Fuji Long Distance Series 1978

1.round : Fuji 2.round : Fuji 3.round : Fuji

Fuji 500 Kilometres, Fuji Speedway 9.4.1978

500 km Fuji 1.round

Started: 42 (R - 10, 3, 2 - 7, 1 - 25) Race: 4,359 km * 115 laps = 501,285 km AVG: 184,268 km/h Pos. NO Driver / Nationality Car Entrant Laps Time/Retired Group Practice
Classified: 1. 11 Masahiro Hasemi / J Alpine A441 Renault Harada Racing Company 115 2:43:13,510 R Kazuyoshi Hoshino / J 2. 9 Osamu Ihara / J Chevron B23 Mazda Katayama Racing 112 R Syuuroku Sasaki / J 3. 8 Fumiyasu Satou / J Chevron B36 BMW Victory Circle Club 110 R Tetsuji Ozasa / J 4. 6 Kanjun Arai / J Chevron B23 BMW F1 Racing 105 R Akira Oomi / J 5. 2 Takayuki Imadu / J Mazda Savanna RX-3 Mazda Sport Car Club 101 3 Takashi Harada / J 6. 19 Satoshi Ikezawa / J Nissan Sunny Tsujimoto Racing 97 1 Fumio Mutou / J 7. 52 Takao Wada / J Nissan Sunny Suzuki Racing 97 1 Minoru Yarita / J 8. 67 Tsuguo Ooba / J Honda Civic Team Yamato 94 1 Hiroshi Enomoto / J 9. 5 Yoshimi Katayama / J March 75S Mazda Katayama Racing 93 R Yasuhiro Okamoto / J 10. 32 Ken'ichi Suzuki / J Nissan Sunny Suzuki Ken'ichi Team 92 1 Kazuomi Mochida / J Other starters: - xxx ? OK Racing - xxx ? Okamoto Racing - xxx ? Central 20 Racing - xxx ? Mazda Auto Tokyo Top of page

Fuji 1000 Kilometres, Fuji Speedway 23.7.1978

1000 km Fuji 2.round

Started: 60 (R2 - 13, R1 - 4, 3, 2, 1 - 43) Race: 4,359 km * 230 laps = 1002,570 km AVG: 182,351 km/h Pos. NO Driver / Nationality Car Entrant Laps Time/Retired Group Practice
Classified: 1. 5 Yoshimi Katayama / J March 75S Mazda Katayama Racing 230 5:29:52,880 R2 Tsunehisa Asai / J 2. 11 Masahiro Hasemi / J Alpine A441 Renault Harada Racing Company 229 R2 Kazuyoshi Hoshino / J 3. 2 Yojiro Terada / J Chevron B36 Mazda Mazda Auto Tokyo 228 R2 Yuuichi Hagiwara / J 4. 20 Haruhito Yanagida / J March 75S BMW Central 20 Racing 222 R2 Nobuhide Tachi / J 5. 21 Masao Segawa / J Chevron B36 BMW Speed Star Wheel Racing 217 R2 Naoki Nagasaka / J 6. 18 Hiroshi Fushida / J Chevron B36 BMW Fushida Racing 216 R2 Fumiyasu Satou / J 7. 27 Kaneyuki Okamoto / J Chevron B19 Mazda Okamoto Racing 211 R2 Minoru Sawada / J 8. 15 Takayuki Imadu / J Mazda Savanna RX-3 Mazda Sport Car Club 199 3 Tetsuya Abe / J 9. 52 Takao Wada / J Nissan Sunny Suzuki Racing 195 1 Kenji Takahashi / J 10. 84 Minoru Saotome / J Nissan Sunny Tomei Jidousha 193 1 Eiji Shibuya / J Other starters: - xxx ? Suzuki Ken'ichi Team - xxx ? OK Racing - xxx ? Tsujimoto Racing - xxx ? Tom's - xxx ? F1 Racing Top of page

Fuji 500 Miles, Fuji Speedway 29.10.1978

500 mil Fuji 3.round

Spectators: 12 200 Race: 4,359 km * 128 laps = 557,952 km AVG: 160,609 km/h Pos. NO Driver / Nationality Car Entrant Laps Time/Retired Group Practice
Classified: 1. 5 Yoshimi Katayama / J March 76S Mazda Katayama Racing 128 3:28:26,320 R2 Tsunehisa Asai / J 2. 11 Masahiro Hasemi / J Alpine A441 Renault Harada Racing Company 127 R2 Nico Nicole / D 3. 12 Nobuhide Tachi / J March 73S Toyota Tom's 115 R2 Mitsumasa Kanie / J 4. 3 Noritake Takahara / J Porsche 935 Italya Sport 115 R1 Tetsu Ikuzawa / J 5. 6 Yuuichi Hagiwara / J Chevron B23 BMW F1 Racing 111 R2 Masyuki Maeda / J 6. 10 Akira Hagiwara / J Nissan Sunny Torii Racing 109 1 Syouzou Iizuka / J 7. 27 Kaneyuki Okamoto / J Chevron B19 Mazda Okamoto Racing 109 R2 Minoru Sawada / J 8. 31 Shin Komori / J Nissan Sunny Mori Jidousha 105 1 Masahiro Takasaki / J 9. 25 Yukio Yamamoto / J Toyota Celica OK Racing 104 2 Makoto Suzuki / J 10. 9 Osamu Ihara / J Chevron B23 Mazda Katayama Racing 103 R2 Syuuroku Sasaki / J Other starters: - xxx ? Mazda Auto Tokyo - xxx ? Mazda Sport Car Club - xxx ? Tomei Jidousha - xxx ? Suzuki Ken'ichi Team Top of page