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Motor racing event
Layout of the Fuji Speedway (1987–2003)

The All Japan Fuji 1000 km, was the sixth round of the 1990 All Japan Sports Prototype Championship and the fourth round of the 1990 Fuji Long Distance Series which was held at the Fuji International Speedway, on October 7, in front of a crowd of approximately 41,000.

Report

Entry

A total of 19 cars were entered for the event, in two classes, one for cars running to Group C1 specification and the other to IMSA GTP regulations.

Qualifying

The Nissan Motorsport car of Anders Olofsson and Masahiro Hasemi took pole position, in their Nissan R90CP ahead of team mates Kazuyoshi Hoshino and Toshio Suzuki, by 0.428secs.

Race

The race was held over 224 laps of the Fuji circuit, a distance of 1000 km (actual distance was 1001.28 km). Roland Ratzenberger, and Naoki Nagasaka took the winner spoils for the Toyota Team SARD, driving their Toyota 89C-V. They won with a time of 5hr 57:15.832mins., averaging a speed of 168.158 km/h (104.489 mph). Second place went to Kazuyoshi Hoshino and Toshio Suzuki in the pole sitting Nissan Motorsport’s Nissan R90CP who finished about 1 minute and 18 seconds adrift. Five laps down, in third place was the Alpha Racing Porsche 962 C of Stanley Dickens and Will Hoy.

Classification

Result

Class Winners are in Bold text.

Pos. No. Class Drivers Entrant Car - Engine Time, Laps Reason Out
1st 39 C1 Austria Roland Ratzenberger Japan Naoki Nagasaka Toyota Team SARD Toyota 89C-V 5:57:15.832
2nd 23 C1 Japan Kazuyoshi Hoshino Japan Toshio Suzuki Nissan Motorsports Nissan R90CP 5:58:34.540
3rd 2 C1 Sweden Stanley Dickens United Kingdom Will Hoy Alpha Racing Porsche 962C 219
4th 55 C1 Sweden Eje Elgh Australia Tomas Mezera Omron Racing Team Porsche 962C 214
5th 24 C1 Japan Masahiro Hasemi Sweden Anders Olofsson Nissan Motorsports Nissan R90CP 214
6th 203 GTP Brazil Maurizio Sandro Sala Japan Yoshimi Katayama Mazdaspeed Mazda 767B 211
7th 201 GTP Republic of Ireland David Kennedy Belgium Pierre Dieudonné Mazdaspeed Mazda 787 208
DNF 37 C1 France Pierre-Henri Raphanel Japan Masanori Sekiya Japan Hitoshi Ogawa Toyota Team Tom's Toyota 90C-V 189 Transmission
9th 230 GTP Japan Tetsuji Shiratori Japan Syuuji Fujii Pleasure Racing Mazda 757B 183
DNF 7 C1 United Kingdom Tiff Needell United Kingdom Derek Bell United Kingdom Anthony Reid The Alpha Racing Porsche 962C 167 Suspension
DNF 1 C1 Japan Kunimitsu Takahashi Japan Kazuo Mogi Advan Alpha Nova Porsche 962C 124 Accident
DNF 33 C1 United Kingdom Johnny Herbert Sweden Rickard Rydell Takefuji Racing Team Porsche 962C 110 Accident
DNF 27 C1 Japan Akihiko Nakaya Germany Volker Weidler Japan Yukihiro Hane From A Racing Porsche 962C 98 Accident
DNF 85 C1 Japan Takao Wada Japan Osamu Nakako Cabin Racing Team With Team Le Mans Nissan R90V 97 Transmission
DNF 202 GTP Japan Yojiro Terada Japan Takashi Yorino Mazdaspeed Mazda 787 39 Transmission
DNF 88 C1 Japan Jirou Yoneyama Japan Hisatoyo Goto Japan Hideo Fukuyama British Barn Racing Team British Barn BB90R 36 Electrics
DNF 100 C1 South Africa George Fouché Sweden Steven Andskär Trust Racing Team Porsche 962C 20 Engine
DNF 36 C1 Japan Hitoshi Ogawa Japan Keiichi Suzuki Japan Takuya Kurosawa Toyota Team Tom's Toyota 89C-V 10 Engine
DSQ 240 GTP Japan "Nogami" Japan Kazuhiko Oda Japan Keiichi Mizutani Lenox Racing Mazda 757 ? Engine repair with outside assistance

References

  1. ^ "Fuji 1000 Kilometres 1990 - Racing Sports Cars".
  2. "Fuji 1000 Kilometres 1990 - Photo Gallery - Racing Sports Cars".
  3. "[OTHER] Nissan's Gr. C racing cars results in Japan, 1990-92 | Nissan Heritage Collection". www.nissan-global.com.
  4. "Fuji 1000 Kilometres 1990 - Photo Gallery - Racing Sports Cars".
  5. "Fuji 1000 Kilometres 1990 - Photo Gallery - Racing Sports Cars".
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