Kazuo Mogi
Kazuo Mogi | |
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Nationality | Japanese |
Born | Itako, Ibaraki, Japan | 2 February 1953
Previous series | |
1983–1990 1985–1996 1988, 1990 1994–1997 | All Japan Endurance Championship Japanese Touring Car Championship Japanese Formula 3000 Championship All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship |
Championship titles | |
1985, 1989, 1992 1987 | Japanese Touring Car Championship All Japan Endurance Championship |
Kazuo Mogi (茂木 和男, Mogi Kazuo, born 2 February 1953) is a retired Japanese racing driver.
Racing career
[edit]Mogi first began professional competition in 1975, driving a Nissan Sunny. He competed in the FJ1600 Championship, joining midway through 1980, driving a West 80J;[1] he would later participate in the Japanese Formula 3000 Championship and the All Japan Endurance Championship, but it was the Japanese Touring Car Championship where he is most well known.[citation needed]
Mogi is a three-time Japanese Touring Car champion, winning the title in 1985, 1989 and 1992. Mogi also won the 1987 All Japan Sports Prototype Car Endurance Championship with Kunimitsu Takahashi in a Porsche 962C. In 1992, Mogi tested the HKS 300E V12 engine intended for use in Formula One in a stretched Lola T91/50 chassis.[2]
Mogi then competed in the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship from 1994 before retiring from racing in 1997.[citation needed]
Racing record
[edit]Complete Japanese Formula 3000 results
[edit](key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | DC | Points |
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1988 | SICS Racing Team | March 88B Lola T88/50 | Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | SUZ Ret | FUJ 10 | MIN Ret | SUZ 11 | SUG Ret | FUJ Ret | SUZ 15 | SUZ 11 | NC | 0 | ||
1990 | Zoom Racing | Lola T89/50 Lola T90/50 | SUZ | FUJ Ret | MIN | SUZ 10 | SUG 23 | FUJ 15 | FUJ 8 | SUZ DNQ | FUJ DNQ | SUZ DNQ | NC | 0 |
Complete JSPC results
[edit](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 | DC | Points |
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1983 | MO Racing | Hiroyuki Ono | Mazda RX-7 | B | SUZ Ret | SUZ | FUJ | NC | 0 | |||
1985 | Auto Beaurex Motorsport | Toshio Motohashi | Lotec M1C | C1 | SUZ 6 | FUJ Ret | FUJ 9 | SUZ 9 | FUJ 14 | FUJ Ret | 27th | 8 |
1986 | Toshio Motohashi Hideshi Matsuda Naoki Nagasaka Will Hoy | TOM'S 85C | C1 | SUZ 7 | FUJ DNS | FUJ Ret | SUZ Ret | FUJ 14 | FUJ Ret | 39th | 4 | |
1987 | ADVAN Alpha Nova | Kunimitsu Takahashi Kenny Acheson | Porsche 962C | C1 | SUZ 2 | FUJ 3 | FUJ 1 | SUZ 3 | FUJ 11 | FUJ 1 | 1st | 59 |
1988 | Kunimitsu Takahashi | C1 | FUJ 3 | SUZ Ret | FUJ 2 | FUJ Ret | SUZ 2 | FUJ 6 | 4th | 48 | ||
1989 | Ba-Tsu ADVAN Alpha Tomei | Kenji Takahashi Giovanni Lavaggi | C1 | FUJ 9 | FUJ 10 | FUJ Ret | SUZ Ret | FUJ 10 | ? | ? | ||
1990 | ADVAN Alpha Nova | Kunimitsu Takahashi | C1 | FUJ 8 | FUJ C | FUJ 5 | SUZ Ret | SUG 6 | FUJ Ret | 22nd | 9 |
Complete Japanese Touring Car Championship Results
[edit](key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete JGTC results
[edit](key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | DC | Points |
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1994 | Team Taisan | Porsche 962C | GT1 | FUJ Ret | SEN | FUJ | SUG | MIN | NC | 0 | |
1996 | Cobra Racing Team | Porsche 911 RSR | GT300 | SUZ 2 | FUJ 7 | SEN Ret | FUJ Ret | SUG 3 | MIN 2 | 5th | 46 |
1997 | Team Take One | GT500 | SUZ 9 | FUJ Ret | SEN 12 | FUJ 12 | MIN 11 | SUG 9 | 26th | 4 |
References
[edit]- ^ "west-racing". FJ Association (in Japanese). Retrieved 29 June 2023.
- ^ "HKSが"究極"を追い求めて開発したF1エンジン。漆黒のテスト車両と共に東京オートサロンに展示された". jp.motorsport.com (in Japanese). 16 January 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
External links
[edit]- Kazuo Mogi career summary at DriverDB.com