Tokachi 24 Hours

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Tokachi 24 Hours
VenueTokachi International Speedway
First race1994
Last race2008
Duration24 Hours
Most wins (driver)Tetsuya Tanaka (5)
Most wins (manufacturer)Porsche (6)

The Tokachi 24 Hours (十勝24時間レース) was an endurance race held at the Tokachi International Speedway between 1994 and 2008 for GT and production cars. For each year of the event, the Tokachi 24 Hour was part of the Super Taikyu championship, however cars and teams from Super GT were able to participate in the event; where most recently in 2007 a Hybrid GT500 Toyota Supra HV-R was able to win the race overall.[1]

For each race between 1995 and 2002, and along with the 2007 and 2008 races, the 'Grand Prix' layout of 5.091 km was used, for all the other races, the 'Clubman' layout of 3.408 km was used.

List of winners[edit]

Year Drivers Car Laps Distance Circuit Configuration
1994 Japan Masahiro Hasemi
Japan Yukihiro Hane
Japan Hideo Fukuyama
Nissan Skyline GT-R 946 3216.4 km Clubman
1995 Japan Kunimitsu Takahashi
Japan Keiichi Tsuchiya
Japan Akira Iida
Honda NSX 623 3177.3 km
Grand Prix
1996 Japan Yoji Yamada
Japan Eiichi Tajima
Japan Hideki Okada
Japan Kazuo Mogi
Porsche 993 595 3034.5 km Grand Prix
1997 Japan Tetsuya Tanaka
Japan Aguri Suzuki
Japan Masahiko Kageyama
Nissan Skyline GT-R 607 3095.7 km Grand Prix
1998 Japan Minoru Tanaka
Japan Eiichi Tajima
Japan Yuji Tachikawa
Toyota Supra 586 2988.6 km Grand Prix
1999 Japan Hironori Takeuchi
Japan Tetsuya Tanaka
Japan Masahiko Kondo
Nissan Skyline GT-R 591 3014.1 km Grand Prix
2000 Japan Mitsuhiro Kinoshita
Japan Takeshi Tsuchiya
Japan Seiji Ara
Japan Yuji Tachikawa
Toyota Supra 605 3085.5 km Grand Prix
2001 Japan Noboyuki Oyagi
Japan Takayuki Aoki
Japan Hisashi Yokoshima
Nissan Skyline GT-R 603 3075.3 km Grand Prix
2002 Japan Akira Hirakawa
Japan Toshihide Hashimura
Japan Kiichi Takahashi
Japan Shigemitsu Haga
Porsche 996 GT3 465 2361.3 km Grand Prix
2003 Japan Hironori Takeuchi
Japan Tetsuya Tanaka
Japan Masami Kageyama
Porsche 996 GT3 949 3226.6 km Clubman
2004 Japan Hironori Takeuchi
Japan Tetsuya Tanaka
Japan Seiji Ara
Porsche 996 GT3 947 3219.8 km Clubman
2005 Japan Manabu Orido
Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi
Germany Dominik Schwager
Porsche 996 GT3 957 3253.8 km Clubman
2006 Japan Tetsuya Tanaka
Japan Morio Nitta
Japan Shinichi Takagi
Porsche 996 GT3 956 3250.4 km Clubman
2007 Japan Akira Iida
Japan Takayuki Kinoshita
Japan Tatsuya Kataoka
Portugal André Couto
Toyota Supra HV-R 616 3141.6 km Grand Prix
2008 Japan Tatsuya Kataoka
Japan Masataka Yanagida
Malaysia Fariqe Hairuman
BMW Z4M 637 3243.2 km Grand Prix

References[edit]

  1. ^ Afuang, Briang; Sarne, Vernor B.; Ang, Ulysses (July 20, 2007). "FAST Times". The Manila Times. p. 21. Retrieved January 15, 2024.

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