1985 All-Japan Touring Car Championship

[Jesper OH]

Hello to all fans of international group A touring car racing of the 1980’s and early 1990’s. I’m researching the period and currently I’m doing a bid to cover the Japanese scene. From 1985-1993 group A regulations covered the All-Japan title, replacing group 5 silhouettes before itself got replaced by Super Tourings for the 1994 season. All of what is written here has a bit of a question mark over its credibility, as I have little factual information except for these two sources:

http://www.jaf.or.jp/CGI/msports/res...year=2008#1985
http://ms.bridgestone.co.jp/database...egory04?cid=20

The JAF site has about 99 % complete race results for every race of every season, while the Bridgestone site also has top-10 point’s positions. This site also used to include an English version of these results that has disappeared since then, but thankfully I had the presence of mind to download those results!
Qualifying results are missing for a lot of the earlier seasons, which could tell of non qualifiers, as the WEDS Sports page tells of, but only for the team itself.

http://www.weds.co.jp/race_report/su...t/archive.html

The races:
Round 1: 1985-06-02, Sportsland Sugo (114 laps of 2.655 km = 302.670 km)
Round 2: 1985-06-16, Tsukuba (147 laps of 2.045 km = 300.615 km)
Round 3: 1985-08-04, Nishi Nippon (107 laps of 2.816 km = 301.312 km)
Round 4: 1985-10-13, Suzuka (51 laps of 5.914 km = 301.614 km)
Round 5: 1985-11-10, Fuji (177 laps of 4.410 km = 780.570 km)
Race distances seems to have worked around a 300 kilometer, two driver format, with the Fuji finals being a 5 hour timed event.

The classes:
Division 1: 1001-1600 cc
Division 2: 1601-2500 cc
Division 3: over 2500 cc
Toyota Starlets appear in some rounds and some times they seem to have raced outside the championship, while at others they were classified as division 1 cars!?

The points:
Pos – cl. – o/a
P1 – 20 – 9
P2 – 15 – 6
P3 – 12 – 4
P4 – 10 – 3
P5 – 8 – 2
P6 – 6 – 1
P7 – 4
P8 – 3
P9 – 2
P10 – 1

In terms of teammates ending the points in a tie, there seems to have been a rule of distance covered over the season to differentiate the drivers. Thus the driver with the most kilometres covered ending the tables ahead of his or her teammate. Naoki Nagasaka (917.009 km) thus beat teammate Kazuo Mogi (736.073) despite the fact that they shared the same car over the entire season. Is this correct?
This is what the Bridgestone motorsport site says: http://ms.bridgestone.co.jp/point/20_1985.html

..and in another format (position, driver in Japanese (driver in English), car, points in championship (individual points in the five races):

1. 長坂 尚樹 (Naoki Nagasaka), BMW 635CSi, 97 points (NC / 29 / 29 / 23 / 16)
2. 茂木 和男 (Kazuo Mogi), BMW 635CSi, 97 points (NC / 29 / 29 / 23 / 16)
3. 星野 薫 (Kaoru Hoshino), Toyota Corolla Levin, 89 points (29 / -- / 24 / 21 / 15)
4. 辻本征一郎 (Seiichirou Tsujimoto), Nissan Silvia, 68 points (-- / 16 / 12 / 20 / 20)
The translation at http://translate.google.com/translate_t?sl=ja&tl=en says Tsujimoto Itirou Susumu – a reverse of the name!?
5. 津々見友彦 (Tomohiko Tsutsumi), Toyota Corolla Levin, 62 points (02 / 26 / 18 / 16 / 00)
6. 見崎 清志 (Kiyoshi Misaki), Toyota Corolla Levin, 60 points (-- / 26 / 18 / 16 / 00)
7. 高木 政己 (Masami Takagi), Toyota Corolla Levin, 58 points (-- / 19 / 24 / ?? / 15)
8. 浅野 武夫 (Takeo Asano), Toyota Corolla Levin, 51 (59) points (21 / 10 / 10 / (8) / 10)
9. 都平 健二 (Kenji Tohira), Nissan Skyline RS Turbo, 48 points (18 / 17 / 13 / NC / NC)
10. 萩原 光 (Hikaru Hagiwara), Nissan Skyline RS Turbo, 48 points (18 / 17 / 13 / NC / NC)
Names marked in red, means that the Google translater don't agree with my sources.

This will be all for now, but I will get back with a try at establishing a full entry list for the entire season. So far this thread is intended to cover the 1985 season only, with separated threads for each of the other eight seasons. What I’m mainly looking for is race reports and general information about the 1985 championship. Especially a more complete points table would be very helpful. I have tons of questions regarding driver and team names, but they will be asked later. Until then I hope you might have a bit more knowledge about the 1985 All-Japan Touring Car Championship

Best regards
Jesper

[Jesper OH]

1985 – Division 1 entries from Honda

First a batch of Honda Civics. The 3 door AT-series was homologated from April 1st 1985, but no car raced at Sugo round 1 and only solo entries for the next two rounds, and only then did the Civics appear in any numbers. But two overall poles and an overall victory was impressive.

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#5
Entrant: 週刊プレイボーイ・シビック (Weekly Playboy Civic)
Car/homologation: Honda Civic AT (homologation A5268, 1590 cc?)
Tyres: unknown
Driver: 村松 (Yasuo Muramatsu)
Driver: 中谷 (Akihiko Nakaya)
Driver: 清水 (Kazuo Shimizu)
Notes: Likely to be a Civic AT, as alternatively only a 1335 cc Civic SL was homologated at the time. First names of the drivers taken from future seasons, so any confirmation would be appreciated!

Round 2: 1985-06-16, Tsukuba (18 / ?)
First Honda Civic to appear in Japanese group A, and thus the only one to appear at Tsukuba.

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#15
Entrant: 無限CIVIC/ホンダシビックSi (Civic Infinite > Endless Civic)
Car/homologation: Honda Civic AT (A5268, 1590 cc)
Tyres: Bridgestone
Driver: 中嶋 悟 (Satoru Nakajima)
Driver: 中子 修 (Osamu Nakako)

Results:
Round 3: 1985-08-04, Nishi Nippon (DNF)
Round 4: 1985-10-13, Suzuka (1 / 1)
Round 5: 1985-11-10, Fuji (9 / 3)
Class pole in all three races, including overall pole at both Nishi Nippon and Suzuka! A Mugen entry?

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#44
Entrant: 明和CIVICSi/HONDA E-AT (Meiwa CIVICSi/Meiwa CIVICSi)
Car/homologation: Honda Civic AT (A5268, 1590 cc)
Tyres: unknown
Driver: 藤田 正己 (Masaki Huzita/Masaki Fujita)
Driver: 越野 照喜 (Hee Akira Koshino/Surpassing field illuminating happiness)
Driver names unknown to me – these are Google/Altavista translations.

Results:
Round 5: 1985-11-10, Fuji (DNF)

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#54
Entrant: FET極東カストロールシビック/HONDA E-AT (Far East FET KASUTORORUSHIBIKKU/FET Far Eastern [kasutororushibitsuku)
Car/homologation: Honda Civic AT (A5268, 1590 cc)
Tyres: Bridgestone
Driver: 物部 満喜 (Maki Mononobe)
Driver: 高橋 育代 (Ikuyo Takahashi)
Driver: 市嶋 樹 (Tatsuki Shima City/City 嶋 tree)
Driver: 熊倉 重春 (Shigeharu Kumakura/Kumakura heavily spring)
So this is the F.E.T. Sports team of later RS500 and “Godzilla” fame? Mononobe and Takahashi’s names from the Bridgestone files.

Results:
Round 4: 1985-10-13, Suzuka (9 / 6) Mononobe/Takahashi
Round 5: 1985-11-10, Fuji (22 / ?) Mononobe/”the other two”

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#95
Entrant: E-AS
Car/homologation: Honda Civic AT (homologation A5268, 1590 cc?)
Tyres: unknown
Driver: 澤田 英男 (Hideo Sawada/Hideo Sawada)
Driver: 中林 直樹 (Naoki Nakabayashi/Naoki Nakabayasi)
Driver: 岸元 伸好 (Yoshimi Shin Hazime Kishi/Bank Motonobu good)
Civic AS? Driver names from translations only.

Results:
Round 4: 1985-10-13, Suzuka (17 / 11)

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#96
Entrant: TOPRACINGSi/HONDA E-AT (Top Racing)
Car/homologation: Honda Civic AT (A5268, 1590 cc)
Tyres: unknown
Driver: 相原 英樹 (Hideki Aihara/Aibara English tree)
Driver: 鈴木 俊治 (Toshiharu Suzuki/Siyunzi Suzuki)
Driver: 篠田 冨美子 (Tomiko Shinoda/Humiko Sinoda)
Driver names unknown to me – these are Google/Altavista translations.

Results:
Round 5: 1985-11-10, Fuji (17 / 9)

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This was the Honda Civics of 1985. Any information to substantiate or change any of the above will be appreciated very much. Driver and entrants names in Japanese are a black art to me, so if you’re somehow in the know, let me know. Also I would like some comments on the background to the Weekly Playboy, Meiwa, Endless, FET, Top Racing entrants and/or team names – who was behind, as I don’t see Hugh Hefner hanging around the pits in Japan during weekends of 1985.

Jesper

[Frank de Jong]

Car/homologation: Honda Civic AT (homologation A5268, 1590 cc?)
Correct, a Civic 3 door (AT) 1590 cc

[Jesper OH]

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

[Jesper OH]

1985 – Toyota Starlet entries

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#9
Entrant: 草場自動車スターレット(Let草場automobile Star/Kusaba automobile Starlet)
Car/homologation: Toyota Starlet KP61 (A5022, 1290 cc)
Tyres: Dunlop
Driver: 山下 泰之 (Yasuyuki Yamashi ta) somehow, I can't spell Yama****a in one word, so this is it!
Driver: 藤井 和弘 (Kazuhiro Fujii)
Names from the Bridgestone files.

Results:
Round 3: 1985-08-04, Nishi Nippon (14 / ?) 4th among the Starlets

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#19
Entrant: RSバトラー谷山スターレット (Butler谷山starlet/Butler valley mountain Starlet)
Car/homologation: Toyota Starlet KP61 (A5022, 1290 cc)
Tyres: Dunlop
Driver: 谷山 伸一 (Shinichi Taniyama)
Driver: 松本 延幸 (Nobuyuki Matsumoto)
Driver: 穴見 明 (Akira Anami)
Names from the Bridgestone files.

Results:
Round 3: 1985-08-04, Nishi Nippon (12 / ?) 2nd among the Starlets.

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#21
Entrant: カサマレ-シンク゛アト゛ハ゛ン61 (Casa Marais - sink゛atto゛゛Ha-61/[kasamare] - sink & [ato] & [ha] & [n] 61)
Car/homologation: Toyota Starlet KP61 (A5022, 1290 cc)
Tyres: unknown
Driver:山口 吉明/山口 (Yoshiaki Yamaguti/Yamaguchi good fortune discernment)
Driver: 鈴木 一男 (Kazuo Suzuki)
Driver: 江鳩 (Jiang dove/River pigeon)

Results:
Round 1: 1985-06-02, Sportsland Sugo (DNF)
Round 2: 1985-06-16, Tsukuba (14 / ?)

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#38
Entrant: TSRスタ-レット (TSR SUTA – Rett/ TSR star - [retsuto])
Car/homologation: Toyota Starlet KP61 (A5022, 1290 cc)
Tyres: Yokohama
Driver: 小野 満 (Mitsuru Ono)
Driver: 中野 誠二郎 (Seijiro Nakano)
Names from the Bridgestone files.

Results:
Round 3: 1985-08-04, Nishi Nippon (17 / ?) 6th among the Starlets.

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#58
Entrant: TS高城城野スターレット (TS Shirono Takagi starlet/TS Takajo castle field Starlet)
Car/homologation: Toyota Starlet KP61 (A5022, 1290 cc)
Tyres: Yokohama
Driver: 池上 耕司 (Koji Ikegami)
Driver: 高木 宗一 (Souichi Takagi)

Results:
Round 3: 1985-08-04, Nishi Nippon (16 / ?) 5th among the Starlets.

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#59
Entrant: クロキR福岡スターレット (Let R KUROKI Fukuoka Star
/[kuroki] R Fukuoka Starlet)
Car/homologation: Toyota Starlet KP61 (A5022, 1290 cc)
Tyres: Yokohama
Driver: 鬼丸 俊雄 (Toshio Onimaru - Toshio鬼丸/Ogre circular 俊 male )
Driver: 城野 敏夫 (Toshio Jono - Toshio Shirono/ Castle field Toshio)

Results:
Round 3: 1985-08-04, Nishi Nippon (13 / ?) 3rd among the Starlets.

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#82
Entrant: SSスワロ-フォ-ミュラ-61 (SS SUWARO - Form - Myra -61/SS [suwaro] - [huo] - [miyura] - 61)
Car/homologation: Toyota Starlet KP61 (A5022, 1290 cc)
Tyres: Dunlop
Driver: 佐藤 清治 (Seiji Sato)
Driver: 鈴木 克明 (Katsuaki Suzuki)
Driver: 平間 広衛 (Hiroe Hirama)
Driver: 米森 (Mori Yone/American forest)
Sato, Suzuki and Hirama from Bridgestone files.

Round 1: 1985-06-02, Sportsland Sugo (9 / ?)
Round 2: 1985-06-16, Tsukuba (11 / ?)
Round 3: 1985-08-04, Nishi Nippon (11 / ?) best Starlet
Round 5: 1985-11-10, Fuji (18 / ?)

Sato/Suzuki driving all mentioned rounds, with Hirama seconding (thirding!) at round 1 and that American forest replacing him at round 2.

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#83
Entrant: SSスワロ-フォ-ミュラ-61 (SS SUWARO - Form - Myra -61
/SS [suwaro] - [huo] - [miyura] - 61)
Car/homologation: Toyota Starlet KP61 (A5022, 1290 cc)
Tyres: Dunlop
Driver: 大友 敬一 (Keiichi Otomo (J)
Driver: 鈴木 登 (Noboru Suzuki)
Driver: 米森 敏男 (Toshio Yonemori)
Otomo and Yonemori from Bridgestone files. Suzuki is from unanimous translations.

Results:
Round 1: 1985-06-02, Sportsland Sugo (11 / ?)
Round 3: 1985-08-04, Nishi Nippon (18 / ?) 7th Starlet at the finish
Round 5: 1985-11-10, Fuji (19 / ?)
Otomo/Yonemori driving all three rounds, with Suzuki added for round 1 at Sugo.

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At only 1.3 litres and the AE86 Corolla already homologated, what did these little RWD Starlets do in the A-JTCC of 1985? I have faint memories of group 2-style Starlets racing Nissan/Datsun Cherry’s until 1984 – is this a clue to the ’85 Starlets?

[PZR]

Originally Posted by Jesper OH

Hello to all fans of international group A touring car racing of the 1980’s and early 1990’s. I’m researching the period and currently I’m doing a bid to cover the Japanese scene........

........So far this thread is intended to cover the 1985 season only, with separated threads for each of the other eight seasons. What I’m mainly looking for is race reports and general information about the 1985 championship. Especially a more complete points table would be very helpful. I have tons of questions regarding driver and team names, but they will be asked later. Until then I hope you might have a bit more knowledge about the 1985 All-Japan Touring Car Championship

Best regards
Jesper

Jesper,
I think I can help you with some of this, but it already looks like it will be a lot of work and take a lot of time. I'm already reading and re-reading the posts you have made just to sort out where and what the questions are..........

I have access to photos of all the 1985 entries, and I'm sure that they will answer some of the questions that you have asked, but scanning them all will take an age. You will need to be patient with me.

Just a quick word about Japanese names; These can be quite tricky even for Japanese readers ( many Kanji can be read in several different ways ) and machine translations often make things worse! Personally speaking, I see lots of confusion amongst people who are mixing up family names with given names ( family name is usually given first in Japanese ) and to help avoid this can I suggest that you write family names in upper case and given names in lower case? I believe it helps a lot. So, for example you'd have Kenji TOHIRA and Kazuo SHIMIZU, and ( in Japanese convention ) TOHIRA Kenji and SHIMIZU Kazuo. Less confusing I think.

To get round the 'swear filter', can I suggest that you either drop the letter 'i' altogether ( giving 'YAMASHTA' instead of 'YAMA****A' ) or simply insert a * where the letter 'i' was ( giving 'YAMASH*TA' ) which at least fills in more of the gaps!
Actually, dropping that letter 'i' is not conventional when Romanising Japanese names - but it does make it read a little closer to the proper Japanese pronunciation.

Originally Posted by Jesper OH

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…

I'll scan the Scirocco and Golf pics first for you. The Scirocco was second-gen I believe ( quad square headlamps ) and was LHD. The Golfs were all RHD, which could well point to them having a previous life in the Golf Cup(?).

Maybe best if I send these scans to you by e-mail. Can you PM me with your e-mail address please?

Thanks.

[Jesper OH]

1985 – Division 1 entries from Toyota. The Corolla Levin name seems to be the general description, but at any rate it must be the 16V 3 door coupe, homologation number A5180, 1587 cc. A5179 was the 2 door version.

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Sponsor/entrant: ミノルタα－7000カローラ (Minolta Corolla α7000)
Car/Homologation: Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 (A5280, 1587 cc)
Tyres: Bridgestone
Driver 1: 舘 信秀 (Nobuhide TATE / 舘 trust 秀) driving round 1
Driver 2: 真田 睦明 (SANADA Akira Atsushi / SANADA 睦 discernment) driving round 1, 3, 5
Driver 3: 奥脇 (Rear side / Inner part side) driving round 2
Driver 4: 真田 (SANADA) driving round 2
Driver 5: 奥脇 絵里 (Rear Eri Waki / Inner part side picture village) driving rounds 3, 4, 5
Driver 6: 真田 陸明 (Lu Ming SANADA / Mutuaki SANADA) driving round 4

The English language Bridgestone files has results of this entry from rounds 1, 2 and 5 and in all three cases the pairing is Eri OKUWAKI (who is driver 1, 3 and 5), partnered by Mutsuaki SANADA (who then is driver 2, 4 and 6). In other words six different Japanese “spellings” account for the same two driver crew over the entire five rounds contested.

Results:
Round 1: 1985-06-02, Sportsland Sugo (4 / 3)
Round 2: 1985-06-16, Tsukuba (4 / 3)
Round 3: 1985-08-04, Nishi Nippon (DNF)
Round 4: 1985-10-13, Suzuka (16 / 10)
Round 5: 1985-11-10, Fuji (12 / 6)

The Minolta sponsorship made me think of the official TOM’S Toyota entries in both sports cars and later years of group A. Is this the case?

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My intent was to follow your advises regarding the translations, PZR, until I discovered I probably do it reversely of what think I was doing: I put the Japanese signs into the translator and have them translated into English. With regards to spelling family names in CAPITOL letters was my intention from now on, but as this first example shows, it makes little sense, at least for this entry! I will see what the next entries bring. Otherwise , thanks for your contributions as well as to those of Frank.

Jesper

[hadlou]

great work

I would like to contribute but how can you read the japanese signs and translate them?

[Jesper OH]

I use on-line translators, but only two, so I don't get too confused by differing results.

http://dk.babelfish.yahoo.com/
http://translate.google.com/translate_t

I do a copy-and-paste job from my Excel file, put it into the relevant box, ask for the appropriate translation - Japanese to English in my case - and Voila!

Well, not so voila at times, as PZR has pointed out. The Google machine has a higher rate of hits than the yahoo version, in my experience.

I will return a little later with some more Corolla entries.

Jesper

[Jesper OH]

Here’s all the Toyota Corollas in one post. Since my first post of the Corollas I have discovered that a Trueno Sprinter AE86 was homologated as A5275, eligible from July 1st 1985. With it’s pop-up head lights and lower front end, it must have be easy to spot from the rest of the AE86s, but usually the JAF records don’t tells the difference. The fact that most of the following car are called Corolla Levin is mainly due to the Bridgestone files says so.

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Sponsor/Entrant/car: ミノルタα－7000カローラ (Minolta Corolla α7000)
Car/Homologation: Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 (A5180, 1587 cc)
Tyres: Bridgestone
Driver 1: 舘 信秀 (Nobuhide TATE / 舘 trust 秀) driving round 1
Driver 2: 真田 睦明 (SANADA Akira Atsushi / SANADA 睦 discernment) driving round 1, 3, 5
Driver 3: 奥脇 (Rear side / Inner part side) driving round 2
Driver 4: 真田 (SANADA) driving round 2
Driver 5: 奥脇 絵里 (Rear Eri Waki / Inner part side picture village) driving rounds 3, 4, 5
Driver 6: 真田 陸明 (Lu Ming SANADA / Mutuaki SANADA) driving round 4

The English language Bridgestone files has results of this entry from rounds 1, 2 and 5 and in all three cases the pairing is Eri OKUWAKI (who is driver 1, 3 and 5), partnered by Mutsuaki SANADA (who then is driver 2, 4 and 6). In other words six different Japanese “spellings” account for the same two-driver crew over the entire five rounds contested.

Results:
Round 1: 1985-06-02, Sportsland Sugo (4 / 3) Okuwaki / Sanada
Round 2: 1985-06-16, Tsukuba (4 / 3) Okuwaki / Sanada
Round 3: 1985-08-04, Nishi Nippon (DNF) driver 5 / driver 6
Round 4: 1985-10-13, Suzuka (16 / 10) driver 5 / driver 6
Round 5: 1985-11-10, Fuji (12 / 6) Okuwaki / Sanada

The Minolta sponsorship made me think of the official TOM’S Toyota entries in both sports cars and later years of group A. Is this the case?

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Entrant/car: TOYOTA AE82
トムスカロ-ラFX (TOMUSUKARO - The FX / [tomusukaro] - [ra] FX)
Car/homologation: Toyota Corolla AE82 (A5274, 1587 cc)
Tyres: unknown
Driver: 鈴木 利男 (Toshio Suzuki / Suzuki interest man ) Toshio SUZUKI
Driver: 浅井 順久 (Hisashi Sunao Azai / Sequential Hisashi Asai)

Results:
Round 5: 1985-11-10, Fuji (16 / 8)

One race only for this FWD Corolla. Not quite sure of the identity of the second driver, but Toshio SUZUKI does look likely as the first.

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#11
Entrant/car: TRAMPIO LEVIN
Car: Toyota Corolla Levin AE86/A5180, 1587 cc)
Tyres: Toyo
Driver 1: 星野 薫 (Kaoru HOSHINO) Kaoru HOSHINO
Driver 2: 桃田 健司 (Kenji桃田 / Health Osamu Momota) Kenji MOMOTA
Driver 3: 津久見 (Tsukumi) Tomohiko TSUTSUMI
Driver 4: 見崎 (見崎 / Seeing promontory) Kiyoshi MISAKI
Driver 5: 高木 政己 (Masami Takagi / Takagi Masaki) Masami TAKAGI
Driver 6: 中谷 明彦 (Akihiko Nakaya / Akihiko Nakatani) Akihiko NAKAYA
Read as: (names from translations) names from Bridgestone files

Results:
Round 1: 1985-06-02, Sportsland Sugo (1 / 1) Hoshino / Momota
Round 2: 1985-06-16, Tsukuba (2 / 1) Tsutsumi / Misaki
Round 3: 1985-08-04, Nishi Nippon (3 / 1) Hoshino / Takagi
Round 4: 1985-10-13, Suzuka (2 / 2) Hoshino / Nakaya
Round 5: 1985-11-10, Fuji (8 / 2) Hoshino / Misaki / Takagi

Note 1: the JAF-files only credit Hoshino/Takagi for the Fuji race, while the Bridgestone-files mentions all three.
Note 2: sister car to #12, I presume.

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#12
Entrant/car: TRAMPIO LEVIN
Car: Toyota Corolla Levin AE86/A5180, 1587 cc)
Tyres: Toyo
Driver: 津々見 友彦 and 津久見 友彦 (Tomohiko look great and Tomohiko Tsukumi / Tomohiko and Tsukumi Tomohiko Tutumi) Tomohiko TSUTSUMI
Driver: 伊東 薫 and 伊東 (Ito and Kaori Itou / Ito Kaoru and Ito) Kaoru ITO
Driver: 高木 (Takagi / Tall tree) Masami TAGAKI
Driver: 見崎 清志 (Kiyoshi見崎 / The seeing promontory it is clear will) Kiyoshi MISAKI

Results:
Round 1: 1985-06-02, Sportsland Sugo (13 / 9) Tsutsumi / Ito
Round 2: 1985-06-16, Tsukuba (3 / 2) Ito / Takagi
Round 3: 1985-08-04, Nishi Nippon (4 / 2) Tsutsumi / Misaki
Round 4: 1985-10-13, Suzuka (3 / 3) Tsutsumi / Misaki
Round 5: 1985-11-10, Fuji (21 / ?) Tsutsumi / Misaki / Ito

Note 1: less successful sister car to #11, I presume.

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#18
Entrant/car: WEDS SPORT CORULLA
Entrant/car: ウェッス゛スヘ゜シャルカロ-ラ
Entrant/car: ウェッス゛スホ゜-ツスフ゜リンタ-
Entrant/car: AE86
Entrant/car: TOYOTA AE86
Car/Homologation: Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 (A5180, 1587 cc) rounds 1, 2 and 3
Car/Homologation: Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 (A5275, 1587 cc) rounds 4 and 5
Tyres: Bridgestone
Driver: 浅野 武夫 (Takeo Asano / Takeo Asano) Takeo ASANO
Driver: 木村 雅範 (Masanori Kimura / Kimura elegance example) Masanori KIMURA
Driver: 江尻 旬子 (Ejiri,旬子 / Ziyunko Ejiri) Junko EJIRI

Results:
Round 1: 1985-06-02, Sportsland Sugo (2 / 2) Asano / Kimura / Ejiri
Round 2: 1985-06-16, Tsukuba (7 / 4) Asano / Kimura / Ejiri
Round 3: 1985-08-04, Nishi Nippon (8 / 4) Asano / Kimura
Round 4: 1985-10-13, Suzuka (7 / 5) Asano / Kimura
Round 5: 1985-11-10, Fuji (10 / 4) Asano / Kimura

Note 1: car was a Sprinter Trueno for at least the final round. I didn’t realise this version of the AE86 was homologated separately from the 3-door Coupe. This version featured pop up head lights and another, lower profile of the nose section, to the best of my knowledge.
Note 2: entry from Weds Sport tuning company.
Note 3: sister car to #77.

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#25
Entrant/car: ADVAN COROLLA
Entrant/car: ADVAN COCOROLLA
Entrant/car: ADBAN カロ-ラ
Entrant/car: AE86
Entrant/car: TOYOTA AE86
Car/Homologation: Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 (A5180, 1587 cc)
Tyres: Yokohama
Driver: 鈴木 恵一 (Keiiti Suzuki / Suzuki Megumi one) Keiichi SUZUKI
Driver: 土屋 圭市 (Keiichi Tsuchiya / Tsuchiya 圭 city) Keiichi TSUCHIYA

Results:
Round 1: 1985-06-02, Sportsland Sugo (DNF)
Round 2: 1985-06-16, Tsukuba (DNF)
Round 3: 1985-08-04, Nishi Nippon (DNF)
Round 4: 1985-10-13, Suzuka (13 / 8, but DNF?)
Round 5: 1985-11-10, Fuji (6 / 1)

Note: I believe a black and red Advan (brand of Yokohama) #25 Toyota Corolla appeared at every single race during the nine years of Japanese group A racing. This claim is still unconfirmed, mind you! Other cars, like BMW M3s and Nissan Skylines, appeared in the same Advan colour scheme, but was not necessarily from the same team.

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#27
Entrant/car: TOYOTA AE86/RS加藤ラックスポーツレビン
(Kato RAKKUSUPOTSUREBIN RS / RS Kato [ratsukusupotsurebin)
Car/homologation: Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 (A5180, 1587 cc)
Tyres: unknown
Driver 1: 鈴木 陽一郎 (Youitirou Suzuki / Yoichiro Suzuki) ? SUZUKI
Driver 2: 近田 直人 (Naoto近田 / Naoto Chikada) ? ?
Driver 3: 水谷 行信 (Mizutani行信 / Mizutani line trust) ? ?

Results:
Round 4: 1985-10-13, Suzuka (14 / 9) Suzuki/driver 2
Round 5: 1985-11-10, Fuji (15 / 7) driver 2/driver 3

Note 1: no notes on this car, including the type of Corolla – picture would be nice. The entrant or sponsor name in English would be of great help.
Note 2: Driver 1’s name correlates to other Suzuki’s, so I’m sure he’s “A” Suzuki.

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#70
Entrant/car: ミノルタα－7000カローラ
Entrant/car: TOYOTA AE86
Car: Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 (A5180, 1587 cc)
Tyres: Bridgestone
Driver: 関谷 正徳 (Masanori Sekiya / Sekitani correct virtue) Masanori SEKIYA
Driver: 鈴木 利男 (Toshio Suzuki / Suzuki interest man) Toshio SUZUKI
Driver: 岡田 秀樹 (Hideki Okada) Hideki OKADA
Driver: T．シャープ (T. Sharp) Tim SHARP (British driver?)

Results:
Round 3: 1985-08-04, Nishi Nippon (5 / 3) Sekiya/Suzuki
Round 4: 1985-10-13, Suzuka (5 / 4) Sekiya/Suzuki
Round 5: 1985-11-10, Fuji (11 / 5) Okada/Sharp

Notes: Minolta (and Tom’s?) sister car of #7. Likely to be a factory entry.

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#77
Entrant/car: WEDS SPORT RSD COROLLA
Entrant/car: ウェッス゛スホ゜-ツRSDカロ-ラ
Entrant/car: AE82
Entrant/car: TOYOTA AE82ウエッス゛スホ゜-ツRSDカロ-ラ
Car/homologation: Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 (A5180, 1587 cc)
Car/homologation: Toyota Corolla FX AE82 (A5274, 1587 cc)
Tyres: Dunlop
Driver: 松波 登 (Noboru Matsunami / Pine wave Noboru) Noboru MATSUNAMI
Driver: 五十嵐 豊光 (Toyomitsu Igarashi / Igarashi Yutaka light) Toyomitsu IGARASHI
Driver: 山口 義則 (Yoshinori Yamaguti / Yoshinori Yamaguchi) Yoshinori YAMAGUCHI
Driver: 松波 (松波 / Pine wave) Noboru MATSUNAMI
Driver: 五十嵐 (Igarashi / Igarashi) Toyomitsu IGARASHI
Driver 6: 蟹江 光正 (Akira Akira Kanie / Kanie optical righteousness) ? ?

Results:
Round 1: 1985-06-02, Sportsland Sugo (7 / 4) Matsunami / Igarashi / Yamaguchi
Round 2: 1985-06-16, Tsukuba (10 / 5) Matsunami / Igarashi
Round 3: 1985-08-04, Nishi Nippon (19 / 5) Matsunami / Igarashi
Round 4: 1985-10-13, Suzuka (23 / ?, but DNF?) Matsunami / Igarashi / Yamaguchi
Round 5: 1985-11-10, Fuji (DNF) Matsunami / driver 6

Note 1: Another Weds Sport entry, sister car to #18.
Note 2: The team contested the first two rounds with the RWD AE86, and the final two rounds with the FWD AE82 – http://www.weds.co.jp/race_report/su...t/archive.html says round three was contested with an AE86.

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#86
Entrant/car: ROOKIE .LEVIN/AE86/TOYOTA AE86
Car/homologation: Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 (A5180, 1587 cc)
Tyres: Bridgestone
Driver 1: 諸角 誠二 (Seizi Morozumi / Angular Seiji) Seiji MOROZUMI
Driver 2: にしざわ ひろみ (Hiromi the ZAWA / It does, the [za] [wa] wide seeing) Hiromi NISHIZAWA
Driver 3: 諸角 (諸角 / Angles) ? ?
Driver 4: 小沢 芳二 (Yoshizi Ozawa / Ozawa 芳 two)
Driver 5: 加藤 由紀子 (Yukiko Katou / Yukiko Kato) ? ? (Yukiko Kato?)
Driver 6: 勝又 良文 (Yoshihumi Katsumata / Victory and it is good the sentence)

Results:
Round 1: 1985-06-02, Sportsland Sugo (10 / ?) Morozumi / Nishizawa
Round 2: 1985-06-16, Tsukuba (13 / ?) driver 3 – only one driver!?
Round 3: 1985-08-04, Nishi Nippon (22 / ?, DNF?) Morozumi / driver 4 / driver 5
Round 4: 1985-10-13, Suzuka (12 / 7) Morozumi / driver 6
Round 5: 1985-11-10, Fuji (DNF) Morozumi / driver 6

Note: no other info, but here is a few speculations: The Rookie Levin entries name, Seiji Morozumi as the only fixed driver of the entry, and a host of one off drives for his co-pilotes, could suggest that this was a sort of learners car for young talents, with Morozumi as their guide – a bit like Jochen Mass at Sauber-Mercedes, where he guided Mrs. Schumacher, Wendlinger and Frentzen during the 1990 World Sportscar Championship. This is only guess work, so any information on this entry would be very nice.

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# unknown
Entrant/car: TOYOTA AE86
Car/homologation: Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 (A5180, 1587 cc)
Tyres: unknown
Driver 1: 桜井 勤 (Tsutomu Sakurai / Sakurai working hard/employment) ? ? (SAKURAI?)
Driver 2: 奥山 賢一 (Keniti Okuyama / Kenichi Okuyama) ? ? (OKUYAMA?)

Results:
Round 5: 1985-11-10, Fuji (DNF)

Note: no other info, not even at start number for this entry. Didn’t even post a time during qualifying for their sole race at Fuji.

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To the best of my knowledge, this gives a total of 11 different Toyota Corolla entries over the 1985 A-JTCC – most of them racing on a regular basis.

Jesper

[Jesper OH]

1985 – division 2 entries

Besides the Volkswagen products, that seemed to interchange between division 1 and 2, there were a few more definite division 2 entries around in 1985.

Drivers name read: Japanese signs (translations from google/altavista) Bridgestone file

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#2
Entrant/car: オオツカ東名ニッサンシルビア
(Bandai Tomei Nissan Silvia / [ootsuka] Tomei NISSAN sill beer)
Car/homologation: Nissan Silvia RS US12 (A5247, 1991 cc)
Tyres: Dunlop
Driver: 袖山 誠一 (Seiiti Sodeyama / Sleeve cap sincerity one) Seeichi SODEYAMA
Driver: 相葉 文男 (Minister Fumio leaf / Aiba sentence man) Fumio AIBA

Results:
Round 1: 1985-06-02, Sportsland Sugo (3 / 1)

Note 1: This team settled for a Skyline RS Turbo division 3 car for the remainder of the season.

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#3
Entrant/car: オ-トスホ゜-ツニッサンシルヒ゛ア
(Oh - TOSUHO degrees - a TSUNISSANSHIRUHI゛/ [o] - [tosuho] MARU - [tsunitsusanshiruhi] & [a)
Entrant/car: CARトップ日産シルビア
(Top Nissan Silvia CAR / CAR top NISSAN sill beer)
Entrant/car: US12
Entrant/car: NISSAN US12
Car/homologation: Nissan Silvia RS US12 (A5247, 1991 cc)
Tyres: Dunlop
Driver 1: 熊谷 (Kumagai / Kumatani) Mutsumi KUMAGAI
Driver 2: 辻本 (Tsujimoto / Tsujimoto) Seiichirou TSUJIMOTO
Driver 3: 中谷 明彦 (Akihiko Nakaya / Akihiko Nakatani) Akihiko NAKAYA
Driver 4: 辻本 征一郎 (Tsujimoto Itirou Susumu / Conquering Ichiro Tsujimoto) Seiichirou TSUJIMOTO
Driver 5: 伏木 悦郎 (Etsuo Hushiki / 伏 wooden rapture 郎) Etsuro FUSHIKI
Driver 6: 村松 康生 (Yasuo Muramatsu / Yasuo Muramatsu) Yasuo MURAMATSU

Results:
The races:
Round 2: 1985-06-16, Tsukuba (9 / 1) Kumagai / Tsujimoto
Round 3: 1985-08-04, Nishi Nippon (10 / 2) Nakaya / Tsujimoto
Round 4: 1985-10-13, Suzuka (10 / 1) Fushiki / Tsujimoto
Round 5: 1985-11-10, Fuji (14 / 1) Muramatsu / Tsujimoto

Note 1: Driver 2 and 4 must be the one and same. The JAF results from round 2 only mention the family name of the drivers.
Note 2: Since the Silvia #2 “became” a Skyline after round 1, and this entry had it’s first race at round 2, this could be the one and same car.
Note 3: Tsujimoto finished the season as 4th overall in the championship.

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#14
Entrant/car: MAZDA SA22C/ WOORX-7
Car/homologation: Mazda SA22C Savanna RX 7 2+2 (A5713, 1146 cc * 2)
Tyres: unknown
Driver: 池沢 さとし (Satoshi Ikezawa / Ikezawa with it does,) ? ? (IKEZAWA?)
Driver: 中村 誠 (Makoto Nakamura / Nakamura sincerity) ? ? (NAKAMURA?)
Driver: 野地 広行 (Hiroyuki Noti / Roof board Hiroyuki) ? ? (NOTI ?)

Results:
Round 5: 1985-11-10, Fuji (DNF)

Note 1: the SA22C designation of the car suggest that the car was of the original group 1-transferred-to-group A homologation, from way back in August 1978. A Never version, Mazde Savanna RX7 Custom (2+2) was homologated as a proper group A car from February 1984 as A5195. I don’t know the technical differences between the two, so, can anybody help?
Note 2: Mazda’s were rare in Japanese group A, and not entirely 100 % sure, but this is the only entry from Mazda, during the nine seasons of group A.

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Not a lot of cars in the middle division, and always blown away by the baby class!

[Frank de Jong]

Jesper, I don't think there is any difference between the two apart from normal developments over the years. 5713 is full of group 2 amandments, which are missing from 5195 obviously.
I would treat them as the same car.

[Jesper OH]

Ok, thank you Frank. I do know that the street version got updated with different style bumpers and a rear spoiler at some stage.

Jesper

[Jesper OH]

1985 – division 3 entries

First the championship winning BMW 635CSi

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#1
Entrant/car: ハルトゲBMW　035csi
(Barb Hull BMW 035csi / [harutoge] BMW 035csi)
Entrant/car: ハルトケ゛635CS
(635 CS HARUTOKE゛/ [harutoke] ゛635CS)
Car/homologation: BMW 635CSi (A5118, 3430 cc)
Tyres: Yokohama
Driver: 長坂 尚樹 (Naoki Nagasaka / Furthermore Nagasaka tree) Naoki NAGASAKA
Driver: 茂木 和男 (Kazuo Mogi / Kazuo Mogi) Kazuo MOGI

Results:
Round 1: 1985-06-02, Sportsland Sugo (DNF)
Round 2: 1985-06-16, Tsukuba (1 / 1)
Round 3: 1985-08-04, Nishi Nippon (1 / 1)
Round 4: 1985-10-13, Suzuka (4 / 1)
Round 5: 1985-11-10, Fuji (3 / 3)

Note 1: I think the entry name should be Hartge BMW 635CSi. Pictures of the car show a great resemblance in the paint scheme of the 1983 ETCC Hartge 635’s.
Note 2: This was the Autobeaurex entry of Kayoshi FUKUI.
Note 3: This driver pairing won the championship.

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#5
Entrant/car: MITSIBISHI A183A
Car/homologation: Mitsubishi Starion 2000 Turbo A183A (A5113, 1997 cc * 1.4)
Tyres: Yokohama
Driver 1: 高橋 国光 (Kunimitsu Takahashi / Takahashi national light) Kunimitsu TAKAHASHI
Driver 2: 武藤 文雄 – DNP (Humio Mutou / Fumio Buto) ? ?
Driver 3: D．ブロディ – DNS (D. Brody / D. Brodie) David BRODIE (GB)

Results:
Round 5: 1985-11-10, Fuji (DNF)

Note 1: first Mitsubishi Starion entry in the group A series along #10 and #66.
Note 2: The JAF results suggest David Brodie drove the car during qualifying, but was replaced by driver 2 for the race.
Note 3: A Mitsubishi Ralliart factory entry I believe.

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#10
Entrant/car: MITSUBISHI A183チ
Car/homologation: Mitsubishi Starion 2000 Turbo A183A (A5113, 1997 cc * 1.4)
Tyres: Yokohama
Driver 1: M．リュー (M. Liu / M. [riyu) Michael LIEU (Hong Kong)
Driver 2: 中谷 明彦 (Akihiko Nakaya / Akihiko Nakatani) Akihiko NAKAYA
Driver 3: 武藤 文雄 – DNS (Humio Mutou / Fumio Buto) ? ?

Results:
Round 5: 1985-11-10, Fuji (4 / 4)

Note 1: first Mitsubishi Starion entry in the group A series along #5 and #66.
Note 2: “driver 3” drove the car during qualifying, but was transferred to the #5 entry for the race.
Note 3: A Mitsubishi Ralliart factory entry I believe.

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#66
Entrant/car: MITSIBISHI A183A
Car/homologation: Mitsubishi Starion 2000 Turbo A183A (A5113, 1997 cc * 1.4)
Tyres: unknown
Driver: K．バートレット (K. Bartlett / K. Birtlet) Kevin BARTLETT (AUS)
Driver: B．ジョーンズ (B. Jones) Bradley JONES (AUS)

Results:
Round 5: 1985-11-10, Fuji (DNF)

Note 1: first Mitsubishi Starion entry in the group A series along #5 and #10.
Note 1: A Ralliart Japan or Ralliart Australia entry?

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#5 and 55
Entrant/car: MA61/ C-ONE SPORT SUPRA
Car/homologation: Toyota Celica Supra MA61 (A5162, 2759 cc)
Tyres: unknown
Driver 1: 佐藤 浩二 (Kouzi Sato / Kouji Sato) ? ? (SATO?)
Driver 2: 熊谷 睦 (Kumagai Data / Kumatani 睦) ? ?
Driver 3: 黒木 健次 (Kenzi Kuroki / The Kurogi Ken next) ? ?

Results:
Round 4: 1985-10-13, Suzuka (20 / ?, not running at finish?) driver 1, 2, 3 as #5
Round 5: 1985-11-10, Fuji (DNF) driver 1, 3 as #55

Note 1: first Celica Supra in the series. C-One Sport means absolutely nothing to me – to you?

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#8
Entrant/car: TOYOTA MA61/ミノルタα7000・CELICA
Car/homologation: Toyota Celica Supra MA61 (A5162, 2759 cc)
Tyres: Bridgestone
Driver: 関谷 正徳 (Masanori Sekiya / Sekitani correct virtue) Masanori SEKIYA
Driver: 小河 等 (Hitoshi Ogawa / Small river and the like) Hitoshi OGAWA

Results:
Round 5: 1985-11-10, Fuji (7 / 6)

Note 1: A Minolta (Tom’s factory?) entry, should make it a sister car to the #7 and #70 Corolla division 1 cars.

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#19
Entrant/car: TOYOTA MA61/ SARD SUPRチ
Car/homologation: Toyota Celica Supra MA61 (A5162, 2759 cc)
Tyres: unknown
Driver: D．シアーズ (D. Sears / D. [shiazu) David SEARS (GB)
Driver: 岡本 安弘 (Yasuhiro Okamoto / Okamoto it is cheap Hiro) ? ? (Yasuhiro OKAMOTO?)

Results:
Round 5: 1985-11-10, Fuji (DNF)

Note 1: this should be an entry from the SARD tuning company.
Note 2: a Yasuhiro Okamoto drove for SARD during the 1986 Japanese sports car series.

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#20
Entrant/car: VOLVO240T
Car/homologation: Volvo 240 Turbo (A5020/2127 cc * 1.4)
Tyres: Pirelli
Driver: T．リンドストロム (T. Lindstrom / T. [rindosutoromu) Thomas LINDSTRÖM
Driver: G．ブランカテリ (G. BURANKATERI / G. [burankateri) Gianfranco BRANCATELLI

Results:
Round 5: 1985-11-10, Fuji (2 / 2)

Note 1: Eggenberger Motorsport factory entry, driven by newly crowned ETCC champions.

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#21
Entrant/car: VOLVO240T
Car/homologation: Volvo 240 Turbo (A5020/2127 cc * 1.4)
Tyres: Pirelli
Driver: S．ミューラー (S. Mueller / S. Mullerian) Sigi MÜLLER Jr. (D)
Driver: P．デュドネ (P. DYUDONE / P. [deyudone) Pierre DIEDONNÉ (B)

Results:
Round 5: 1985-11-10, Fuji (1 / 1)

Note 1: Eggenberger Motorsport factory entry

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This was the non-Nissan division 3 cars of 1983. The Skylines will follow at some point, but there are plenty, so, for those who want a sneak at what to come, look here: http://tentenths.com/forum/showthrea...nissan+skyline

Jesper

[chunterer]

I have a suspicion that the Brodie Starion you list there co driven by Takahashi may well have been Brodie's (or one of) own cars? Takahashi shared a car with The Brode at one of the TT's didn't he?

Could Ralliart have invited him/BBW out to gauge how their own cars were faring?

[Jesper OH]

That's an interesting point there, Chunterer. Just checked with Frank de Jongs site, which says Vern Schuppan co-drove the BBW car at the '85 TT and Barry Sheene did the honors the following year. Just a bit strange then, that Brodie was the one driver left withourt a drive in the race itself

A look at the '85 Macau might also tell a story, as Kevin Bartlett, Michael Lieu and David Brodie raced a car each.
Bartlett and Bradley Jones were both racing for what the 1985 Bathurst year book calls a Bartlett-led Ralliart team. Initially a one car effort, but bolstered to two at Bathurst. Japan Air Lines was among the sponsors, so at least the flight tap should have been covered!

As mentioned in an earlier post the Fuji race was the Japanese group A debut of the car, and bringing in three already complete cars does in hindsight make some sence. Interesting question there, but as of now, speculation.

Jesper

[KA]

Originally Posted by chunterer

I have a suspicion that the Brodie Starion you list there co driven by Takahashi may well have been Brodie's (or one of) own cars? Takahashi shared a car with The Brode at one of the TT's didn't he?

Could Ralliart have invited him/BBW out to gauge how their own cars were faring?

Brodie and BBW definitely had 2 cars in '85- the second car appeared at a couple of BTCC rounds, (Silverstone GP for Vern Schuppan and the last round at Silverstone for Takahashi and Schuppan shared the car at the TT- at the risk of wandering off topic, I think both cars were entered, but only one appeared).

As Jesper said, Brodie also appeared at Macau a couple of weeks after the Fuji race, as part of a 3-car team with Kevin Bartlett and Michael Lieu- I wonder if it was in a Japanese Ralliart car he used at Fuji and Macau, one of Bartlett's Australian cars, or one of Brodie's regular pair?

[Jesper OH]

Originally Posted by Jesper OH

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#86
Entrant/car: ROOKIE .LEVIN/AE86/TOYOTA AE86
Car/homologation: Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 (A5180, 1587 cc)
Tyres: Bridgestone
Driver 1: 諸角 誠二 (Seizi Morozumi / Angular Seiji) Seiji MOROZUMI
Driver 2: にしざわ ひろみ (Hiromi the ZAWA / It does, the [za] [wa] wide seeing) Hiromi NISHIZAWA
Driver 3: 諸角 (諸角 / Angles) ? ?
Driver 4: 小沢 芳二 (Yoshizi Ozawa / Ozawa 芳 two)
Driver 5: 加藤 由紀子 (Yukiko Katou / Yukiko Kato) ? ? (Yukiko Kato?)
Driver 6: 勝又 良文 (Yoshihumi Katsumata / Victory and it is good the sentence)

Results:
Round 1: 1985-06-02, Sportsland Sugo (10 / ?) Morozumi / Nishizawa
Round 2: 1985-06-16, Tsukuba (13 / ?) driver 3 – only one driver!?
Round 3: 1985-08-04, Nishi Nippon (22 / ?, DNF?) Morozumi / driver 4 / driver 5
Round 4: 1985-10-13, Suzuka (12 / 7) Morozumi / driver 6
Round 5: 1985-11-10, Fuji (DNF) Morozumi / driver 6

Note: no other info, but here is a few speculations: The Rookie Levin entries name, Seiji Morozumi as the only fixed driver of the entry, and a host of one off drives for his co-pilotes, could suggest that this was a sort of learners car for young talents, with Morozumi as their guide – a bit like Jochen Mass at Sauber-Mercedes, where he guided Mrs. Schumacher, Wendlinger and Frentzen during the 1990 World Sportscar Championship. This is only guess work, so any information on this entry would be very nice.

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Co-driver for round 2 was 西沢 (Nishizawa, / Nishizawa) ? ?
A slip in my notes.

Jesper

[PZR]

I hardly know where to start with all this - so I'll just stick a pin on the board and see where it takes us........

Originally Posted by Jesper OH

#7
Sponsor/entrant: ミノルタα－7000カローラ (Minolta Corolla α7000)
Car/Homologation: Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 (A5280, 1587 cc)
Tyres: Bridgestone
Driver 1: 舘 信秀 (Nobuhide TATE / 舘 trust 秀) driving round 1
Driver 2: 真田 睦明 (SANADA Akira Atsushi / SANADA 睦 discernment) driving round 1, 3, 5
Driver 3: 奥脇 (Rear side / Inner part side) driving round 2
Driver 4: 真田 (SANADA) driving round 2
Driver 5: 奥脇 絵里 (Rear Eri Waki / Inner part side picture village) driving rounds 3, 4, 5
Driver 6: 真田 陸明 (Lu Ming SANADA / Mutuaki SANADA) driving round 4

The English language Bridgestone files has results of this entry from rounds 1, 2 and 5 and in all three cases the pairing is Eri OKUWAKI (who is driver 1, 3 and 5), partnered by Mutsuaki SANADA (who then is driver 2, 4 and 6). In other words six different Japanese “spellings” account for the same two driver crew over the entire five rounds contested.

Results:
Round 1: 1985-06-02, Sportsland Sugo (4 / 3)
Round 2: 1985-06-16, Tsukuba (4 / 3)
Round 3: 1985-08-04, Nishi Nippon (DNF)
Round 4: 1985-10-13, Suzuka (16 / 10)
Round 5: 1985-11-10, Fuji (12 / 6)

The Minolta sponsorship made me think of the official TOM’S Toyota entries in both sports cars and later years of group A. Is this the case?

Correction / confirmation of romanised names:
Driver 1: Nobuhide TATE driving round 1
Driver 2: Akira SANADA driving round 1, 3, 5
Driver 3: Eri OKUWAKI ( female ) driving round 2, 3, 4, 5
Driver 4: Mutsuaki SANADA driving round 2, 4

Yes, the Minolta alpha-7000 title sponsorship was a complete colour scheme for the car - also seen on the #70 Corolla Levin and the #8 Celica in the 1985 season. I will scan photos of the cars and e-mail them to you.

[PZR]

Originally Posted by Jesper OH

#9
Entrant/car: TOYOTA AE82
トムスカロ-ラFX (TOMUSUKARO - The FX / [tomusukaro] - [ra] FX)
Car/homologation: Toyota Corolla AE82 (A5274, 1587 cc)
Tyres: unknown
Driver: 鈴木 利男 (Toshio Suzuki / Suzuki interest man ) Toshio SUZUKI
Driver: 浅井 順久 (Hisashi Sunao Azai / Sequential Hisashi Asai)

Results:
Round 5: 1985-11-10, Fuji (16 / 8)

This car was a TOM'S team entry. 'Tom's Corolla FX' on the entry lists.
Tyres: Bridgestone
Driver: Toshio SUZUKI
Driver: ASAI ( illegible first name )
Masanori SEKIYA listed as having practiced in this car, but DNS.

Originally Posted by Jesper OH

#11
Entrant/car: TRAMPIO LEVIN
Car: Toyota Corolla Levin AE86/A5180, 1587 cc)
Tyres: Toyo
Driver 1: 星野 薫 (Kaoru HOSHINO) Kaoru HOSHINO
Driver 2: 桃田 健司 (Kenji桃田 / Health Osamu Momota) Kenji MOMOTA
Driver 3: 津久見 (Tsukumi) Tomohiko TSUTSUMI
Driver 4: 見崎 (見崎 / Seeing promontory) Kiyoshi MISAKI
Driver 5: 高木 政己 (Masami Takagi / Takagi Masaki) Masami TAKAGI
Driver 6: 中谷 明彦 (Akihiko Nakaya / Akihiko Nakatani) Akihiko NAKAYA
Read as: (names from translations) names from Bridgestone files

Results:
Round 1: 1985-06-02, Sportsland Sugo (1 / 1) Hoshino / Momota
Round 2: 1985-06-16, Tsukuba (2 / 1) Tsutsumi / Misaki
Round 3: 1985-08-04, Nishi Nippon (3 / 1) Hoshino / Takagi
Round 4: 1985-10-13, Suzuka (2 / 2) Hoshino / Nakaya
Round 5: 1985-11-10, Fuji (8 / 2) Hoshino / Misaki / Takagi

Note 1: the JAF-files only credit Hoshino/Takagi for the Fuji race, while the Bridgestone-files mentions all three.
Note 2: sister car to #12, I presume.

Driver 1: Kaoru HOSHINO
Driver 2: Kenji MOMOTA
Driver 3: Tomohiko TSUTSUMI
Driver 4: Kiyoshi MISAKI
Driver 5: Masami TAKAGI
Driver 6: Akihiko NAKAYA

TSUTSUMI practised the car at Fuji but DNS.
Yes, sister car to #12 with very similar colour scheme but different layout of sub-sponsor stickers and different colour sunstrip.

Originally Posted by Jesper OH

#12
Entrant/car: TRAMPIO LEVIN
Car: Toyota Corolla Levin AE86/A5180, 1587 cc)
Tyres: Toyo
Driver: 津々見 友彦 and 津久見 友彦 (Tomohiko look great and Tomohiko Tsukumi / Tomohiko and Tsukumi Tomohiko Tutumi) Tomohiko TSUTSUMI
Driver: 伊東 薫 and 伊東 (Ito and Kaori Itou / Ito Kaoru and Ito) Kaoru ITO
Driver: 高木 (Takagi / Tall tree) Masami TAGAKI
Driver: 見崎 清志 (Kiyoshi見崎 / The seeing promontory it is clear will) Kiyoshi MISAKI

Results:
Round 1: 1985-06-02, Sportsland Sugo (13 / 9) Tsutsumi / Ito
Round 2: 1985-06-16, Tsukuba (3 / 2) Ito / Takagi
Round 3: 1985-08-04, Nishi Nippon (4 / 2) Tsutsumi / Misaki
Round 4: 1985-10-13, Suzuka (3 / 3) Tsutsumi / Misaki
Round 5: 1985-11-10, Fuji (21 / ?) Tsutsumi / Misaki / Ito

Note 1: less successful sister car to #11, I presume.

Driver: Tomohiko TSUTSUMI
Driver: Kaoru ITO ( female )
Driver: Masami TAKAGI ( not TAGAKI )
Driver: Kiyoshi MISAKI

Originally Posted by Jesper OH

#18
Entrant/car: WEDS SPORT CORULLA
Entrant/car: ウェッス゛スヘ゜シャルカロ-ラ
Entrant/car: ウェッス゛スホ゜-ツスフ゜リンタ-
Entrant/car: AE86
Entrant/car: TOYOTA AE86
Car/Homologation: Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 (A5180, 1587 cc) rounds 1, 2 and 3
Car/Homologation: Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 (A5275, 1587 cc) rounds 4 and 5
Tyres: Bridgestone
Driver: 浅野 武夫 (Takeo Asano / Takeo Asano) Takeo ASANO
Driver: 木村 雅範 (Masanori Kimura / Kimura elegance example) Masanori KIMURA
Driver: 江尻 旬子 (Ejiri,旬子 / Ziyunko Ejiri) Junko EJIRI

Results:
Round 1: 1985-06-02, Sportsland Sugo (2 / 2) Asano / Kimura / Ejiri
Round 2: 1985-06-16, Tsukuba (7 / 4) Asano / Kimura / Ejiri
Round 3: 1985-08-04, Nishi Nippon (8 / 4) Asano / Kimura
Round 4: 1985-10-13, Suzuka (7 / 5) Asano / Kimura
Round 5: 1985-11-10, Fuji (10 / 4) Asano / Kimura

Note 1: car was a Sprinter Trueno for at least the final round. I didn’t realise this version of the AE86 was homologated separately from the 3-door Coupe. This version featured pop up head lights and another, lower profile of the nose section, to the best of my knowledge.
Note 2: entry from Weds Sport tuning company.
Note 3: sister car to #77.

Driver: Takeo ASANO
Driver: Masanori KIMURA
Driver: Junko EJIRI

Yes, AE86 Corollas were marketed as LEVIN and Sprinter TRUENO versions and both homologated accordingly.
WEDS Sport were the race team of WEDS CO. LTD. who were wheel manufacturers, and they took part in Japanese Group A for 8 years.

Originally Posted by Jesper OH

#25
Entrant/car: ADVAN COROLLA
Entrant/car: ADVAN COCOROLLA
Entrant/car: ADBAN カロ-ラ
Entrant/car: AE86
Entrant/car: TOYOTA AE86
Car/Homologation: Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 (A5180, 1587 cc)
Tyres: Yokohama
Driver: 鈴木 恵一 (Keiiti Suzuki / Suzuki Megumi one) Keiichi SUZUKI
Driver: 土屋 圭市 (Keiichi Tsuchiya / Tsuchiya 圭 city) Keiichi TSUCHIYA

Results:
Round 1: 1985-06-02, Sportsland Sugo (DNF)
Round 2: 1985-06-16, Tsukuba (DNF)
Round 3: 1985-08-04, Nishi Nippon (DNF)
Round 4: 1985-10-13, Suzuka (13 / 8, but DNF?)
Round 5: 1985-11-10, Fuji (6 / 1)

Note: I believe a black and red Advan (brand of Yokohama) #25 Toyota Corolla appeared at every single race during the nine years of Japanese group A racing. This claim is still unconfirmed, mind you! Other cars, like BMW M3s and Nissan Skylines, appeared in the same Advan colour scheme, but was not necessarily from the same team.

Entrant/car: ADVAN COROLLA
Driver: Keiichi SUZUKI
Driver: Keiichi TSUCHIYA

Yes, they DNF'd at Suzuka - but still completed 45 laps so they still beat others that finished.

You are correct about #25 Advan-sponsored Corollas being present for all nine years, but of course the types of Corollas being used did change!

[PZR]

Originally Posted by Jesper OH

#27
Entrant/car: TOYOTA AE86/RS加藤ラックスポーツレビン
(Kato RAKKUSUPOTSUREBIN RS / RS Kato [ratsukusupotsurebin)
Car/homologation: Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 (A5180, 1587 cc)
Tyres: unknown
Driver 1: 鈴木 陽一郎 (Youitirou Suzuki / Yoichiro Suzuki) ? SUZUKI
Driver 2: 近田 直人 (Naoto近田 / Naoto Chikada) ? ?
Driver 3: 水谷 行信 (Mizutani行信 / Mizutani line trust) ? ?

Results:
Round 4: 1985-10-13, Suzuka (14 / 9) Suzuki/driver 2
Round 5: 1985-11-10, Fuji (15 / 7) driver 2/driver 3

Note 1: no notes on this car, including the type of Corolla – picture would be nice. The entrant or sponsor name in English would be of great help.
Note 2: Driver 1’s name correlates to other Suzuki’s, so I’m sure he’s “A” Suzuki.

Team / Entrant was 'R.S.KATO - LUCK SPORTS' LEVIN
Driver 1: Yoichiro SUZUKI
Driver 2: Naoto CHIKADA
Driver 3: Yukinobu MIZUTANI

Again, I have a photo of the car which I will scan and e-mail to you.

Originally Posted by Jesper OH

#70
Entrant/car: ミノルタα－7000カローラ
Entrant/car: TOYOTA AE86
Car: Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 (A5180, 1587 cc)
Tyres: Bridgestone
Driver: 関谷 正徳 (Masanori Sekiya / Sekitani correct virtue) Masanori SEKIYA
Driver: 鈴木 利男 (Toshio Suzuki / Suzuki interest man) Toshio SUZUKI
Driver: 岡田 秀樹 (Hideki Okada) Hideki OKADA
Driver: T．シャープ (T. Sharp) Tim SHARP (British driver?)

Results:
Round 3: 1985-08-04, Nishi Nippon (5 / 3) Sekiya/Suzuki
Round 4: 1985-10-13, Suzuka (5 / 4) Sekiya/Suzuki
Round 5: 1985-11-10, Fuji (11 / 5) Okada/Sharp

Notes: Minolta (and Tom’s?) sister car of #7. Likely to be a factory entry.

Yes, a Minolta-sponsored TOM'S team entry.
Driver: Masanori SEKIYA
Driver: Toshio SUZUKI
Driver: Hideki OKADA
Driver: Tim SHARP (British driver?)

Originally Posted by Jesper OH

#77
Entrant/car: WEDS SPORT RSD COROLLA
Entrant/car: ウェッス゛スホ゜-ツRSDカロ-ラ
Entrant/car: AE82
Entrant/car: TOYOTA AE82ウエッス゛スホ゜-ツRSDカロ-ラ
Car/homologation: Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 (A5180, 1587 cc)
Car/homologation: Toyota Corolla FX AE82 (A5274, 1587 cc)
Tyres: Dunlop
Driver: 松波 登 (Noboru Matsunami / Pine wave Noboru) Noboru MATSUNAMI
Driver: 五十嵐 豊光 (Toyomitsu Igarashi / Igarashi Yutaka light) Toyomitsu IGARASHI
Driver: 山口 義則 (Yoshinori Yamaguti / Yoshinori Yamaguchi) Yoshinori YAMAGUCHI
Driver: 松波 (松波 / Pine wave) Noboru MATSUNAMI
Driver: 五十嵐 (Igarashi / Igarashi) Toyomitsu IGARASHI
Driver 6: 蟹江 光正 (Akira Akira Kanie / Kanie optical righteousness) ? ?

Results:
Round 1: 1985-06-02, Sportsland Sugo (7 / 4) Matsunami / Igarashi / Yamaguchi
Round 2: 1985-06-16, Tsukuba (10 / 5) Matsunami / Igarashi
Round 3: 1985-08-04, Nishi Nippon (19 / 5) Matsunami / Igarashi
Round 4: 1985-10-13, Suzuka (23 / ?, but DNF?) Matsunami / Igarashi / Yamaguchi
Round 5: 1985-11-10, Fuji (DNF) Matsunami / driver 6

Note 1: Another Weds Sport entry, sister car to #18.
Note 2: The team contested the first two rounds with the RWD AE86, and the final two rounds with the FWD AE82 – http://www.weds.co.jp/race_report/su...t/archive.html says round three was contested with an AE86.

Driver: Noboru MATSUNAMI
Driver: Toyomitsu IGARASHI
Driver: Yoshinori YAMAGUCHI
Driver: Noboru MATSUNAMI
Driver: Toyomitsu IGARASHI
Driver 6: Mitsumasa KANIE

Originally Posted by Jesper OH

#86
Entrant/car: ROOKIE .LEVIN/AE86/TOYOTA AE86
Car/homologation: Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 (A5180, 1587 cc)
Tyres: Bridgestone
Driver 1: 諸角 誠二 (Seizi Morozumi / Angular Seiji) Seiji MOROZUMI
Driver 2: にしざわ ひろみ (Hiromi the ZAWA / It does, the [za] [wa] wide seeing) Hiromi NISHIZAWA
Driver 3: 諸角 (諸角 / Angles) ? ?
Driver 4: 小沢 芳二 (Yoshizi Ozawa / Ozawa 芳 two)
Driver 5: 加藤 由紀子 (Yukiko Katou / Yukiko Kato) ? ? (Yukiko Kato?)
Driver 6: 勝又 良文 (Yoshihumi Katsumata / Victory and it is good the sentence)

Results:
Round 1: 1985-06-02, Sportsland Sugo (10 / ?) Morozumi / Nishizawa
Round 2: 1985-06-16, Tsukuba (13 / ?) driver 3 – only one driver!?
Round 3: 1985-08-04, Nishi Nippon (22 / ?, DNF?) Morozumi / driver 4 / driver 5
Round 4: 1985-10-13, Suzuka (12 / 7) Morozumi / driver 6
Round 5: 1985-11-10, Fuji (DNF) Morozumi / driver 6

Note: no other info, but here is a few speculations: The Rookie Levin entries name, Seiji Morozumi as the only fixed driver of the entry, and a host of one off drives for his co-pilotes, could suggest that this was a sort of learners car for young talents, with Morozumi as their guide – a bit like Jochen Mass at Sauber-Mercedes, where he guided Mrs. Schumacher, Wendlinger and Frentzen during the 1990 World Sportscar Championship. This is only guess work, so any information on this entry would be very nice.

Driver 1: Seiji MOROZUMI
Driver 2: Hiromi NISHIZAWA
Driver 3: Seiji MOROZUMI
Driver 4: Yoshiji OZAWA
Driver 5: Yukiko KATO ( female )
Driver 6: Yoshifumi KATSUMATA

*Your Driver 1 and Driver 2 are the same guy I think. You need to change your results accordingly.

Yes, 'ROOKIE' Levin was a TRD entry with rotating 'rookie' novice driver line-up to partner MOROZUMI.

Race number of #86 was not serendipity, but purposely chosen for the AE86 Corolla Levin 'Hachi-Roku' as part of the model's Toyota and TRD publicity / sales campaign.

Originally Posted by Jesper OH

# unknown
Entrant/car: TOYOTA AE86
Car/homologation: Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 (A5180, 1587 cc)
Tyres: unknown
Driver 1: 桜井 勤 (Tsutomu Sakurai / Sakurai working hard/employment) ? ? (SAKURAI?)
Driver 2: 奥山 賢一 (Keniti Okuyama / Kenichi Okuyama) ? ? (OKUYAMA?)

Results:
Round 5: 1985-11-10, Fuji (DNF)

Note: no other info, not even at start number for this entry. Didn’t even post a time during qualifying for their sole race at Fuji.

I believe this must be the #26 car in the race: The 'F.E.T Advan T.B.S. Levin'
Tyres: Yokohama
Driver 1: Tsutomu SAKURAI
Driver 2: Kenichi OKUYAMA

They retired ( reason: "Engine" ) after 103 laps.
'F.E.T' = Far East Trading, a company with performance / race car roots going back to the early 1960s.
'T.B.S' = ( I believe in this case ) Tokyo Broadcasting System, an independent TV station with several channels.

Will scan and e-mail a photo of the car to you.

[PZR]

Jesper,
Is it making sense for me to make posts like the above? I can't think of a clearer way to do it at this point. Have you any suggestions?

I need a cup of tea now............

[Jesper OH]

PZR, It makes absolute sence to me, so a big thank you. In fact, if it wasn't for the current 30 degree temperatures in Denmark, your obvious intimate knowledge regarding these matters, would blow socks off - only that it is too hot for socks, so you have to make do by blowing me off my feet only!

There's some good points made out in your posts. The obvious being the driver names additions or corrections, mention of female gender (I wouln't know from their names only), sponsor names and some time their products, and details like the #86 Rookie entry being numbered for what is now a lot more obvious reasons.
I'm noticing that the translations sometime work, at other times half of the name does, and at other times it doesn't at all. Only problem being, that without knowing what the translations is supposed to say, I still don't know if the translation is of any use. BTW, do you read the 'Kangi' (was that the word?) yourself or do you have very good notes?

I have made slight alterations along my posts, and at the moment I don't have any other ideas for improving on that, so keep the posts coming, please!

The current idea, at least for now, is to complete the entries with the Nissan Skyline entries and seven entries of unknown nature. From your (and other) contributions, I will then re-construct the results race-by-race in English, asking for qualifying results as a major addition to my current data. But that is still a bit into the future.

Jesper

PS I hope the tea was nice

[Jesper OH]

1985 – the onknowns

Here’s a bunch of unknowns. Without a car manufacturer or model, I don’t know the division either.

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#8
Entrant/car: エッセンシャルスタ-レ-ツ
(ESSENSHARUSUTA - LES – Sports / Essential star - [re] - [tsu)
Car/homologation: ?
Tyres: unknown
Driver 1: 野口 (Noguchi / Noguchi) ? (NOGUCHI?)
Driver 2: 武田 (Takeda / Takeda) ? (TAKEDA?)

Results:
Round 2: 1985-06-16, Tsukuba (16 / ?)

Note: not even first names for the drivers!
Note 2: #8 appeared in round 3, likely as a Toyota Starlet, and at round 5 definitely as a Toyota Celica Supra.

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#8
Entrant/car: 草場自動車スターレット (Let草場automobile Star / Kusaba automobile Starlet)
Car/homologation: Toyota Starlet KP61 (A5022, 1290 cc)
Tyres: unknown
Driver 1: 矢田 哲也 (Tetsuya Yada / Tetuya Yada) ? ?
Driver 2: 遠藤 栄一 (Eiiti Endou / Endo glory one) ? ?

Results:
Round 3: 1985-08-04, Nishi Nippon (DNF)

Note: Well then, another Toyota Starlet.
Note 2: #8 appeared at round 2, unknown car and entrant, and at round 5 definitely as a Toyota Celica Supra.

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#10
Entrant/car: イテ゛オン.スタ-レット (ITE on゛. SUTA – Rett / [ite] & on. Star - [retsuto)
Car/homologation: ?
Tyres: unknown
Driver 1: 大野 (Ohno / Ono) ?
Driver 2: 小笠原 (Ogasawara / Ogasawara) ?

Results:
Round 2: 1985-06-16, Tsukuba (DNF)

Note: unknown car, but taking a hint from the #8 above, my guess its another Starlet.
Note 2: #10 was a Mitsubishi Starion at round 5, probably not so here.

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#16
Entrant/car: オ-トラカ゛-シュミットコ゛ルフ
(Oh - TORAKA゛- Ruf SHUMITTOKO゛ / [o] - [toraka] DOTDT - [shiyumitsutoko] & [ruhu)
Car/homologation: unknown
Tyres: unknown
Driver 1: 西沢 浩美 (Hiromi Nishizawa / Hiromi Nishizawa) ? ? (Hiromi NISHIZAWA?)
Driver 2: 小林 里江 (Rie Kobayashi / Kobayashi village river) ? ? (KOBAYASHI?)
Driver 3: 大村 誠一 (Seiiti Oomura / Omura sincerity one) ? ?

Results:
Round 3: 1985-08-04, Nishi Nippon (21 / ?)

Note: a #16 VW Golf raced at round 5, and that’s my best guess, but only a guess.
Note 2: 大村 誠二 (Seizi Oomura/ Seiji Omura) was among the drivers of the #16 Golf at Fuji…

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#24
Entrant/car: 山形スタボンRS (Yamagata stubborn RS / Yamagata star Bonn RS)
Car/homologation: ?
Tyres: unknown
Driver 1: 堀田 修利 (Toshi Osamu Hotta / Hotta Osamu interest) ? ?
Driver 2: 川脇 俊英 (川脇, Toshihide / River side genius)

Results:
Round 1: 1985-06-02, Sportsland Sugo (12 / ?)

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#40
Entrant/car: オ-トヘ゜イントスタ-レット
(Oh - TOHE INTOSUTA degrees – Rett / [o] - [tohe] & [intosuta] - [retsuto)
Car/homologation: ?
Tyres: unknown
Driver 1: 田口 寿光 (Taguchi Toshimitsu / Taguchi 寿 light)
Driver 2: 藤永 敬道 (藤永敬道 / Fujinaga Satoshi road)

Results:
Round 3: 1985-08-04, Nishi Nippon (DNF)

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#89
Entrant/car: Gスタッフクロキスタ-レット
(SUTAFFUKUROKISUTA G – Rett / G [sutatsuhukurokisuta] - [retsuto)
Car/homologation: ?
Tyres: unknown
Driver 1: 田久保 浩二 (Kouzi Takubo / Kouji Takubo) ? ?
Driver 2: 末 秀晴 (At the end秀晴 / End 秀 clear)

Results:
Round 3: 1985-08-04, Nishi Nippon (DNF)

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The end of this report. I got to think, PZR – would it make it any easier if I split the individual entries into a post of its own?

Jesper