Okayama 1000km race 2006
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The 2006 Okayama 1000km race took place on October 22nd at the Okayama International Circuit and was the third and final round of the Japan Le Mans Challenge that year.
The race
With 20 registered vehicles, more teams competed in the last race of the Japan Le Mans Challenge than in any other of the 2006 season. After the start, Hiroki Katō led in the Zytek 04S before Seiji Ara in the Courage LC70 . The two lapped third-placed JLOC Lamborghini after 15 minutes of racing. After the Zytek made a pit stop to cool the prototype, Courage took the lead.
In the end, Seiji Ara and Haruki Kurosawa won by a large margin over Yuuya Sakamoto, Yoshihisa Namekata and Tomonobu Fujii in Team MYZ's Dallara GC21. Third place went to the Lamborghini owned by Kōji Yamanishi , Yasutaka Hinoi and Hisashi Wada. The best-placed vehicle in the GT2 class was the Porsche 964, driven by Yutaka Matsushima, Takeshi Inui and Hitoshi Kakiuchi.
Results
Final ranking
| Item | class | No. | team | driver | vehicle | Round |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LMP1 | 16 |
 Team Mugen
|
Seiji Ara Haruki Kurosawa
|
Courage LC70 | 243 |
| 2 | LMP2 | 4th |
MYZ
|
Yuuya Sakamoto Yoshihisa Namekata Tomonobu Fujii
|
Dallara GC21 | 226 |
| 3 | GT1 | 88 |
JLOC
|
Kōji Yamanishi Yasutaka Hinoi Hisashi Wada
|
Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT | 222 |
| 4th | LMP1 | 21st |
Hitotsuyama Racing
|
Hideki Noda Hiroki Kato
|
Zytek 04S | 220 |
| 5 | GT1 | 9 |
Team Leyjun
|
Masaki Tanaka Osamu Nakajima Hiroya Iijima
|
Mosler MT900 R | 217 |
| 6th | LMP1 | 111 |
Jidosha Koubou Myst
|
Yasumasa Wakahara Kouta Sasaki Tatsuya Hashimoto
|
Oscar SK93 | 217 |
| 7th | GT1 | 20th |
Hitotsuyama Racing
|
Tatsuya Kataoka Naoki Hattori Eiichi Tajima
|
Ferrari 550 Maranello | 206 |
| 8th | GT2 | 930 |
Sunburst rush
|
Yutaka Matsushima Takeshi Inui Hitoshi Kakiuchi
|
Porsche 964 | 195 |
| 9 | LMP1 | 66 |
Jidosha Koubou Myst
|
Takahiko Shimazawa Hiroshi Oota Kazuya Murase
|
Oscar SK93 | 192 |
| 10 | GT2 | 27 |
Team Kawamura
|
Koji Aoyama Shinichi Takagi Morio Nitta
|
Porsche 996 GT3-RSR | 191 |
| 11 | LMP2 | 66 |
Jidosha Koubou Myst
|
Tomokuni Waki Masayoshi Furuya Hisashi Tsukahara
|
Oscar SK5.2 | 190 |
| 12 | GT2 | 77 |
Proto Works
|
Dragon Kumita Motoyoshi Yoshida Yoshiaki Nakayama
|
Porsche 996 GT3-RS | 185 |
| 13 | LMP1 | 65 |
Jidosha Koubou Myst
|
Toshiya Itou Tomoyuki Kawasaki Tatsuya Mizutani
|
Oscar SK5.2 | 171 |
| Not classified | ||||||
| 14th | GT2 | 7th |
Proto Works
|
Naoko Hagiwara Sakiko Tsuji
|
Mazda RX-7 | 166 |
| 15th | LMP2 | 37 |
Cosmos Racing
|
Naoto Chikada Youichirou Suzuki
|
Oscar SK5.2 | 164 |
| 16 | LMP2 | 15th |
Jidousya Koubou Myst
|
Ryouhei Sakaguchi Masayuki Ueda Motoaki Ishikawa
|
Oscar KK-LM | 156 |
| Failed | ||||||
| 17th | GT2 | 8th |
Team Nrf
|
Jun Nakamura Ryuuichirou Ootsuka Fumihiko Nishida
|
Mazda RX-8 | 149 |
| 18th | GT2 | 5 |
Team Takamizawa
|
Kazuyoshi Takamizawa Akasameoyaji Tomohiko Sunako
|
Porsche 996 GT3-RS | 99 |
| 19th | LMP2 | 18th |
AIM Sports
|
Shinsuke Yamazaki Yuuji Aso Masaru Tomizawa
|
Dallara GC21 | 87 |
| 20th | LMP2 | 3 |
MYZ
|
Masayuki Yamamoto Syougo Suhou Jun'ichirou Yamashita
|
Dallara GC21 | 56 |
Only in the entry list
No further reports are known for this race.
Class winner
| class | driver | driver | driver | vehicle | Placement in the overall ranking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LMP1 |
Seiji Ara
|
Haruki Kurosawa
|
Courage LC70 | Overall victory | |
| LMP2 |
Yuuya Sakamoto
|
Yoshihisa Namekata
|
Tomonobu Fujii
|
Dallara GC21 | Rank 2 |
| GT1 |
Kōji Yamanishi
|
Yasutaka Hinoi
|
Hisashi Wada
|
Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT | Rank 3 |
| GT2 |
Yutaka Matsushima
|
Takeshi Inui
|
Hitoshi Kakiuchi
|
Porsche 964 | Rank 8 |
Racing data
- Registered: 20
- Started: 20
- Rated: 13
- Race classes: 4
- Spectators: 4800
- Weather on race day: cloudy but dry
- Route length: 3.703 km
- Driving time of the winning team: 6:01:19.202 hours
- Total laps of the winning team: 243
- Total distance of the winning team: 899.829 km
- Winner's average: 149.424 km / h
- Pole position: Hideki Noda / Hiroki Katou - Zytek 04S (# 21) - 1: 20.251
- Fastest race lap: Hiroki Katou - Zytek 04S (# 21) - 1: 21.298
- Racing series: 3rd round of the Japan Le Mans Challenge 2006
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Japan Le Mans Challenge Report, Round 3 - Okayama Day 3, Part 1. archive.dailysportscar.com, accessed on March 3, 2019 (English).
- ↑ Japan Le Mans Challenge Report, Round 3 - Okayama Day 3, Part 2. archive.dailysportscar.com, accessed on March 3, 2019 (English).
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