Japanese Touring Car Championship  

    Round 17/18 at Fuji on 30th October

    21 laps x 4.47 km    = 93.87 km
            x 2.79 miles = 58.67 miles

    Round 17  Top 10 results

    Driver               Nat   Car              Time           Qualifying
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 1  Kazuyoshi Hoshino    J     Nissan Primera   34m40.427s     1/1m48.588s
 2  Anthony Reid         GB    Opel Vectra      34m52.882s    31/1m56.925s
 3  Joachim Winckelhock  D     BMW318i          34m55.191s    14/1m50.912s
 4  Masahiro Hasemi      J     Nissan Primera   34m55.397s     2/1m48.702s
 5  Aguri Suzuki         J     Toyota Corona    34m56.828s     6/1m49.703s
 6  Masanori Sekiya      J     Toyota Corona    34m58.072s    10/1m50.094s
 7  Naoki Hattori        J     Honda Civic      34m58.381s     8/1m49.794s
 8  Kiyoshi Misaki       J     Toyota Corolla   34m59.504s    11/1m50.174s
 9  Takuya Kurosawa      J     Toyota Corona    35m08.768s    17/1m51.643s
10  Giambattista Busi    I     Alfa Romeo 155   35m09.550s     7/1m49.732s

    Average speed: Kazuyoshi Hoshino   161.981 km/h
    Fastest lap  : Tom Kristensen      1m37.525s (165.004 km/h)
    Car finished : 27 out of 31


    Round 18  Top 10 results

    Driver               Nat   Car               Time
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 1  Anthony Reid         GB    Opel Vectra       34m41.052s    
 2  Joachim Winckelhock  D     BMW318i           34m45.912s
 3  Masanori Sekiya      J     Toyota Corona     34m53.634s
 4  Kiyoshi Misaki       J     Toyota Corolla    34m55.266s
 5  Masahiro Hasemi      J     Nissan Primera    34m56.140s
 6  Tom Kristensen       DK    Toyota Corona     34m56.798s
 7  Steve Soper          GB    BMW318i           34m56.813s
 8  Aguri Suzuki         J     Toyota Corona     34m57.736s   
 9  Takuya Kurosawa      J     Toyota Corona     35m14.867s  
10  Akira Iida           J     Nissan Sunny      35m15.023s

    Average speed: Anthony Reid   161.932 km/h
    Fastest lap  : Anthony Reid   1m37.554s (164.955 km/h)
    Car finished : 28 out of 34


    Final Championship Points (Best 13 races are counted)
 1  Masanori Sekiya     135 (Champion)
 2  Tom Kristensen      134
 3  Steve Soper         132
 4  Anthony Reid        106
 5  Aguri Suzuki        102
 6  Masahiro Hasemi      76
 7  Naoki Hattori        64
 8  Kazuyoshi Hoshino    53
 9  Andrew G.Scott       33
10  Joachim Winckelhock  31

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