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1985 – division 2 entries
Besides the Volkswagen products, that seemed to interchange between division 1 and 2, there were a few more definite division 2 entries around in 1985.
Drivers name read: Japanese signs (translations from google/altavista) Bridgestone file
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#2
Entrant/car: オオツカ東名ニッサンシルビア
(Bandai Tomei Nissan Silvia / [ootsuka] Tomei NISSAN sill beer)
Car/homologation: Nissan Silvia RS US12 (A5247, 1991 cc)
Tyres: Dunlop
Driver: 袖山 誠一 (Seiiti Sodeyama / Sleeve cap sincerity one) Seeichi SODEYAMA
Driver: 相葉 文男 (Minister Fumio leaf / Aiba sentence man) Fumio AIBA
Results:
Round 1: 1985-06-02, Sportsland Sugo (3 / 1)
Note 1: This team settled for a Skyline RS Turbo division 3 car for the remainder of the season.
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#3
Entrant/car: オ-トスホ゜-ツニッサンシルヒ゛ア
(Oh - TOSUHO degrees - a TSUNISSANSHIRUHI゛/ [o] - [tosuho] MARU - [tsunitsusanshiruhi] & [a)
Entrant/car: CARトップ日産シルビア
(Top Nissan Silvia CAR / CAR top NISSAN sill beer)
Entrant/car: US12
Entrant/car: NISSAN US12
Car/homologation: Nissan Silvia RS US12 (A5247, 1991 cc)
Tyres: Dunlop
Driver 1: 熊谷 (Kumagai / Kumatani) Mutsumi KUMAGAI
Driver 2: 辻本 (Tsujimoto / Tsujimoto) Seiichirou TSUJIMOTO
Driver 3: 中谷 明彦 (Akihiko Nakaya / Akihiko Nakatani) Akihiko NAKAYA
Driver 4: 辻本 征一郎 (Tsujimoto Itirou Susumu / Conquering Ichiro Tsujimoto) Seiichirou TSUJIMOTO
Driver 5: 伏木 悦郎 (Etsuo Hushiki / 伏 wooden rapture 郎) Etsuro FUSHIKI
Driver 6: 村松 康生 (Yasuo Muramatsu / Yasuo Muramatsu) Yasuo MURAMATSU
Results:
The races:
Round 2: 1985-06-16, Tsukuba (9 / 1) Kumagai / Tsujimoto
Round 3: 1985-08-04, Nishi Nippon (10 / 2) Nakaya / Tsujimoto
Round 4: 1985-10-13, Suzuka (10 / 1) Fushiki / Tsujimoto
Round 5: 1985-11-10, Fuji (14 / 1) Muramatsu / Tsujimoto
Note 1: Driver 2 and 4 must be the one and same. The JAF results from round 2 only mention the family name of the drivers.
Note 2: Since the Silvia #2 “became” a Skyline after round 1, and this entry had it’s first race at round 2, this could be the one and same car.
Note 3: Tsujimoto finished the season as 4th overall in the championship.
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#14
Entrant/car: MAZDA SA22C/ WOORX-7
Car/homologation: Mazda SA22C Savanna RX 7 2+2 (A5713, 1146 cc * 2)
Tyres: unknown
Driver: 池沢 さとし (Satoshi Ikezawa / Ikezawa with it does,) ? ? (IKEZAWA?)
Driver: 中村 誠 (Makoto Nakamura / Nakamura sincerity) ? ? (NAKAMURA?)
Driver: 野地 広行 (Hiroyuki Noti / Roof board Hiroyuki) ? ? (NOTI ?)
Results:
Round 5: 1985-11-10, Fuji (DNF)
Note 1: the SA22C designation of the car suggest that the car was of the original group 1-transferred-to-group A homologation, from way back in August 1978. A Never version, Mazde Savanna RX7 Custom (2+2) was homologated as a proper group A car from February 1984 as A5195. I don’t know the technical differences between the two, so, can anybody help?
Note 2: Mazda’s were rare in Japanese group A, and not entirely 100 % sure, but this is the only entry from Mazda, during the nine seasons of group A.
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Not a lot of cars in the middle division, and always blown away by the baby class!
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