The 1985 Fuji 1000 Kilometres was the ninth round of the 1985 World Endurance Championship as well as the fifth round of the 1985 All Japan Endurance Championship. It took place at the Fuji Speedway, Japan on October 6, 1985.
Rain Prior to the start of the race, heavy rain fell on the Fuji circuit. Several racing teams were concerned with the safety of the circuit under such conditions, even leading to the Italian Lancia withdrawing just prior to the warm-up laps. Although the race started, the first ten laps were held under caution in order for the drivers to adapt to the wet circuit. Three teams chose to immediately withdraw before the first lap was even completed, including the two Rothmans Porsches. Within the next several laps, both Tom Walkinshaw Jaguars also returned to the pits to withdraw. The first Japanese squad to withdraw after the race began was the Alpha Cubic Porsche, stopping after only six laps, and followed two laps later by both Mazdas. By time caution was withdrawn at the beginning of the eleventh lap, fifteen cars had already returned to the pits to withdraw. They were joined a lap later by the Bartlett Chevron, the last remaining European entry.
Eighteen cars remained in the event, all Japanese squads. The torrential rain continued however, and after two hours of racing, the organisers chose to end the event after completing only a fourth of the scheduled distance. As the race was shortened, half points were awarded in the Teams Championship, as well as the Drivers Championship, but only to those drivers who had actually had a chance to drive during the race.
Official results Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of the winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).
Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Engine 1 C1 28 Hoshino Racing Kazuyoshi Hoshino Akira Hagiwara Keiji Matsumoto March 85G ? 62 Nissan VG30ET 3.0 L Turbo V6 2 C1 12 Panasport Japan Osamu Nakako Akio Morimoto Emanuele Pirro ? 61 Nissan VG30ET 3.0 L Turbo V6 3 C1 36 Tom's Satoru Nakajima Masanori Sekiya Tom's 85C 61 Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4 4 C1 45 Naoki Nagasaka Taku Akaike Tom's 85C ? 61 Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4 5 C1 50 Masahiro Hasemi Takao Wada March 85G ? 60 Nissan VG30ET 3.0 L Turbo V6 6 C1 60 Trust Vern Schuppan George Fouché Keiichi Suzuki Porsche 956 ? 60 Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6 7 C1 35 Misaki Speed Toshio Suzuki Kaoru Hoshino Tom's 85C ? 59 Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4 8 C1 30 Central 20 Racing Team Aguri Suzuki Haruhito Yanagida Lola T810 59 Nissan VG30ET 3.0 L Turbo V6 9 C1 38 Dome Motorsport Geoff Lees Eje Elgh Dome 85C 58 Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4 10 C1 37 Team Ikuzawa Tiff Needell James Weaver Tom's 85C ? 57 Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4 11 GTU 175 Trust Racing Team Mitsutake Koma Ryuusaku Hitomi Toyota Celica ? 57 Toyota 2.0 L I4 12 GTP 172 Top Fuel Racing Norimasa Sakamoto Hironobu Tatsumi Mazda RX-7 855 ? 56 Mazda 13B 1.3 L Turbo 2-Rotor 13 C1 57 Rays Racing Division Hitoshi Ogawa Tsunehisa Asai TOM'S 84C ? 56 Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4 14 C2 84 Kazuo Mogi Toshio Motohashi Lotec M1C ? 55 BMW M88 3.5 L I6 15 GTX 174 OZ Racing Kenji Seino Mutsuo Kazama Mazda RX-7 254 ? 54 Mazda 13B 1.3 L 2-Rotor 16 GTX 173 Mazda Sport Car Club Iwao Sugai Hiroshi Sugai Mazda RX-7 254 ? 50 Mazda 13B 1.3 L 2-Rotor 17DNF C2 96 Mr. S Racing Product Syuuji Fujii Seiichi Sodeyama Tooru Sawada Mishima Auto 84C ? 51 BMW M88 3.5 L I6 18DNF C1 25 Advan Sports Kunimitsu Takahashi Kenji Takahashi Porsche 962C 34 Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6 19WD C2 100 Barlett Chevron Racing Robin Smith Kenneth Leim Martin Birrane Chevron B62 11 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3 L V8 20WD C1 27 Jiro Yoneyama Hideki Okada Porsche 956 ? 10 Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6 21DNF C2 98 Roy Baker Promotion Ford Roy Baker David Andrews Tiga GC285 10 Ford Cosworth BDT 1.8 L Turbo I4 22WD C1 7 Joest Racing "John Winter" Paolo Barilla Marc Duez Porsche 956B 9 Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6 23WD C1 14 Richard Lloyd Racing Kenny Acheson Johnny Dumfries Porsche 956 GTi 9 Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6 24WD C1 34 Racing Cosmik Racing Christian Danner Costas Los Anders Olofsson March 84G 9 Porsche Type-956 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6 25WD C2 85 Mazdaspeed Yoshimi Katayama Takashi Yorino Mazda 737C 8 Mazda 13B 1.3 L 2-Rotor 26WD C2 86 Mazdaspeed Yojiro Terada David Kennedy Mazda 737C 8 Mazda 13B 1.3 L 2-Rotor 27WD C1 33 John Fitzpatrick Racing Jo Gartner Michael Roe Porsche 956B 6 Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6 28WD C1 48 Alpha Cubic Noritake Takahara Chiyomi Totani Porsche 956B ? 6 Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6 29WD C1 51 TWR Jaguar John Nielsen Mike Thackwell Jaguar XJR-6 4 Jaguar 6.2 L V12 30WD C1 52 TWR Jaguar Hans Heyer Steve Soper Jaguar XJR-6 4 Jaguar 6.2 L V12 31WD C1 23 Cheetah Automobiles Switzerland Bernard de Dryver Laurent Ferrier Cheetah G604 3 Aston Martin-Tickford 5.3 L V8 32WD C1 8 Joest Racing "John Winter" Paul Belmondo Mauricio de Narváez Porsche 956 2 Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6 33WD C1 1 Rothmans Porsche Jochen Mass Jacky Ickx Porsche 962C 0 Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6 34WD C1 2 Rothmans Porsche Hans-Joachim Stuck Derek Bell Porsche 956 0 Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6 35WD C2 74 Gebhardt Motorsport Stanley Dickens Frank Jelinski John Graham Gebhardt JC853 0 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 L V8 DNS C1 47 Henri Pescarolo Lucio Cesario Lancia LC2 ? - Ferrari 308C 3.0 L Turbo V8 DNQ C2 99 Roy Baker Promotion Ford Roy Baker Bill Bean Tiga GC284 - Ford Cosworth BDT 1.8 L Turbo I4 DNQ GTU 176 Norikura Engineering Yoshimasa Fujiwara Makio Nonaka Junichi Igura Nissan Silvia ? - Nissan 2.0 L I6
Statistics Pole Position - #2 Rothmans Porsche - 1:15.92 Average Speed - 135.379 km/h
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