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Datsun 1200 racing
Overview
B110 (Sunny, aka Datsun 1200) Japan Racing Concise History source: Sunny Owners Club.
Japan the premier class was TS racing (1300cc grand prix).
Also See: * Drag Racing History * Land Speed top-speed racing * Sport Compact
1970 Round Australia Trial
Sunday 5 July 1970 Ampol Trial at Alice Springs: Womens's prize won by Alison Parker and Carol Waldron crewing a Datsun 1200.
November 22, 1970 Fuji Speedway 200
B110 Brilliant Debut! All Japan Fuji stock car 200 mile race 全日本富士ストックカー２００マイル Trans-Nics
Although sales of the 2nd generation Sunny (B110) started in January of 1970, the racing debut was in the 1970.11.23 Fuji Speedway 200 miles race. "TS" class race is the 1300cc class.
It didn't seem much of a threat to the Mazda Capella rotaries and the mighty Toyota KE Corollas, but when preliminary round ends, a drastic reversal of fortune was hinted at. Suzuki Makoto marked the time of 1:42:28 and took pole position. The crowd at large still expected the factory Toyotas would have the advantage, as they had dominated the Sunny B10s (Datsun 1000s).
On race day, in the first corner is was Corollas, 1 2 and 3. However, on the last corner, the Sunny slipped in and it was all over. Victory for Sunny!
Winner: 鈴木誠一 Suzuki Seiichi privateer & Tomei co-founder
JAF race result 1. 鈴木誠一 Suzuki Seiichi No. 84 Maruzen Oil Technica Sunny 2. 見崎清志 Misaki Kiyoshi No. 37 Corolla coupe 3. 高橋晴邦 Takahashi HareKuni No. 38 Corolla coupe 4. 中野雅晴 Masaharu Nakano No. 36 Publica SL 5. 鑓田実 Minoru Yarita No. 11 Takashimaya Corolla 6. 五十嵐悟 Satoru Igarashi No. 26 Honda 1300 coupe 7. 鈴木昭一 Shoichi Suzuki No. 58 Takashimaya RORO sprinter 8. 新井隆頼 Arai RyuYoriyuki No. 15 Honda 1300 coupe 9. 玉川亜美 Ami Tamagawa No. 21 General sprinter 10. 石部安雄 Ishibe Yasuo No. 14 Sugiyama Marin paprika 11. 高橋章 Akira Takahashi No. 16 Pearl Harbor Corolla 12. 佐藤光一 Koichi Sato No. 18 Bardahl Publica 13. 真田睦明 Sanada MutsuAkira No. 5 Subaru FF-1 Sport 14. 勝又良文 Yoshifumi Katsumata No. 8 Komadori Publica 15. 舘信秀 Nobuhide tachi No. 35 Publica SL 16. 渡辺憲一 Kenichi Watanabe No. 19 Corolla 17. 今泉克夫 Katsuo Imaizumi No. 10 Publica SL 18. 藤田直広 Fujita Naohiro No. 22 Corolla coupe 19. 立川重正 Shigemasa Tachikawa No. 30 AFC Corolla 20. 原邦紘 Hara KuniHiroshi No. 3 Honda 1300 21. 横田正夫 Yokota Masao No. 23 Beetle Publica 22. 吉田勝久 Katsuhisa Yoshida No. 1 Contessa 23. 黒沢勝 Masaru Kurosawa No. 32 Corolla 24. 大久保柾治 Okubo MasakiOsamu No. 25 Site Publica 25. 大矢利美 Oya Toshimi No. 7 Colt 1100 ns 金丸修二 Shuji Kanemaru No. 12 Publica ns 清水進 Susumu Shimizu No. 20 Honda 1300
Maruzen Technica coupe WINNER
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October 9, 1971 Fuji Master 250 kilometer race
Cherry X Debuts (E10 FWD series) 富士マスターズ２５０キロレース
For some reason the Cherry X A12 engine was tuned to a higher level than in the Sunny 1200. Rather than the Weber carbs in the engine, Lucas fuel injection (from the Skyline GTR PGC10) was fitted. This was reported to delivered more torque than the carbureted engine.
Injected A12
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* TSA Class (1300cc) A12s were at 1270cc
In the rain, the Cherry X-1 went to head of the pack, with Suzuki's Sunny in 3rd nearly 30 seconds behind.
Auto Technic
Qualifying Race Results:
1. 長谷見昌弘 Masahiro Hasemi No. 12 Nissan Cherry 2:13:18 2. 辻本征一郎 Tsujimoto Seiichirou No. 9 Sunny 1200 coupe 2:13:50 3. 鈴木誠一 Suzuki Seiichi No. 8 Sunny 1200 coupe 2:13:63 4. 黒沢元治 Kurosawa Motoharu No. 11 Nissan Cherry 2:13:77
一ツ山康 (Hitotsuyama Yasushi) also raced the No. 22 Datsun 1200
In the class race (November 10) Suzuki ended the season as the TSA class champion.
May 3, 1972 Japanese Grand Prix
Race of Negligent Destruction!
Debut of Sunny Excellent
The Excellent is the PB110 (L14-engined Sunny)
TS-a class race Starting line accident
Toyota vs. Nissan -- woohoo!
In the TSA (Touring car) Class (1300-1600cc)
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.
JAF race results 日本グランプリレース大会 (Japan Grand Prix race series) 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
* video race 3 May * video qualifying 2 May
No. 19 Ohama 1200 finished the race after the starting line smashup!
No. 62 Moto Kitano on qualifying day
Takahashi Kunimitsu "Drift King" driver of No. 61 Sunny Excellent
August 1972
Source: Nissan Heritage Collection
140 HP A12, development test car, Touring Special (TS) class
山陽新幹線が新大阪-岡山間
- Vehicle weight: 650kg
- 1,298cc A12 (overbored)
- Maximum output: 140ps @ 8,400rpm
- Torque: 120N-m (12.5kgm) @ 7,600 rpm
- Tires: 7.0/21.0-13, 7.4/21.8-13
March 18, 1973 Grand Champion first race Fuji Speedway 300km race
Minor Touring (MT) champion race at Fuji International Speedway
The field was 80% Sunny! The days of Sunny vs. Corolla are gone, now it's Sunny vs. Sunny. The qualifying race was held in the rain, where the FWD Cherry once again showed its strength.
The Sunny grille mask debuted here
Unexpectedly, race day had fair weather. The Cherry and Akiyama's Sunny sprint off at the signal. By turn one there was a bunch-up of Sunny's, including Tomei and Mecca cars.
JAF race results 1. 高橋健二 Kenji Takahashi No. 25 Tomei Special Sunny 2. 田沼照雄 Teruo Tanuma No. 1 Pit Road Sunny coupe 3. 歳森康師 Toshimori Yasushishi No. 3 Cherry X-1 coupe (pole position) 4. 佐々木弥市 Yaichi Sasaki No. 16 Harada Chamber of Commerce Sunny 5. 沢田稔 Minoru Sawada No. 6 Perfect Processing Sunny 6. 中村正和 Nakamura Masakazu No. 10 Yellow Sprinter 7. 酒井良郎 Yoshiro Sakai No. 5 エスキャール Sunny 8. 長田博宣 Nagata Hiroshisen No. 23 Sunny 1200 coupe
Cars in the Qualifying race (March 17) included:
太田和義 Ota Kazuyoshi No. 27 Sunny coupe 塩本繁 Shiohon Shigeru No. 12 Z Auto Sunny 辻本征一郎 Tsujimoto Seiichirou No. 2 Sunny coupe 秋山孝司 Akiyama Takashi No. 21 Turbo Tsuchiya Sunny 由木勉 Yoshiki Tsutomu No. 18/17 Kashima Sunny coupe 千代間由親 HazamaYukarioya Chiyo No. 24 Tomei Special Sunny 宇佐美順 Usami No. 14 Rush Sunny coupe 丸山紀男 Maruyama Norio No. 22 Kyoseki Sunny coupe
November 23, 1973 Grand Champion fifth race Fuji Speedway Victory 200
富士ビクトリー２００ Fuji Victory 200 at Fuji Speedway
Sunny is Defeated by DOHC Toyota
TS-MT (Minor Touring) class
The day that lives in infamy, as the Sunny sweep comes to an end at the hands of the Toyota Starlet DOHC 4-valve engine.
Red Starlet leading Yellow Sunny
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Note the blue cam cover, Nippondenso fuel injection, dry sump oiling
Note the 30-degree high bank track
Based on the Toyota 3K engine of 1166cc, engine was increased to 1293cc. The result? 180ps (hp) @ 9500 rpm. Torque 14.0 kg at 7000rpm. Starlet is fitted with front and rear spoilers, tubular a-arm suspension and a differential oil cooler. Although having a heavy weight of 717kg (about 100kg heavier than Sunny), with its power-to-weight ratio of 3.9kg/PS vs. the Sunny's 4.0kg/PS, the Starlet's perfomance was better.
JAF race results 1. 久木留博之 Kukidome Hiroyuki No. 37 Toyota Publica Starlet 2. 舘信秀 Tachi Nobuhide No. 36 Toyota Publica Starlet 3. 高橋健二 Kenji Takahashi No. 22 Maruzen Technica Sunny 4. 星野一義 Hoshino Kazuyoshi No. 2 Cherry coupe 1200 X-1R 5. 寺西孝利 Takatoshi Teranishi No. 38 Cherry coupe 6. 柴田正裕 Shibata Masahiro No. 15 Sunny 1200 coupe
Maruzen Technica Sunny
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May 3, 1979 Grand Champion Second race 1979 Fuji Speedway
source ７９富士グランチャンピオン第２戦 マイナーツーリングチャンピオンレース
Sunny technology has advanced
The injection-equipped Sunny did not show inferiority to the Starlet even on the straightaways, with only a 0.15 second finish difference.
JAF race results 1. 杉崎直司 Naoji Sugisaki No. 30 Tsuchiya Sunny 2. 鈴木恵一 Suzuki Keiichi No. 24 ADVAN starlet 3. 渋谷栄治 Eiji Shibuya No. 84 Otsuka Tomei Sunny 4. 高橋健二 Kenji Takahashi No. 25 ADVAN Sunny 5. 星野薫 Kaoru Hoshino No. 1 Tomas Starlet 6. 都平健二 Tohira Kenji No. 37 Scuderia Sunny 7. 越野照喜 Koshino Teruki No. 38 Speedstar Masakazu Sunny 8. 泉善男 Yoshio Izumi No. 11 Asada Racing Sunny 9. 萩原光 Hikari Hagiwara No. 2 Sugimoto Tire Torii Sunny 10. 伊藤清彦 Kiyohiko Ito No. 36 Fujisawa Nissin MORI Sunny 11. 茂木和男 Kazuo Motegi No. 10 Sunny 12. 彦坂昭 Akira Hikosaka No. 31 Tsuchiya Sunny 13. 鈴木康生 Yasuo Suzuki No. 5 Toyota Publica 14. 八木秀治 Hidetsugu Yagi No. 40 Yamamoto Sunny 15. 酒井良郎 Yoshiro Sakai No. 6 Suzuki Sheet Metal Sunny 16. 加藤富一 Tomiichi Kato No. 57 YAJISMOTOR Sunny 17. 岡垣善良 Okagaki Yoshinaga No. 33 Tokyodo Izumi Sunny 18. 米森敏男 Toshio Beimori No. 22 Family Sendai Sunny 19. 小島良夫 Yoshio Kojima No. 34 Kosugi Tire Bell R Sunny 池沢さとし Satoshi Ikezawa No. 19 Matsuoka Sunny 大場次雄 Tsuguo Oba No. 67 YAMOTO Civic IV 武藤文雄 Fumio Muto No. 3 Racing Forg Sunny 見崎清志 Misaki Kiyoshi No. 18 Kuwahara Super Starlet 金子浩明 Hiroaki Kaneko No. 29 Sagami Ueki Tsuchiya Sunny 相葉文男 Aiba Fumio No. 28 Otsuka Sunny 関根基司 Sekine Mototsukasa No. 39 Shigeta Auto Service Sunny ns 牧口規雄 Norio Makiguchi No. 51 Makiguchi Starlet
March 29, 1980 Fuji 300
’８０富士３００キロ マイナーツーリング・レース Fuji 300 km Minor Touring race
Of 21 entries, 12 were fuel-injected B110 Sunnys. Again, the 16-valve Starlets won the pole position. However, the over-head valve (OHV) Sunnys pull thier own. Some Sunnys were eliminated after experiencing injection pump, differential or electrical trouble. The winning Sunny exceeded 10,000 rpm.
Fuji Speedway Incorporated (FISCO) sponsor the race.
JAF race results 1. 都平健二 Tohira Kenji No. 2 Enkei Sunny (avg. 165 kph) 2. 星野薫 Hoshino Kaoru No. 7 Tomas Starlet 3. 真田陸明 Sanada RikuAkira No. 8 Racing Forg Sunny 4. 杉崎直司 Naoji Sugisaki No. 30 Tsuchiya Sunny 5. 渋谷栄治 Eiji Shibuya No. 84 Racing Forg Otsuka Sunny 6. 早乙女実 Minoru Saotome No. 80 愛車センター鈴木板金 Sunny 7. 彦坂昭 Akira Hikosaka No. 31 Tsuchiya Sunny 8. 相葉文男 Aiba Fumio No. 3 Otsuka Sunny 9. 鈴木四郎 Shiro Suzuki No. 16 Tin and Cafe Mecca Sunny 10. 茂木和男 Kazuo Motegi No. 21 Z Sport Sunny
Qualifying race included:
野口和次 Noguchi Kazutsugi No. 45 Yumi Kashima Sunny 泉善男 Yoshio Izumi No. 11 Asada Sunny
March 29, 1982 Fuji 300 km
The trouble with a straight
Hagiwara MT victory!
1. 萩原光 Hikari Hagiwara No. 24 ADVAN Tomei Sunny 2. 越野照喜 Koshino Teruki No. 37 Racing Service Masakazu Sunny 3. 富岡弘司 Hiroshi Tomioka No. 85 カンワ商会 Suzuki Sheet Metal Sunny 4. 相葉文男 Aiba Fumio No. 3 Arrow Sting Otsuka Sunny 5. 伊藤清彦 Kiyohiko Ito No. 36 New Fujisawa Sunny 6. 栗山純一 Junichi Kuriyama No. 15 San'yokiki Tokyo Aoki Otsuka Sunny 7. 橋本泰道 Yasumichi Hashimoto No. 12 Sekiguchi Cars VOLK Sunny 8. 駒光武 No. 33 Quattro Sport Kan Wa Sunny 9. 下田次郎 Shimoda Jiro No. 9 Hawk Hagi Tire Torii Sunny 10. 安部陸 Abe Riku No. 23 Matsui Sunny 11. 安光一 An Koichi No. 11 Asada Sunny 12. 都平健二 Tohira Kenji No. 2 Enkei Sunny 13. 佐藤茂 Sato Shigeru No. 6 Friend Fraternity Tire Shop Sunny 14. 和田孝夫 Wado Takao No. 25 ADVAN Sunny 15. 武藤文男 Muto Fumio No. 5 Vicodin Supermarket Matsuoka Sunny 16. 前田英夫 Maeda Hideo No. 50 Grand Slam Lauda Tanaka Sunny 17. 渋谷栄治 Shibuya Eiji No. 84 Racing Forg Otsuka Tomei Sunny 18. 森谷幸雄 Moriya Yukio No. 10 San'yokiki ADVAN Torii Sunny
Oct 10, 1984 Minor touring race
B110's Last Race
After 12 years, the B110 Sunny races its last race.