1992 Japanese Touring Car Championship Explained

The 1992 Japanese Touring Car Championship season was the 8th edition of the series. It began at TI Circuit Aida on 15 March and finished after eight events at Fuji Speedway on 8 November. The championship was won by Masahiro Hasemi, driving for Hasemi Motorsport.^{[1] [2]}

Teams & Drivers

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds Hasemi Motorsport Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 1 Hideo Fukuyama JTC-1 All Masahiro Hasemi All Team Taisan Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 2 Kunimitsu Takahashi JTC-1 All Keiichi Tsuchiya All BMW M3 Sport Evolution 24 Hironori Takeuchi JTC-2 All Fumio Mutoh 1-2, 6-8 Masaki Tanaka 3 Motoshi Sekine 4-8 26 Fuminori Mizuno JTC-2 All Atsushi Kawamoto 1-2, 4-8 Anthony Reid 3 Team Koyama Garage Isuzu Gemini JT191 5 Tsutomu Azuma JTC-3 8 Akihiro Higashi 8 Isao Shibata 8 Unknown Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 6 Junko Mihara JTC-3 2 Unknown Honda Civic EG6 7 Yoshio Hattori JTC-3 8 Kenta Shimamura 8 Yutaka Tomii 8 FET Racing Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 8 Kiyoshi Misaki JTC-1 All Naoki Nagasaka All AP National Honda Civic EF9 9 Prasert Aphiphunya JTC-3 8 Kriangkrai Limnantarak 8 Object T Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 11 Hisashi Wada JTC-3 1-2 Hisashi Yokoshima 1-2 Toyota Corolla Levin AE101 Hisashi Wada JTC-3 3-8 Hisashi Yokoshima 3-8 Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 22 Tom Kristensen JTC-1 All Kazuo Shimizu All Team Impul Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 12 Kazuyoshi Hoshino JTC-1 All Masahiko Kageyama All Mooncraft Honda Civic EF9 14 Naoki Hattori JTC-3 1-6 Katsutomo Kaneishi 1-6 Honda Civic EG6 Naoki Hattori JTC-3 7-8 Katsutomo Kaneishi 7-8 Cherena Racing Team BMW M3 Sport Evolution 17 Ryuichi Natsukawa JTC-2 1, 3-8 Kazuaki Takamura 1, 3, 5, 7 Masahiko Kondō 4, 6, 8 Asano Racing Service Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 18 Takeo Asano JTC-3 All Makoto Hagiwara All Racing Project Bandoh Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 19 Hiroyuki Kawai JTC-3 1-7 Mitsutake Koma 1-7 Toyota Corolla Levin AE101 Hiroyuki Kawai JTC-3 8 Mitsutake Koma 8 Hitotsuyama Racing BMW M3 Sport Evolution 21 Hideshi Matsuda JTC-2 All Mikio Hitotsuyama 1, 3, 5, 7-8 Yasushi Hitotsuyama 2, 4, 6, 8 Team Advan Toyota Corolla Levin AE101 25 Morio Nitta JTC-3 2-8 Keiichi Suzuki 2-8 BVDR Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 28 Takeshi Kubo JTC-3 3, 6-8 Akira Shibata 3, 6-8 Yasuo Kusakabe 7-8 B-ing Kegani Racing BMW M3 Sport Evolution 29 Kazuo Mogi JTC-2 All Sakai Obata 1-3, 5-8 Hideyuki Tamamoto 4 Concept L Racing Team Honda Civic EF9 32 Takahiko Hara JTC-3 1-6 Masami Kageyama 1-6 Honda Civic EG6 Takahiko Hara JTC-3 7-8 Masami Kageyama 7-8 Honda Civic EF9 77 Masahiko Hanayama JTC-3 7-8 Nobukazu Katsura 7-8 Racing Forum Honda Civic EF9 33 Yasuo Muramatsu JTC-3 1-7 Kumi Sato 1-7 Honda Civic EG6 Yasuo Muramatsu JTC-3 8 Kumi Sato 8 Auto Tech Racing BMW M3 Sport Evolution 34 Derek Higgins JTC-2 6, 8 Paul Radisich 6, 8 35 Andrew Gilbert-Scott JTC-2 All Roland Ratzenberger All Toyota Team TOM's Toyota Corolla Levin AE101 36 Pierre-Henri Raphanel JTC-3 All Masanori Sekiya All 37 Kaoru Hoshino JTC-3 All Víctor Rosso All Kinku Boston Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 39 Tsuyoshi Mouri JTC-3 4 Atsushi Okuda 4 Fuyu Takashi 4 Nismo Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 55 Takayuki Kinoshita JTC-1 All Anders Olofsson All Team Over Take BMW M3 Sport Evolution 61 Takamasa Nakagawa JTC-2 All Eiichi Tajima All 62 Kevin Wong JTC-2 2-5, 7-8 Charles Kwan 2, 5-6, 8 Winston Mak 3-4, 7-8 Akira Watanabe 3, 6-7 Shunji Kasuya 4 Team Noji BMW M3 Sport Evolution 63 Katsunori Iketani JTC-2 8 Hiroyuki Noji 8 Hisashi Shimura 8 Team Yamato Honda Civic EF9 67 Tsugio Oba JTC-3 4, 7-8 Katsuaki Sato 4, 7-8 Masahiro Imamura 7-8 IPF Wako's BMW M3 Sport Evolution 72 Toru Horigome JTC-2 1-4, 6-8 Norio Makiguchi 1-4, 6-8 Tetsuya Ota 1-4 Seiichi Sodeyama 8 Unknown Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 83 M.V. Manitto JTC-1 8 Ratanakul Prutirat Serireongrith 8 Kenji HKS Racing Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 87 Yukihiro Hane JTC-1 1, 3-4, 6-8 Osamu Hagiwara 1, 3, 6-8 Shigeki Matsui 4 Kawasho Toyota Corolla Levin AE101 88 Masahiro Matsunaga JTC-3 4, 6, 8 Junko Mihara 4, 6, 8 Shinichi Yamaji 4, 6, 8 Moritani Honda Civic EF9 90 Masami Miyoshi JTC-3 All Kenji Kuroki 1 Kouzi Takubo 2 Hikari Inami 3, 5 Tsutomo Hiraoka 4 Hirokazu Ebihara 6 Kenji Hongo 7 Masayoshi Nishikakinouchi 8 Mugen Honda Honda Civic EF9 100 Osamu Nakako JTC-3 1-3 Hideki Okada 1-3 Honda Civic EG6 Osamu Nakako JTC-3 4-8 Hideki Okada 4-8

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
			JTC-1 Winning Drivers	JTC-2 Winning Drivers	JTC-3 Winning Drivers
1	TI Circuit Aida, Okayama	15 March	1 Hasemi Motorsport	61 Team Take One	100 Mugen Honda
			Hideo Fukuyama Masahiro Hasemi	Takamasa Nakagawa Eiichi Tajima	Osamu Nakako Hideki Okada
2	Autopolis, Ōita	26 April	55 Nismo	29 B-ing Kegani Racing	25 Team Advan
			Takayuki Kinoshita Anders Olofsson	Kazuo Mogi Sakai Obata	Morio Nitta Keiichi Suzuki
3	Sportsland SUGO, Miyagi	17 May	12 Team Impul	26 Team Taisan	100 Mugen Honda
			Kazuyoshi Hoshino Masahiko Kageyama	Fuminori Mizuno Anthony Reid	Osamu Nakako Hideki Okada
4	Suzuka Circuit, Mie	5 July	22 Object T	61 Team Take One	11 Object T
			Tom Kristensen Kazuo Shimizu	Takamasa Nakagawa Eiichi Tajima	Hisashi Wada Hisashi Yokoshima
5	Mine Central Circuit, Yamaguchi	9 August	1 Hasemi Motorsport	29 B-ing Kegani Racing	37 Toyota Team TOM's
			Hideo Fukuyama Masahiro Hasemi	Kazuo Mogi Sakai Obata	Kaoru Hoshino Víctor Rosso
6	Tsukuba Circuit, Ibaraki	23 August	12 Team Impul	61 Team Take One	100 Mugen Honda
			Kazuyoshi Hoshino Masahiko Kageyama	Takamasa Nakagawa Eiichi Tajima	Osamu Nakako Hideki Okada
7	Sendai Hi-Land Raceway, Miyagi	20 September	12 Team Impul	35 Auto Tech Racing	14 Mooncraft
			Kazuyoshi Hoshino Masahiko Kageyama	Andrew Gilbert-Scott Roland Ratzenberger	Naoki Hattori Katsutomo Kaneishi
8	Fuji Speedway, Shizuoka	8 November	55 Nismo	34 Auto Tech Racing	100 Mugen Honda
			Takayuki Kinoshita Anders Olofsson	Derek Higgins Paul Radisich	Osamu Nakako Hideki Okada

Championship Standings

Points were awarded 20, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 to the 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 AID AUT SUG SUZ MIN TSU SEN FUJ Pts Distance JTC-1 1 Masahiro Hasemi 1 7 5 2 1 4 3 2 110 1607.56 km 2 Hideo Fukuyama 1 7 5 2 1 4 3 2 110 1167.86 km 3 Tom Kristensen 2 2 4 1 2 5 5 3 103 1449.72 km 4 Kazuo Shimizu 2 2 4 1 2 5 5 3 103 1322.56 km 5 Anders Olofsson 9 1 2 4 NC 3 2 1 100 1503.17 km 6 Takayuki Kinoshita 9 1 2 4 NC 3 2 1 100 971.01 km 7 Kazuyoshi Hoshino Ret 3 1 Ret Ret 1 1 6 78 966.81 km 8 Masahiko Kageyama Ret 3 1 Ret Ret 1 1 6 78 706.64 km 9 Keiichi Tsuchiya 4 Ret 3 3 17 2 4 17 74 1275.98 km 10 Kunimitsu Takahashi 4 Ret 3 3 17 2 4 17 74 1116.19 km 11 Yukihiro Hane 15 6 5 7 6 4 42 Unknown 12 Osamu Hagiwara 15 6 7 6 4 34 Unknown 13/14 Kiyoshi Misaki 3 Ret 7 Ret Ret Ret 7 5 28 Unknown 13/14 Naoki Nagasaka 3 Ret 7 Ret Ret Ret 7 5 28 Unknown 15 Shigeki Matsui 5 8 Unknown 16/17 M.V. Manitto 10 4 Unknown 16/17 Ratanakul Prutirat Serireongrith 10 4 Unknown JTC-2 1 Kazuo Mogi Ret 4 9 17 3 9 9 22 92 1261.94 km 2 Sakai Obata Ret 4 9 3 9 9 22 88 876.81 km 3 Eiichi Tajima 6 Ret 19 6 5 6 25 26 86 1126.24 km 4 Takamasa Nakagawa 6 Ret 19 6 5 6 25 26 86 1120.78 km 5 Roland Ratzenberger Ret 5 10 7 4 13 8 Ret 85 1003.24 km 6 Andrew Gilbert-Scott Ret 5 10 7 4 13 8 Ret 85 899.45 km 7 Hideshi Matsuda 12 16 Ret 13 6 8 10 8 81 1358.47 km 8 Fuminori Mizuno 13 6 8 10 Ret 15 13 27 72 1363.53 km 9 Norio Makiguchi Ret 8 11 12 11 11 9 62 982.29 km 10 Atsushi Kawamoto 13 6 10 Ret 15 13 27 52 701.96 km 11 Toru Horigome DNS 8 11 DNS 11 11 9 52 Unknown 12 Yasushi Hitotsuyama 16 13 8 8 44 Unknown 13 Ryuichi Natsukawa 14 21 18 7 Ret 17 11 41 Unknown 14 Mikio Hitotsuyama 12 Ret 6 10 DNS 37 Unknown 15 Tetsuya Ota Ret 8 11 12 30 Unknown 16 Kevin Wong Ret 23 14 10 15 20 30 Unknown 17 Kazuaki Takamura 14 21 7 17 28 Unknown 18/19 Derek Higgins 23 7 23 Unknown 18/19 Paul Radisich 23 7 23 Unknown 20 Anthony Reid 8 20 Unknown 21 Hironori Takeuchi Ret 9 24 Ret Ret 20 Ret 24 19 Unknown 22 Winston Mak 23 14 DNS 20 18 Unknown 23 Fumio Mutoh Ret 9 20 Ret 24 16 Unknown 24 Masahiko Kondō 18 Ret 11 13 Unknown 25 Seiichi Sodeyama 9 12 Unknown 26 Akira Watanabe 23 Ret 15 10 Unknown 27 Motoshi Sekine Ret Ret 20 Ret 24 8 Unknown 28 Charles Kwan Ret 10 Ret DNS 6 Unknown 29 Shunji Kasuya 14 6 Unknown 30 Hideyuki Tamamoto 17 4 Unknown 31 Masaki Tanaka 24 3 Unknown NC Katsunori Iketani Ret 0 Unknown NC Hiroyuki Noji Ret 0 Unknown NC Hisashi Shimura Ret 0 Unknown JTC-3 1 Osamu Nakako 5 12 12 Ret Ret 10 24 12 93 960.70 km 2 Hideki Okada 5 12 12 Ret Ret 10 24 12 93 866.19 km 3 Naoki Hattori 8 13 18 9 Ret 24 12 13 77 1209.57 km 4 Katsutomo Kaneishi 8 13 18 9 Ret 24 12 13 77 1077.74 km 5 Kaoru Hoshino Ret 14 13 19 8 21 19 Ret 60 909.49 km 6 Víctor Rosso Ret 14 13 19 8 21 19 Ret 60 899.18 km 7 Hisashi Yokoshima 16 11 17 8 Ret 16 Ret Ret 57 862.03 km 8 Hisashi Wada 16 11 17 8 Ret 16 Ret Ret 57 722.19 km 9 Masami Kageyama Ret Ret 16 11 12 Ret 14 14 57 897.02 km 10 Takahiko Hara Ret Ret 16 11 12 Ret 14 14 57 877.36 km 11/12 Morio Nitta 10 Ret Ret 9 22 18 16 55 Unknown 11/12 Keiichi Suzuki 10 Ret Ret 9 22 18 16 55 Unknown 13/14 Pierre-Henri Raphanel 11 Ret 14 Ret 15 18 16 15 52 Unknown 13/14 Masanori Sekiya 11 Ret 14 Ret 15 18 16 15 52 Unknown 15 Masami Miyoshi Ret 15 22 15 13 12 22 18 50 Unknown 16/17 Hiroyuki Kawai 7 Ret 20 16 11 Ret 20 19 48 Unknown 16/17 Mitsutake Koma 7 Ret 20 16 11 Ret 20 19 48 Unknown 18/19 Yasuo Muramatsu 10 17 15 Ret 14 Ret Ret Ret 30 Unknown 18/19 Kumi Sato 10 17 15 Ret 14 Ret Ret Ret 30 Unknown 20/21 Takeo Asano 17 DNS 25 21 16 19 Ret Ret 17 Unknown 20/21 Makoto Hagiwara 17 DNS 25 21 16 19 Ret Ret 17 Unknown 22 Hirokazu Ebihara 12 15 Unknown 23/24 Masahiro Matsunaga 20 17 21 15 Unknown 23/24 Shinichi Yamaji 20 17 21 15 Unknown 25/26 Takeshi Kubo Ret 14 Ret 25 13 Unknown 25/26 Akira Shibata Ret 14 Ret 25 13 Unknown 27 Junko Mihara DNS DNS 17 21 11 Unknown 28 Hikari Inami 22 13 10 Unknown 29 Tsutomu Hiraoka 15 8 Unknown 30 Kouzi Takubo 15 6 Unknown 31 Masayoshi Nishikakinouchi 18 6 Unknown 32/33 Masahiko Hanayama 21 28 4 Unknown 32/33 Nobukazu Katsura 21 28 4 Unknown 34/35 Tsugio Oba 22 23 Ret 4 Unknown 34/35 Katsuaki Sato 22 23 Ret 4 Unknown 36 Kenji Hongo 22 3 Unknown 37/38/39 Tsutomu Azuma 23 2 Unknown 37/38/39 Akihiro Higashi 23 2 Unknown 37/38/39 Isao Shibata 23 2 Unknown 40/41/42 Tsuyoshi Mouri 23 1 Unknown 40/41/42 Atsushi Okuda 23 1 Unknown 40/41/42 Fuyu Takashi 23 1 Unknown 43 Yasuo Kusakabe Ret 25 1 Unknown NC Masahiro Imamura DNS Ret 0 Unknown NC Kenji Kuroki Ret 0 Unknown NC Yoshio Hattori Ret 0 Unknown NC Kenta Shimamura Ret 0 Unknown NC Yutaka Tomii Ret 0 Unknown NC Prasert Aphihanya DNS 0 0.00 km NC Kurienkurai Limnantharak DNS 0 0.00 km Pos Driver AID AUT SUG SUZ MIN TSU SEN FUJ Pts Distance

Bold - Pole Italics - Fastest lap

Notes and References

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