1982 Fuji 6 Hours


3 October 1982 - Fuji (J): Round 7, World Endurance Championship for Drivers.
6 hour duration event in which 260 laps of a 2.709 mile/4.359 km circuit - 704.226 miles/1133.340 kms were completed.
Weather: warm, dry


Pos. No. Driver / Nationality Car Entrant Laps Time/retired Grp Pos Group Grid Qual Time
1. 1 Jacky Ickx (B)
Jochen Mass (D)
Derek Bell (GB)*
Porsche 956 003 Rothmans Porsche 260 6:00:41,05  1. C 2. 1:12,450 
2. 50 Riccardo Patrese (I)
Teo Fabi (I)
Michele Alboreto (I)*
Lancia Martini LC1 001003 Italya Martini Racing 258   1. Gr.5/75 3. 1:12,920 
3. 31 Masakazu Nakamura (J)
Kiyoshi Misaki (J)
March 75S Toyota Tom's 243   1. Gr.6 10. 1:22,580 
4. 8 Fumiyasu Satou (J)
Naoki Nagasaka (J)
BMW M1 Auto Beaurex Motor Sports 238   1. Gr.5 9. 1:22,120 
5. 7 Nobuhide Tachi (J)
Kaoru Hoshino (J)
Aguri Suzuki (J)
Toyota Celica C Tom's 234   2. C 7. 1:20,870 
6. 14 Takashi Yorino (J)
Masanori Sekiya (J)
Tom Walkinshaw (GB)
Mazda RX-7 254i Mazdaspeed 234   1. GTX 13. 1:24,610 
7. 10 Ralph Kent-Cooke (USA)
Jim Adams (USA)
Porsche 935 K3 009 0005 Ralph Kent-Cooke 230   2. GTX 40. 3:25,100 
8. 80 Tetsuji Shiratori (J)
Seisaku Suzuki (J)
Osamu Ihara (J)
Mazda RX-7 Shizumatsu Racing Team 224   3. GTX 22. 1:29,660 
9. 77 Chiyomi Totani (J)
Keiichi Suzuki (J)
Kaoru Iida (J)
Mazda RX-7 Alpha Cubic Racing Team 224   4. GTX 14. 1:26,920 
10. 32 Haruhito Yanagida (J)
Shinji Uchida (J)
MSC-March 75SC BMW Central 20 Racing Team 219   2. Gr.6 8. 1:21,120 
11. 21 Kenji Seino (J)
Mutsuo Kazama (J)
Mazda RX-7 Mazda Sports Car Club 217   5. GTX 17. 1:27,560 
12. 41 Masahiro Akiyama (J)
Ken'ichi Matsunami (J)
Nissan Fairlady 280Z Matsunami Sekiyu 217   2. Gr.5 30. 1:32,750 
13. 40 Milt Minter (USA)
Tom Klausler (USA)
Ford Mustang Marketing Corporation Of America 217   1. GTO 19. 1:28,620 
14. 36 Kouji Tomioka (J)
Toshio Motohashi (J)
Yoshiaki Asaka (J)
Koichi Iwaki (J)
Peter Chau (J)
Nissan Silvia Central 20 Racing Team 211   3. Gr.5 34. 1:35,330 
15. 33 Keiji Matsumoto (J)
Naohiro Fujita (J)
March 75S BMW Racing Mate Project Team 208   3. Gr.6 6. 1:20,190 
16. 43 Shin'ichi Katsuki (J)
Yoshio Ishikawa (J)
Mitsuo Sekiguchi (J)
Mazda Savanna RX-3 ERC Racing 206   1. GTU 32. 1:34,190 
17. 46 Haruji Tsuchiya (J)
Hiroyuki Miyagawa (J)
Nissan Fairlady 240ZG Three Tech 196   4. Gr.5 36. 1:40,720 
18. 17 Yoshimasa Matsumoto (J)
Yukio Moriya (J)
Masatoshi Oohashi (J)
Mazda RX-7 Nihon Sport Car Club 187   6. GTX 27. 1:32,230 
NC 18 Tetsuji Tabata (J)
Yasuhiro Isozaki (J)
Seiji Kusano (J)^
Mazda RX-7 Speed House Alfa Auto Sports 162     GTX 28. 1:32,390 
NC 68 Tsuguo Ooba (J)
Katsuaki Satou (J)
Ken Mizokawa (J)
Honda Civic SB1 Team Yamato 162     Gr.5 33. 1:34,550 
NC 22 Chikage Oguchi (J)
Toshio Fujimura (J)
Mazda RX-7 Yours Sport 98     GTX 38. 2:39,840 
DSQ 47 Ryuusaku Hitomi (J)
Eiji Shibuya (J)
Mitsutake Koma (J)
Toyota Celica Team Trust 174     GTU 26. 1:32,080 
DSQ 52 Syuuroku Sasaki (J)
Osamu Nakako (J)
Osamu Hatagawa (J)
VW Golf Etilux Cox Speed 110     Gr.2 37. 1:41,300 
DSQ 25 Takayuki Imadu (J)
Yoshiyuki Ogura (J)
Mazda RX-7 Maribu Motorsport Club 99     GTX 29. 1:32,410 
DNF 3 Henri Pescarolo (F)
Thierry Boutsen (B)
Jean Rondeau (F)*
Rondeau M382C Ford Italya Sport 250 Drive shaft   C 5. 1:16,180 
DNF 51 Michele Alboreto (I)
Piercarlo Ghinzani (I)
Teo Fabi (I)*
Lancia Martini LC1 001004 Italya Martini Racing 149 Accident   Gr.5/75 1. 1:12,390 
DNF 2 Derek Bell (GB)
Vern Schuppan (AUS)
Jochen Mass (D)*
Porsche 956 004 Rothmans Porsche 141 Tyre   C 4. 1:13,130 
DNF 35 Adrian Fu (HK)
Sakae Obata (J)
Chevron B36 BMW Daniel Latour 127 Fuel pressure   Gr.6 11. 1:23,610 
DNF 37 Yoshio Nagata (J)
Seiichirou Tsujimoto (J)
Takamichi Shinohara (J)
Nissan Fairlady Z Gontazaka Enterprise 112 Engine   Gr.5 25. 1:30,680 
DNF 28 Norimasa Sakamoto (J)
Taidou Hashimoto (J)
Tadashi Iwawaki (J)
Toyota Corolla Rays Racing Division 97 Transmission   Gr.5/75 18. 1:28,410 
DNF 24 Isami Amemiya (J)
Haruo Inoue (J)
Satoshi Egura (J)
Mazda RX-7 RE Amemiya Racing 80 Casing Shaft   GTX 31. 1:33,960 
DNF 26 Minoru Sawada (J)
Kaneyuki Okamoto (J)
Mazda RX-7 Mishima Auto Hanbai 79 Rear axle   GTX 24. 1:30,590 
DNF 16 Katsuhiko Ishii (J)
Hideki Okada (J)
Mazda RX-7 Shop Fujiwara 67 Overheating   GTX 21. 1:29,320 
DNF 23 Jin Ishikawa (J)
Kouichi Iwaki (J)
Mazda RX-7 Yours Sport 56 Overheating   GTX 39. 2:50,550 
DNF 38 Don Devendorf (USA)
Tony Adamowicz (USA)^
Nissan Fairlady 280ZX Turbo Electramotive Racing 18 Engine   GTO 12. 1:24,210 
DNF 39 Jim Cook (USA)
Chuck Kendall (USA)^
BMW M1 Chuck Kendall 13 Fuel Pump   GTO 20. 1:29,120 
DNF 12 Preston Henn (USA)
Bonnie Henn (USA)^
Ferrari 512 BB/LM 30559 Thunderbird Swap Shops 10 Accident   GTX 16. 1:27,070 
DNF 20 Toyoshi Sugiyama (J)
Yoshikazu Koiso (J)^
Kanjun Arai (J)^
Mazda RX-7 253 Mazda Sports Car Club 7 Engine   GTX 23. 1:29,910 
DNS 15 Yojiro Terada (J)
Tom Walkinshaw (GB)
Pierre Dieudonné (B)*
Mazda RX-7 254i Mazdaspeed   Accident in practice   GTX 15. 1:27,030 
DNS 27 Takashi Tosa (J)
Jirou Shimoda (J)
Tatsuhiko Seki (J)
Motoji Sekine (J)*
Toyota Corolla Nagata Racing       Gr.5/75 35. 1:39,360 
DNQ 44 Kouzou Kamata (J)
Shin'ichi Muraoka (J)
Mazda Savanna RX-3 JACS Racing Team       GTU 41. 1:37,130 
DNA 9 Ryuusaku Hitomi (J)
Hiroshi Tomioka (J)
Toyota Celica         Gr.5    
DNA 11 Gianpiero Moretti (I)
Mauro Baldi (I)
Porsche 935/78-81 JR-001 Gianpiero Moretti       GTX    
DNA 19 Yasuo Ishimura (J)
Tetsuji Shiratori (J)
Jirou Yoneyama (J)
Mazda RX-7 Buffaro Racing       GTX    
DNA 34 Takao Wada (J)
Naoshi Sugizaki (J)
March 75S BMW Tsuchiya Engineering       Gr.6    
DNA 53 Risaburou Imatomi (J)
Yoshimi Aoyagi (J)
Nissan Sunny AMSC       Gr.2    
DNA 54 Osamu Igusa (J)
Nobuko Koike (J)
Toyota Starlet         Gr.2    
DNA 69 Satoshi Fujita (J)
Syuuji Fujii (J)
Toyota Starlet Toyota Motor Sports Club       Gr.2    

 
Winning Time: 6h00m41.05, 117.148 mph/188.532 kph
Fastest Lap: Michele Alboreto #51 (Lancia LC1), 1m12.39, 134.698 mph/216.776 kph

 
* Driver entered for car, but never drove it at meeting
^ Driver practiced car, but did not race it
RES - Reserve (Practiced, on standy-by for start)
REE - Reserve Entry
DNA - Did Not Arrive
DNS - Did Not Start
DNF - Did Not Finish
DNP - Did Not Practice
NC - Not Classified
DSQ - Disqualified
NRF - Not Running At Finish
NAC - Not Accepted
REJ - Rejected (Did not pass scrutineering)


Last Updated on 19/12/03
By Darren Galpin
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