Help - 1973 Fuji 500 report

Beejay17 · 6 Sep 2002, 07:27 (Ref:374245)

Can anyone out there help with a report of the 1973 Fuji 500 as contested by the works Cologne Capris? All I knwo is that Jacky Ickx and Allan Moffat drove for Ford.

Frank de Jong · 10 Sep 2002, 09:40 (Ref:377209)

From the top of my head, Jochen Mass and Toine Hezemans drove as well; one of them won IIRC. The Capri's featured a rear spoiler for the first time, which was allowed by the Japanese rules.
I'll cover this race on my site (go.to/touringcars) in the near future.

fndc · 24 Sep 2002, 11:57 (Ref:387209)

No.2 car was driven by Jochen Mass and Dieter Glemser.
No.3 was by Toine Hezemans and Alan Moffat.

No.2 car won and No.3 retired at 71laps of 133lap race.

I have a magazine of "Fuji TT preview" issue by accident.
Result was found out at JAF site.

Beejay17 · 25 Sep 2002, 05:23 (Ref:387803)

fndc

Any chance that I could get a copy of the preview in English? Any help would be appreciated.

Beejay17

fndc · 26 Sep 2002, 12:16 (Ref:388800)

Beejay17,

Preview is consisted of 10pages in Japanese.
So I am reluctant to translate it into English.
What do you want to know?

Beejay17 · 27 Sep 2002, 03:45 (Ref:389441)

The involvement of Allan Moffat. At this stage all I know is that he may have been a late replacement for Jackie Stewart, who announced his retirement and didn't go. Moffat may not feature in the article if he was a late replacement. Also, what kind of opposition did they have? Who were they entered under? Was it Ford Germany (Cologne)?

Thanks.

Frank de Jong · 27 Sep 2002, 11:30 (Ref:389691)

fndc, where did you find it on the JAF site? I've been looking for it, but couldn't find it (I did find the 87/88 Fuji results however). Could you give the URL please?

fndc · 27 Sep 2002, 12:37 (Ref:389749)

Beejay17,
Jackie Stewart was listed as a member as you wrote.
But this magazine doubts his participation.

Entry list was not given,so I don't know details of the team.

Frank,
URL is below.
http://www.jaf.or.jp/ms/owa/ms_www_r..._id=1973000518

Frank de Jong · 27 Sep 2002, 20:00 (Ref:390128)

Thanks. No wonder I couldn't find it, its ever more Japanese that the 1987 results. Still, I now know the number of finishers, ALL starting numbers, all DNF's and a few car types (I recognize a few Mazda RX 3's). That's a nice start, I'll see what I can make from that.
Thanks!

Beejay17 · 3 Oct 2002, 04:23 (Ref:394610)

Does anybody know if the race had a rolling start?

Beejay17 · 3 Oct 2002, 05:50 (Ref:394643)

Also, what was the date of the race?

fndc · 3 Oct 2002, 13:13 (Ref:394904)

Race was held at 4th November.

It is unclear how to start the race.

Frank de Jong · 5 Oct 2002, 14:36 (Ref:396350)

The race was started in a sort of classic le mans fashion. The co-drivers had to run across the track and touch the car, before the car could start the race. Hezemans did not wait for this, and was blackflagged - he had to stop and start again.

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