1972 Grand Prix
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Race of Negligent Destruction!
Debut of Sunny Excellent
Web search: 72日本グランプリ TS-a レースᴳ
Overview
May 2-3, 1972 Japanese Grand Prix domestic races was the debut of the Excellent PB110 (L14-engined Sunny). Datsun 1200 raced in the under-1300cc class (TS-a), along with the Nissan Cherries and the Corollas and Publicas. The Datsun 1400 raced in the 1300-1600c class (TS-b) with the Celicas and Corolla GTs.
Spectators driving domestic cars enter the event, including a brand-new B110 Excellent and a lowered Corolla
Toyota vs. Nissan — woohoo!
The Excellent L14 OHC engine was increased from the original 1428cc to 1598cc. With ECGI the highest output was said to be 160 horsepower. Unfortunately, the suspension hadn't been sorted out yet, also with a weight of 795kg it had a disadvantage. So the Celicas win! Still, placing 5 out of 23 finishers meant the Excellent was off to promising start.
Video
V I D E O race 3 May (click to view)
V I D E O `72日本グランプリ 前座ツーリングカーレース (qualifying 2 May) (click to view)
No. 62 Moto Kitano on qualifying day Sunny Excellent at 4:10
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spectator entry at 6:10
Final Race May 3
TS-a class race Starting line accident (at 8:34 in the video)
No. 52 and No. 20 KB110 and No. 61 Sunny Excellent
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Takahashi Kunimitsu "Drift King" driver of No. 61 Sunny Excellent
No. 19 Ohama 1200 finished the race after the starting line smashup!
Kitano Moto's car was repaired from the day before, and went on to fifth place finish
日産サニー東愛知 Nissan Sunny East Aichi
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Results
TS (Touring car) final race results
JAF race results 日本グランプリレース大会 (Japan Grand Prix race series) search: 72日本グランプリ TS-a レースᴳ Fuji International Speedway 富士スピードウェイ 1. 舘信秀 Tachi Nobuhide No. 67 Celica 1600GT 2. 竹下憲一 Takeshita Kenichi No. 68 Celica 1600GT 3. 高橋晴邦 Takahashi Harekuni No. 71 Corolla Levin 4. 藤田直広 Fujita Naohiro No. 72 Celica 1600GT 5. 北野元 Kitano Moto No. 62 Sunny Excellent red 6. 鑓田実 No. 70 Corolla Levin 7. 久木留博之 Kukitome H. No. 36 Corolla coupe 8. 蟹江光正 No. 35 Corolla coupe 9. 歳森康師 No. 15 Cherry 10. 星野一義 No. 16 Cherry 11. 森泰章 No. 38 Publica SR 12. 都平健二 No. 14 Cherry 13. 鈴木恵一 No. 39 Publica 14. 高橋健二 Takahashi Kenji No. 17 Sunny Coupe 1200 15. 秋山孝司 Akiyama Takashi No. 11 Sunny Coupe 1200 red/white/blue 16. 新井鐘哲 No. 48 Publica 17. 田沼昭雄 Akio Tanuma No. 18 Sunny Coupe 1200 18. 佐藤文康 No. 40 Corolla coupe 19. 鈴木八須男 Suzuki No. 22 Sunny Coupe 1200 red 20. 高橋章 No. 45 Corolla coupe 21. 大浜義登 Oohama Yoshito No. 19 Sunny Coupe 1200 smashed 22. 見崎清志 No. 69 Corolla Levin 23. 鈴木昭一 No. 73 Corolla coupe 1400 nc 一ツ山康 Hitotsuyama Yasushi No. 23 Sunny Coupe 1200 阿部辰男 No. 7 Corolla coupe SL 鈴木要一 No. 64 Bluebird U 森幸吉 Mori No. 12 Sunny Coupe 1200 太田和義 Ota Kazuyoshi No. 25 Sunny Coupe 1200 片桐昌夫 Katagiri Masao No. 31 Sunny Coupe 1200 長谷見昌弘 Hasemi Masahiro No. 63 Sunny Excellent 北条茂 Hojo Shigero No. 21 Sunny Coupe 1200 高橋国光 Takashashi Kunimitsu No. 61 Sunny Excellent 大木惟久夫 Ooki No. 20 Sunny Coupe 1200 中山松雄 Matsuo Nakayama No. 52 Sunny Coupe 1200 mecca ns 田端米道 Tabata Yonemichi No. 53 Sunny Coupe 1200
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