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Revision as of 21:27, 5 October 2013
The Suzuka 500kms, was the opening round of the 1985 All Japan Endurance Championship was held at the Suzuka Circuit, on the 7th April, in front of a crowd of approximately 23,000. [1]
Report
Entry
A total of 30 cars were entered for the event, across four classes ranging from Modified Hatchbacks to Group C Prototypes. [2]
Qualifying
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
The race was held over 85 laps of the Suzuka circuit, a distance of 500kms (actual distance was 502.690kms). 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 35:59.060mins., averaging a speed of 87.273mph. 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
Class Winners are in Bold text.
References
- ^ http://www.racingsportcars.com/results/Suzuka-1985-07-04.html
- ^ http://www.racingsportcars.com/results/Suzuka-1985-07-04.html
- ^ http://www.racingsportcars.com/grid/Suzuka-1985-07-04.html
- ^ http://www.racingsportcars.com/results/Suzuka-1985-07-04.html
- ^ http://www.racingsportcars.com/results/Suzuka-1985-07-04.html