1985 All Japan Endurance Championship

1985 All Japan Endurance Championship

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The 1985 All Japan Endurance Championship was the third season of the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The 1985 champion was the #25 Advan Sports Nova Porsche 962C driven by Kunimitsu Takahashi.

Entry list

D/C/LD-1/LD-2

• For the WEC-Japan event, JSPC teams used different car numbers to avoid conflicts with the car numbers of the entrants of the World Sportscar Championship; each car's WEC-Japan race number is displayed in tooltips.

Team	Make	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Tyre	Rounds
Trust Racing Team	Porsche	Porsche 956B	Porsche 935/79 2.6 L Twin Turbo F6	1	Vern Schuppan	D	All
					Keiichi Suzuki		All
					George Fouché		5
Alpha Cubic Racing Team	MCS	MCS Guppy	BMW M12/7 2.0 L I4	2	Noritake Takahara	B	1–2
					Chiyomi Totani		1–2
	Porsche	Porsche 956B	Porsche 935/79 2.6 L Twin Turbo F6		Noritake Takahara		3–6
					Chiyomi Totani		3–6
					Keiichi Suzuki		3–4, 6
Auto Beaurex Motorsport	Toyota	TOM'S 85C	Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4	3	Naoki Nagasaka	D	2–6
					Taku Akaike		2–6
	Lotec	Lotec M1C	BMW M88 3.5 L I6	84	Kazuo Mogi	Y	All
					Toshio Motohashi		All
Garage Italya	Lancia	Lancia LC2/84	Lancia 268C 2.6 L Twin Turbo V8	6	Alessandro Nannini	D	2–3
					Henri Pescarolo		2, 4–5
					Lucio Cesario		3, 5
Rays Racing Division	Toyota	TOM'S 85C	Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4	8	Hitoshi Ogawa	D	2–6
					Tsunehisa Asai		2–6
Hasemi Motorsport	Nissan	Nissan Skyline Turbo C	Nissan LZ20B 2.1 L Turbo I4	11	Masahiro Hasemi	D	1–2
					Takao Wada		1–2
		Nissan R85V	Nissan VG30T/C 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6		Masahiro Hasemi		3–6
					Takao Wada		3–6
Panasport Japan	LeMans	LeMans LM04C	Nissan LZ20B 2.1 L Turbo I4	12	Keiji Matsumoto	B	1–2
					Osamu Nakako		1–2
		LeMans LM05C	Nissan FJ23T 2.3 L Turbo I4		Osamu Nakako		3–6
					Akio Morimoto		3–6
					Emanuele Pirro		5
Central 20 Racing Team	LeMans	LeMans LM04C	Nissan LZ20B 2.1 L Turbo I4	20	Haruhito Yanagida	D	1–2
					Takamasa Nakagawa		1–2
	Lola	Lola T810	Nissan VG30ET 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6		Haruhito Yanagida		3–6
					Takamasa Nakagawa		3–6
Hoshino Racing	Nissan	Nissan Silvia Turbo C	Nissan LZ20B 2.1 L Turbo I4	23	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	B	1–2
					Akira Hagiwara		1–2
		Nissan R85V	Nissan VG30T/C 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6		Kazuyoshi Hoshino		3–6
					Keiji Matsumoto		3–6
					Akira Hagiwara		3–6
ADVAN Sports Nova	Porsche	Porsche 962C	Porsche 935/82 3.0 L Twin Turbo F6	25	Kunimitsu Takahashi	Y	All
					Kenji Takahashi		All
From A Racing	Porsche	Porsche 956B	Porsche 935/79 2.6 L Twin Turbo F6	27	Jiro Yoneyama	D	All
					Hideki Okada		All
Misaki Speed	Toyota	TOM'S 85C	Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4	35	Kiyoshi Misaki	B	5
					Toshio Suzuki		5
					Kaoru Hoshino		5
TOM'S	Toyota	TOM'S 85C	Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4	36	Satoru Nakajima	B	All
					Masanori Sekiya		All
					Kaoru Hoshino		2–6
Team Ikuzawa	Toyota	TOM'S 85C	Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4	37	Tiff Needell	D	2–6
					James Weaver		2–6
Dome Motorsport	Toyota	TOM'S 84C	Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4	38	Eje Elgh	D	1
					Geoff Lees		1
		TOM'S 85C			Geoff Lees		2–6
					Toshio Suzuki		2
					Eje Elgh		3–6
Mazdaspeed	Mazda	Mazda 737C	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	85	Yoshimi Katayama	D	3–6
					Takashi Yorino		3–6
				86	Yojiro Terada		All
					Yoshimi Katayama		1–2
					Takashi Yorino		2
					David Kennedy		3–6
Top Fuel Racing	Mazda	Mazda RX-7 845	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	88	Norimasa Sakamoto	B	1–4
					Takayuki Imazu		1
					Hironobu Tatsumi		2–4
Mr S Racing Product	MCS	MCS Guppy	BMW M12/7 2.0 L I4	96	Shuji Fujii	D	5
					Seiichi Sodeyama		5
					Toru Sawada		5

B

Team	Make	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Tyre	Rounds
Meiwa MSC	Honda	Honda Civic	Honda EN1 1.3 L I4	5	Masami Fujita	B	1
					Ken Mizokawa		1
Toru Hirano	West	West 85S	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	5	Toru Hirano	B	4
					Genshoku Nakagawa		4
					Akihiro Matsuda		4
		West 83S-II	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	55	Toru Hirano		1
					Hirofumi Nishi		1
Shinryo Auto	West	West 83S-II	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	6	Akihiro Masuda	D	1
Seabreeze	Manatee	Manatee Mk.IV	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	7	Hajime Oshiro	D	4
					Hideshi Matsuda		4
					Eiji Yamada		4
Auto Kamida	West	West 85S	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	8	Masaharu Kinoshita	D	1
		West 83S-II		9	Shuji Fujii		1
		West 85S		17	Masako Fujiwara		4
					Michiko Okuyama		4
					Hideki Ogawa		4
Ishida Racing	West	West 83S-II	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	10	Nobuyuki Saka	B	1
					Nobuo Naka		1
		West 85S		14	Nobuyuki Saka		4
					Nobuo Naka		4
Auto European	West	West 83S-II	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	13	Katsunori Iketani	B	4
					Hideo Hosoya		4
					Ryuji Nakajima		4
Capris Enterprise	Mazda	Mazda RX-7 253	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	15	Kazuyoshi Sakamoto	B	4
					Hiroshi Noda		4
					Kenji Iya		4
Daiichi Hanbai	Manatee	Manatee Mk.IV	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	16	Ichiro Mizuno	B	1
					Taido Hashimoto		1
				24	Ichiro Mizuno		4
					Taido Hashimoto		4
					Yoshinori Sakurai		4
Tokico	Mazda	Mazda RX-7 254	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	18	Kazuhiko Oda	D	2–4
					Akira Watanabe		2–4
					Makoto Ohto		3
Samejima SS	West	West 85S	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	19	Takamasa Nakagawa	D	4
					Shuji Hyodo		4
KanBS	Manatee	Manatee Mk.IV	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	21	Yukinobu Mizutani	D	1
					Yoshinori Sakurai		1
Target 1/Cosmos	Manatee	Manatee Mk.IV	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	22	Yukinobu Mizutani	D	4
					Masaki Ohashi		4
					Yoshifumi Yamazaki		4
Cream Matsugae	West	West 83S-II	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	29	Norihiro Takeda	D	1
					Shinji Yamauchi		1
Hiro Racing	Hiro	Hiro HRS-1	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	30	Kozo Okumura	D	4
					Fuminori Shimogishi		4
Horii Racing	West	West 83S-II	Honda EN1 1.3 L I4	31	Nobuyoshi Horii	B	1, 4
					Kenji Abe		1, 4
Central Supply	West	West 83S-II	Honda EN1 1.3 L I4	32	Kazuo Emi	B	4
					Toshiharu Suzuki		4
Daimyojin	West	West 83S-II	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	33	Keiichi Mizutani	D	1
					Hiroyuki Kondo		1
Cockpit Inazawa	Manatee	Manatee Mk.IV	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	37	Tetsuya Kasai	B	1
					Koji Sato		1
THK Bearing	Manatee	Manatee Mk.IV	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	37	Tetsuya Kasai	B	4
					Koji Sato		4
					Fumiko Shinoda		4
First Morlding	Collage	Collage FM45	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	45	Makio Nonaka	D	1, 4
					Masuo Takada		4
Team A-One	Oscar	Oscar SK85	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	46	Keiichi Mizutani	D	4
					Sadayumi Nakajima		4
Shuroku Sasaki	Oscar	Oscar SK85	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	47	Shuroku Sasaki	D	4
					Hisatoyo Goto		4
Seiichi Sodeyama	Maxim	Maxim 61S	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	61	Seiichi Sodeyama	D	4
					Shigeki Matsui		4
Motul	West	West 83S-II	Honda EN1 1.3 L I4	66	Masashi Kitagawa	B	1, 4
					Toshiharu Murata		1, 4
Team Yamato	Honda	Honda Ballade Sports CR-X	Honda D16A 1.6 L I4	67	Tsuguo Ohba	B	1–4, 6
					Katsuaki Sato		1–2, 4
					Ken Mizokawa		2–4, 6
Tuning Shop First	Toyota	Toyota Sprinter Trueno	Toyota 4A 1.6 L I4	68	Satoshi Fujita	D	4
					Shuzo Harako		4
					Toshio Fujimura		4
Senki	West	West 83S-II	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	77	Senkichiro Takeuchi	D	4
					Seiji Omura		4
NEF	BMW	BMW 320i	BMW S14 2.0 L I4	80	Adrian Fu	D	4
					Michael Liu		4

A

Team	Make	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Tyre	Rounds
Kawamura Bankin	Nissan	Nissan Sunny	Nissan A12 1.3 L I4	10	Yasumi Fukao	D	1
					Koichi Nishikawa		1
Ogawa	Nissan	Nissan Sunny	Nissan A12 1.3 L I4	15	Shigehito Hirabayashi	D	1
					Hideki Iida		1
Car Shop Kakogawa	Nissan	Nissan Sunny	Nissan A12 1.3 L I4	18	Kiyotaka Nonomura	D	1
					Mitsuo Yamamoto		1
Nagao Fukushima	Toyota	Toyota Starlet	Toyota 4K-E 1.3 L I4	98	Nagao Fukushima	D	1
					Kazuhiro Tokuda		1

GTX

Team	Make	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Tyre	Rounds
Norikura Engineering	Nissan	Nissan Silvia	Nissan FJ20 2.1 L I4	176	Yoshimasa Fujiwara	B	5
					Makio Nonaka		5
					Junichi Igura		5

LD-2

Team	Make	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Tyre	Rounds
Sansho Kogyo	Mazda	Mazda RX-7 825	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	6	Yoshimasa Matsumoto	D	6
					Kenichi Kaneko		6
All by Tabata	Mazda	Mazda RX-7 253	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	7	Kenji Shiono	D	3
					Masami Yoshino		3
RE Amemiya	Mazda	Mazda RX-7 254	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	14	Satoshi Egura	D	3
					Isao Itagaki		3
					Yasuo Inoue		3
ERC	Mazda	Mazda RX-7 253	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	16	Masaatsu Oya	D	3, 6
					Kinji Suzuki		3, 6
OZ Racing	Mazda	Mazda RX-7 254	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	24	Kenji Seino	D	2, 6
					Mutsuo Kazama		2, 6
Mazda Sport Car Club	Mazda	Mazda RX-7 254	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	30	Iwao Sugai	D	2–3, 6
					Hiroshi Sugai		2–3, 6
Mazda Auto Nishi Tokyo	Mazda	Mazda RX-7 254	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	55	Toshiyuki Abe	D	2, 6
					Toshihiro Fukazawa		2, 6
					Shigeru Miura		2, 6
gains/OPTION	Nissan	Nissan Fairlady Z	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	56	Eiji Yamada	Y	2–3, 6
					Nobuo Komiya		2–3, 6
					Shinichi Katsura		2
AMRC	Mazda	Mazda RX-7 253	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	61	Shinya Nishizawa	D	3
					Fumio Suzuki		3
				81	Shinya Nishizawa		3
					Fumio Suzuki		3
Build Factory	Nissan	Nissan Fairlady Z	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	68	Tetsuya Kawasaki	D	3, 6
					Shuji Fujii		3, 6
Tomei Jidosha	Nissan	Nissan Sunny	Nissan A12 1.3 L I4	71	Yoshiaki Jitsukawa	D	3, 6
					Motoji Sekine		3
					Hiroyuki Nodi		6
Koyata Engei Racing	Mazda	Mazda RX-7 254	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	80	Shigeru Yokoyama	Y	2–3, 6
					Akio Yokoyama		2–3, 6
					Hachiro Saeki		2
					Kenichi Suzuki		3

LD-3

Team	Make	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Tyre	Rounds
Myspeed	Toyota	Toyota Sprinter Trueno	Toyota 4A 1.6 L I4	5	Koichi Tahara	D	2
					"A. Kharn"		2
Toshio Aoyama	Toyota	Toyota Corolla Levin	Toyota 4A 1.6 L I4	19	Toshio Aoyama	D	6
					Yoshio Shimada		6
Trust Racing Team	Toyota	Toyota Celica LB Turbo	Toyota 18R-G 2.1 L Turbo I4	21	Ryusaku Hitomi	D	2–3, 6
					Mitsutake Koma		2–3, 6
					Shinichi Katsura		3
Asano Racing Service	Toyota	Toyota Corolla Levin	Toyota 4A 1.6 L I4	47	Takeo Asano	B	6
					Yuji Nihei		6
Kaneshin	Toyota	Toyota Starlet	Toyota 4K-E 1.3 L I4	48	Masanori Kimura	B	6
					Terumi Kuwahara		6
Sinzan Tyre	Nissan	Nissan Sunny	Nissan A12 1.3 L I4	50	Hirofumi Sada	Y	6
					Masahiro Akiyama		6

LD-4

Team	Make	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Tyre	Rounds
Chubu Jidosha Racing	Nissan	Nissan Sunny	Nissan A12 1.3 L I4	10	Hiroyuki Nodi	Y	1
					Masami Ishikawa		1
					Makoto Nakamura		1
Matsuoka	Nissan	Nissan Sunny	Nissan A12 1.3 L I4	31	Yuji Furuya	B	3
					"S. Sumitashachi"		3
SCCN	Nissan	Nissan Sunny	Nissan A12 1.3 L I4	50	Masao Endo	B	3
					Michie Shinbori		3

Schedule

All races were held in Japan.

Round	Race	Circuit	Date
1	International Suzuka 500 km	Suzuka Circuit	7 April
2	All Japan Fuji 1000 km	Fuji Speedway	5 May
3	All Japan Fuji 500 Miles	Fuji Speedway	28 July
4	International Suzuka 1000 km	Suzuka Circuit	25 August
5	WEC-Japan	Fuji Speedway	10 October
6	All Japan Fuji 500 km	Fuji Speedway	24 November

Season results

Season results are as follows:

Round	Circuit	Winning Team
		Winning Drivers
1	Suzuka Circuit Report	#38 Dome Motorsport Dome 84C-Toyota
		Geoff Lees Eje Elgh
2	Mt. Fuji Report	#1 Trust Racing Team Porsche 956
		Vern Schuppan Keiichi Suzuki
3	Mt. Fuji	#25 Advan Sports Nova Porsche 962C
		Kunimitsu Takahashi Kenji Takahashi
4	Suzuka Circuit Report	#25 Advan Sports Nova Porsche 962C
		Kunimitsu Takahashi Kenji Takahashi
5	Mt. Fuji Report	#28 Hoshino Racing March 85G
		Kazuyoshi Hoshino Akira Hagiwara Keiji Matsumoto
6	Mt. Fuji	#25 Advan Sports Nova Porsche 962C
		Kunimitsu Takahashi Kenji Takahashi

Point Ranking

Drivers

Rank	Drivers	Number/Team	Points	Wins
1	Kunimitsu Takahashi	#25 Advan Sports Nova Porsche 962C	72	3
2	Kenji Takahashi		72	3
3	Vern Schuppan	#1 Trust Racing Team Porsche 956 #60 Trust Racing Team Porsche 956	46	1
4	Geoff Lees	#38 Dome Motorsport Dome 84C-Toyota #38 Dome Motorsport Dome 85C-Toyota	41	1
5	Eje Elgh		36	1

External links

• 1985 全日本耐久レース選手権 (in Japanese)