1987 Suzuka 500 km
Race Result

1987 Suzuka 500 km

Section Title: Race Result
Table Section Text: None

Pos.	No.	Class	Driver	Entrant	Car - Engine	Time, Laps	Reason Out

1st	27	C	Japan Hideki Okada	New Zealand Mike Thackwell	From A Racing	Porsche 962C	2hr 57:25.959

2nd	1	C	Japan Kunimitsu Takahashi	Northern Ireland Kenny Acheson	Advan Alpha Nove	Porsche 962C	2hr 57:28.734

3rd	36	C	England Geoff Lees	Australia Alan Jones	Toyota Team TOM’s	Toyota 87C	2hr 58:29.226

4th	16	C	Denmark Kris Nissen	Germany Volker Weidler	Leyton House Racing Team	Porsche 962C	84

5th	202	C	Japan Takashi Yorino	Republic of Ireland David Kennedy	Mazdaspeed	Mazda 757	84

6th	201	C	Japan Yoshimi Katayama	Japan Yojiro Terada	Mazdaspeed	Mazda 757	84

7th	2	C	Japan Chiyomi Totani	Japan Naoki Nagasaka	Alpha Cubic Racing Team	Porsche 962C	82

8th	32'	C	Japan Aguri Suzuki	Japan Masahiro Hasemi	Hasemi Motorsport	Nissan R86V	80

9th	70	B	Japan Seiichi Sodeyama	Japan Syuuji Fujii	Batsu Racing Team	MCS Guppy-Mazda	75

10th	100	C	Australia Vern Schuppan	Japan Keiichi Suzuki	Trust Racing Team	Porsche 962C	75

11th	67	A	Japan Yoshifumi Yamazaki	Japan Masaki Oohashi	West-Mazda 87S	74

12th	29	A	Japan Norihiro Yamazaki	Japan Kenji Mizuno	Oscar-Mazda SK85	74

13th	48	A	Japan Keiichi Mizutani	Japan Motozou Fujikawa	Oscar-Mazda SK85	73

14th	30	A	Japan Isao Nakahira	Japan Kenji Kuroki	West-Mazda 87S	73

15th	6	A	Japan Hideki Uemura	Japan Yoshiyuki Ogura	West-Mazda 85S	71

16th	38	C	Sweden Eje Elgh	United States Ross Cheever	Dome Motorsport	Dome Motorsport-Toyota 87C	71

17th	31	A	Japan Nobuyoshi Horil	Japan Hajime Kajiwara	Horil Racing	West-Mazda 83S II	71

18th	47	A	Japan Seiji Imoto	Japan Tadao Yamauchi	Rev Racing	Oscar-Mazda SK85	70

19th	35	A	Japan Mitsutuka Hayakawa	Japan Masatoshi Yamaguchi	West-Mazda 83S II	70

20th	7	C	Japan Osamu Nakako	Brazil Maurizio Sandro Sala	Best House Racing Team	LM-Toyota 07	63

DNF	50	C	Japan Syuuroku Saski	Japan Taku Akaike	SARD	SARD-Toyota MC87S	52	Driveshaft

DNF	8	C	Japan Takao Wada	Sweden Anders Olofsson	Person’s Racing Team	Nissan R86V	31	Oil Leak

DNF	23	C	Japan Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Japan Kenji Takahashi	Hoshino Racing	Nissan R87E	17	Drivesharft

DNF	9	A	Japan Souichirou Tanaka	Japan Hiroaki Ishii	Katayama Racing	Oscar-Mazda SK85	15	Retire

DNS	37	C	England Geoff Lees	Japan Masanori Sekiya	Toyota Team TOM’s	TOM’s-Toyota 87C	Withdrawn

Sentence(s)

The pairing of Hideki Okada and Mike Thackwell took pole position for From A Racing, in their Porsche 962C ahead of the partnership of Kazuyoshi Hoshino and Kenji Takahashi for Hoshino Racing, in their Nissan R87E.

final_sentence: The pairing of Hideki Okada and Mike Thackwell took pole position for From A Racing, in their Porsche 962C ahead of the partnership of Kazuyoshi Hoshino and Kenji Takahashi for Hoshino Racing, in their Nissan R87E.