Japanese Touring Car Championship  

    Round 15/16 at Sendai Highland on 25th September

    25 laps x 4.03 km    = 100.74 km
            x 2.52 miles =  62.99 miles

    Round 15  Top 10 result

    Driver             Nat   Car              time           Qualifying
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 1  Steve Soper        GB    BMW318i          48m58.060s     3/1m53.731s
 2  Tom Kristensen     DK    Toyota Corona    49m00.390s     1/1m53.315s
 3  Aguri Suzuki       J     Toyota Corona    49m14.430s     5/1m54.695s
 4  Naoki Hattori      J     Honda Civic      49m34.553s     9/1m55.360s
 5  Osamu Nakako       J     Honda Civic      49m37.950s    14/1m55.748s
 6  Masanori Sekiya    J     Toyota Corona    49m47.248s     6/1m54.893s
 7  Prinz von Bayern   D     BMW318i          49m48.683s    16/1m55.950s
 8  Akira Iida         J     Nissan Sunny     49m51.099s    13/1m55.705s
 9  Anthony Reid       GB    Opel Vectra      49m52.278s     2/1m53.730s
10  Akihiko Nakaya     J     BMW318i          49m59.635s    17/1m56.376s

    Average speed: Steve Soper   123.329 km/h
    Fastest lap  : Steve Soper   1m55.654s (125.430 km/h)
    Car finished : 23 out of 29


    Round 16  Top 10 result

    Driver             Nat   Car               time
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 1  Steve Soper        GB    BMW318i           48m56.887s
 2  Naoki Hattori      J     Honda Civic       49m01.392s
 3  Masanori Sekiya    J     Toyota Corona     49m05.816s
 4  G. Booge           I     Alfa Romeo 155    49m09.790s
 5  Tom Kristensen     DK    Toyota Corona     49m11.751s
 6  Osamu Nakako       J     Honda Civic       49m16.019a
 7  Tetsuya Tanaka     J     Honda Civic       49m18.647s
 8  Prinz von Bayern   D     BMW318i           49m19.670s
 9  Akihiko Nakaya     J     BMW318i           49m21.009s 
10  Takuya Kurosawa    J     Toyota Corona     49m21.175s

    Average speed: Steve Soper     123.378 km/h
    Fastest lap  : Tom Kristensen  1m54.713s (126.469 km/h)
    Car finished : 21 out of 26

    Championship Points
 1  Tom Kristensen     133
 2  Steve Soper        130
 3  Masanori Sekiya    126
 4  Aguri Suzuki        93
 5  Anthony Reid        79
 6  Masahiro Hasemi     63
 7  Naoki Hattori       60
 8  Kazuyoshi Hoshino   38
 9  Andrew G.Scott      33
10  Osamu Nakako        28

    Next(final) round is at Fuji on 30th October 
    And it is also the first round of Asia/Pacific Touring Car Sries

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