Sugo 1000 km race in 2006
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The Sugo 1000 km race in 2006 , also known as the Sugo Sportscar 1000 km Endurance Race, Sports Land Sugo , took place on May 14th at Sportsland SUGO and was the first race of the Japan Le Mans Challenge this year.
The race
The first race in the history of the Japan Le Mans Challenge started with a small field; only 12 vehicles were entered for the race. After the start, the Zytek 04S quickly gained a large lead over the other vehicles, as expected, and overtook the first Grand Turismo vehicles after just 20 minutes . After the second pit stop, however, the prototype rolled out due to electronic problems in the last corner and was unable to restart the race. With one lap won Tatsuya Kataoka , Naoki Hattori and Eiichi Tajima in a Ferrari 550 Maranello before the first prototype in the LMP2 class, a Dallara GC21, which on a 3Formel-3 formula - seater based.
Results
Final ranking
| Item | class | No. | team | driver | vehicle | Round |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GT1 | 20th |
 Hitotsuyama Racing
|
Tatsuya Kataoka Naoki Hattori Eiichi Tajima
|
Ferrari 550 Maranello | 206 |
| 2 | LMP2 | 18th |
AIM Sports
|
Shinsuke Yamazaki Yuuji Aso Masaru Tomizawa
|
Dallara GC21 | 205 |
| 3 | GT2 | 27 |
Team Kawamura
|
Koji Aoyama Shinichi Takagi Morio Nitta
|
Porsche 996 GT3-RSR | 200 |
| 4th | LMP2 | 15th |
Jidosha Koubou Myst
|
Ryouhei Sakaguchi Masayuki Ueda
|
Oscar SK5.2 | 198 |
| 5 | LMP1 | 66 |
Jidosha Koubou Myst
|
Takahiko Shimazawa Masaya Kouno Kenji Takeya
|
Oscar SK93 | 196 |
| 6th | GT2 | 5 |
Team Takamizawa
|
Kazuyoshi Takamizawa Akihiko Tsutsumi Sunako Jukucho
|
Porsche 996 GT3-RS | 195 |
| 7th | GT1 | 9 |
Team Leyjun
|
Masaki Tanaka Osamu Nakajima Hiroya Iijima
|
Mosler MT900 R | 191 |
| 8th | GT2 | 7th |
Proto Works
|
Naoko Hagiwara Yuuki Kawai
|
Mazda RX-7 | 151 |
| Not classified | ||||||
| 9 | LMP2 | 4th |
MYZ
|
Yuuya Sakamoto Yoshihisa Namekata Tomonobu Fujii
|
Dallara GC21 | 141 |
| Failed | ||||||
| 10 | LMP1 | 21st |
Hitotsuyama Racing
|
Hideki Noda Hiroki Kato
|
Zytek 04S | 141 |
| 11 | LMP2 | 3 |
MYZ
|
Masayuki Yamamoto Syougo Suhou Jun'ichirou Yamashita
|
Dallara GC21 | 53 |
| 12 | GT1 | 88 |
JLOC
|
Kōji Yamanishi Yasutaka Hinoi Hisashi Wada
|
Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT | 40 |
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 |
Takahiko Shimazawa
|
Masaya Kouno
|
Kenji Takeya
|
Oscar SK93 | Rank 5 |
| LMP2 |
Shinsuke Yamazaki
|
Yuuji Aso
|
Masaru Tomizawa
|
Dallara GC21 | Rank 2 |
| GT1 |
Tatsuya Kataoka
|
Naoki Hattori
|
Eiichi Tajima
|
Ferrari 550 Maranello | Overall victory |
| GT2 |
Koji Aoyama
|
Shinichi Takagi
|
Morio Nitta
|
Porsche 996 GT3-RS | Rank 3 |
Racing data
- Registered: 12
- Started: 12
- Rated: 8
- Race classes: 4
- Spectators: 4500
- Weather on race day: unknown
- Route length: 3.704 km
- Driving time of the winning team: 4: 58: 55.822 hours
- Total laps of the winning team: 206
- Total distance of the winning team: 763.077 km
- Winner's average: 153.161 km / h
- Pole position: Hideki Noda / Hiroki Katou - Zytek 04S (# 21) - 1: 24.141
- Fastest race lap: Hideki Noda - Zytek 04S (# 21) - 1: 14.316
- Racing series: 1st round of the Japan Le Mans Challenge 2006
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Japan Le Mans Challenge Report, Round 1 - Sugo May 14. archive.dailysportscar.com, accessed on February 26, 2019 (English).
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Previous race: None |
Japan Le Mans Challenge |
Succession race 1000 km race at Motegi in 2006 |