1993 Japanese Touring Car Championship


The 1993 Japanese Touring Car Championship season was the 9th edition of the series and the last to be run under Group A regulations. It began at Mine Central Circuit on 14 March and finished after nine events at Fuji Speedway on 31 October. The championship was won by Masahiko Kageyama, driving for Team Impul.

Teams & Drivers

Calendar

Overall winner in bold.
RoundCircuitDateJTC-1 Winning TeamJTC-2 Winning TeamJTC-3 Winning Team
RoundCircuitDateJTC-1 Winning DriversJTC-2 Winning DriversJTC-3 Winning Drivers
1 Mine Central Circuit, Yamaguchi14 March #12 Team Impul#35 Auto Tech Racing#100 Mugen Honda
1 Mine Central Circuit, Yamaguchi14 March Kazuyoshi Hoshino
Masahiko Kageyama
Andrew Gilbert-Scott
Akihiko Nakaya
Osamu Nakako
Hideki Okada
2 Autopolis, Ōita25 April #2 Team Taisan#35 Auto Tech Racing#14 Mooncraft
2 Autopolis, Ōita25 April Kunimitsu Takahashi
Keiichi Tsuchiya
Andrew Gilbert-Scott
Akihiko Nakaya
Naoki Hattori
Katsutomo Kaneishi
3 Sportsland SUGO, Miyagi16 May #87 HKS Racing Co. Ltd.#35 Auto Tech Racing#100 Mugen Honda
3 Sportsland SUGO, Miyagi16 May Yukihiro Hane
Osamu Hagiwara
Andrew Gilbert-Scott
Akihiko Nakaya
Osamu Nakako
Hideki Okada
4 Suzuka Circuit, Mie4 June #1 Hasemi Motorsport#35 Auto Tech Racing#14 Mooncraft
4 Suzuka Circuit, Mie4 June Masahiro Hasemi
Hideo Fukuyama
Andrew Gilbert-Scott
Akihiko Nakaya
Naoki Hattori
Katsutomo Kaneishi
5 TI Circuit Aida, Okayama8 August #12 Team Impul#27 Asahi Kiko Sport Team#14 Mooncraft
5 TI Circuit Aida, Okayama8 August Kazuyoshi Hoshino
Masahiko Kageyama
Anthony Reid
Atsushi Kawamoto
Naoki Hattori
Katsutomo Kaneishi
6 Tsukuba Circuit, Ibaraki22 August #55 Nismo#72 IPF Wako's#5 Team 5Zigen
6 Tsukuba Circuit, Ibaraki22 August Toshio Suzuki
Akira Iida
Norio Makiguchi
Hideshi Matsuda
Mika Salo
Minoru Tanaka
7 Tokachi International Speedway, Hokkaidō19 September #12 Team Impul#35 Auto Tech Racing#100 Mugen Honda
7 Tokachi International Speedway, Hokkaidō19 September Kazuyoshi Hoshino
Masahiko Kageyama
Andrew Gilbert-Scott
Akihiko Nakaya
Osamu Nakako
Hideki Okada
8 Sendai Hi-Land Raceway, Miyagi10 October #12 Team Impul#61 Team Take One#32 Concept L Racing Team
8 Sendai Hi-Land Raceway, Miyagi10 October Kazuyoshi Hoshino
Masahiko Kageyama
Thomas Danielsson
Eiichi Tajima
Masami Kageyama
Takahiko Hara
9 Fuji Speedway, Shizuoka31 October #11 Object T#26 Team Taisan#14 Mooncraft
9 Fuji Speedway, Shizuoka31 October Hisashi Yokoshima
Tom Kristensen
Kazuo Mogi
Fuminori Mizuno
Naoki Hattori
Katsutomo Kaneishi

Championship Standings

Points were awarded 20, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 to the top 10 finishers in each class, with no bonus points for pole positions or fastest laps. All scores counted towards the championship. In cases where teammates tied on points, the driver who completed the greater distance during the season was given the higher classification.
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