1989 All Japan Sports Prototype Car Endurance Championship

The 1989 All Japan Sports Prototype Car Endurance Championship was the seventh season of the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The 1989 champion was the #25 Advan Alpha Nova Porsche 962C driven by Kunimitsu Takahashi.

Schedule[]

All races were held in Japan.

Round	Race	Circuit	Date
1	All Japan Fuji 500 km	Fuji Speedway	12 March
2	JAF Grand Prix All Japan Fuji 1000 km	Fuji Speedway	30 April
3	All Japan Fuji 500 Miles	Fuji Speedway	23 July
4¹	International Suzuka 1000 km	Suzuka Circuit	3 December
5	Interchallenge Fuji 1000 km	Fuji Speedway	8 October

^1 – Round 4 at the Suzuka Circuit was originally scheduled for 27 August; however, due to a typhoon the race was rescheduled for 3 December.

Entry list[]

Team	Car	No	Drivers	Tyre	Rounds
Alpha Nova Racing	Porsche 962C	6	Jesús Pareja	Y	5
			Walter Brun		5
			Costas Los		5
		7	Oscar Larrauri		All
			Maurizio Sandro Sala		All
			Walter Brun		1
		25	Kunimitsu Takahashi		All
		25	Stanley Dickens		All
		26			All
		26			All
		22	Naoki Nagasaka	B	All
					All
			Giovanni Lavaggi		4–5
Joest Racing	Porsche 962C	8	Henri Pescarolo	G	5
		8	Jean-Louis Ricci		5
		9	Bob Wollek		5
		9	Frank Jelinski		5
Leyton House Racing	Porsche 962C	16	Masanori Sekiya	B	All
Leyton House Racing	Porsche 962C	16	Hideki Okada	B	All
Team Davey	Porsche 962C	19	Tim Lee-Davey	D	5
Team Davey	Porsche 962C	19	Desire Wilson	D	5
Nissan Motorsports	Nissan R88C Nissan R89C	23	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	D B	All
		23	Toshio Suzuki		All
		24	Masahiro Hasemi		All
		24	Anders Olofsson		All
From A Racing	Porsche 962C	27	Akihiko Nakaya	D B	All
From A Racing	Porsche 962C	27	Harald Grohs	D B	All
Takefuji Racing Team	Porsche 962C	33	Johnny Herbert	D	5
Takefuji Racing Team	Porsche 962C	33	Martin Donnelly	D	5
Toyota Team TOM'S		36	Geoff Lees	B	All
			Hitoshi Ogawa		1–2, 4
			Ross Cheever		3–5
		38	Paolo Barilla		3–5
			Hitoshi Ogawa		3, 5
			Johnny Dumfries		4
Toyota Team SARD	Toyota 90C-V	50	Roland Ratzenberger	D	All
			Keiichi Suzuki		All
			David Sears		1
					2
			Jean-Pierre Jabouille		5
Omron Racing	Porsche 962C	55	Eje Elgh	D	All
			Vern Schuppan		All
			Keiji Matsumoto		1–4
Team LeMans	-Nissan	85	Takao Wada	Y	All
			Akio Morimoto		All
					3
British Barn Racing	-Ford	88		D	All
			Kiyoshi Misaki		1–2, 4–5
			Hideo Fukuyama		2–5
Trust Racing	Porsche 962C	100	George Fouche	D	All
Trust Racing	Porsche 962C	100	Steven Andskar	D	All
Mazdaspeed	Mazda 767 Mazda 767B	201	Takashi Yorino	D	1
			Tetsuya Ota		1
			Yojiro Terada		5
			Pierre Dieudonné		5
			Yoshimi Katayama		5
		202	Yoshimi Katayama		1–4
			Yojiro Terada		1–4
			Takashi Yorino		2–5
			David Kennedy		5
Shizumatsu Racing	Mazda 757	230		D	All
					All
					All
Katayama Racing	Mazda 757	240		D	1, 5
					1–2
			Shunji Kasuya		2
					2
					5
					5

Season results[]

Season results as follows:^[1]

Round	Circuit	Winning Team
Round	Circuit	Winning Drivers
1	Mt. Fuji	#27 From A Racing Porsche 962C
1	Mt. Fuji	Harald Grohs Akihiko Nakaya
2	Mt. Fuji Report	#55 Omron Racing Porsche 962C
2	Mt. Fuji Report	Vern Schuppan Eje Elgh Keiji Matsumoto
3	Mt. Fuji	#16 Leyton House Racing Porsche 962C
3	Mt. Fuji	Hideki Okada Masanori Sekiya
4	Suzuka Circuit	#25 Alpha Nova Porsche 962C
4	Suzuka Circuit	Kunimitsu Takahashi Stanley Dickens
5	Mt. Fuji	#38 Toyota Team TOM'S
5	Mt. Fuji	Hitoshi Ogawa Paolo Barilla

Point Ranking[]

Drivers[]

Rank	Drivers	Number/Team	Points	Wins	Distance
1	Kunimitsu Takahashi	#25 Alpha Nova Porsche 962C	56	1	2077.617 km
2	Stanley Dickens	#25 Alpha Nova Porsche 962C	56	1	1794.012 km
3	Geoff Lees	#36 Toyota Team TOM'S	55	0	1945.209 km
4	Steven Andskar	#100 Trust Racing Porsche 962C	55	0	1379.514 km
5	Eje Elgh	#55 Omron Racing Porsche 962C	47	1	1215.84 km
6	Vern Schuppan	#55 Omron Racing Porsche 962C	47	1	701.79 km

Makes[]

Rank	Make	Points	Wins
1	Porsche	95	4
2	Toyota	43	1
3	Nissan	24	0
4	March-Nissan	18	0
5	Mazda	18	0
6	TOM'S-British Barn-Ford	3	0

References[]

^ "JSPC 1989". Archived from the original on 15 November 2009.

External links[]

1989 全日本スポーツプロトタイプカー耐久選手権 (in Japanese)

[1] "JSPC 1989". Archived from the original on 15 November 2009.

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