was a Japanese racing driver.
Racing career Takahashi began his racing career in 1969, driving a Datsun Sports in Minor Touring, a companion championship to the Fuji Grand Champion Series; he also raced a Nissan Fairlady Z and Sunny Coupe in these championships and winning a championship in the Sunny.
Takahashi was most commonly associated with the ADVAN brand of tires; he would most often be found racing a Porsche 956 or 962 alongside compatriot Kunimitsu Takahashi (no relation), usually with ADVAN branding. Takahashi won the 1985 and 1986 All Japan Endurance Championships as well as the 1990 Japanese Touring Car Championship; he is a two-time winner of the Suzuka 1000 km. Takahashi retired from racing in 1997.
Throughout its development, Takahashi was the lead development driver for the Skyline GT-R.
Takahashi died of liver cirrhosis on 1 January 2005; he was 58 years old. Kunimitsu Takahashi, a close friend, eulogized him at his funeral.
Racing record Complete FJ1300 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Chassis 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Points 1974 March 733SUZFUJSUZSUZSUZSUZ ? ?1975 March 733SUZSUZSUZFUJFUJ ? ?Alpine A364MINSUZSUZ 1976 March 733SUZFUJSUZSUZSUZ ? ?
Complete All-Japan Formula 2000/Formula Two results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Chassis Engine Tire 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Points 1976Murakami & Co. Tomei Jidosha March 742 BMW M12/7 2.0 I4 FUJ SUZ FUJ SUZ SUZ 5th 28 1977 March 742 SUZ SUZ MIN SUZ FUJ FUJ SUZ SUZ 7th 36 1978 Murakami Shokai RS Watanabe Tomei March 742 Kai SUZ FUJ SUZ SUZSUZ MIN SUZ 4th 55 1979 March 782 SUZ MIN SUZ FUJ SUZ SUZ SUZ 3rd 63 (66) 1980 Murakami & Co. Tomei Jidosha March 782 SUZ MIN SUZ SUZC 12th 7 Team ADVAN March 802 SUZ SUZ 1981 ADVAN Tomei Jidosha March 802March 812 SUZ SUZ SUZ SUZ SUZ 6th 29 1982 March 822 SUZ FUJ SUZ SUZ SUZ SUZ 4th 50 (58) 1983 ADVAN PIAA Tomei March 822March 832 SUZ FUJ MIN SUZ SUZ FUJ SUZ SUZ 3rd 71 (74) 1984 ADVAN PIAA Nova Tomei March 842 SUZ FUJ MIN SUZ SUZ FUJ SUZ SUZ 11th 15 1985 Team ADVAN March 85J SUZ FUJ MIN SUZ SUZ FUJ SUZ SUZ 9th 37 1986 Team ADVAN March 86J Yamaha OX66 2.0 V6 SUZ FUJ MIN SUZ SUZ FUJ SUZ SUZ 12th 16
Complete Macau Grand Prix results Year Team Car Qualifying Quali Race Main race 1979 Tomei Motor Nova 53P DNS NC NC
Complete JSPC results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Co-driver(s) Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 DC Points 1984 ADVAN Sport Nova Kunimitsu Takahashi Geoff LeesPorsche 956C1SUZTSUSUZ1FUJ9th20 1985 Kunimitsu Takahashi Porsche 962CC1SUZ3FUJRetFUJ1SUZ1FUJRetFUJ11st72 1986 Kunimitsu TakahashiC1SUZ1FUJ1FUJ2SUZRetFUJ8FUJ21st70 1987 Hoshino Racing Kazuyoshi Hoshino Dave ScottNissan R87EC1SUZFUJSUZFUJSENFUJ30th9 Kazuyoshi HoshinoNissan R86VFUJ 1988 Calsonic NISMO Kazuyoshi Hoshino Toshio Suzuki Nissan R88CC1FUJSUZFUJFUJSUZFUJ18th20 1989 Ba-Tsu ADVAN Alpha Tomei Kazuo Mogi Giovanni Lavaggi Porsche 962CC1FUJFUJFUJSUZFUJ ? ? 1990 Taisan SG Alpha Racing Will Hoy Stanley Dickens Porsche 962CC1FUJFUJFUJSUZSUGFUJ ? ?
24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 1987 NISMO Kazuyoshi Hoshino Keiji Matsumoto Nissan R87E C1 181 DNF DNF
Complete Japanese Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Co-driver Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 DC Points1986STP/Ralliart Kunimitsu TakahashiMitsubishi StarionDIV.3MINSUGTSUSENFUJRetSUZ NC 01987ADVAN Sports Tomei Takao WadaNissan Skyline RS TurboDIV.3MINRetSEN3TSU3SUG4FUJ7SUZ7 ? ?1988Reebok Hasemi MS Masahiro HasemiNissan Skyline GTS-RJTC-1SUZ5MINRetSENRetTSU8SUG5FUJRet ? ?1989 Taisan ADVAN Alpha Stanley Dickens BMW M3 (E30)JTC-2MIN1SEN1TSU1SUG1SUZRetFUJ11st1261990 Team Taisan Will HoyJTC-2MIN7SUGRetSUZ2TSU2SEN1FUJRet 5th 621991 Team Taisan Keiichi Tsuchiya Nissan Skyline GT-R (R32)JTC-1SUGRetSUZ2TSU2SEN3AUT4FUJ3 6th 128
Complete JGTC results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 DC Points1996AI Auto RacingPorsche 911 RSGT300SUZ6FUJRetSENFUJ4SUG11MIN912th181997GT300SUZRetFUJRetSEN11FUJ9MIN5SUG1119th10
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