1997 All Japan GT Championship Rd.1,
Suzuka GT 300km Race Results
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Suzuka Circuit

SUZUKA, Japan - RIJ - Here are the results of Sunday's 1997 All Japan
GT-car Championship Rd.1, Suzuka GT 300km Race:
 March 30, 1997   Weather: Fine,   Course:Dry
 
 Pos No CLASS Driver/Driver                     Car            Lap Time/Behin.
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  1   2 5 Aguri Suzuki/Erik Comas(F)            NISSAN SKYLINE  51 1:52'14.617
                                                                   (159.86Km)
  2  39 5 Olivier Groullard(F)/Masami Kageyama  TOYOTA SUPRA    51   11.868
  3  37 5 Masanori Sekiya/Toshio Suzuki         TOYOTA SUPRA    51   12.851
  4   3 5 Masahiro Hasemi/Tetsuya Tanaka        NISSAN SKYLINE  51   38.851
  5 556 5 Masahiko Kageyama/Masahiko Kondo      NISSAN SKYLINE  51 1'12.819
  6   5 5 Eiichi Tajima/Mark Gousen             TOYOTA SUPRA    51 2'02.781
  7  38 5 Hironori Takeuchi/Katsutomo Kaneishi  TOYOTA SUPRA    50   1 Lap 
  8  13 5 Mitsuhiro Kinoshita/Yasushi Kikuchi   NISSAN SKYLINE  50   1 Lap 
  9  30 5 Yoji Yamada/Kazuo Motegi              PORSCHE 911 GT2 50   1 Lap 
 10 *75 5 Yuji Tachikawa/Tsuyoshi Takahashi     NISSAN 300ZX    49   2 Laps
 11   8 5 Bertrand Gachot(F)/Paul Belmond(F)    TOYOTA SUPRA    49   2 Laps
 12   4 5 Tatsuhiko Kaneumi/Mitsutake Koma      PORSCHE 911 GT2 49   2 Laps
 13  10 5 Kaoru Iida/Ralf Firman Jr.(GB)        PORSCHE 911 GT2 49   2 Laps
 14  19 3 Manabu Orito/Hideo Fukuyama           NISSAN SILVIA   49   2 Laps
 15 910 3 Seiichi Sodeyama/Kiyoshi Misaki       PORSCHE 993 RSR 48   3 Laps
 16  25 3 Takeshi Tsuchiya/Masaoki Nagashima    TOYOTA MR2      48   3 Laps
 17  26 3 Keiichi Suzuki/Morio Nitta            PORSCHE 964 RSR 48   3 Laps
 18  51 3 Masamitsu Ishihara/Katsunori Iketani  PORSCHE 993 RSR 47   4 Laps
 19   9 3 Tsunefumi Hioki/Masaharu Kinoshita    PORSCHE 993 RSR 47   4 Laps
 20  72 3 Norio Makiguchi/Takeshi Asami         BMW E36         47   4 Laps
 21  81 3 Nobuyuki Oyagi/Tsuneaki Mankumo       Nissan SILVIA   47   4 Laps
 22 777 3 Katsuya Makita/Katuharu Siomi         PORSCHE 993 RSR 46   5 Laps
 23  70 3 Yoshizo Ishibashi/Nobuo Komiya        PORSCHE 993 RSR 46   5 Laps
 24  27 3 Tetsuya Ota/Anders Olofsson(S)        FERRARI F355    45   6 Laps
 25  55 3 Toshihiro Fukasawa/Masaaki Nagashima  MAZDA RX7       45   6 Laps
 26  91 3 Masahiro Matsunaga/Junko Mihara       TOYOTA MR2      44   7 Laps
 27  17 3 Toshihiko Nogami/Toshiaki Koshimizu   MAZDA RX7       44   7 Laps
 28  16 3 Motoji Sekine/Hiroyuki Iiri           BMW E36         44   7 Laps
 29  45 3 Tsuyoshi Yuasa/Toshiaki Hanai         NISSAN SILVIA   42   9 Laps
 30  36 5 Michael Krumm(D)/Pedro De La Rosa(E)  TOYOTA SUPRA    39  12 Laps
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     20 3 Kenji Takahashi/Hiroaki Suga          PORSCHE 993 RSR 23  28 Laps
      7 3 Shinichi Yamaji/Haruhiko Matsumoto    MAZDA RX7       16  35 Laps
    333 3 Masatomo Shimizu/Yoshimi Katayama     PORSCHE 993 RSR 11  40 Laps
      6 3 Hironori Kato/Takahiro Fujita         TOYOTA MR2      10  41 Laps
     12 5 Kazuyoshi Hoshino/Satoshi Motoyama    NISSAN SKYLINE   3  48 Laps
     21 3 Takayuki Kinoshita/Yasushi Hitotsuyama  BMW E36        3  48 Laps

    Fastest Lap: No.2, Aguri Suzuki, 2'07.322 (165.80km/h) On Lap 3/51
        Penalty: No.26, Keiichi Suzuki, 10 second pit stop.
             * = out of standings and points.
             
 Course length: 5.86403km
 Class: 5 = GT500, 3 = GT300

     RIJ-Mitsuru Sugaya/Tokyo,