Suzuka testing 96-04-25

1996 JTCC Tire Testing Apr.25-26 Suzuka Circuit East Course (1.4 miles) Weather Conditions: Sunny, warm

Pos No Driver               Car            Tire  Time
  1 15 Takuya Kurosawa      Honda Accord   BS    52.164
  2 14 Naoki Hattori        Honda Accord   MI    52.263
  3 37 Michael Krumm        Toyota EXiV    MI    52.302
  4 36 Masanori Sekiya      Toyota EXiV    MI    52.352
  5 32 Satoshi Motoyama     Nissan Sunny   MI    52.659
  6 25 Masami Kageyama      Toyota EXiV    YH    52.758
  7 12 Kazuyoshi Hoshino    Nissan Primera BS    52.777
  8  3 Masahiro Hasemi      Opel Vectra    MI    52.853
  9 16 Osamu Nakako         Honda Accord   BS    52.856
 10 39 Eric Comas           Toyota EXiV    BS    52.993
 11 23 Masahiko Kageyama    Nissan Primera BS    53.006
 12 68 Tetsuya Tanaka       Toyota EXiV    DL    53.047
 13 38 Hironori Takeuchi    Toyota EXiV    BS    53.262
 14 18 Mitsuhiro Kinoshita  BMW318i        YH    53.390
 15 35 Akihiko Nakaya       BMW318i        BS    53.474
 16 11 Takahiko Hara        Toyota EXiV    TY    54.412
 17  9 Franck Freon         Mazda Familia  MI    54.413

Current track record is held by Anthony Reid (Opel Vectra) with 53.326 in qualifying for the 1995 JTCC Rounds 7/8.

JTCC Schedule 1996 R3/4 Sugo May18-19 R5/6 Suzuka June1-2 R7/8 Mine July13-14 R9/10 Sendai Sept7-8 R11/12 Tokachi Sept21-22 R13/14 Fuji Nov2-3

The series organizer changed the Suzuka date from last year to avoid the rainy season known in Japan as Tsuyu.