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1985 – entries from Volkswagen
Few European cars were entered in Japan before the BMW M3/Ford Sierra RS Cosworth entered the scene during 1987, but Volkswagen was there from the beginning. I know of a 1984 Volkswagen Golf Cup in Japan – the Golf Mk. 2/(E19) – this might be a lead to the nature of these cars.
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#13
Entrant: RS.COMPE GOLF/17E/VW17E (RS Compe Golf)
Car: Volkswagen Golf GTI Typ 17 (A5172, 1588 cc or A5096, 1781 cc)
Tyres: Dunlop
Driver: 斉藤 新/斎藤 for R2 (Shin Saito/despised different “spelling” it still says Saito)
Driver: 木多 淳/木田 淳 (Jun Kita)
Dispesed different ”spelling” for round 4 at Suzuka, the Bridgestone site still says its Jun Kita driving at round 4.
Results:
Round 1: 1985-06-02, Sportsland Sugo (8 / ?)
Round 2: 1985-06-16, Tsukuba (DNF)
Round 3: 1985-08-04, Nishi Nippon (20 / 3)
Round 4: 1985-10-13, Suzuka (11 / 2)
Round 5: 1985-11-10, Fuji (DNF)
Unknown weather this entry was a div. 1 or 2. in round 1, 2 or 5. At least a division 2 entry in round 3 and 4, where they finished.
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#16
Entrant: オートラガーSchmidtゴルフ/ VW17E (Schmidt Auto lager Golf/ Automatic lugger Schmidt golf)
Car: Volkswagen Golf GTI Typ 17 (A5096, 1781 cc)
Tyres: unknown
Driver: 西沢 ひろみ (Hiromi Nishizawa/Nishizawa wide seeing)
Driver: 大村 誠二 (Seizi Oomura/ Seiji Omura)
1800 cc car division 2 car, entered for the forth round at Suzuki, to finish third in class.
Results:
Round 5: 1985-11-10, Fuji (DNF)
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#31/33
Entrant: 17E/VW17E/ R・S・COMPE-GOLハ (RS Combe Golf)
Car: Volkswagen Golf GTI Typ 17 (A5172, 1588 cc or A5096, 1781 cc)
Tyres: Dunlop
Driver: 坂下 公朗 (Kimiaki Saka****a)
Driver: 鈴木 恭二 (Kyoji Suzuki)
Driver: 奥野 泰宏 (Yasuhiro Okuno)
Results:
Round 4: 1985-10-13, Suzuka (18 / 3)
Round 5: 1985-11-10, Fuji (23 / ?)
Division 2 car at Suzuka, unknown category at Fuji. A sister car to the #13 entry.
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#37
Entrant: ZOOMエンケ゛リ-ンシロッコ/ス゛-ムエンケ゛リ-ンシロッコ/E-53/VW E-53
Encke゛re-ZOOM – NSHIROKKO/ZOOM Encke DOTDT [ri] - [nshirotsuko
Su゛- Li MUENKE゛- NSHIROKKO/[su] DOTDT - [muenke] & [ri] - [nshirotsuko
Car: Volkswagen Scirocco E-53 (A5175, 1781 cc or Group 1 transfer of 5734 or 5735, 1588 cc)
Tyres: Dunlop
Driver: 岩城 光一 (Koichi Iwaki)
Driver: 山本 郁二 (Ikuji Yamamoto)
Since the second generation "B-version (on the road at least) was only ever homologated as a 1.8, it could have been that type. But the homologation of the 1.6 "A-type" must have been aproved as a transfer from the old group 1 at some stage - RAS Sport ran a couple of 1.6/B's for Volkswagen Belgium during the 1983 ETCC.
Results:
Round 1: 1985-06-02, Sportsland Sugo (14 / ?)
Round 2: 1985-06-16, Tsukuba (DNF or 17 / ?)
Round 3: 1985-08-04, Nishi Nippon (9 / 1) winning division 2
Round 4: 1985-10-13, Suzuka (DNF or 21/ ?)
Round 5: 1985-11-10, Fuji (DNF)
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Pictures of the Japanese Volkswagens would be very helpful, especially of the Scirocco, since it would tell weather it was a first or second generation car. Any relation to the Golf Cup could tell some more, so If you know…
Best regards
Jesper
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