1985 1000 km of Fuji
# 1985 1000 km of Fuji

The 1985 Fuji 1000 Kilometres was the ninth round of the 1985 World Endurance Championship as well as the fifth round of the 1985 All Japan Endurance Championship. It took place at the Fuji Speedway, Japan on October 6, 1985.

## Rain

Prior to the start of the race, heavy rain fell on the Fuji circuit. Several racing teams were concerned with the safety of the circuit under such conditions, even leading to the Italiya Lancia withdrawing just prior to the warm-up laps. Although the race started, the first ten laps were held under caution in order for the drivers to adapt to the wet circuit. Three teams chose to immediately withdraw before the first lap was even completed, including the two Rothmans Porsches. Within the next several laps, both Tom Walkinshaw Jaguars also returned to the pits to withdraw. The first Japanese squad to withdraw after the race began was the Alpha Cubic Porsche, stopping after only six laps, and followed two laps later by both Mazdas. By time caution was withdrawn at the beginning of the eleventh lap, fifteen cars had already returned to the pits to withdraw. They were joined a lap later by the Bartlett Chevron, the last remaining European entry.

Eighteen cars remained in the event, all Japanese squads. The torrential rain continued however, and after two hours of racing, the organisers chose to end the event after completing only a fourth of the scheduled distance. As the race was shortened, half points were awarded in the Teams Championship, as well as the Drivers Championship, but only to those drivers who had actually had a chance to drive during the race.

## Official results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of the winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

| Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Chassis | Tyre | Laps |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Engine | Tyre | Laps |
| 1 | C1 | 28 | Hoshino Racing | Kazuyoshi Hoshino Akira Hagiwara Keiji Matsumoto | March 85G | ? | 62 |
| 1 | C1 | 28 | Hoshino Racing | Kazuyoshi Hoshino Akira Hagiwara Keiji Matsumoto | Nissan VG30ET 3.0 L Turbo V6 | ? | 62 |
| 2 | C1 | 12 | Panasport Japan | Osamu Nakako Akio Morimoto Emanuele Pirro | LeMans LM05C [ja] | ? | 61 |
| 2 | C1 | 12 | Panasport Japan | Osamu Nakako Akio Morimoto Emanuele Pirro | Nissan VG30ET 3.0 L Turbo V6 | ? | 61 |
| 3 | C1 | 36 | Tom's | Satoru Nakajima Masanori Sekiya | Tom's 85C | B | 61 |
| 3 | C1 | 36 | Tom's | Satoru Nakajima Masanori Sekiya | Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4 | B | 61 |
| 4 | C1 | 45 | Auto Beaurex Motorsport | Naoki Nagasaka Taku Akaike | Tom's 85C | ? | 61 |
| 4 | C1 | 45 | Auto Beaurex Motorsport | Naoki Nagasaka Taku Akaike | Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4 | ? | 61 |
| 5 | C1 | 50 | Hasemi Motor Sport [ja] | Masahiro Hasemi Takao Wada | March 85G | ? | 60 |
| 5 | C1 | 50 | Hasemi Motor Sport [ja] | Masahiro Hasemi Takao Wada | Nissan VG30ET 3.0 L Turbo V6 | ? | 60 |
| 6 | C1 | 60 | Trust Racing Team [ja] | Vern Schuppan George Fouché Keiichi Suzuki | Porsche 956 | ? | 60 |
| 6 | C1 | 60 | Trust Racing Team [ja] | Vern Schuppan George Fouché Keiichi Suzuki | Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6 | ? | 60 |
| 7 | C1 | 35 | Misaki Speed | Toshio Suzuki Kaoru Hoshino | Tom's 85C | ? | 59 |
| 7 | C1 | 35 | Misaki Speed | Toshio Suzuki Kaoru Hoshino | Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4 | ? | 59 |
| 8 | C1 | 30 | Central 20 Racing Team | Aguri Suzuki Haruhito Yanagida | Lola T810 | D | 59 |
| 8 | C1 | 30 | Central 20 Racing Team | Aguri Suzuki Haruhito Yanagida | Nissan VG30ET 3.0 L Turbo V6 | D | 59 |
| 9 | C1 | 38 | Dome Motorsport | Geoff Lees Eje Elgh | Dome 85C | D | 58 |
| 9 | C1 | 38 | Dome Motorsport | Geoff Lees Eje Elgh | Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4 | D | 58 |
| 10 | C1 | 37 | Team Ikuzawa | Tiff Needell James Weaver | Tom's 85C | ? | 57 |
| 10 | C1 | 37 | Team Ikuzawa | Tiff Needell James Weaver | Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4 | ? | 57 |
| 11 | GTU | 175 | Trust Racing Team | Mitsutake Koma Ryuusaku Hitomi | Toyota Celica | ? | 57 |
| 11 | GTU | 175 | Trust Racing Team | Mitsutake Koma Ryuusaku Hitomi | Toyota 2.0 L I4 | ? | 57 |
| 12 | GTP | 172 | Top Fuel Racing | Norimasa Sakamoto Hironobu Tatsumi | Mazda RX-7 855 | ? | 56 |
| 12 | GTP | 172 | Top Fuel Racing | Norimasa Sakamoto Hironobu Tatsumi | Mazda 13B 1.3 L Turbo 2-Rotor | ? | 56 |
| 13 | C1 | 57 | Rays Racing Division | Hitoshi Ogawa Tsunehisa Asai | Tom's 84C | ? | 56 |
| 13 | C1 | 57 | Rays Racing Division | Hitoshi Ogawa Tsunehisa Asai | Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4 | ? | 56 |
| 14 | C2 | 84 | Auto Beaurex Motorsport | Kazuo Mogi Toshio Motohashi | Lotec M1C | ? | 55 |
| 14 | C2 | 84 | Auto Beaurex Motorsport | Kazuo Mogi Toshio Motohashi | BMW M88 3.5 L I6 | ? | 55 |
| 15 | GTX | 174 | OZ Racing | Kenji Seino Mutsuo Kazama | Mazda RX-7 254 | ? | 54 |
| 15 | GTX | 174 | OZ Racing | Kenji Seino Mutsuo Kazama | Mazda 13B 1.3 L 2-Rotor | ? | 54 |
| 16 | GTX | 173 | Mazda Sport Car Club | Iwao Sugai Hiroshi Sugai | Mazda RX-7 254 | ? | 50 |
| 16 | GTX | 173 | Mazda Sport Car Club | Iwao Sugai Hiroshi Sugai | Mazda 13B 1.3 L 2-Rotor | ? | 50 |
| 17 DNF | C2 | 96 | Mr. S Racing Product | Syuuji Fujii Seiichi Sodeyama Tooru Sawada | Mishima Auto 84C | ? | 51 |
| 17 DNF | C2 | 96 | Mr. S Racing Product | Syuuji Fujii Seiichi Sodeyama Tooru Sawada | BMW M88 3.5 L I6 | ? | 51 |
| 18 DNF | C1 | 25 | Advan Sports Nova [ja] | Kunimitsu Takahashi Kenji Takahashi | Porsche 962C | Y | 34 |
| 18 DNF | C1 | 25 | Advan Sports Nova [ja] | Kunimitsu Takahashi Kenji Takahashi | Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6 | Y | 34 |
| 19 WD | C2 | 100 | Barlett Chevron Racing | Robin Smith Kenneth Leim Martin Birrane | Chevron B62 | A | 11 |
| 19 WD | C2 | 100 | Barlett Chevron Racing | Robin Smith Kenneth Leim Martin Birrane | Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3 L V8 | A | 11 |
| 20 WD | C1 | 27 | FromA [ja] Racing [ja] | Jiro Yoneyama Hideki Okada | Porsche 956 | ? | 10 |
| 20 WD | C1 | 27 | FromA [ja] Racing [ja] | Jiro Yoneyama Hideki Okada | Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6 | ? | 10 |
| 21 DNF | C2 | 98 | Roy Baker Promotion Ford | Roy Baker David Andrews | Tiga GC285 | A | 10 |
| 21 DNF | C2 | 98 | Roy Baker Promotion Ford | Roy Baker David Andrews | Ford Cosworth BDT 1.8 L Turbo I4 | A | 10 |
| 22 WD | C1 | 7 | New Man [fr] Joest Racing | "John Winter" Paolo Barilla Marc Duez | Porsche 956B | D | 9 |
| 22 WD | C1 | 7 | New Man [fr] Joest Racing | "John Winter" Paolo Barilla Marc Duez | Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6 | D | 9 |
| 23 WD | C1 | 14 | Richard Lloyd Racing | Kenny Acheson Johnny Dumfries | Porsche 956 GTi | G | 9 |
| 23 WD | C1 | 14 | Richard Lloyd Racing | Kenny Acheson Johnny Dumfries | Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6 | G | 9 |
| 24 WD | C1 | 34 | Kreepy Krauly [za] Racing Cosmik Racing | Christian Danner Costas Los Anders Olofsson | March 84G | Y | 9 |
| 24 WD | C1 | 34 | Kreepy Krauly [za] Racing Cosmik Racing | Christian Danner Costas Los Anders Olofsson | Porsche Type-956 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6 | Y | 9 |
| 25 WD | C2 | 85 | Mazdaspeed | Yoshimi Katayama Takashi Yorino | Mazda 737C | D | 8 |
| 25 WD | C2 | 85 | Mazdaspeed | Yoshimi Katayama Takashi Yorino | Mazda 13B 1.3 L 2-Rotor | D | 8 |
| 26 WD | C2 | 86 | Mazdaspeed | Yojiro Terada David Kennedy | Mazda 737C | D | 8 |
| 26 WD | C2 | 86 | Mazdaspeed | Yojiro Terada David Kennedy | Mazda 13B 1.3 L 2-Rotor | D | 8 |
| 27 WD | C1 | 33 | John Fitzpatrick Racing | Jo Gartner Michael Roe | Porsche 956B | Y | 6 |
| 27 WD | C1 | 33 | John Fitzpatrick Racing | Jo Gartner Michael Roe | Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6 | Y | 6 |
| 28 WD | C1 | 48 | Alpha Cubic Racing Team [ja] | Noritake Takahara Chiyomi Totani | Porsche 956B | ? | 6 |
| 28 WD | C1 | 48 | Alpha Cubic Racing Team [ja] | Noritake Takahara Chiyomi Totani | Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6 | ? | 6 |
| 29 WD | C1 | 51 | TWR Jaguar | John Nielsen Mike Thackwell | Jaguar XJR-6 | D | 4 |
| 29 WD | C1 | 51 | TWR Jaguar | John Nielsen Mike Thackwell | Jaguar 6.2 L V12 | D | 4 |
| 30 WD | C1 | 52 | TWR Jaguar | Hans Heyer Steve Soper | Jaguar XJR-6 | D | 4 |
| 30 WD | C1 | 52 | TWR Jaguar | Hans Heyer Steve Soper | Jaguar 6.2 L V12 | D | 4 |
| 31 WD | C1 | 23 | Cheetah Automobiles Switzerland | Bernard de Dryver Laurent Ferrier | Cheetah G604 | D | 3 |
| 31 WD | C1 | 23 | Cheetah Automobiles Switzerland | Bernard de Dryver Laurent Ferrier | Aston Martin-Tickford 5.3 L V8 | D | 3 |
| 32 WD | C1 | 8 | New Man [fr] Joest Racing | "John Winter" Paul Belmondo Mauricio de Narváez | Porsche 956 | D | 2 |
| 32 WD | C1 | 8 | New Man [fr] Joest Racing | "John Winter" Paul Belmondo Mauricio de Narváez | Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6 | D | 2 |
| 33 WD | C1 | 1 | Rothmans Porsche | Jochen Mass Jacky Ickx | Porsche 962C | D | 0 |
| 33 WD | C1 | 1 | Rothmans Porsche | Jochen Mass Jacky Ickx | Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6 | D | 0 |
| 34 WD | C1 | 2 | Rothmans Porsche | Hans-Joachim Stuck Derek Bell | Porsche 956 | D | 0 |
| 34 WD | C1 | 2 | Rothmans Porsche | Hans-Joachim Stuck Derek Bell | Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6 | D | 0 |
| 35 WD | C2 | 74 | Gebhardt Motorsport | Stanley Dickens Frank Jelinski John Graham | Gebhardt JC853 | A | 0 |
| 35 WD | C2 | 74 | Gebhardt Motorsport | Stanley Dickens Frank Jelinski John Graham | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 L V8 | A | 0 |
| DNS | C1 | 47 | Garage Italiya [ja] | Henri Pescarolo Lucio Cesario | Lancia LC2 | ? | - |
| DNS | C1 | 47 | Garage Italiya [ja] | Henri Pescarolo Lucio Cesario | Ferrari 308C 3.0 L Turbo V8 | ? | - |
| DNQ | C2 | 99 | Roy Baker Promotion Ford | Roy Baker Bill Bean | Tiga GC284 | A | - |
| DNQ | C2 | 99 | Roy Baker Promotion Ford | Roy Baker Bill Bean | Ford Cosworth BDT 1.8 L Turbo I4 | A | - |
| DNQ | GTU | 176 | Norikura Engineering | Yoshimasa Fujiwara Makio Nonaka Junichi Igura | Nissan Silvia | ? | - |
| DNQ | GTU | 176 | Norikura Engineering | Yoshimasa Fujiwara Makio Nonaka Junichi Igura | Nissan 2.0 L I6 | ? | - |

## Statistics

* Pole Position - #2 Rothmans Porsche - 1:15.92
* Average Speed - 135.379 km/h
