1979 Fuji Long Distance Series season

The 1979 Fuji Long Distance Series was the third season of this series, with all races being held at the Fuji International Speedway.[1]

1979 Fuji Long Distance Series
Previous:	1978	Next:	1980

It was contested by Group 5 silhouettes and touring cars; Group 6 sportscars were allowed to start races without scoring points.

Schedule

Round	Race	Circuit	Date
1	Fuji 500 km	Fuji Speedway	15 April
2	Fuji 1000 km	Fuji Speedway	29 July
3	Fuji 500 miles	Fuji Speedway	25 November

Season results

Round	Circuit	Overall			Championship
		Winning Team	Winning Drivers	Winning Car	Winning Team	Winning Drivers	Winning Car
1	Fuji Speedway	#10 Sakai Racing Enterprise	Takashi Yorino Masanori Sekiya	March 76S-Mazda	#16 Shizumatsu Racing Team	Hisao Yamada Seisaku Suzuki	Mazda Savanna RX-3
2	Fuji Speedway Report	#5 Fushida Racers	Hiroshi Fushida Richard Thomas Geck	Chevron B36-Mazda	#71 Jitsukawa Team	Yoshiyuki Jitsukawa Setsuo Iwanami	Nissan Sunny Excellent
3	Fuji Speedway	#37 Team Italya With Tetsu	Tetsu Ikuzawa Satoru Nakajima Noritake Takahara	GRD S74-Mazda	#36 Mazda Auto Tokyo	Yojiro Terada Nico Nicole	Mazda RX-7 252i

Final standings

Rank	Team	Car(s)	Points	Wins
1	Advan Racing Team	Nissan Sunny	30	0
2	Jitsukawa Team	Nissan Sunny Excellent	24	1
3	Mazda Auto Tokyo	Mazda RX-7 252i	20	1
	Shizumatsu Racing Team	Mazda Savanna RX-3	20	1
5	Going Tokyo Racing	Nissan Sunny	15	0
	Racing Service Syouwa	Nissan Sunny	15	0

References

1. "Fuji Long Distance Series - Championships - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 2015-02-11.