1991 Japanese Touring Car Championship

The 1991 Japanese Touring Car Championship season was the 7th edition of the series and 4age rule . It began at Sportsland SUGO on 19 May and finished after six events at Fuji Speedway on 10 November. The championship was won by Masahiro Hasemi, driving for Hasemi Motorsport.[1][2]

1991 Japanese Touring Car Championship
Previous:	1990	Next:	1992

Teams & Drivers

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Class	Rounds
Team Impul	Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R	1	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	JTC-1	All
Team Impul	Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R	1	Toshio Suzuki	JTC-1	All
Team Taisan	Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R	2	Kenji Takahashi	JTC-1	All
			Keiichi Tsuchiya		All
			Mark Skaife		6
	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	26	Atsushi Kawamoto	JTC-2	All
	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	26	Fuminori Mizuno	JTC-2	All
Hasemi Motorsport	Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R	3	Masahiro Hasemi	JTC-1	3-6
		3	Anders Olofsson	JTC-1	3-6
		50	Masahiro Hasemi	JTC-1	1-2
		50	Anders Olofsson	JTC-1	1-2
Cara Racing	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	4	Hiroyuki Noji	JTC-2	2-6
			Toru Sawada		2-5
			Hideshi Matsuda		2, 4-6
Team Koyama Garage	Isuzu Gemini JT191	5	Isao Shibata	JTC-3	1, 6
			Yasuo Kusakabe		1
			Akihiro Higashi		3, 6
			Takayuki Ooi		3
			Toshihiko Nogami		6
TOM's	Toyota Corolla Levin AE92	6	Syunji Kasuya	JTC-3	1-2, 5-6
		6	Kaori Okamoto	JTC-3	1-2, 5-6
		7	Masahiro Matsunaga	JTC-3	1, 3-6
		7	Junko Mihara	JTC-3	1, 3-6
FET Racing	Ford Sierra RS500	8	Kiyoshi Misaki	JTC-1	1-5
	Ford Sierra RS500		Naoki Nagasaka	JTC-1	1-5
	Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R		Kiyoshi Misaki	JTC-1	6
	Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R		Naoki Nagasaka	JTC-1	6
Team Take One	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	9	Takamasa Nakagawa	JTC-2	2, 5
			Kevin Wong		2
			Charles Kwan		5
			Winston Mak		6
			Eiichi Tajima		6
		10	Winston Mak	JTC-2	1-2, 5
			Charles Kwan		1-2
			Eiichi Tajima		2, 5
			Kevin Wong		5-6
			Takayuki Ooi		6
		16	Takamasa Nakagawa	JTC-2	1
		16	Kevin Wong	JTC-2	1
Object T	Toyota Corolla Levin AE92	11	Hisashi Yokoshima	JTC-3	All
			Hisashi Wada		1-5
			Takamasa Nakagawa		6
	Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R	22	Masahiko Kageyama	JTC-1	All
	Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R	22	Kazuo Shimizu	JTC-1	All
Napolex Racing Team	Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R	12	Paolo Barilla	JTC-1	6
Napolex Racing Team	Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R	12	Stefan Johansson	JTC-1	6
Mooncraft	Honda Civic EF9	14	Naoki Hattori	JTC-3	All
Mooncraft	Honda Civic EF9	14	Akihiko Nakaya	JTC-3	All
Nakajima Planning	Honda Civic EF9	15	Hisatoyo Goto	JTC-3	All
Nakajima Planning	Honda Civic EF9	15	Koji Sato	JTC-3	All
Cherena Racing Team	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	17	Ryuichi Natsukawa	JTC-2	1-4, 6
			Masahiko Kondō		1, 3-4, 6
			Katsutomo Kaneishi		2-3
Asano Racing Service	Toyota Corolla Levin AE92	18	Takeo Asano	JTC-3	All
Asano Racing Service	Toyota Corolla Levin AE92	18	Makoto Hagiwara	JTC-3	All
Racing Project Bandoh	Toyota Corolla Levin AE92	19	Shinji Tsunashima	JTC-3	All
			Hiroyuki Kawai		All
			Shoji Kasai		1
			Tomoyuki Hosono		6
Hitotsuyama Racing	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	21	Hideo Fukuyama	JTC-2	All
			Yasushi Hitotsuyama		All
			Mikio Hitotsuyama		1-2, 4-6
Team Advan	Toyota Corolla Levin AE92	25	Morio Nitta	JTC-3	1-5
	Toyota Corolla Levin AE92		Keiichi Suzuki	JTC-3	1-5
	Toyota Corolla Levin AE101		Morio Nitta	JTC-3	6
	Toyota Corolla Levin AE101		Keiichi Suzuki	JTC-3	6
	Toyota Corolla Levin AE92	28	Takeshi Kubo	JTC-3	1, 3-4, 6
	Toyota Corolla Levin AE92	28	Akira Shibata	JTC-3	1, 3-4, 6
Trust Racing	Toyota Corolla Levin AE92	27	Mitsutake Koma	JTC-3	All
			Tomoyuki Hosono		1-5
			Ryusaku Hitomi		1-4, 6
			James Kaye		6
B-ing Kegani Racing	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	29	Kazuo Mogi	JTC-2	All
B-ing Kegani Racing	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	29	Sakai Obata	JTC-2	All
Nismo	Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R	32	Ryu Haruki	JTC-1	3-4
Nismo	Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R	32	Eiji Yamada	JTC-1	3-4
Racing Forum	Ford Sierra RS500	33	Takahiko Hara	JTC-1	1
	Ford Sierra RS500		Yasuo Muramatsu	JTC-1	1
	Honda Civic EF9		Takahiko Hara	JTC-3	2-6
	Honda Civic EF9		Yasuo Muramatsu	JTC-3	2-6
Auto Tech Racing	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	34	Philippe Adams	JTC-2	3, 6
		34	Andrew Gilbert-Scott	JTC-2	3, 6
		35	Thomas Danielsson	JTC-2	All
		35	Roland Ratzenberger	JTC-2	All
Toyota Team TOM's	Toyota Corolla Levin AE92	36	Hitoshi Ogawa	JTC-3	1-5
	Toyota Corolla Levin AE92		Masanori Sekiya	JTC-3	1-5
	Toyota Corolla Levin AE101		Hitoshi Ogawa	JTC-3	6
	Toyota Corolla Levin AE101		Masanori Sekiya	JTC-3	6
	Toyota Corolla Levin AE92	37	Kaoru Hoshino	JTC-3	1-5
			Víctor Rosso		1-2, 4-5
			Takuya Kurosawa		3
	Toyota Corolla Levin AE101		Kaoru Hoshino	JTC-3	6
	Toyota Corolla Levin AE101		Víctor Rosso	JTC-3	6
Toyota Team Thailand	Toyota Corolla Levin AE92	45	Sutthipong Samitchart	JTC-3	6
Toyota Team Thailand	Toyota Corolla Levin AE92	45	Kasikam Suphot	JTC-3	6
Concept L Racing Team	Honda Civic EF9	55	Masahiko Hanayama	JTC-3	6
			Masami Kageyama		6
			Kumi Sato		6
FMR	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	56	Fumio Mutoh	JTC-2	1-2, 4-6
			Satoshi Ikezawa		1-3
			Hironori Takeuchi		3-6
			Toshikazu Kanamori		5
AP National	Toyota Corolla Levin AE92	59	Prasert Aphiphunya	JTC-3	6
AP National	Toyota Corolla Levin AE92	59	Kriangkrai Limnantarak	JTC-3	6
Team CMS Sweden	Ford Sierra RS500	66	Heikki Salmenautio	JTC-1	6
			Christer Simonsen		6
			Kurt Simonsen		6
Team Yamato	Honda Civic EF3	67	Tsugio Oba	JTC-3	2, 4, 6
Team Yamato	Honda Civic EF3	67	Katsuaki Sato	JTC-3	2, 4, 6
Team Noji	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	72	Norio Makiguchi	JTC-2	1, 3-6
			Hiroyuki Noji		1, 3
			Sanshu Tanaka		1
			Tetsu Horigome		3-4
			Tetsuya Ota		4-5
			Toru Horigome		5-6
Kawasho	Toyota Corolla Levin AE92	88	Takashi Onuma	JTC-3	3, 6
			Shinichi Yamaji		3, 6
			Minoru Tanaka		3
			Tetsuya Tanaka		6
Moritani	Honda Civic EF9	90	Masami Miyoshi	JTC-3	All
			Toru Hanyu		1
			Masahiko Arakawa		2, 6
			Michiko Uematsu		2
			Kawaji Takahashi		3
			Nobuyoshi Fukuda		4
			Yasufumi Yamakazi		5
			Toshihiro Yoshida		6
Mugen Honda	Honda Civic EF9	100	Osamu Nakako	JTC-3	All
Mugen Honda	Honda Civic EF9	100	Hideki Okada	JTC-3	All

Icon	Class
JTC-1	over 2500cc
JTC-2	1601-2500cc
JTC-3	Up to 1600cc

Calendar

Overall winner in bold.

Round	Circuit	Date	JTC-1 Winning Team	JTC-2 Winning Team	JTC-3 Winning Team
Round	Circuit	Date	JTC-1 Winning Drivers	JTC-2 Winning Drivers	JTC-3 Winning Drivers
1	Sportsland SUGO, Miyagi	19 May	#1 Team Impul	#29 B-ing Kegani Racing	#25 Team Advan
1	Sportsland SUGO, Miyagi	19 May	Kazuyoshi Hoshino Toshio Suzuki	Kazuo Mogi Sakai Obata	Morio Nitta Keiichi Suzuki
2	Suzuka Circuit, Mie	7 July	#50 Hasemi Motorsport	#35 Auto Tech Racing	#100 Mugen Honda
2	Suzuka Circuit, Mie	7 July	Masahiro Hasemi Anders Olofsson	Thomas Danielsson Roland Ratzenberger	Osamu Nakako Hideki Okada
3	Tsukuba Circuit, Ibaraki	18 August	#3 Hasemi Motorsport	#21 Hitotsuyama Racing	#25 Team Advan
3	Tsukuba Circuit, Ibaraki	18 August	Masahiro Hasemi Anders Olofsson	Hideo Fukuyama Yasushi Hitotsuyama	Morio Nitta Keiichi Suzuki
4	Sendai Hi-Land Raceway, Miyagi	1 September	#1 Team Impul	#35 Auto Tech Racing	#36 Toyota Team TOM's
4	Sendai Hi-Land Raceway, Miyagi	1 September	Kazuyoshi Hoshino Toshio Suzuki	Thomas Danielsson Roland Ratzenberger	Hitoshi Ogawa Masanori Sekiya
5	Autopolis, Ōita	13 October	#3 Hasemi Motorsport	#35 Auto Tech Racing	#33 Racing Forum
5	Autopolis, Ōita	13 October	Masahiro Hasemi Anders Olofsson	Thomas Danielsson Roland Ratzenberger	Takahiko Hara Yasuo Muramatsu
6	Fuji Speedway, Shizuoka	10 November	#1 Team Impul	#26 Team Taisan	#100 Mugen Honda
6	Fuji Speedway, Shizuoka	10 November	Kazuyoshi Hoshino Toshio Suzuki	Atsushi Kawamoto Fuminori Mizuno	Osamu Nakako Hideki Okada

Championship Standings

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	SUG	SUZ	TSU	SEN	AUT	FUJ	Pts	Distance
1	Masahiro Hasemi	2	1	1	2	1	4	200	Unknown
2	Anders Olofsson	2	1	1	2	1	4	200	Unknown
3	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	1	Ret	3	1	2	1	174	Unknown
4	Toshio Suzuki	1	Ret	3	1	2	1	174	Unknown
5	Keiichi Tsuchiya	Ret	2	2	3	4	3	128	Unknown
6	Kenji Takahashi	Ret	2	2	3	4	3	128	Unknown
7	Roland Ratzenberger	6	4	23	5	5	8	125	Unknown
8	Thomas Danielsson	6	4	23	5	5	8	125	Unknown
9	Fuminori Mizuno	5	5	6	23	11	7	103	Unknown
10	Atsushi Kawamoto	5	5	6	23	11	7	103	Unknown
11/12	Masahiko Kageyama	Ret	3	4	Ret	3	2	98	Unknown
11/12	Kazuo Shimizu	Ret	3	4	Ret	3	2	98	Unknown
13	Hideo Fukuyama	17	9	5	6	7	10	98	Unknown
14/15	Osamu Nakako	Ret	6	13	10	Ret	9	74	Unknown
14/15	Hideki Okada	Ret	6	13	10	Ret	9	74	Unknown
16/17	Kazuo Mogi	4	Ret	8	7	6	24	73	Unknown
16/17	Sakai Obata	4	Ret	8	7	6	24	73	Unknown
18	Yasushi Hitotsuyama	DNS	9	5	DNS	7	10	71	Unknown
19/20	Takahiko Hara	Ret	7	12	12	8	22	66	Unknown
19/20	Yasuo Muramatsu	Ret	7	12	12	8	22	66	Unknown
21	Mikio Hitotsuyama	17	DNS		6	7	10	56	Unknown
22/23	Morio Nitta	7	Ret	9	18	14	Ret	56	Unknown
22/23	Keiichi Suzuki	7	Ret	9	18	14	Ret	56	Unknown
24	Kaoru Hoshino	12	11	18	13	13	12	53	Unknown
25	Víctor Rosso	12	11		13	13	12	49	Unknown
26/27	Kiyoshi Misaki	3	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	5	48	Unknown
26/27	Naoki Nagasaka	3	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	5	48	Unknown
28/29	Hitoshi Ogawa	15	Ret	Ret	8	9	Ret	43	Unknown
28/29	Masanori Sekiya	15	Ret	Ret	8	9	Ret	43	Unknown
30	Hiroyuki Noji	16	10	DNS	9	10	Ret	42	Unknown
30	Hiroyuki Noji	16	10	DNQ	9	10	Ret	42	Unknown
31/32	Naoki Hattori	Ret	Ret	11	11	12	21	42	Unknown
31/32	Akihiko Nakaya	Ret	Ret	11	11	12	21	42	Unknown
33/34	Hisatoyo Goto	8	16	20	21	17	14	37	Unknown
33/34	Koji Sato	8	16	20	21	17	14	37	Unknown
35	Masami Miyoshi	13	8	14	15	Ret	20	35	Unknown
36	Hideshi Matsuda		10		9	10	Ret	34	Unknown
37	Norio Makiguchi	16		19	20	Ret	11	28	Unknown
38/39	Ryu Haruki			21	4			26	Unknown
38/39	Eiji Yamada			21	4			26	Unknown
40	Mark Skaife						3	24	Unknown
41	Hisashi Yokoshima	9	Ret	Ret	14	16	Ret	24	Unknown
42	Hisashi Wada	9	Ret	Ret	14	16		24	Unknown
43	Ryuichi Natsukawa	14	Ret	15	16		Ret	24	Unknown
44	Masahiko Kondō	14		15	16		Ret	24	Unknown
45	Mitsutake Koma	10	15	22	26	Ret	17	23	Unknown
46	Satoshi Ikezawa	18	12	10				21	Unknown
47/48	Philippe Adams			7			19	20	Unknown
47/48	Andrew Gilbert-Scott			7			19	20	Unknown
49	Fumio Mutoh	18	12		Ret	19	25	20	Unknown
50	Masahiko Arakawa		8				20	19	Unknown
51	Tomoyuki Hosono	10	15	22	DNS	Ret	Ret	17	Unknown
52	Ryusaku Hitomi	10	DNS	DNS	26		17	17	Unknown
53/54	Shinji Tsunashima	11	Ret	Ret	17	15	Ret	17	Unknown
53/54	Hiroyuki Kawai	11	Ret	Ret	17	15	Ret	17	Unknown
55	Michiko Uematsu		8					15	Unknown
56/57	Paolo Barilla						6	12	Unknown
56/57	Stefan Johansson						6	12	Unknown
58/59/60	Masahiko Hanayama						13	12	Unknown
58/59/60	Masami Kageyama						13	12	Unknown
58/59/60	Kumi Sato						13	12	Unknown
61	Hironori Takeuchi			10	Ret	DNS	25	11	Unknown
62	Toru Sawada		DNS	DNQ	DNS	10		11	Unknown
63	Toru Horigome					Ret	11	10	Unknown
64/65	Takeo Asano	19	Ret	17	25	20	Ret	9	Unknown
64/65	Makoto Hagiwara	19	Ret	17	25	20	Ret	9	Unknown
66/67	Tsugio Oba		13		22		Ret	8	Unknown
66/67	Katsuaki Sato		13		22		Ret	8	Unknown
68/69	Syunji Kasuya	21	14			18	Ret	8	Unknown
68/69	Kaori Okamoto	21	14			18	Ret	8	Unknown
70	Kawaji Takahashi			14				8	Unknown
71/72	Takashi Onuma			Ret			15	8	Unknown
71/72	Shinichi Yamaji			Ret			15	8	Unknown
73	Tetsuya Tanaka						15	8	Unknown
74	Winston Mak	DNS	Ret			Ret	16	8	Unknown
75	Eiichi Tajima		Ret			Ret	16	8	Unknown
76	James Kaye						17	6	Unknown
77	Toshikazu Kanamori					19		6	Unknown
78	Tetsuya Ota				20	Ret		6	Unknown
79	Kevin Wong	DNS	Ret			Ret	18	6	Unknown
80	Takayuki Ooi			Ret			18	6	Unknown
81	Toru Hanyu	13						4	Unknown
82	Nobuyoshi Fukuda				15			4	Unknown
83	Takuya Kurosawa			18				4	Unknown
84	Tetsu Horigome			19	DNS			4	Unknown
85	Toshihiro Yoshida						20	4	Unknown
86/87/88	Heikki Salmenautio						26	4	Unknown
86/87/88	Christer Simonsen						26	4	Unknown
86/87/88	Kurt Simonsen						26	4	Unknown
89/90	Takeshi Kubo	20		Ret	19		Ret	2	Unknown
89/90	Akira Shibata	20		Ret	19		Ret	2	Unknown
91/92	Sutthipong Samitchart						23	1	Unknown
91/92	Kasikam Suphot						23	1	Unknown
93/94	Masahiro Matsunaga	22		24	24	Ret	Ret	1	Unknown
93/94	Junko Mihara	22		24	24	Ret	Ret	1	Unknown
95	Akihiro Higashi			Ret			27	0	Unknown
96	Isao Shibata	DNS					27	0	Unknown
97	Toshihiko Nogami						27	0	Unknown
NC	Takamasa Nakagawa	DNS	Ret			Ret	Ret	0	Unknown
NC	Charles Kwan	DNS	Ret			Ret		0	Unknown
NC	Katsutomo Kaneishi		Ret	DNS				0	Unknown
NC	Minoru Tanaka			Ret				0	Unknown
NC	Yasufumi Yamakazi					Ret		0	Unknown
NC	Prasert Aphiphunya						Ret	0	Unknown
NC	Kriangkrai Limnantarak						Ret	0	Unknown
NC	Shoji Kasai	DNS						0	0.00 km
NC	Sanshu Tanaka	DNS						0	0.00 km
NC	Yasuo Kusakabe	DNS						0	0.00 km
Pos	Driver	SUG	SUZ	TSU	SEN	AUT	FUJ	Pts	Distance

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole
Italics - Fastest lap

References

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