JAF Formula Pacific Series Race
Fuji, 3 Jun 1979
| Results | Laps | Time/Speed | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Takao Wada | March 79B - Nissan LZ14 #25 Tomei Jidousha |
25 | 33m 44.07s |
| 2 | Naohiro Fujita | Chevron B35 [35-76-12?] - Toyota 2T-G Tom's #1 Toyota (???) (see note 1) |
25 | 33m 47.11s |
| 3 | Kiyoshi Misaki | March 773 - Toyota 2T-G #7 Toyota (???) |
24 | 34m 10.81s |
| 4 | Masatomo Shimizu | March 782 - Nissan LZ14 #33 Central 20 Racing Team |
24 | 34m 16.77s |
| 5 | Masanori Sugiyama | March 752 - Nissan LZ14 #21 Central 20 Racing Team |
24 | 35m 18.23s |
| 6 | Makoto Igarashi | March 762 - Nissan LZ14 #19 Central 20 Racing Team |
23 | 34m 19.35s |
| 7 | Takeshi Iida | Falcon 78A - Nissan LZ14 #18 Falcon Racing Team |
22 | 35m 05.37s |
| R | Keiichi Suzuki | Ralt RT1 - Ford BDA Hart #2 Suzuki Racing |
25 | disqualified |
| R | Kazuyoshi Hoshino | Chevron B40 - Nissan LZ14 #5 (???) Racing (???) (see note 2) |
15 | |
| R | Masahiro Hasemi | Chevron B40 [40-77-09] - Nissan LZ14 #11 (???) Racing Team (see note 3) |
14 | |
| R | Minoru Saotome | Falcon 78A - Nissan LZ14 #26 Tomei Jidousha |
11 | |
| R | Kenji Takahashi | Nova 53P - Nissan LZ14 Tomei #24 Tomei Jidousha |
6 | |
| R | Shoichi Shimizu | Falcon 78A - Ford BDD Swindon #14 (???) Racing Team |
2 | |
| R | Haruhito Yanagida | Chevron B40 - Nissan LZ14 #20 Central 20 Racing Team (see note 4) |
1 | |
All cars are 1.6-litre F/Pac unless noted.
| Qualifying | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Masahiro Hasemi | (F/Pac) 1.6-litre Chevron B40 [40-77-09] - Nissan LZ14 | 1.19.57 | ||
| 2 | Kazuyoshi Hoshino | (F/Pac) 1.6-litre Chevron B40 - Nissan LZ14 | 1.19.83 | ||
| 3 | Naohiro Fujita | (F/Pac) 1.6-litre Chevron B35 [35-76-12?] - Toyota 2T-G Tom's | 1.19.99 | ||
| 4 | Takao Wada | (F/Pac) 1.6-litre March 79B - Nissan LZ14 | 1.20.14 | ||
| 5 | Kenji Takahashi | (F/Pac) 1.6-litre Nova 53P - Nissan LZ14 Tomei | 1.21.49 | ||
| 6 | Haruhito Yanagida | (F/Pac) 1.6-litre Chevron B40 - Nissan LZ14 | 1.21.92 | ||
| 7 | Kiyoshi Misaki | (F/Pac) 1.6-litre March 773 - Toyota 2T-G | 1.22.09 | ||
| 8 | Keiichi Suzuki | (F/Pac) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1 - Ford BDA Hart | 1.22.34 | ||
| 9 | Minoru Saotome | (F/Pac) 1.6-litre Falcon 78A - Nissan LZ14 | 1.23.49 | ||
| 10 | Shoichi Shimizu | (F/Pac) 1.6-litre Falcon 78A - Ford BDD Swindon | 1.23.86 | ||
| 11 | Masatomo Shimizu | (F/Pac) 1.6-litre March 782 - Nissan LZ14 | 1.23.88 | ||
| 12 | Masanori Sugiyama | (F/Pac) 1.6-litre March 752 - Nissan LZ14 | 1.24.62 | ||
| 13 | Takeshi Iida | (F/Pac) 1.6-litre Falcon 78A - Nissan LZ14 | 1.24.81 | ||
| 14 | Makoto Igarashi | (F/Pac) 1.6-litre March 762 - Nissan LZ14 | 1.25.07 | ||
Notes on the cars:
- 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.
- Chevron B40 (Kazuyoshi Hoshino): Kazuyoshi Hoshino raced a Chevron B40 with Nissan LZ14 engine in four rounds of the 1979 JAF Formula Pacific series, winning two of them, and at the Macau Grand Prix in November that year.
- 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 B40 (Haruhito Yanagida): The Central 20 Racing Team ran a Chevron B40 with Nissan LZ14 engine in the 1979 Japanese Formula Pacific series for Haruhito Yanagida. The same team ran the B40-Nissan again for Fumio Muto in 1980. Subsequent history unknown.
Sources
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' original 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.