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]

1992 Japanese Touring Car Championship
Previous:	1991	Next:	1993

Teams & Drivers

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

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
Blank	Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole
Italics - Fastest lap

References

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