Minoru Tanaka (田中 実, Minoru Tanaka, born June 1, 1963, Kyoto Prefecture) is a Japanese retired racing driver.
Career Tanaka was active in automobile racing.
After playing an active part in the Japanese junior formula, Tanaka fully participated in the British Formula 3 Championship in 1990. Future F1 drivers such as Mika Häkkinen, Mika Salo and Hideki Noda also participated in this race. He returned to Japan the following year to compete in Japan's top formula. When the All Japan GT Championship was launched, Tanaka also participated in this race. He mainly participates in Toyota-affiliated teams and has also won the championship. He retired from racing in 2006 and is now the representative of an auto parts manufacturer.
Japanese Formula 3000 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 DC Pts 1990 Leyton House Racing Team SUZ FSW MIN SUZ SUG FSW FSW SUZ FSW SUZRet NC 0 1991 Leyton House Racing Team SUZRet AUTRet FSWDNQ MIN4 SUZRet SUG12 FSW15 SUZ FSWC SUZ15 FSWDNQ 18th 3 1992 Team Take One SUZ10 FSW10 MINRet SUZRet AUT9 SUGRet FSW15 FSWRet SUZ12 FSW19 FSW14 NC 0 1993 Ad Racing Team SUZ FSW MIN SUZ AUT SUG FSW FSW SUZ FSW17 SUZ12 NC 0 1994 Team 5Zigen with Ad Racing Team SUZ14 FSW MIN SUZ SUG FSW SUZ FSW FSW SUZ13 NC 0
JGTC/Super GT results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Pts 1995 Runkup Tomei Sports Porsche 911 GT1SUZFUJSENFUJ12SUG10MIN 29th 1 1997 Kraft Toyota Cavalier GT300SUZFUJSENFUJ16MIN4SUG16 17th 10 1998 Team Power Kraft Toyota Supra GT500SUZ8FUJCSEN10FUJ12MOTMINRetSUG7 17th 8 1999 Kraft Toyota AE86 GT300SUZFUJSUG11MIN5FUJ10TAI7MOTRet 19th 13 2000 Kraft Toyota AE86 GT300MOTFUJ6SUGDNSFUJ12TAI9MIN13SUZRet 21st 8 2001 Racing Project Bandoh Toyota MR-S GT300TAIFUJ16SUG10FUJ3MOT1SUZRetMIN13 9th 33 2002 Racing Project Bandoh Toyota MR-S GT300TAI18FUJ5SUGRetSEP6FUJ22MOT6MIN6SUZ12 12th 31 2003Racing Project Bandoh Toyota MR-S GT300TAI8FUJDNQ 4th 63 Toyota CelicaSUG20FUJ5FUJ1MOT8AUT16SUZ1 2004 Apex with Apr Toyota MR-S GT300TAI7SUG10SEP22TOK5MOTRetAUT10SUZ10 15th 14 2005 Kicchouhouzan with apr Toyota MR-S GT300TAI4FUJ5SEP5SUG1MOTRetFUJ7AUTRetSUZ7 8th 52 2006 Kicchouhouzan with apr Toyota MR-S GT300SUZRetTAI15FUJ9SEP6SUG6SUZ14MOT9AUT5FUJ4 15th 28
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