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1992 Japanese Touring Car Championship

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 Japan Hideo Fukuyama JTC-1 All
Japan Masahiro Hasemi All
Team Taisan Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 2 Japan Kunimitsu Takahashi JTC-1 All
Japan Keiichi Tsuchiya All
BMW M3 Sport Evolution 24 Japan Hironori Takeuchi JTC-2 All
Japan Fumio Mutoh 1-2, 6-8
Japan Masaki Tanaka 3
Japan Motoshi Sekine 4-8
26 Japan Fuminori Mizuno JTC-2 All
Japan Atsushi Kawamoto 1-2, 4-8
United Kingdom Anthony Reid 3
Team Koyama Garage Isuzu Gemini JT191 5 Japan Tsutomu Azuma JTC-3 8
Japan Akihiro Higashi 8
Japan Isao Shibata 8
Unknown Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 6 Japan Junko Mihara JTC-3 2
Unknown Honda Civic EG6 7 Japan Yoshio Hattori JTC-3 8
Japan Kenta Shimamura 8
Japan Yutaka Tomii 8
FET Racing Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 8 Japan Kiyoshi Misaki JTC-1 All
Japan Naoki Nagasaka All
AP National Honda Civic EF9 9 Thailand Prasert Aphiphunya JTC-3 8
Thailand Kriangkrai Limnantarak 8
Object T Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 11 Japan Hisashi Wada JTC-3 1-2
Japan Hisashi Yokoshima 1-2
Toyota Corolla Levin AE101 Japan Hisashi Wada JTC-3 3-8
Japan Hisashi Yokoshima 3-8
Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 22 Denmark Tom Kristensen JTC-1 All
Japan Kazuo Shimizu All
Team Impul Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 12 Japan Kazuyoshi Hoshino JTC-1 All
Japan Masahiko Kageyama All
Mooncraft Honda Civic EF9 14 Japan Naoki Hattori JTC-3 1-6
Japan Katsutomo Kaneishi 1-6
Honda Civic EG6 Japan Naoki Hattori JTC-3 7-8
Japan Katsutomo Kaneishi 7-8
Cherena Racing Team BMW M3 Sport Evolution 17 Japan Ryuichi Natsukawa JTC-2 1, 3-8
Japan Kazuaki Takamura 1, 3, 5, 7
Japan Masahiko Kondō 4, 6, 8
Asano Racing Service Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 18 Japan Takeo Asano JTC-3 All
Japan Makoto Hagiwara All
Racing Project Bandoh Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 19 Japan Hiroyuki Kawai JTC-3 1-7
Japan Mitsutake Koma 1-7
Toyota Corolla Levin AE101 Japan Hiroyuki Kawai JTC-3 8
Japan Mitsutake Koma 8
Hitotsuyama Racing BMW M3 Sport Evolution 21 Japan Hideshi Matsuda JTC-2 All
Japan Mikio Hitotsuyama 1, 3, 5, 7-8
Japan Yasushi Hitotsuyama 2, 4, 6, 8
Team Advan Toyota Corolla Levin AE101 25 Japan Morio Nitta JTC-3 2-8
Japan Keiichi Suzuki 2-8
BVDR Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 28 Japan Takeshi Kubo JTC-3 3, 6-8
Japan Akira Shibata 3, 6-8
Japan Yasuo Kusakabe 7-8
B-ing Kegani Racing BMW M3 Sport Evolution 29 Japan Kazuo Mogi JTC-2 All
Japan Sakai Obata 1-3, 5-8
Japan Hideyuki Tamamoto 4
Concept L Racing Team Honda Civic EF9 32 Japan Takahiko Hara JTC-3 1-6
Japan Masami Kageyama 1-6
Honda Civic EG6 Japan Takahiko Hara JTC-3 7-8
Japan Masami Kageyama 7-8
Honda Civic EF9 77 Japan Masahiko Hanayama JTC-3 7-8
Japan Nobukazu Katsura 7-8
Racing Forum Honda Civic EF9 33 Japan Yasuo Muramatsu JTC-3 1-7
Japan Kumi Sato 1-7
Honda Civic EG6 Japan Yasuo Muramatsu JTC-3 8
Japan Kumi Sato 8
Auto Tech Racing BMW M3 Sport Evolution 34 Republic of Ireland Derek Higgins JTC-2 6, 8
New Zealand Paul Radisich 6, 8
35 United Kingdom Andrew Gilbert-Scott JTC-2 All
Austria Roland Ratzenberger All
Toyota Team TOM's Toyota Corolla Levin AE101 36 France Pierre-Henri Raphanel JTC-3 All
Japan Masanori Sekiya All
37 Japan Kaoru Hoshino JTC-3 All
Argentina Víctor Rosso All
Kinku Boston Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 39 Japan Tsuyoshi Mouri JTC-3 4
Japan Atsushi Okuda 4
Japan Fuyu Takashi 4
Nismo Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 55 Japan Takayuki Kinoshita JTC-1 All
Sweden Anders Olofsson All
Team Over Take BMW M3 Sport Evolution 61 Japan Takamasa Nakagawa JTC-2 All
Japan Eiichi Tajima All
62 Hong Kong Kevin Wong JTC-2 2-5, 7-8
Hong Kong Charles Kwan 2, 5-6, 8
Hong Kong Winston Mak 3-4, 7-8
Japan Akira Watanabe 3, 6-7
Japan Shunji Kasuya 4
Team Noji BMW M3 Sport Evolution 63 Japan Katsunori Iketani JTC-2 8
Japan Hiroyuki Noji 8
Japan Hisashi Shimura 8
Team Yamato Honda Civic EF9 67 Japan Tsugio Oba JTC-3 4, 7-8
Japan Katsuaki Sato 4, 7-8
Japan Masahiro Imamura 7-8
IPF Wako's BMW M3 Sport Evolution 72 Japan Toru Horigome JTC-2 1-4, 6-8
Japan Norio Makiguchi 1-4, 6-8
Japan Tetsuya Ota 1-4
Japan Seiichi Sodeyama 8
Unknown Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 83 Thailand M.V. Manitto JTC-1 8
Thailand Ratanakul Prutirat Serireongrith 8
Kenji HKS Racing Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R 87 Japan Yukihiro Hane JTC-1 1, 3-4, 6-8
Japan Osamu Hagiwara 1, 3, 6-8
Japan Shigeki Matsui 4
Kawasho Toyota Corolla Levin AE101 88 Japan Masahiro Matsunaga JTC-3 4, 6, 8
Japan Junko Mihara 4, 6, 8
Japan Shinichi Yamaji 4, 6, 8
Moritani Honda Civic EF9 90 Japan Masami Miyoshi JTC-3 All
Japan Kenji Kuroki 1
Japan Kouzi Takubo 2
Japan Hikari Inami 3, 5
Japan Tsutomo Hiraoka 4
Japan Hirokazu Ebihara 6
Japan Kenji Hongo 7
Japan Masayoshi Nishikakinouchi 8
Mugen Honda Honda Civic EF9 100 Japan Osamu Nakako JTC-3 1-3
Japan Hideki Okada 1-3
Honda Civic EG6 Japan Osamu Nakako JTC-3 4-8
Japan 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 Japan TI Circuit Aida, Okayama 15 March #1 Hasemi Motorsport #61 Team Take One #100 Mugen Honda
Japan Hideo Fukuyama
Japan Masahiro Hasemi
Japan Takamasa Nakagawa
Japan Eiichi Tajima
Japan Osamu Nakako
Japan Hideki Okada
2 Japan Autopolis, Ōita 26 April #55 Nismo #29 B-ing Kegani Racing #25 Team Advan
Japan Takayuki Kinoshita
Sweden Anders Olofsson
Japan Kazuo Mogi
Japan Sakai Obata
Japan Morio Nitta
Japan Keiichi Suzuki
3 Japan Sportsland SUGO, Miyagi 17 May #12 Team Impul #26 Team Taisan #100 Mugen Honda
Japan Kazuyoshi Hoshino
Japan Masahiko Kageyama
Japan Fuminori Mizuno
United Kingdom Anthony Reid
Japan Osamu Nakako
Japan Hideki Okada
4 Japan Suzuka Circuit, Mie 5 July #22 Object T #61 Team Take One #11 Object T
Denmark Tom Kristensen
Japan Kazuo Shimizu
Japan Takamasa Nakagawa
Japan Eiichi Tajima
Japan Hisashi Wada
Japan Hisashi Yokoshima
5 Japan Mine Central Circuit, Yamaguchi 9 August #1 Hasemi Motorsport #29 B-ing Kegani Racing #37 Toyota Team TOM's
Japan Hideo Fukuyama
Japan Masahiro Hasemi
Japan Kazuo Mogi
Japan Sakai Obata
Japan Kaoru Hoshino
Argentina Víctor Rosso
6 Japan Tsukuba Circuit, Ibaraki 23 August #12 Team Impul #61 Team Take One #100 Mugen Honda
Japan Kazuyoshi Hoshino
Japan Masahiko Kageyama
Japan Takamasa Nakagawa
Japan Eiichi Tajima
Japan Osamu Nakako
Japan Hideki Okada
7 Japan Sendai Hi-Land Raceway, Miyagi 20 September #12 Team Impul #35 Auto Tech Racing #14 Mooncraft
Japan Kazuyoshi Hoshino
Japan Masahiko Kageyama
United Kingdom Andrew Gilbert-Scott
Austria Roland Ratzenberger
Japan Naoki Hattori
Japan Katsutomo Kaneishi
8 Japan Fuji Speedway, Shizuoka 8 November #55 Nismo #34 Auto Tech Racing #100 Mugen Honda
Japan Takayuki Kinoshita
Sweden Anders Olofsson
Republic of Ireland Derek Higgins
New Zealand Paul Radisich
Japan Osamu Nakako
Japan 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 Japan Masahiro Hasemi 1 7 5 2 1 4 3 2 110 1607.56 km
2 Japan Hideo Fukuyama 1 7 5 2 1 4 3 2 110 1167.86 km
3 Denmark Tom Kristensen 2 2 4 1 2 5 5 3 103 1449.72 km
4 Japan Kazuo Shimizu 2 2 4 1 2 5 5 3 103 1322.56 km
5 Sweden Anders Olofsson 9 1 2 4 NC 3 2 1 100 1503.17 km
6 Japan Takayuki Kinoshita 9 1 2 4 NC 3 2 1 100 971.01 km
7 Japan Kazuyoshi Hoshino Ret 3 1 Ret Ret 1 1 6 78 966.81 km
8 Japan Masahiko Kageyama Ret 3 1 Ret Ret 1 1 6 78 706.64 km
9 Japan Keiichi Tsuchiya 4 Ret 3 3 17 2 4 17 74 1275.98 km
10 Japan Kunimitsu Takahashi 4 Ret 3 3 17 2 4 17 74 1116.19 km
11 Japan Yukihiro Hane 15 6 5 7 6 4 42 Unknown
12 Japan Osamu Hagiwara 15 6 7 6 4 34 Unknown
13/14 Japan Kiyoshi Misaki 3 Ret 7 Ret Ret Ret 7 5 28 Unknown
13/14 Japan Naoki Nagasaka 3 Ret 7 Ret Ret Ret 7 5 28 Unknown
15 Japan Shigeki Matsui 5 8 Unknown
16/17 Thailand M.V. Manitto 10 4 Unknown
16/17 Thailand Ratanakul Prutirat Serireongrith 10 4 Unknown
JTC-2
1 Japan Kazuo Mogi Ret 4 9 17 3 9 9 22 92 1261.94 km
2 Japan Sakai Obata Ret 4 9 3 9 9 22 88 876.81 km
3 Japan Eiichi Tajima 6 Ret 19 6 5 6 25 26 86 1126.24 km
4 Japan Takamasa Nakagawa 6 Ret 19 6 5 6 25 26 86 1120.78 km
5 Austria Roland Ratzenberger Ret 5 10 7 4 13 8 Ret 85 1003.24 km
6 United Kingdom Andrew Gilbert-Scott Ret 5 10 7 4 13 8 Ret 85 899.45 km
7 Japan Hideshi Matsuda 12 16 Ret 13 6 8 10 8 81 1358.47 km
8 Japan Fuminori Mizuno 13 6 8 10 Ret 15 13 27 72 1363.53 km
9 Japan Norio Makiguchi Ret 8 11 12 11 11 9 62 982.29 km
10 Japan Atsushi Kawamoto 13 6 10 Ret 15 13 27 52 701.96 km
11 Japan Toru Horigome DNS 8 11 DNS 11 11 9 52 Unknown
12 Japan Yasushi Hitotsuyama 16 13 8 8 44 Unknown
13 Japan Ryuichi Natsukawa 14 21 18 7 Ret 17 11 41 Unknown
14 Japan Mikio Hitotsuyama 12 Ret 6 10 DNS 37 Unknown
15 Japan Tetsuya Ota Ret 8 11 12 30 Unknown
16 Hong Kong Kevin Wong Ret 23 14 10 15 20 30 Unknown
17 Japan Kazuaki Takamura 14 21 7 17 28 Unknown
18/19 Republic of Ireland Derek Higgins 23 7 23 Unknown
18/19 New Zealand Paul Radisich 23 7 23 Unknown
20 United Kingdom Anthony Reid 8 20 Unknown
21 Japan Hironori Takeuchi Ret 9 24 Ret Ret 20 Ret 24 19 Unknown
22 Hong Kong Winston Mak 23 14 DNS 20 18 Unknown
23 Japan Fumio Mutoh Ret 9 20 Ret 24 16 Unknown
24 Japan Masahiko Kondō 18 Ret 11 13 Unknown
25 Japan Seiichi Sodeyama 9 12 Unknown
26 Japan Akira Watanabe 23 Ret 15 10 Unknown
27 Japan Motoshi Sekine Ret Ret 20 Ret 24 8 Unknown
28 Hong Kong Charles Kwan Ret 10 Ret DNS 6 Unknown
29 Japan Shunji Kasuya 14 6 Unknown
30 Japan Hideyuki Tamamoto 17 4 Unknown
31 Japan Masaki Tanaka 24 3 Unknown
NC Japan Katsunori Iketani Ret 0 Unknown
NC Japan Hiroyuki Noji Ret 0 Unknown
NC Japan Hisashi Shimura Ret 0 Unknown
JTC-3
1 Japan Osamu Nakako 5 12 12 Ret Ret 10 24 12 93 960.70 km
2 Japan Hideki Okada 5 12 12 Ret Ret 10 24 12 93 866.19 km
3 Japan Naoki Hattori 8 13 18 9 Ret 24 12 13 77 1209.57 km
4 Japan Katsutomo Kaneishi 8 13 18 9 Ret 24 12 13 77 1077.74 km
5 Japan Kaoru Hoshino Ret 14 13 19 8 21 19 Ret 60 909.49 km
6 Argentina Víctor Rosso Ret 14 13 19 8 21 19 Ret 60 899.18 km
7 Japan Hisashi Yokoshima 16 11 17 8 Ret 16 Ret Ret 57 862.03 km
8 Japan Hisashi Wada 16 11 17 8 Ret 16 Ret Ret 57 722.19 km
9 Japan Masami Kageyama Ret Ret 16 11 12 Ret 14 14 57 897.02 km
10 Japan Takahiko Hara Ret Ret 16 11 12 Ret 14 14 57 877.36 km
11/12 Japan Morio Nitta 10 Ret Ret 9 22 18 16 55 Unknown
11/12 Japan Keiichi Suzuki 10 Ret Ret 9 22 18 16 55 Unknown
13/14 France Pierre-Henri Raphanel 11 Ret 14 Ret 15 18 16 15 52 Unknown
13/14 Japan Masanori Sekiya 11 Ret 14 Ret 15 18 16 15 52 Unknown
15 Japan Masami Miyoshi Ret 15 22 15 13 12 22 18 50 Unknown
16/17 Japan Hiroyuki Kawai 7 Ret 20 16 11 Ret 20 19 48 Unknown
16/17 Japan Mitsutake Koma 7 Ret 20 16 11 Ret 20 19 48 Unknown
18/19 Japan Yasuo Muramatsu 10 17 15 Ret 14 Ret Ret Ret 30 Unknown
18/19 Japan Kumi Sato 10 17 15 Ret 14 Ret Ret Ret 30 Unknown
20/21 Japan Takeo Asano 17 DNS 25 21 16 19 Ret Ret 17 Unknown
20/21 Japan Makoto Hagiwara 17 DNS 25 21 16 19 Ret Ret 17 Unknown
22 Japan Hirokazu Ebihara 12 15 Unknown
23/24 Japan Masahiro Matsunaga 20 17 21 15 Unknown
23/24 Japan Shinichi Yamaji 20 17 21 15 Unknown
25/26 Japan Takeshi Kubo Ret 14 Ret 25 13 Unknown
25/26 Japan Akira Shibata Ret 14 Ret 25 13 Unknown
27 Japan Junko Mihara DNS DNS 17 21 11 Unknown
28 Japan Hikari Inami 22 13 10 Unknown
29 Japan Tsutomu Hiraoka 15 8 Unknown
30 Japan Kouzi Takubo 15 6 Unknown
31 Japan Masayoshi Nishikakinouchi 18 6 Unknown
32/33 Japan Masahiko Hanayama 21 28 4 Unknown
32/33 Japan Nobukazu Katsura 21 28 4 Unknown
34/35 Japan Tsugio Oba 22 23 Ret 4 Unknown
34/35 Japan Katsuaki Sato 22 23 Ret 4 Unknown
36 Japan Kenji Hongo 22 3 Unknown
37/38/39 Japan Tsutomu Azuma 23 2 Unknown
37/38/39 Japan Akihiro Higashi 23 2 Unknown
37/38/39 Japan Isao Shibata 23 2 Unknown
40/41/42 Japan Tsuyoshi Mouri 23 1 Unknown
40/41/42 Japan Atsushi Okuda 23 1 Unknown
40/41/42 Japan Fuyu Takashi 23 1 Unknown
43 Japan Yasuo Kusakabe Ret 25 1 Unknown
NC Japan Masahiro Imamura DNS Ret 0 Unknown
NC Japan Kenji Kuroki Ret 0 Unknown
NC Japan Yoshio Hattori Ret 0 Unknown
NC Japan Kenta Shimamura Ret 0 Unknown
NC Japan Yutaka Tomii Ret 0 Unknown
NC Thailand Prasert Aphihanya DNS 0 0.00 km
NC Thailand Kurienkurai Limnantharak DNS 0 0.00 km
Pos Driver AID AUT SUG SUZ MIN TSU SEN FUJ Pts Distance
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole
Italics - Fastest lap

References