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1990
“Godzilla” has arrived and the RS500 definitively been relegated to secondary status.
The races:
1990.03.18 – Mine
1990.05.20 – Sugo
1990.07.01 – Suzuka
1990.08.19 – Tsukuba
1990.09.30 – Sendai
1990.11.11 – Fuji
#2 Advan RS500 (light blue, white and gold)
Keiichi Tsuchiya and Takao Wada doing the entire season.
R1 – DNF
R2 – 6th o/a, 6th in class
R3 – 6th o/a, 6th in class
R4 – DNF
R5 – 4th o/a, 4th in class
R6 – DNF
#3 unknown team RS500
Yojiro Terada and Suguru Akaike driving.
R1 – 8th o/a, 7th in class
R2 – DNF
R3 – 10th o/a, 8th in class
R4 – 2nd o/a, 2nd in class
R5 – 22nd o/a, 10th in class
R6 – 4th o/a, 4th in class
#8 F.E.T. Racing Team RS500 (white and blue)
Hiyoshi Misaki and Kazuo Mogi driving.
R1 – 6th o/a, 6th in class
R2 – 4th o/a, 4th in class
R3 – 3rd o/a, 3rd in class
R4 – 14th o/a, 6th in class
R5 – 7th o/a, 7th in class
R6 – 21st o/a, 9th in class
#11 Trampio RS500 (white and two tone blue)
Hisashi Yokoyama and Masahiko Kageyama did the first four rounds together, with Yokoyama and Hideshi Matsuda completing the season.
R1 – 4th o/a, 4th in class
R2 – 3rd o/a, 3rd in class
R3 – 5th o/a, 5th in class
R4 – DNF
R5 – 6th o/a, 6th in class
R6 – 5th o/a, 5th in class
#13 Dunlop RS500 (yellow, red and black)
Jeff Krosnoff and Mauro Martini driving.
R1 – 3rd o/a, 3rd in class
R2 – 5th o/a, 5th in class
R3 – 7th o/a, 7th in class
R4 – DNF
R5 – 11th o/a, 8th in class
R6 – DNF
#22 Piumini Trampio RS500 (rounds 1-4)
Kazuo Shimizu and Hideshi Matsuda driving. Sister car to #11.
R1 – DNF
R2 – DNF
R3 – 4th o/a, 4th in class
R4 – 3rd o/a, 3rd in class
#43 City Life 43 RS500 (Black?)
Naoki Nagasaka and Takashi Yorino driving the first four rounds as drivers before Chris Hodgetts replaced Yorino for the final two races.
R1 – 12th o/a, 8th in class
R2 – DNF
R3 – DNF
R4 – 7th o/a, 4th in class
R5 – 5th o/a, 5th in class
R6 – 9th o/a, 7th in class
Two European and one Australian teams visited the Fuji finals.
#20 Trakstar RS500
Stefan Johansson and Robb Gravett partnered up once more, but this time in a British RS500. Paolo Barilla was also part of the driving squad.
R6 – DNF
#99 CMS RS500
Father and son team of Kurt and Christer Simonsen in their Swedish RS500.
R6 – 6th o/a, 6th in class.
#91 Allan Moffat RS500 (ex-Eggenberger chassis #99269)
Klaus Niedzwiedz and Gregg Hansford doing the deeds for Moffat.
R6 – 3rd o/a, 3rd in class
Only six podium finishes in 1990, with a single second the best result. The days of the RS500 in Japan was definitely over.
Jesper
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