Kunimitsu Takahashi (Shinjitai: 高橋 国光, Takahashi Kunimitsu, 29 January 1940 – 16 March 2022) was a Japanese professional motorcycle road racer, racing...
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Team Kunimitsu is a racing team founded in 1992 by Kunimitsu Takahashi. The team has competed in the Super GT Series (formerly known as the All-Japan...
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long-distance runner Kunimitsu Takahashi (高橋 国光, born 1940), Japanese Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and racing driver Shintōgo Kunimitsu (新藤五 国光), a Japanese...
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problems, before finishing 11th and two laps down in the 1977 event. Kunimitsu Takahashi entered a single race, the 1977 Japanese Grand Prix, where he finished...
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Kuniaki Takahashi (高橋 邦明, born 1972), Japanese drifting driver Kunihiko Takahashi (高橋 邦彦, born 1969), Japanese pool player Kunimitsu Takahashi (高橋 国光,...
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2025 as part of the Intercontinental GT Challenge. Among drivers, Kunimitsu Takahashi holds the all-time record with four overall victories at the Suzuka...
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1000 km. Takahashi retired from racing in 1997. Takahashi died of liver cirrhosis on 1 January 2005; he was 58 years old. Kunimitsu Takahashi, a close...
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early years of formula racing in Japan were led by drivers such as Kunimitsu Takahashi, Kazuyoshi Hoshino, Masahiro Hasemi, Keiji Matsumoto, and Satoru...
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to drive the number 6 Esso Toyota Supra for Toyota Team LeMans. Kunimitsu Takahashi retired from his racing career at the end of the season at aged 59...
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1989 champion was the #25 Advan Alpha Nova Porsche 962C driven by Kunimitsu Takahashi. All races were held in Japan. ^1 – Round 4 at the Suzuka Circuit...
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Keiichi Tsuchiya (category Team Kunimitsu drivers)
overtakes Takumi as he was en route to an invitation battle with Ryosuke Takahashi; and in the Final Stage, he meets Takumi in person while the latter spectates...
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races and promotional purposes. Team Kunimitsu raced an SSR-sponsored Honda NSX piloted by Kunimitsu Takahashi, Keiichi Tsuchiya, and Ryo Michigami in...
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Meiritsu Racing Team Tyrrell-Ford 007 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 D 50 Kunimitsu Takahashi 17 Kojima Engineering Kojima-Ford KE009 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8...
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was the Formula One World Championship debut for Japanese driver Kunimitsu Takahashi. Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of...
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Le Mans for Kremer Racing with teammates Sarel van der Merwe and Kunimitsu Takahashi, Gartner's Porsche 962 suffered a mechanical failure at 2:10 am on...
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Touring Car Championship races. Famous motorcyclist turned driver Kunimitsu Takahashi was the foremost creator of drifting techniques in the 1970s. This...
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Monterey". RACER. 20 September 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021. "Kunimitsu Takahashi Honoured By Japanese Government For Lifelong Sporting Achievements...
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1985 Kunimitsu Takahashi Porsche 1986 Kunimitsu Takahashi Porsche 1987 Kunimitsu Takahashi Porsche 1988 Hideki Okada Porsche 1989 Kunimitsu Takahashi Porsche...
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Prix is the first world championship race held outside of Europe. Kunimitsu Takahashi wins the 1961 250cc German Grand Prix to become the first Asian competitor...
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testing, and over five seconds slower than the fastest time set by Kunimitsu Takahashi in his R381. In the race, Fushida was running sixth when he suffered...
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ownership are Masahiro Hasemi, Kazuyoshi Hoshino, Aguri Suzuki, and Kunimitsu Takahashi, with the latter being a former President of the GT Association,...
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gearbox failure. Car 84, driven by Keiichi Tsuchiya, Akira Iida, and Kunimitsu Takahashi, finished 8th overall winning the GT2 class after completing 275...
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Kawagoe D 2 Toshikazu Kanamori 2 Raybrig Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 100 Kunimitsu Takahashi B All Akira Iida All...
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races on the Honda 2RC143 that year were: Luigi Taveri, Jim Redman, Kunimitsu Takahashi and Mike Hailwood. 1960 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season 1961...
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Andskär 3 Giovanni Lavaggi 5 Jürgen Barth 8 Tomas Lopez 9 Y D 11 Kunimitsu Takahashi 1 Kazuo Mogi 1 Anthony Reid 2–4, 6–7 Anders Olofsson 2, 4, 7 Eje...
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SBK) Original Circuit (1975–1986) Length 2.600 km (1.616 miles) Turns 6 Race lap record 0:47.110 ( Kunimitsu Takahashi, Porsche 962 C, 1985, Group C)...
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vertical fin, driven by Bruno Giacomelli and Japanese champions Kunimitsu Takahashi and Hideki Okada. Vern Schuppan was running in a works car, but his...
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operated one of the teams' Porsche 962C with drivers Kunimitsu Takahashi and Kenji Takahashi. Kunimitsu went on to win the Endurance Championship three times...
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won by the Nissan Factory backed Datsun 1300 of Moto Kitamo and Kunimitsu Takahashi. Class B was taken out by an 1100cc version of the Mini Cooper. 1967...
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not appear until the following season; as such, the car entered by Team Kunimitsu was mostly mechanically identical to the 1995 24 Hours of Le Mans GT2...
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