JAF Formula Pacific Series Race
Suzuka, 5 Nov 1978
| Results | Laps | Time/Speed | |||||||
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| 1 | Masahiro Hasemi | Chevron B40 [40-77-09] - Nissan LZ14 #11 (???) Racing Team (see note 1) |
20 | 41m 24.10s |
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| 2 | Naoki Nagasaka | (FJ1300) 1.3-litre KS 06B - Honda MF318 #21 Speed Star Racing Team |
20 | 43m 23.04s |
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| 3 | Shuroku Sasaki | (FJ1300) 1.3-litre SE 305 - Honda MF318 #7 (Shinko Engineering?) |
20 | 43m 23.57s |
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| 4 | Masayuki Kaneda | Falcon 78A - Nissan LZ14 Scuderia Nissan #18 Racing Service Watanabe |
20 | 43m 24.80s |
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| 5 | Toshio Suzuki | (FJ1300) 1.3-litre KS 06B - Honda MF318 #12 Toshio Suzuki |
19 | 41m 31.30s |
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| 6 | Yoshiyuki Ogura | (FJ1300) 1.3-litre KS 06X - Honda MF318 #6 Speed Star Racing Team |
19 | 41m 35.48s |
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| 7 | Katsuhiko Sugiura | (FJ1300) 1.3-litre March 753 - Nissan A12 #3 |
19 | 41m 38.05s |
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| 8 | Hironobu Tatsumi | (FJ1300) 1.3-litre SE 305 - Honda MF318 #10 |
18 | 42m 54.29s |
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| 9 | Kengo Nakamoto | (FJ1300) 1.3-litre March 743 - Honda MF318 #5 Kengo Nakamoto |
18 | 43m 04.69s |
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| 10 | Kenichi Takeshita | Nova 512 - Toyota 2T-G Kuwahara #17 Kuwahara Jidosha |
17 | ||||||
| 11 | Yutaka Arakawa | (FJ1300) 1.3-litre West 01X - Honda MF318 #22 Bellco West |
15 | ||||||
| 12 | Masao Yamada | (FJ1300) 1.3-litre Bellco 98A - Nissan A12 #15 Masao Yamada |
14 | 43m 04.83s |
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| R | Takao Wada | Nova 53P - Nissan LZ14 #25 Tomei Jidousha |
8 | ||||||
| R | Kenji Tohira | March 752 - Nissan LZ14 #20 Central 20 Racing Team |
4 | ||||||
| R | Naohiro Fujita | Chevron B35 [35-76-12?] - Toyota 2T-G Tom's #1 Tom's (see note 2) |
3 | ||||||
| R | Kiyoshi Misaki | Ralt RT1 - Toyota 2T-G Kuwahara #16 Kuwahara Jidosha |
2 | ||||||
| DNA | Richard Thomas Geck | (FJ1300) 1.3-litre March 743 - Honda MF318 #2 (Raelbrook?) Racing |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | Osamu Hatagawa | (FJ1300) 1.3-litre March 753 - Nissan A12 #3 |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | Toshio Fujimura | Nova 53P - Toyota 2T-G Kuwahara #17 Kuwahara Jidosha |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | Hiromi Nishino | (FJ1300) 1.3-litre March 733 - Nissan A12 #27 |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | Masahiro Kimoto | (FJ1300) 1.3-litre Bellco 98A - Nissan A12 #69 |
Did not arrive | ||||||
All cars are 1.6-litre F/Pac unless noted.
| Qualifying | |||||
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| 1 | Takao Wada | (F/Pac) 1.6-litre Nova 53P - Nissan LZ14 | 2.00.72 | ||
| 2 | Masahiro Hasemi | (F/Pac) 1.6-litre Chevron B40 [40-77-09] - Nissan LZ14 | 2.01.01 | ||
| 3 | Naohiro Fujita | (F/Pac) 1.6-litre Chevron B35 [35-76-12?] - Toyota 2T-G Tom's | 2.03.25 | ||
| 4 | Kenichi Takeshita | (F/Pac) 1.6-litre Nova 512 - Toyota 2T-G Kuwahara | 2.04.21 | ||
| 5 | Kenji Tohira | (F/Pac) 1.6-litre March 752 - Nissan LZ14 | 2.04.35 | ||
| 6 | Masayuki Kaneda | (F/Pac) 1.6-litre Falcon 78A - Nissan LZ14 Scuderia Nissan | 2.04.59 | ||
| 7 | Kiyoshi Misaki | (F/Pac) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1 - Toyota 2T-G Kuwahara | 2.07.00 | ||
| 8 | Shuroku Sasaki | (FJ1300) 1.3-litre SE 305 - Honda MF318 | 2.07.11 | ||
| 9 | Kengo Nakamoto | (FJ1300) 1.3-litre March 743 - Honda MF318 | 2.07.13 | ||
| 10 | Naoki Nagasaka | (FJ1300) 1.3-litre KS 06B - Honda MF318 | 2.07.26 | ||
| 11 | Yutaka Arakawa | (FJ1300) 1.3-litre West 01X - Honda MF318 | 2.08.05 | ||
| 12 | Katsuhiko Sugiura | (FJ1300) 1.3-litre March 753 - Nissan A12 | 2.09.98 | ||
| 13 | Toshio Suzuki | (FJ1300) 1.3-litre KS 06B - Honda MF318 | 2.10.28 | ||
| 14 | Yoshiyuki Ogura | (FJ1300) 1.3-litre KS 06X - Honda MF318 | 2.10.52 | ||
| 15 | Hironobu Tatsumi | (FJ1300) 1.3-litre SE 305 - Honda MF318 | 2.14.84 | ||
| 16 | Masao Yamada | (FJ1300) 1.3-litre Bellco 98A - Nissan A12 | no time | ||
Notes on the cars:
- Chevron B40 [40-77-09] (Masahiro Hasemi): Shown in Chevron records as sold to Le Mans Co in Japan with a Nissan engine. This must be the car run by Kojima Engineering for Masahiro Hasemi in Formula Pacific specification with Nissan LZ14 engines in late 1977. Retained by Hasemi for the Formula Pacific series in 1978 and 1979. Used again for a couple of races at the beginning of 1980, when Hasemi was struggling to develop his new March 802, and then raced by Kazuyoshi Hoshino in one race at the end of the season. Subsequent history unknown.
- Chevron B35 [35-76-12?] (Naohiro Fujita): Sold to Japanese agent Le Mans Co according to Chevron records, but unknown until used as a F2 car with Hart 420R engine by Teddy Yip's Theodore Racing for Patrick Tambay to race in the JAF Fuji Grand Prix in June 1977. Then very probably the Tom's car raced by Fumiyasu Sato in Formula Pacific specification at the JAF Suzuka Grand Prix in November 1977, and by the team in the new Formula Pacific championship in 1978, 1979 and 1980. Subsequent history unknown.
Sources
Note that the identification of individual cars in these results is based on the material presented elsewhere in this site and may in some cases contradict the organisers' published results.
Japanese race results have been provided by Michael Ferner. His main sources have been the "Japan Automobile Federation" website (www.jaf.or.jp) and Tooru Kitajima's "Formula Nippon Data Center" (http://isweb34.infoseek.co.jp/motor/fndc/).
All comments, clarifications, corrections and additions are most welcome. Please email Allen (allen@oldracingcars.com) if you can help in any way with our research.