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Event: '68 Japan Grand Prix Fuji			Date: 3.5.1968
Track: Fuji International Speedway (Japan), unknown length		Organiser: unknown
Japan Grand Prix
Non championship race

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Pos.	Gr.
1^st	20	Moto Kitano	Nissan R381 Chevrolet	Nissan Motor Co.	80	2:37:05.57	480.0000 kms	183.3310		1^st	GP-IV
2^nd	28	Tetsu Ikuzawa	Porsche 910	Taki Racing Team	79	2:37:24.65				1^st	GP-II
3^rd	21	Motoharu Kurosawa	Nissan R380 A-III	Nissan Motor Co.	78	2:37:12.97				2^nd	GP-II
4^th	22	Tatsu Yokoyama	Nissan R380 A-III	Nissan Motor Co.	77	2:38:00.02				3^rd	GP-II
5^th	24	Hideo Oishi	Nissan R380 A-III	Nissan Motor Co.	77	2:38:11.05				4^th	GP-II
6^th	19	Yoshikazu Sunako	Nissan R381 Chevrolet	Nissan Motor Co.	77	2:39:05.15				2^nd	GP-IV
7^th	29	Hiroshi Katahira	Porsche 906	Taki Racing Team	76	2:38:07.67				5^th	GP-II
8^th	5	Yoshio Otsubo	Toyota 7 (415S)	Toyota Motor Sports Club	75	2:37:51.21				1^st	GP-III
9^th	3	Hiroshi Fushida	Toyota 7 (415S)	Toyota Motor Sports Club	74	2:37:12.42				2^nd	GP-III
10^th	15	Takao Yoshida	Daihatsu P-5	Daihatsu Club	70	2:38:04.30				1^st	GP-I
11^th	35	Kazuo Myochin	Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe	Kenji Murakami	66	2:38:58.35				3^rd	GP-IV
12^th	33	Yasuo Suzuki	Macransa - Honda	Yasuo Suzuki	63	2:38:15.46				2^nd	GP-I
13^th	31	Toyokazu Takagi	Datsun Fairlady SR311	Sanada Racing	61	2:39:30.77				6^th	GP-II
14^th	2	Sachio Fukuzawa	Toyota 7 (415S)	Toyota Motor Sports Club	58				Drive shaft	3^rd	GP-III
15^th	14	Hiroyuki Kukidome	Daihatsu P-5	Daihatsu Club	57	2:39:47.33				3^rd	GP-I
16^th	16	Yuzo Takechi	Daihatsu P-5	Daihatsu Club	56	2:38:16.79				4^th	GP-I

Not classified:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Gr.
30	Mutsuaki Sanada	Datsun Fairlady SR311	Sanada Racing	33	2:39:13.88				GP-II

Did not finish:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Gr.
11	Ginji Yasuda	Lola T70 Mk.2 Chevrolet	Ginji Yasuda	56				Overheating	GP-IV
1	Shihomi Hosoya	Toyota 7 (415S)	Toyota Motor Sports Club	44				Oil pressure	GP-III
18	Kunimitsu Takahashi	Nissan R381 Chevrolet	Nissan Motor Co.	31				Wheel hub	GP-IV
12	Keizo Yabuki	Daihatsu P-5	Daihatsu Club	30				Engine	GP-I
26	Kenjiro Tanaka	Lola T70 Mk.3 GT Chevrolet	Taki Racing Team	27				Suspension	GP-IV
6	Yoshimitsu Ino	Del RSB Toyota	Kijimaza Productions	25				Engine	GP-III
25	Masahiro Hasemi	Lola T70 Mk.3 GT Chevrolet	Taki Racing Team	22				Clutch	GP-IV
27	Tadashi Sakai	Lola T70 Mk.2 Chevrolet	Taki Racing Team	18				Brakes	GP-IV

Did not qualify:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
7	Kuniki Endo	Macransa - Honda	Kuniki Endo	Too slow	GP-I
17	Noboru Kinoshita	Kinoshita Special Honda	Sanada Racing	Too slow	GP-I
10	Ryunosuke Takano	Lotus 47 GT	Sekisui Chemical Co.	Too slow	GP-II
34	Kunio Murata	Macransa - Honda	Kunio Murata	Too slow	GP-I
8	Riki Okubo	Honda WM	Riki Okubo	Too slow	GP-I

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
9	Kotaro Wakamatsu	Macransa - Honda	Kotaro Wakamatsu		GP-I
23	Yukiro Sugita	Nissan R380 A-III	Nissan Motor Co.		GP-II
32	Don Nichols	Lola T70	Team Toro		GP-IV

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