JLMC - Okayama

SALEEN S7R · 24 Oct 2006, 10:10 (Ref:1747310)

Well this weekend is the final weekend for this years JLMC and I have to say that the entry list for this round is pretty good in comparissan to the previous events. A 20 car grid is expected. The following entry list is courtesy of www.dailysportscar.com.

LM P1 16 Courage LC70 (Mugen) Haruki Kurosawa / Seiji Ara
LM P1 21 Zytek 05S (Hitotsuyama Racing) Hiroki Katoh / Hideki Noda
LM P1 65 Oskar SK5.2 (Jidoshakoubou Myst) Tomoyuki Kawasaki / Tatsuya Mizutani / Toshiya Ito
LM P1 66 Oskar SK93 (Jidoshakoubou Myst) Kazuya Murase / Hiroshi Ota / Takahiko Shimazawa
LM P1 111 Oskar SK93 (Jidoshakoubou Myst) Kota Sasaki / Yasumasa Wakahara / Tatsuya Hashimoto

LM P2 3 GC-21 (MYZ) Masayuki Yamamoto / Shogo Suoh / Junichiro Yama****a
LM P2 4 GC-21 (MYZ) Yuya Sakamoto / Yoshihisa Namekata / Tomonobu Fujii
LM P2 15 Oskar SK5.2 (Jidoshakoubou Myst) Ryohei Sakaguchi / Masayuki Ueda / Motoaki Ishikawa
LM P2 18 GC-21 (Aim Sports) Shinsuke Yamazaki / Yuji Asoh / Masaru Tomizawa
LM P2 37 Oskar SK5.2 (Cosmo Racing) Naoto Chikada / Yochiro Suzuki / Takuya Ando
LM P2 52 Oskar SK5.2-KK-LM (Jidoshakoubou Myst) Hisashi Tsukahara / Tomokuni Waki / Masayoshi Furuya

GT1 9 Mosler MT900R (Team Leyjun) Osamu Nakajima / Masaki Tanaka / Hiroya Iijima
GT1 20 Ferrari 550 Maranello (Hitotsuyama Racing) Tatsuya Kataoka / Eiichi Tajima / Naoka Hattori
GT1 88 Lamborghini Murcielago R-GT (Japan Lamborghini Owners Club) Yasutaka Hinoi / Hisashi Wada / Koji Yamanishi

GT2 5 Porsche 996 GT3R (Team Takamizawa) Kazuyoshi Takamizawa / Akazama Oyaji / Tomohiko Sunako
GT2 7 Mazda RX-7 (Proto Works) Naoko Hagiwara / Sakiko Tsuji
GT2 8 Mazda RX-8 (Team NRF) Jun Nakamura / Ryuichiro Ohtsuka / Fumihiko Nishida
GT2 27 Porsche 996 GT3 RSR (Team Kawamura) Koji Aoyama / Shinichi Takagi / Morio Nitta
GT2 77 Porsche 996 GT3RS (Proto Works) Dragon Kumitda / Motoyoshi Yoshida / Yoshiaki Nakayama
GT2 930 Porsche 964 (Sunburst) Yutaka Matsushima / Takeshi Inui / Hitoshi Kakiuchi

Pete Fenelon · 24 Oct 2006, 10:45 (Ref:1747351)

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Originally Posted by SALEEN S7R

Well this weekend is the final weekend for this years JLMC and I have to say that the entry list for this round is pretty good in comparissan to the previous events. A 20 car grid is expected. The following entry list is courtesy of www.dailysportscar.com.

LM P2 3 GC-21 (MYZ) Masayuki Yamamoto / Shogo Suoh / Junichiro Yama****a

I'm glad there's no drivers from S****horpe or P****tone in this race ;p

Not a bad entry numerically but it does look like there's some 'filler', the 964-generation 911 and the RX-7 must be getting on in years?

I must admit that the Oskar and the GC are mysteries to me, does anyone have pointers to specs/pics?

ss_collins · 24 Oct 2006, 11:16 (Ref:1747385)

F3 cars with enclosed bodies - not real LMP's

prototype · 24 Oct 2006, 13:44 (Ref:1747594)

I bet an Audi will win

JAG · 24 Oct 2006, 14:42 (Ref:1747662)

If these current P2 teams step upto ACO reg chassis, this series could look very interesting, very soon.

Splatz the Cow · 24 Oct 2006, 15:31 (Ref:1747723)

What can be done about the autosensor ruining the driver names, like Ma-tsu-shi-ta, and Ya-ma-shi-ta, = Matsu****a and Yama****a.

Suze · 24 Oct 2006, 16:16 (Ref:1747778)

Guess nothing? Quite funny though.

**FIRE** · 24 Oct 2006, 17:29 (Ref:1747867)

Are these Mazda's ACO/FIA GT GT2's?

SALEEN S7R · 24 Oct 2006, 18:43 (Ref:1747945)

Well if they fit into the regulations for the ACO/FIA GT2 class then yes I guess they are Fire. Anyone remember the Supra racing in the Bahrain GT festival a couple of years ago? I beleive that was racing to FIA/ACO GT2 specification also.

Viper GTS-R*** · 24 Oct 2006, 19:26 (Ref:1747992)

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Originally Posted by SALEEN S7R

Well if they fit into the regulations for the ACO/FIA GT2 class then yes I guess they are Fire. Anyone remember the Supra racing in the Bahrain GT festival a couple of years ago? I beleive that was racing to FIA/ACO GT2 specification also.

That Mazda RX-7 is indeed a ACO/FIA Homoligated GT2 car.
That's the reasen why he is not competitive against those 996 RS(R)'s in JLMC.

And NO that Supra of 2004 Bahrein GT Festival isn't a FIA/ACO Homoligated car. It's a national GT2 car spec.
Turbo and GT2 isn't the definiation in the eyes of ACO-FIA

SALEEN S7R · 24 Oct 2006, 19:50 (Ref:1748029)

The Supra could be homlogated though for ACO/FIA series? I beleive the limit for turbocharged cars in GT1/GT2 is 4.0ltr? The Supra is a 3.0ltr twin turbo.

Viper GTS-R*** · 24 Oct 2006, 20:11 (Ref:1748065)

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Originally Posted by SALEEN S7R

The Supra could be homlogated though for ACO/FIA series? I beleive the limit for turbocharged cars in GT1/GT2 is 4.0ltr? The Supra is a 3.0ltr twin turbo.

Mmm thats correct, i forgot that... my fault.

davemk7 · 24 Oct 2006, 21:32 (Ref:1748175)

takes a little searing through but the photos are here.
http://www.lmchallenge.jp/ph_gallery/

you'll have to matches the cars up yourself those as there are no names on the pictures
http://www.lmchallenge.jp/e/index.html
http://www.lmchallenge.jp/e/news.html

davemk7 · 24 Oct 2006, 21:38 (Ref:1748184)

2 races, 2 wins outright for the ferrari 550, interesting if a prototype can win this time out?

Pete Fenelon · 25 Oct 2006, 08:55 (Ref:1748604)

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Originally Posted by ss_collins

F3 cars with enclosed bodies - not real LMP's

Cheers - yes, having looked at the pics mentioned below I see exactly what they are. Should've twigged that GC was a hint - "Grand Champion" used to be a class for for 'sports cars' in Japan which was effectively F2s with enveloping bodywork - a bit like the '77-'85 Can-Am revival in the States, or some of the weirdness that used to turn up in Interserie.

Pete Fenelon · 25 Oct 2006, 08:55 (Ref:1748608)

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Originally Posted by davemk7

takes a little searing through but the photos are here.
http://www.lmchallenge.jp/ph_gallery/

you'll have to matches the cars up yourself those as there are no names on the pictures
http://www.lmchallenge.jp/e/index.html
http://www.lmchallenge.jp/e/news.html

Thanks for the links! - some interesting pics there.

Pete Fenelon · 25 Oct 2006, 08:56 (Ref:1748610)

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Originally Posted by Splatz the Cow

What can be done about the autosensor ruining the driver names, like Ma-tsu-shi-ta, and Ya-ma-shi-ta, = Matsu****a and Yama****a.

But any Fukuyamas will get through ;p

I love 04s · 26 Oct 2006, 01:32 (Ref:1749516)

-The only series you will see these two racing each other........something old and something new......

Suze · 27 Oct 2006, 10:09 (Ref:1750891)

Nice.

I love 04s · 27 Oct 2006, 12:47 (Ref:1751028)

Zytek is clearly the pacesetter in first practice, one sec ahead of the works Courage. Great to see the ol' girl is still better than some of LMP1s fastest. Just wonderin whether the 04s/05s would be leagal in the ALMS next year - it was this year......?

isynge · 27 Oct 2006, 13:00 (Ref:1751051)

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Originally Posted by I love 04s

Zytek is clearly the pacesetter in first practice, one sec ahead of the works Courage. Great to see the ol' girl is still better than some of LMP1s fastest. Just wonderin whether the 04s/05s would be leagal in the ALMS next year - it was this year......?

One would assume so - given Autocon's plans to run a pair of B01/60s next year. In retrospect it does make it a shame nobody bought the Zytek to run in America, given they'd have had two decent years running with it. That said, without it the JLMC would have been a lot lot poorer.

Matt · 27 Oct 2006, 22:42 (Ref:1751562)

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Originally Posted by I love 04s

-The only series you will see these two racing each other........something old and something new......

Is the Mugen coloured one the Old one? They both look almost the same, lol.

JAG · 27 Oct 2006, 23:50 (Ref:1751594)

The Mugens a new Courage LC70.

I read somewhere the LC70/75 was designed by one of the orignal Zytek design team, don't know if this is true or not.

I love 04s · 28 Oct 2006, 00:24 (Ref:1751601)

Its a nice idea but I seriously doubt it, remember the Zytek 04s comes from the Reynard/IRM 02s YGK car, originally designed by Reynard and picked up by IRM when Reynard went south. I suppose its possible that the Reynard lads designed the LC70 but its a longshot - especially since they seem to have taken a step backwards both in beauty and aerodynamic ability!

JAG · 28 Oct 2006, 00:54 (Ref:1751608)

The article mentioned one guy, not a team of designers.

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