1993 Japanese Touring Car Championship Explained

The 1993 Japanese Touring Car Championship season was the 9th edition of the series and the last to be run under Group A regulations. It began at Mine Central Circuit on 14 March and finished after nine events at Fuji Speedway on 31 October. The championship was won by Masahiko Kageyama, driving for Team Impul.^{[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 26 Fuminori Mizuno JTC-2 1-4, 6, 8-9 Kazuo Mogi 1-4, 6, 8-9 Team 5Zigen Toyota Corolla Levin AE101 5 Mika Salo JTC-3 All Masayoshi Nishikakinouchi 1-5 Minoru Tanaka 6-9 Unknown Isuzu Gemini JT191 7 Akihiko Saka JTC-3 3 Minoru Tanaka 3 FET Racing Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 8 Kiyoshi Misaki JTC-1 All Naoki Nagasaka All Object T Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 11 Tom Kristensen JTC-1 All Hisashi Yokoshima All Team Impul Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 12 Masahiko Kageyama JTC-1 All Kazuyoshi Hoshino 1-2, 4-9 Anders Olofsson 3 Mooncraft Honda Civic EG6 14 Naoki Hattori JTC-3 All Katsutomo Kaneishi All Asano Racing Service Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 18 Takeo Asano JTC-3 1, 3-4, 6-9 Makoto Hagiwara 1, 3-4, 6-9 Racing Project Bandoh Toyota Corolla Levin AE101 19 Hiroyuki Kawai JTC-3 All Mitsutake Koma 1, 3, 5-9 Tomoyuki Hosono 2, 9 James Kaye 4 Hitotsuyama Racing BMW M3 Sport Evolution 21 Takayuki Kinoshita JTC-2 1, 3-9 Yasushi Hitotsuyama 2, 4, 6-7, 9 Anders Olofsson 2 Mikio Hitotsuyama 1, 3, 5, 8 22 JTC-2 9 Fumio Mutoh 9 Team Advan Toyota Corolla Levin AE101 25 Morio Nitta JTC-3 All Keiichi Suzuki All Asahi Kiko Sport Team BMW M3 Sport Evolution 27 Atsushi Kawamoto JTC-2 All Anthony Reid All Unknown Toyota Corolla Levin AE101 28 Akira Shibata JTC-3 9 Yusaku Shibata 9 Concept L Racing Team Honda Civic EG6 32 Takahiko Hara JTC-3 1, 3-9 Masami Kageyama 1, 3-9 77 Nobukazu Katsura JTC-3 1 Kumi Sato 1 Honda Civic Ferio EG9 Shinichi Katsura JTC-3 3-9 Masahiko Hanayama 3, 8-9 Kumi Sato 4-7 Racing Forum Honda Civic EG6 33 Kazuo Shimizu JTC-3 1, 3-9 Yasuo Muramatsu 1-6, 9 Toshihiro Yoshida 2, 7-8 Auto Tech Racing BMW M3 Sport Evolution 35 Andrew Gilbert-Scott JTC-2 All Akihiko Nakaya 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 Tetsuya Tanaka All Nismo Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 55 Akira Iida JTC-1 All Toshio Suzuki All Team Take One BMW M3 Sport Evolution 61 Thomas Danielsson JTC-2 All Eiichi Tajima All 62 Kevin Wong JTC-2 1, 3-6, 8-9 Charles Kwan 1, 3-4, 6, 9 Winston Mak 5, 8-9 Team Yamato Honda Civic EF9 67 Tsugio Oba JTC-3 4, 8-9 Katsuaki Sato 4, 8-9 Masahiro Imamura 9 IPF Wako's BMW M3 Sport Evolution 72 Norio Makiguchi JTC-2 All Hideshi Matsuda All HKS Racing Co. Ltd. Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 87 Osamu Hagiwara JTC-1 All Yukihiro Hane All Mugen Honda Honda Civic EG6 100 Osamu Nakako JTC-3 All Hideki Okada 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
			JTC-1 Winning Drivers	JTC-2 Winning Drivers	JTC-3 Winning Drivers
1	Mine Central Circuit, Yamaguchi	14 March	#12 Team Impul	35 Auto Tech Racing	100 Mugen Honda
			Kazuyoshi Hoshino Masahiko Kageyama	Andrew Gilbert-Scott Akihiko Nakaya	Osamu Nakako Hideki Okada
2	Autopolis, Ōita	25 April	#2 Team Taisan	35 Auto Tech Racing	14 Mooncraft
			Kunimitsu Takahashi Keiichi Tsuchiya	Andrew Gilbert-Scott Akihiko Nakaya	Naoki Hattori Katsutomo Kaneishi
3	Sportsland SUGO, Miyagi	16 May	#87 HKS Racing Co. Ltd.	35 Auto Tech Racing	100 Mugen Honda
			Yukihiro Hane Osamu Hagiwara	Andrew Gilbert-Scott Akihiko Nakaya	Osamu Nakako Hideki Okada
4	Suzuka Circuit, Mie	4 June	#1 Hasemi Motorsport	35 Auto Tech Racing	14 Mooncraft
			Masahiro Hasemi Hideo Fukuyama	Andrew Gilbert-Scott Akihiko Nakaya	Naoki Hattori Katsutomo Kaneishi
5	TI Circuit Aida, Okayama	8 August	#12 Team Impul	27 Asahi Kiko Sport Team	14 Mooncraft
			Kazuyoshi Hoshino Masahiko Kageyama	Anthony Reid Atsushi Kawamoto	Naoki Hattori Katsutomo Kaneishi
6	Tsukuba Circuit, Ibaraki	22 August	#55 Nismo	72 IPF Wako's	5 Team 5Zigen
			Toshio Suzuki Akira Iida	Norio Makiguchi Hideshi Matsuda	Mika Salo Minoru Tanaka
7	Tokachi International Speedway, Hokkaidō	19 September	#12 Team Impul	35 Auto Tech Racing	100 Mugen Honda
			Kazuyoshi Hoshino Masahiko Kageyama	Andrew Gilbert-Scott Akihiko Nakaya	Osamu Nakako Hideki Okada
8	Sendai Hi-Land Raceway, Miyagi	10 October	#12 Team Impul	61 Team Take One	32 Concept L Racing Team
			Kazuyoshi Hoshino Masahiko Kageyama	Thomas Danielsson Eiichi Tajima	Masami Kageyama Takahiko Hara
9	Fuji Speedway, Shizuoka	31 October	#11 Object T	26 Team Taisan	14 Mooncraft
			Hisashi Yokoshima Tom Kristensen	Kazuo Mogi Fuminori Mizuno	Naoki Hattori Katsutomo Kaneishi

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 MIN AUT SUG SUZ AID TSU TOK SEN FUJ Pts Distance JTC-1 1 Masahiko Kageyama 1 3 2 3 1 2 1 1 Ret 134 1197.83 km 2 Kazuyoshi Hoshino 1 3 3 1 2 1 1 Ret 119 1264.75 km 3 Toshio Suzuki 14 5 3 5 2 1 2 18 3 106 1821.88 km 4 Akira Iida 14 5 3 5 2 1 2 18 3 106 1227.09 km 5 Hisashi Yokoshima 3 2 Ret 4 3 3 7 5 1 95 1412.22 km 6 Tom Kristensen 3 2 Ret 4 3 3 7 5 1 95 1368.53 km 7 Masahiro Hasemi 2 4 4 1 4 5 5 Ret 5 89 1547.49 km 8 Hideo Fukuyama 2 4 4 1 4 5 5 Ret 5 89 1237.04 km 9 Yukihiro Hane 9 Ret 1 19 Ret 9 3 2 4 79 1347.92 km 10 Osamu Hagiwara 9 Ret 1 19 Ret 9 3 2 4 79 1055.47 km 11/12 Kunimitsu Takahashi Ret 1 Ret 2 5 4 6 Ret Ret 59 Unknown 11/12 Keiichi Tsuchiya Ret 1 Ret 2 5 4 6 Ret Ret 59 Unknown 13/14 Kiyoshi Misaki Ret Ret 5 Ret Ret 16 4 3 2 49 Unknown 13/14 Naoki Nagasaka Ret Ret 5 Ret Ret 16 4 3 2 49 Unknown 15 Anders Olofsson 2 15 Unknown JTC-2 1 Andrew Gilbert-Scott 4 6 6 6 7 7 8 22 NC 134 1266.89 km 2 Akihiko Nakaya 4 6 6 6 7 7 8 22 NC 134 1229.69 km 3 Anthony Reid 10 7 9 16 6 8 9 7 7 117 1741.00 km 4 Atsushi Kawamoto 10 7 9 16 6 8 9 7 7 117 1217.47 km 5 Hideshi Matsuda 5 17 7 7 8 6 Ret 6 17 106 1585.64 km 6 Norio Makiguchi 5 17 7 7 8 6 Ret 6 17 106 1059.44 km 7 Kazuo Mogi 18 9 11 8 Ret 8 6 68 1036.57 km 8 Fuminori Mizuno 18 9 11 8 Ret 8 6 68 1028.38 km 9 Takayuki Kinoshita Ret 13 12 9 10 15 9 11 66 1342.22 km 10 Thomas Danielsson 17 10 8 Ret Ret 15 Ret 4 19 60 940.70 km 11 Eiichi Tajima 17 10 8 Ret Ret 15 Ret 4 19 60 Unknown 12 Yasushi Hitotsuyama 8 12 10 15 11 54 Unknown 13 Kevin Wong Ret 17 11 Ret 12 21 15 38 Unknown 14 Charles Kwan Ret 17 11 12 15 32 Unknown 15 Mikio Hitotsuyama Ret 13 9 9 18 30 Unknown 16 Winston Mak Ret 21 15 16 Unknown 17 Anders Olofsson 8 12 Unknown 18 Fumio Mutoh 18 6 Unknown JTC-3 1 Naoki Hattori Ret 11 14 9 10 Ret 14 12 8 112 1186.88 km 2 Katsutomo Kaneishi Ret 11 14 9 10 Ret 14 12 8 112 1174.42 km 3 Osamu Nakako 6 13 10 18 11 19 10 13 20 110 1418.07 km 4 Hideki Okada 6 13 10 18 11 19 10 13 20 110 1347.85 km 5 Morio Nitta 8 14 15 10 17 17 Ret 11 9 90 1354.38 km 6 Keiichi Suzuki 8 14 15 10 17 17 Ret 11 9 90 1233.44 km 7 Pierre-Henri Raphanel 7 12 20 DSQ 12 14 Ret 14 Ret 65 935.62 km 8 Masanori Sekiya 7 12 20 DSQ 12 14 Ret 14 Ret 65 760.62 km 9 Hiroyuki Kawai 19 18 16 14 13 18 11 15 Ret 63 1179.40 km 10 Shinichi Katsura 13 21 15 15 13 13 17 13 58 1415.76 km 11/12 Masami Kageyama Ret 12 13 18 Ret Ret 10 Ret 49 Unknown 11/12 Takahiko Hara Ret 12 13 18 Ret Ret 10 Ret 49 Unknown 13 Mitsutake Koma 19 16 13 18 11 15 Ret 49 Unknown 14 Mika Salo 16 15 18 Ret Ret 11 Ret Ret 12 47 Unknown 15 Kumi Sato 13 15 15 13 13 45 Unknown 16 Kazuo Shimizu 12 19 Ret 14 Ret 12 16 Ret 36 Unknown 17 Minoru Tanaka DNS 11 Ret Ret 12 28 Unknown 18/19 Tetsuya Tanaka 11 Ret 23 DSQ 16 Ret Ret Ret 10 26 Unknown 18/19 Kaoru Hoshino 11 Ret 23 DSQ 16 Ret Ret Ret 10 26 Unknown 20 Yasuo Muramatsu 12 16 19 Ret 14 Ret Ret 26 Unknown 21 Toshihiro Yoshida 16 12 16 22 Unknown 22 Masayoshi Nishikakinouchi 16 15 18 Ret Ret 17 Unknown 23 Masahiko Hanayama 21 17 13 13 Unknown 24/25 Takeo Asano 15 22 20 Ret Ret 20 16 13 Unknown 24/25 Makoto Hagiwara 15 22 20 Ret Ret 20 16 13 Unknown 26 James Kaye 14 8 Unknown 27/28 Katsuaki Sato 17 19 Ret 8 Unknown 27/28 Tsugio Oba 17 19 Ret 8 Unknown 29/30 Akira Shibata 14 6 Unknown 29/30 Yusaku Shibata 14 6 Unknown 31 Tomoyuki Hosono 18 Ret 4 Unknown NC Masahiro Imamura Ret 0 Unknown NC Akihiko Saka DNS 0 0.00 km Pos Driver MIN AUT SUG SUZ AID TSU TOK SEN FUJ Pts Distance

Bold - Pole Italics - Fastest lap

Notes and References

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