1989 Fuji 1000km
# 1989 Fuji 1000km

The JAF Grand Prix All Japan Fuji 1000 km, was the second round of both the 1989 All Japan Sports Prototype Championship and the 1989 Fuji Long Distance Series was held at the Fuji International Speedway, on the 30 April, in front of a crowd of approximately 58,000.

## Report

### Entry

A total of 17 cars were entered for the event, in two classes, one for cars running to Group C1 specification and the other to IMSA GTP regulations.

### Qualifying

The Nissan Motorsport car of Anders Olofsson and Masahiro Hasemi took pole position, in their Nissan R88C ahead of team mates Kazuyoshi Hoshino and Toshio Suzuki, by only 0.269secs.

### Race

The race was held over 224 laps of the Fuji circuit, a distance of 1000 km (actual distance was 1001.28 km). Vern Schuppan, Eje Elgh and Keiji Matsumoto took the winner spoils for the Omron Racing Team, driving their Porsche 962C. The trio won in a time of 5hr 30:36.816mins., averaging a speed of 133.571 mph. Second place went to George Fouché and Steven Andskär in the Trust Racing Team’s Porsche 962GTi who finished about 15 seconds adrift. Coming in third was the pole winning Nissan of Olofsson and Hasemi. They finished 1 lap behind the winners.

## Classification

### Result

Class Winners are in Bold text.

| Pos. | No. | Class | Drivers | Drivers | Drivers | Entrant | Car - Engine | Time, Laps | Reason Out |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1st | 55 | C1 | Vern Schuppan | Eje Elgh | Keiji Matsumoto | Omron RacingTeam [ja] | Porsche 962C | 5:30:36.816 | |
| 2nd | 100 | C1 | George Fouché | Steven Andskär | | Trust Racing Team | Porsche 962GTi | 5:30:51.215 | |
| 3rd | 24 | C1 | Anders Olofsson | Masahiro Hasemi | | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan R88C | 223 | |
| 4th | 25 | C1 | Kunimitsu Takahashi | Stanley Dickens | | Advan Alpha Nova | Porsche 962C | 223 | |
| 5th | 16 | C1 | Masanori Sekiya | Hideki Okada | | Leyton House Racing Team | Porsche 962CK6 | 220 | |
| 6th | 23 | C1 | Kazuyoshi Hoshino | Toshio Suzuki | | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan R88C | 214 | |
| 7th | 85 | C1 | Takao Wada | Akio Morimoto | | Cabin Racing Team with Team Le Mans | March-Nissan 88 | 212 | |
| 8th | 36 | C1 | Geoff Lees | Hitoshi Ogawa | | Toyota team TOM’S | Toyota 89C-V | 211 | |
| 9th | 202 | GTP | Yoshimi Katayama | Yojiro Terada | Takashi Yorino | Mazdaspeed | Mazda 767B | 205 | |
| 10th | 50 | C1 | Roland Ratzenberger | Keiichi Suzuki | Kouji Satou | Tenoras Toyota SARD Racing Team | Toyota 89C-V | 205 | |
| 11th | 240 | GTP | Toshihiko Nogami | Syuuji Kasuya | Yoshiyuki Ogura | Katayama Racing | Mazda 757 | 197 | |
| 12th | 230 | GTP | Tetsuji Shiratori | Syuuji Fujii | Seisaku Suzuki | Shizumats Racing | Mazda 757 | 195 | |
| 13th | 26 | C1 | Kazuo Mogi | Kenji Takahashi | | Advan Alpha Tomei | Porsche 962C | 190 | |
| DNF | 7 | C1 | Oscar Larruari | Maurizio Sandro Sala | | The Alpha Racing with Brun | Porsche 962C | 76 | Turbocharger |
| DNF | 27 | C1 | Akihiko Nakaya | Harald Grohs | | From A Racing | Porsche 962C | 31 | Engine |
| DNF | 22 | C1 | Naoki Nagasaka | Chiyomi Totani | | Alpha Cubic Racing Team | Porsche 962CK6 | 27 | Differential |
| DNF | 88 | C1 | Kiyoshi Misaki | Jirou Yoneyama | Hideo Fukuyama | British Barn Racing Team | BB-Ford 89R | 12 | Engine |

* Fastest lap: Geoff Lees/Hitoshi Ogawa, 1:21:418secs. (112.98 mph)
