1991 All Japan Sports Prototype Car Endurance Championship Explained

The 1991 All Japan Sports Prototype Car Endurance Championship was the ninth season of the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The 1991 champion was the #23 Nissan Motorsports Nissan R91CP driven by Kazuyoshi Hoshino and Toshio Suzuki.

Schedule

All races were held in Japan.

RoundRaceCircuitDate
1All Japan Fuji 500 kmFuji Speedway10 March
2All Japan Fuji 1000 kmFuji Speedway5 May
3All Japan Fuji 500 MilesFuji Speedway21 July
4International Suzuka 1000 kmSuzuka Circuit25 August
5SUGO Inter 500 kmSportsland SUGO16 September
6Interchallenge Fuji 1000 kmFuji Speedway6 October
7SUGO Inter 500 MilesSportsland SUGO3 November

Entry list

TeamMakeCarEngineNo.DriversTyreRounds
Nissan MotorsportsNissanNissan R90CP
Nissan R91CP
Nissan VRH35Z 3.5 L Twin Turbo V81 Masahiro Hasemialign=center rowspan=4All
Anders OlofssonAll
23 Kazuyoshi HoshinoAll
Toshio SuzukiAll
Team TaisanPorschePorsche 962CPorsche 935/82 3.0 L Twin Turbo F62 Kunimitsu Takahashialign=center rowspan=51–2
Stanley Dickens1–2
Will Hoy2
Porsche 962/83 3.2 L Twin Turbo F63 Will Hoy1
Harald Huysman1
Navi Connection RacingAlexelAlexel Autorama C91Ford DFR 3.5 L V83 Kaoru Iidaalign=center rowspan=25–7
Taku Akaike5–7
The Alpha RacingPorschePorsche 962CPorsche 962/83 3.2 L Twin Turbo F67 Tiff Needellalign=center rowspan=61–3
Anthony Reid1–3
Raul Boesel6
Bob Wollek6
Jonathan Palmer7
Oscar Larrauri7
TWR Suntec JaguarJaguarJaguar XJR-11Rover V64V 3.5 L Twin Turbo V618 Mauro Martinialign=center rowspan=72–6
Jeff Krosnoff2–6
John Nielsen3–4
Jaguar XJR-14Cosworth HB 3.5 L V8 Mauro Martini7
Jeff Krosnoff7
17 David Brabham7
Teo Fabi7
Ao RacingSpiceSpice SE90CFord DFZ 3.5 L V821 Hideshi Matsudaalign=center rowspan=35–6
Hideo Fukuyama5–6
Tomiko Yoshikawa6
Team LeMansNissanNissan R90C
Nissan R91CP
Nissan VRH35Z 3.5 L Twin Turbo V825 Hideki Okadaalign=center rowspan=4All
Takao Wada1–4
Masahiko Kageyama3–7
Maurizio Sandro Sala4
From A RacingNissanNissan R90CKNissan VRH35Z 3.5 L Twin Turbo V827 Akihiko Nakayaalign=center rowspan=3All
Volker WeidlerAll
Thomas Danielsson2
Toyota Team TOM'SToyotaToyota 90C-V
Toyota 91C-V
Toyota R36V 3.6 L Turbo V836 Masanori Sekiyaalign=center rowspan=7All
Hitoshi OgawaAll
Andy Wallace2, 4
37 Geoff LeesAll
Eje Elgh2–7
Pierre-Henri Raphanel1
Andy Wallace4, 6
Toyota Team SARDToyotaToyota 90C-V
Toyota 91C-V
Toyota R36V 3.6 L Turbo V838 Roland Ratzenbergeralign=center rowspan=3All
Naoki Nagasaka1–4
Pierre-Henri Raphanel3–7
Team FedcoSpiceSpice SE91CFord DFZ 3.5 L V877 Hisashi Yokoshimaalign=center rowspan=22–3
Kiyoshi Misaki2–3
Team SchuppanPorschePorsche 962CPorsche 962/83 3.0 L Twin Turbo F691 Hurley Haywoodalign=center rowspan=21
James Weaver1
Team 0123PorschePorsche 962CPorsche 935/83 3.0 L Twin Turbo F691 Julian Baileyalign=center rowspan=34
Kenny Acheson4, 6
James Weaver6
Trust RacingPorschePorsche 962CPorsche 935/83 3.0 L Twin Turbo F6100 George Fouchéalign=center rowspan=2All
Steven AndskärAll
MazdaspeedMazdaMazda 787
Mazda 787B
Mazda R26B 2.6 L 4-rotor201 Tetsuya Otaalign=center rowspan=121
Pierre Dieudonné1, 7
David Kennedy1–2, 4–5
Johnny Herbert3, 6
Bertrand Gachot3
Yojiro Terada4–5, 7
Takashi Yorino4
Maurizio Sandro Sala6
202 Takashi Yorino1–3, 5–7
Yojiro Terada1–3
Tetsuya Ota2, 5
David Kennedy6–7
Pleasure RacingMazdaMazda 767BMazda RE13J 2.6 L 4-rotor230 Tetsuji Shiratorialign=center rowspan=3All
Shuji FujiiAll
Masatomo Shimizu1–6

Season results

Season results as follows:[1]

RoundCircuitWinning Team
Winning Drivers
1Mt. Fuji
Kazuyoshi Hoshino
Toshio Suzuki
2Mt. Fuji
Report
Kazuyoshi Hoshino
Toshio Suzuki
3Mt. Fuji
  1. 36 Toyota Team TOM'S Toyota 91C-V
Hitoshi Ogawa
Masanori Sekiya
4Suzuka Circuit
Report
  1. 38 Toyota Team SARD Toyota 91C-V
5Sportsland SUGO
Report
Geoff Lees
Eje Elgh
6Mt. Fuji
Kazuyoshi Hoshino
Toshio Suzuki
7Sportsland SUGO
  1. 17 TWR Suntech Jaguar XJR-14

Point Ranking

Drivers

Rankwidth=160Driverswidth=240Number/TeamPointsWins
1 Kazuyoshi Hoshino
Toshio Suzuki
  1. 23 Nissan Motorsports Nissan R91CP
873
2 Hitoshi Ogawa
Masanori Sekiya
  1. 36 Toyota Team TOM'S Toyota 91C-V
851
3 Geoff Lees
  1. 37 Toyota Team TOM'S Toyota 91C-V
541
4 Volker Weidler
Akihiko Nakaya
  1. 27 From A Racing Nissan R90CK
52 0
5
  1. 100 Trust Racing Porsche 962C
520

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20091115110840/http://www.classicscars.com/wspr/results/jspc/jspc1991.html. 15 November 2009. JSPC 1991.