya Ret Ret 0 Unknown
NC   Isao Shibata Ret Ret 0 Unknown
NC   Hirokazu Kashihara Ret Ret DNQ 0 Unknown
NC   Susumu Shinozuka Ret Ret DNQ 0 Unknown
NC   Tomohiro Aiba Ret 0 Unknown
DNS
NC   Masahiko Hanayama Ret 0 Unknown
NC   Akihiro Higashi Ret 0 Unknown
NC   Kiyohiko Ito Ret 0 Unknown
NC   Paolo Barilla Ret 0 Unknown
NC   Robb Gravett Ret 0 Unknown
NC   Stefan Johansson Ret 0 Unknown
NC   Shuji Huzii Ret 0 Unknown
NC   Seiichi Sodeyama Ret 0 Unknown
NC   Ryusaku Hitomi Ret 0 Unknown
NC   Yasuo Kezuka Ret 0 Unknown
NC   Kawaji Takahashi Ret 0 Unknown
NC   Satoshi Yamaguchi Ret 0 Unknown
NC   Toru Sawada DNS DNS DNS 0 0.00 km
NC   Yasushi Takashi DNS 0 0.00 km
NC   Allan Moffat DNS 0 0.00 km
NC   Sanshu Tanaka DNS 0 0.00 km
NC   Soshiki Katsura DNS 0 0.00 km
NC   Hidenori Okuzumi DNS 0 0.00 km
NC   Norio Ajiro DNQ 0 0.00 km
Pos Driver NIS SUG SUZ TSU SEN FUJ Pts Distance
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole
Italics - Fastest lap

References

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