Takashi Yorino

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Takashi Yorino ( Japanese 従 野 孝 司 , Yorino Takashi ; born October 10, 1950 in Hyōgo Prefecture ) is a former Japanese racing driver and the half-brother of Yoshimi Katayama .

Career

Takashi Yorino was active as a sports car racing driver for more than 20 years and contested more than 150 races during this time. The driver trio Yorino, Yōjirō Terada and the former motorcycle racer and half-brother Yoshimi Katayama (Yorino and Katayama have the same mother, but different fathers; hence the difference in last names) were a well-known partnership in the Japanese sports car scene. Yorino very often competed in long distance races with either one or the other partner or with both. The three drivers, all of whom had long-term works contracts with Mazda  , were close friends off the racetrack.

He won his first sports car race in 1975 when he and Katayama won the Suzuka 500 km race. Yorino drove almost all of the Mazda prototypes; from the 717C from 1983 to the MXR-01 1992.

Inevitably, the Japanese competed many times in the 24-hour race of Le Mans , where he achieved the best position in the overall standings in 1991 with eighth place; For once, not just with Japanese teammates, but with Belgian Pierre Dieudonné as another partner. Yorino's last race was the 1995 Suzuka 1000km race that he couldn't finish.

statistics

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
1982 JapanJapan Mazdaspeed Mazda RX-7 JapanJapan Yōjirō Terada AustraliaAustralia Allan Moffat Rank 14
1983 JapanJapan Mazdaspeed Mazda 717C JapanJapan Yōjirō Terada JapanJapan Yoshimi Katayama Rank 12 and class win
1984 JapanJapan Mazdaspeed Mazda 727C JapanJapan Yōjirō Terada BelgiumBelgium Pierre Dieudonné Rank 20
1985 JapanJapan Mazdaspeed Mazda 737C JapanJapanYōjirō Terada JapanJapan Yoshimi Katayama Rank 24
1986 JapanJapan Mazdaspeed Mazda 757 JapanJapanYōjirō Terada JapanJapan Yoshimi Katayama failure Power transmission
1987 JapanJapan Mazdaspeed Mazda 757 JapanJapan Yōjirō Terada JapanJapan Yoshimi Katayama failure Engine failure
1988 JapanJapan Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd. Mazda 767 BelgiumBelgium Hervé Regout United KingdomUnited Kingdom Will Hoy Rank 19
1989 JapanJapan Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd. Mazda 767B BelgiumBelgium Hervé Regout United StatesUnited States Elliot Forbes-Robinson Rank 9
1990 JapanJapan Mazdaspeed Mazda 767B JapanJapan Yōjirō Terada JapanJapan Yoshimi Katayama Rank 20 and class win
1991 JapanJapan Mazdaspeed Mazda 787 JapanJapan Yōjirō Terada BelgiumBelgium Pierre Dieudonné Rank 8
1992 JapanJapan Mazdaspeed Mazda MXR-01 JapanJapan Yōjirō Terada BrazilBrazil Maurizio Sandro Sala failure accident

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Suzuka 500 km race in 1975
  2. ↑ Suzuka 1000 km race in 1995
personal data
SURNAME Yorino, Takashi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 従 野 孝 司 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese racing car driver
DATE OF BIRTH October 10, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Hyogo Prefecture