Toyota and Nissan have beaten Honda!
    Krumm and Hoshino shared victories!

    1997 All Japan Touring Car Championship Rd.5-6
    Result
    May 24, 1997


    Sportsland Sugo, JAPAN -RIJ- Here are the Results of 1997 All Japan Touring Car Championship Rd.5 & 6 at Sportsland Sugo: (3.704km)


    ROUND-5: Results (Weather: Unknown)

    
     Po.No.Driver                Car               Lap Time/Behind km/h
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      1 37 Michael Krumm(D)      Toyota Exiv        25   40'48.289 136.170
      2 12 Kazuyoshi Hoshino(J)  Nissan Primera     25       1.251 136.100
      3 23 Satoshi Motoyama(J)   Nissan Primera     25       8.138 135.719
      4 87 Akira Iida (J)        Opel Vectra        25      16.943 135.234
      5 15 Takuya Kurosawa(J)    Honda Accord       25      21.750 134.971
      6 38 Hironori Takeuchi(J)  Toyota Chaser      25      33.936 134.308
      7 39 Juan Manuel Silva(RA) Toyota Exiv        25      34.111 134.299
      8 16 Osamu Nakago(J)       Honda Accord       25      41.180 133.917
      9 25 Masami Kageyama(J)    Toyota Exiv        25    1'05.284 132.633
     10 68 Tesuya Tanaka(J)      Toyota Exiv        25    1'06.842 132.551
     11 36 Masanori Sekiya(J)    Toyota Chaser      25    2'00.890 129.762
     12 72 Masahiro Matsunaga(J) Toyota Collora     24       1Lap
     13 21 Yasushi Hitotsuyama(J)BMW 318i           24       1Lap
     ---------[ DNC ]-----------------------------------------------------
        11 Takahiko Hara(J)      Toyota Exiv        21       4Laps
        14 Ryu Michigami(J)      Honda Accord       20       5Laps
        33 Hideki Okada(J)       Honda Accord        6      19Laps
        19 Katsutomo Kaneishi(J) Toyota Exiv         3      22Laps
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     Fastest Lap: #12, Kazuyoshi Hoshino, 1'35.829 (139.157 km/h) On Lap 22/25
     Penalty: #12, Hoshino, fined 100,000 Yen because of rough play.
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    ROUND-6: Results (Weather: Unknown)

    
     Po.No.Driver                Car               Lap   Time      km/h
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      1 12 Kazuyoshi Hoshino(J)  Nissan Primera     25   40'55.127 135.791
      2 39 Juan Manuel Silva(RA) Toyota Exiv        25      10.435 135.216
      3 23 Satoshi Motoyama(J)   Nissan Kamino      25      10.937 135.188
      4 33 Hideki Okada(J)       Honda Accord       25      12.517 135.102
      5 87 Akira Iida(J)         Opel Vectra        25      18.866 134.755
      6 15 Takuya Kurosawa(J)    Honda Accord       25      38.440 133.697
      7 19 Katsutomo Kaneishi(J) Toyota Exiv        25      56.546 132.733
      8 25 Masami Kageyama(J)    Toyota Exiv        25      58.719 132.619
      9 38 Hironori Takeuchi(J)  Toyota Chaser      25    1'06.168 132.227
     10 68 Tesuya Tanaka(J)      Toyota Exiv        25    1'39.220 130.516
     11 72 Masahiro Matsunaga(J) Toyota Collora     25    1'40.431 130.454
     12 21 Yasushi Hitotsuyama(J)BMW 318i           24       1Lap 
     13 11 Takahiko Hara(J)      Toyota Exiv        22       3Laps
     ------------[ DNC ]--------------------------------------------------
        14 Ryu Michigami(J)      Honda Accord       14      11Laps
        36 Masanori Sekiya(J)    Toyota Chaser      13      12Laps
        16 Osamu Nakago(J)       Honda Accord        2      23Laps
        37 Michael Krumm(D)      Toyota Exiv         1      24Laps
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     Fastest Lap Time: #33, Hideki Okada, 1'36.660 (137.961 km/h) On Lap 24/25.
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    Point Standing:

    
     Pos.No.Driver             Point
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      1 23 Satoshi Motoyama     37
      2 15 Takuya Kurosawa      33
      3 12 Kazuyoshi Hosino     32
      4 16 Ossamu Nakago        30
      5 37 Michael Krumm        21
      6 39 J.M Silva            19
      7 14 Ryu Michigami        18
      8 25 Masami Kageyama      16
      9 38 Hironori Takeuchi    15
     10 88 Akira Iida           14
     11 36 Masanori Sekiya      13
     12 33 Hideki Okada          7
     13 19 Katsutomo Kaneishi    5
     14 68 Tetsuya Tanaka        5
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     Point System: 15-12-9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
     Best 11/16 (70%) races' points will be available.
    
          RIJ-Mitsuru Sugaya/Tokyo
    
    

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