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The '''International Suzuka 500 km''', was the opening round of the '''[[1985 All Japan Endurance Championship season|1985 All Japan Endurance Championship]]''', which was held at the [[Suzuka Circuit]], on 7 April, in front of a crowd of approximately 23,000.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.racingsportcars.com/results/Suzuka-1985-07-04.html|title = AUTOANKAUF FOCUS - Seriöser und Schneller Autoankauf}}</ref> |
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===Entry=== |
===Entry=== |
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A total of 30 cars were entered for the event, across four classes ranging from Modified Hatchbacks to [[Group C|Group C Prototypes]]. |
A total of 30 cars were entered for the event, across four classes ranging from Modified Hatchbacks to [[Group C|Group C Prototypes]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.racingsportcars.com/results/Suzuka-1985-07-04.html|title = AUTOANKAUF FOCUS - Seriöser und Schneller Autoankauf}}</ref> |
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===Qualifying=== |
===Qualifying=== |
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The pairing of [[Kunimitsu Takahashi]] and [[Kenji Takahashi (racing driver)|Kenji Takahashi]] took [[pole position]] for Advan Sports Nova, in their [[Porsche 962|Porsche 962C]] ahead of the European partnership of [[Geoff Lees]] and [[Eje Elgh]] for the [[Dome (constructor)|Dome Motorsport]] Team, by just 0.07secs. |
The pairing of [[Kunimitsu Takahashi]] and [[Kenji Takahashi (racing driver)|Kenji Takahashi]] took [[pole position]] for Advan Sports Nova, in their [[Porsche 962|Porsche 962C]] ahead of the European partnership of [[Geoff Lees (racing driver)|Geoff Lees]] and [[Eje Elgh]] for the [[Dome (constructor)|Dome Motorsport]] Team, by just 0.07secs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.racingsportcars.com/grid/Suzuka-1985-07-04.html|title = AUTOANKAUF FOCUS - Seriöser und Schneller Autoankauf}}</ref> |
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===Race=== |
===Race=== |
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The race was held over 85 laps of the Suzuka circuit, a distance of |
The race was held over 85 laps of the Suzuka circuit, a distance of 500 km (actual distance was 502.690 km). [[Geoff Lees (racing driver)|Lees]] and [[Eje Elgh|Elgh]] took the winner spoils for the Dome Motorsport team, in their [[Dome (constructor)|Dome]]-[[Toyota Motorsport GmbH|Toyota]] 84C. The pair won in a time of 3hr 35:59.060 mins., averaging a speed of 87.273 mph. Second place went to [[Kazuyoshi Hoshino]] and [[Akira Hagiwara]] in the Hoshino Racing [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Nismo|Nissan]] 83G who were the only other finisher to complete the full race distance. One lap adrift in third was the Porsche of [[Kunimitsu Takahashi]] and [[Kenji Takahashi (racing driver)|Kenji Takahashi]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.racingsportcars.com/results/Suzuka-1985-07-04.html|title = AUTOANKAUF FOCUS - Seriöser und Schneller Autoankauf}}</ref> |
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==Classification== |
==Classification== |
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''Class Winners are in '''Bold''' text.'' |
''Class Winners are in '''Bold''' text.'' |
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| '''{{flagicon|England}} [[Geoff Lees]]''' |
| '''{{flagicon|England}} [[Geoff Lees (racing driver)|Geoff Lees]]''' |
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| '''{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Eje Elgh]]''' |
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| '''[[Dome (constructor)|Dome Motorsport]]''' |
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| '''[[Dome (constructor)|Dome]]-[[Toyota Motorsport GmbH|Toyota]] 84C''' |
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| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kazuyoshi Hoshino]] |
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| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Akira Hagiwara]] |
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| [[Impul|Hoshino Racing]] |
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| [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Nismo|Nissan]] 83G |
| [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Nismo|Nissan]] 83G |
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| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kunimitsu Takahashi]] |
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| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kenji Takahashi (racing driver)|Kenji Takahashi]] |
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| [[Yokohama Rubber Company|Advan Sports]] {{Interlanguage link|Nova Engineering|ja|3=ノバ・エンジニアリング|lt=Nova}} |
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| Advan Sports Nova |
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| [[Porsche 962|Porsche 962C]] |
| [[Porsche 962|Porsche 962C]] |
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| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Vern Schuppan]] |
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| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Keiichi Suzuki (racing driver)|Keiichi Suzuki]] |
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| [[GReddy|Trust]] {{Interlanguage link|Nova Engineering|ja|3=ノバ・エンジニアリング|lt=Racing Team}} |
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| Trust Racing Team |
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| [[Porsche 956|Porsche 956B]] |
| [[Porsche 956|Porsche 956B]] |
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| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Keiji Matsumoto]] |
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| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Osamu Nakako]] |
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| Panasport Japan |
| Panasport Japan |
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| LM-[[Nismo|Nissan]] 04C |
| LM-[[Nismo|Nissan]] 04C |
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| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kazuo Mogi]] |
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| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Naoki Nagasaka]] |
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| Auto Beaurex Motorsport |
| Auto Beaurex Motorsport |
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| [[Lotec]]-[[BMW in motorsport|BMW]] M1C |
| [[Lotec]]-[[BMW in motorsport|BMW]] M1C |
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| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Jirou Yoneyama]] |
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| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Hideki Okada (racing driver)|Hideki Okada]] |
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| From A Racing |
| From A Racing |
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|[[Porsche 956]] |
|[[Porsche 956]] |
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| '''{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yoshimi Katayama]]''' |
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| '''{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yojiro Terada]]''' |
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| '''[[Mazdaspeed]]''' |
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| '''[[Mazda 737C]]''' |
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| '''{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Makio Nonaka]]''' |
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| '''First Morlding''' |
| '''First Morlding''' |
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| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Ichirou Mizuno]] |
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| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Taidou Hashimoto]] |
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| Manatee-[[Mazda]] Mk.IV |
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| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Tsuguo Ooba]] |
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|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Katsuaki Satou (racing driver)|Katsuaki Satou]] |
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| Yamato |
| Yamato |
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| [[Honda CR-X|Honda Ballade CR-X]] |
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| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Keiichi Mizutani]] |
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| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Hiroyuki Kondou]] |
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| West-[[Mazda]] 83S II |
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| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Nobuyoshi Horii]] |
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| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kenji Abe]] |
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| Horii Racing |
| Horii Racing |
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| West-[[Mazda]] 83S II |
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| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Masaharu Kinoshita]] |
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| '''{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Shigehito Hirabayashi]]''' |
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| '''{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Hideki Iida]]''' |
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| '''Ogawa''' |
| '''Ogawa''' |
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| '''[[Nissan Sunny]]''' |
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| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Syuuji Fujii]] |
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| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kiyotaka Nonomura]] |
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| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Mitsuo Yamamoto]] |
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| [[Nissan Sunny]] |
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| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yukinobu Mizutani]] |
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| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yoshinori Sakurai]] |
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| Manatee-[[Mazda]] Mk.IV |
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| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Norismaka Sakamoto]] |
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| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Takayuki Imadu]] |
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| Top Fuel Racing |
| Top Fuel Racing |
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| [[Mazda RX-7]] 845 |
| [[Mazda RX-7]] 845 |
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| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Nobuyuki Saka]] |
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| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Nobuo Naka]] |
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| Ishida Racing |
| Ishida Racing |
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| West-[[Mazda]] 83S II |
| West-[[Mazda]] 83S II |
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| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Chiyomi Totani]] |
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| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Noritake Takahara]] |
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| Alpha Cubic Racing Team |
| Alpha Cubic Racing Team |
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| Renoma-[[BMW in motorsport|BMW]] 84C |
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| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Masahiro Hasemi]] |
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| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Takao Wada]] |
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| [[Masahiro Hasemi|Hasemi Motorsport]] |
| [[Masahiro Hasemi|Hasemi Motorsport]] |
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| LM-[[Nismo|Nissan]] 04C |
| LM-[[Nismo|Nissan]] 04C |
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| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Masami Fujita]] |
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| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Ken Mizokawa]] |
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| [[Honda Civic]] |
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| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Haruhito Yanagida]] |
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| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Aguri Suzuki]] |
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| Central 20 Racing Team |
| Central 20 Racing Team |
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| LM-[[Nismo|Nissan]] 04C |
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| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Tooru Hirano]] |
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| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Hirofumi Nishi]] |
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| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Tetsuya Kasai]] |
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| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Koji Sato (racing driver)|Kouji Satou]] |
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| Manatee-[[Mazda]] Mk.IV |
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| {{flagicon| |
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Satoru Nakajima]] |
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| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Masanori Sekiya]] |
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| [[TOM'S|TOM's]] |
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| [[TOM'S|TOM's]]-[[Toyota Motorsport GmbH|Toyota]] 85C |
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| {{flagicon| |
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Norihiro Takeda]] |
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| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Shinji Yamamoto (racing driver)|Shinji Yamamoto]] |
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| West-[[Mazda]] 83S II |
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| {{flagicon| |
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yasumi Fukao]] |
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| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kouichi Nishikawa]] |
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<ref>http://www.racingsportcars.com/results/Suzuka-1985-07-04.html</ref> |
<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.racingsportcars.com/results/Suzuka-1985-07-04.html|title = AUTOANKAUF FOCUS - Seriöser und Schneller Autoankauf}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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[[Category:1985 in Japanese motorsport|Suzuka]] |
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{{succession box|title= International Suzuka 500km <br />|before={{flagicon|Australia}} [[Vern Schuppan]]<br />{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Yoshimi Katayama]]<br />1984|after= {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Kunimitsu Takahashi]]<br />{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Kenji Takahaski]] <br />1986 |years= 1985}} |
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Latest revision as of 02:00, 14 January 2024
The International Suzuka 500 km, was the opening round of the 1985 All Japan Endurance Championship, which was held at the Suzuka Circuit, on 7 April, in front of a crowd of approximately 23,000.[1]
Report
[edit]Entry
[edit]A total of 30 cars were entered for the event, across four classes ranging from Modified Hatchbacks to Group C Prototypes.[2]
Qualifying
[edit]The pairing of Kunimitsu Takahashi and Kenji Takahashi took pole position for Advan Sports Nova, in their Porsche 962C ahead of the European partnership of Geoff Lees and Eje Elgh for the Dome Motorsport Team, by just 0.07secs.[3]
Race
[edit]The race was held over 85 laps of the Suzuka circuit, a distance of 500 km (actual distance was 502.690 km). Lees and Elgh took the winner spoils for the Dome Motorsport team, in their Dome-Toyota 84C. The pair won in a time of 3hr 35:59.060 mins., averaging a speed of 87.273 mph. Second place went to Kazuyoshi Hoshino and Akira Hagiwara in the Hoshino Racing March-Nissan 83G who were the only other finisher to complete the full race distance. One lap adrift in third was the Porsche of Kunimitsu Takahashi and Kenji Takahashi.[4]
Classification
[edit]Class Winners are in Bold text.