Kenji Takahashi (racing driver)
Kenji Takahashi ( Japanese 高橋 健 二 , Takahashi Kenji ; born May 18, 1946 ) is a former Japanese racing car driver .
Career in motorsport
With one exception, Kenji Takahashi only competed in car races in his home country of Japan and did so in monoposto as well as in GT and sports car racing. At the 1972 Fuji 300 Mile Race , a race in the Fuji Grand Champion Series, he started at a racing event for the first time and finished the first run in third place overall. From 1977 he began to regularly drive sports car races. In 1984 he won together with Kunimitsu Takahashi at the 500 km race in Fuji and with the same partner and the Briton Geoff Lees at the 1000 km race in Suzuka . In 1985 he was the overall winner of the Japanese sports car championship with three race wins and repeated the overall victory a year later; his greatest success in sports car racing.
In the monoposto he mainly drove in the Japanese Formula 2 championship . His best final placement in this championship was third overall in 1983.
Takahashi took part in races outside of Japan; the Le Mans 24-hour race in 1987 . There he was in the cockpit of a factory Nissan R87E and retired after driving 181 laps due to engine failure.
statistics
Le Mans results
| year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 |
 Nissan Motorsport
|
Nissan R87E |
Keiji Matsumoto
|
Kazuyoshi Hoshino
|
failure | Engine failure |
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Takahashi, Kenji |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 高橋 健 二 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese racing car driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 18, 1946 |