【Japanese Rally Championship Round 6 / Niseko, Hokkaido】

The first gravel rally of the season, the ARK Rally Kamuy, was a tough race on a wet road surface. In the JN-4 class, Manabu Naito and Tetsuya Otaka showed best result in a two-wheel drive vehicle and took their second win!

JRC Round 6

Date 5-7 July 2024
Venue Niseko, Hokkaido
Weather Leg1 : Cluudy & Rain / Leg2 : Rain – Cloudy
Surface Tarmac
Leg1 : Wet / Leg2 : Wet
Total Distance 385.78km
Special Stage Total Distance 90.90km (12SS)

Result | JN-1 Class

Pos. No. Driver Co-Driver Car Leg1 Leg2 Penalty Total Time
1 2 Hiroki ARAI Shunsuke MATSUO Škoda Fabia R5 1 1 1:03:59.5
2 1 Norihiko KATSUTA Yusuke KIMURA TOYOTA GR Yaris Rally2 2 3 1:05:00.3
3 6 Fumio NUTAHARA Shungo AZUMA TOYOTA GR Yaris Rally2 4 2 1:05:13.1
4 3 Osamu FUKUNAGA Misako SAIDA Škoda Fabia Rally2 5 4 1:05:41.9
5 5 Toshihiro ARAI Souta INOUE SUBARU WRX S4 3 5 1:05:56.9
6 8 Takuma KAMADA Yuichi MATSUMOTO SUBARU WRX STI 7 6 1:07:37.1
7 10 Hiroshi YANAGISAWA Noriko TAKESHITA TOYOTA GR YARIS JP4 10 7 1:09:55.7
8 11 Satoshi IMAI Fuyu TAKAHASHI CITROËN C3 R5 9 8 1:10:30.9
9 7 Tomoyuki SHINKAI Yuichi ANDO TOYOTA GR Yaris 8 9 1:10:32.8
10 9 Motonobu ISHIGURO Kenshiro ANAI TOYOTA GR Yaris 11 10 1:12:57.9
11 4 Heikki Kovalainen Sae KITAGAWA TOYOTA GR Yaris Rally2 6 12 1:13:46.0
12 12 Yoshiki KANAOKA Maclin DAICHI Škoda Fabia R5 12 11 1:17:41.1

Result | JN-2 Class

Pos. No. Driver Co-Driver Car Leg1 Leg2 Penalty Total Time
1 16 Takanori MATSUOKA Minoru KITADA TOYOTA GR Corolla 1 1 0:10 1:10:35.4
2 14 Shohei ISHIKAWA Hitomi OKURA TOYOTA GR Yaris 3 2 1:12:27.9
3 20 Koya NAGAO Shoichi AMAKO SUBARU WRX STi 4 3 1:13:41.3
4 18 Junpet HARASAWA Taku ISOYA SUBARU WRX STi 6 4 1:17:03.2
13 Seiya MIEDA Kazuyoshi FUNAKI SUBARU WRX STI 2 Retire
15 Masato SEKINE Moeko MATSUKAWA TOYOTA GR Yaris 5 Retire
22 Rikuto TAMAHASHI Harue ISHIGAKI TOYOTA GR Yaris 7 Retire
17 Makoto HOTTA Haruo KAWANISHI TOYOTA GR Yaris 8 0:50 Retire
21 Masatoshi KONISHI Kazuto SUZUKI TOYOTA GR Yaris 5 Retire
19 Takumi KONDO Takahiro YASUI SUBARU IMPREZA WRX Retire

Result | JN-3 Class

Pos. No. Driver Co-Driver Car Leg1 Leg2 Penalty Total Time
1 25 Takahito SONE Shizuka TAKEHARA TOYOTA GR86 2 1 1:15:56.2
2 26 Seiji YAMAGUCHI Masahiko SHIMAZU TOYOTA GR86 3 5 1:18:18.7
24 Yuta YAMAMOTO Kazuko TACHIKUI TOYOTA GR86 1 Retire
28 Takehiko KANO Satoshi YOKOTE SUBARU BRZ 2 Retire
27 Jun UEHARA Ayumi URUSHIDO SUBARU BRZ 3 Retire
23 Masashi NAGASAKI Keita OYA TOYOTA GR86 4 Retire
29 Takayuki WAKAI Hiroyuki NAGURA TOYOTA GR86 Retire

Result | JN-4 Class

Pos. No. Driver Co-Driver Car Leg1 Leg2 Penalty Total Time
1 32 Manabu NAITO Tetsuya OTAKA SUZUKI Swift 1 1 1:15:38.0
2 31 Satoshi TAKAHASHI Yuko MITSUKURI SUZUKI Swift 2 2 1:16:29.5
3 30 Shintaro NISHIKAWA Takashi MOTOHASHI SUZUKI Swift 3 4 1:21:18.1
4 34 Katsuhiko TSUTSUI Yuichi ISHIDA SUZUKI Swift 4 5 1:22:44.8
5 39 Masato SUZUKI Miho HAZUMI SUZUKI Swift 5 7 1:24:56.3
36 Daigo SAMEJIMA Sachiko FUNAKI SUZUKI Swift 3 Retire
38 Takaya AZUMA Masanori OHASHI SUZUKI Swift 6 Retire
33 Yorishige MAEDA Makoto OKADA SUZUKI Swift 8 Retire
35 Hiroshi SUDO Masakazu ARAI SUZUKI Swift Retire
37 Masatoshi OGURA Mari HIRAYAMA SUZUKI Swift Retire

Result | JN-5 Class

Pos. No. Driver Co-Driver Car Leg1 Leg2 Penalty Total Time
1 42 Takuro MATSUKURA Makiko YAMADA TOYOTA Yaris 1 1 1:15:49.8
2 44 Shota YOSHIHARA Toshiki FUJII TOYOTA Yaris 4 2 1:17:21.8
3 41 Takuya KOUMOTO Daisuke ARIKAWA MAZDA Demio 3 3 1:18:09.5
4 43 Tsuyoshi OGAWA Yuya YAMAMOTO TOYOTA Yaris 5 4 1:19:29.2
5 47 Hisashi MATSUBARA Yoshiaki WADA MAZDA Demio 6 5 1:20:28.0
6 48 Makoto HARAGUCHI Michiko KASUGA TOYOTA Vitz 7 8 1:21:26.5
7 46 Kenji KAMANO Shintaro MEIJI TOYOTA Yaris 8 9 1:21:45.3
8 45 Mako HIRAKAWA Yuuki MINO TOYOTA Yaris 9 6 1:22:08.4
9 51 Kazuyoshi MITOMA Akira ENDO HONDA Fit 10 7 1:22:18.9
10 50 Shuya HONNA Hiromi MINATO TOYOTA Yaris 11 10 1:23:55.3
40 Satoshi OKURA Koji TOYODA TOYOTA GR Yaris RS 2 Retire
49 Yuji TSURUOKA Norimasa YAMAGISHI TOYOTA Yaris 12 Retire

Result | JN-6 Class

Pos. No. Driver Co-Driver Car Leg1 Leg2 Penalty Total Time
1 52 Tomoyuki AMANO Yukiko INOUE TOYOTA Aqua 1 1 1:21:44.0
2 53 Kazuo SHIMIZU Mami YAMAMOTO TOYOTA Yaris 3 2 1:26:01.5
3 55 Masato NAKANISHI Kozo YAMAMURA HONDA CR-Z 2 3 1:26:10.9
4 54 Shunichi WASHIO Soichiro KANNO HONDA CR-Z 4 5 1:32:29.7
5 56 Hiroyuki SAKACHI Takashi SEKIMOTO TOYOTA Yaris 5 4 1:32:58.8
57 Takayoshi EBIHARA Satoshi KAGEYAMA HONDA Fit 6 0:10 Retire

Result | OPEN-2 Class (Not applicable to championships)

Pos. No. Driver Co-Driver Car Leg1 Leg2 Penalty Total Time
1 60 Aritoshi MITSUKURI Haruki KOBAYASHI MITSUBISHI GALANT VR-4 2 1 1:20:23.5
2 59 Satoru ITO Keisuke YABUMOTO MITSUBISHI LANCER 3 2 1:21:03.0
3 61 Akira NAITO Kouichi HARADA TOYOTA GR Yaris 4 3 1:22:15.8
58 Taichi ITO Tadashi MISAIZU TOYOTA GR Yaris 1 Retire

Result | OPEN-1 Class (Not applicable to championships)

Pos. No. Driver Co-Driver Car Leg1 Leg2 Penalty Total Time
1 63 Yukio NINOSHITA Tsuyoshi KAJIYAMA MITSUBISHI MIRAGE 2 1 1:20:09.0
2 62 Takahiro KITAMI Masashi URA TOYOTA HIACE 5 2 1:28:33.8
3 66 Takashi Oi Hiromasa UEKUSA TOYOTA HIACE 4 3 1:28:38.5
4 64 Asami ITAKURA Masahiko KIHARA TOYOTA HIACE 6 4 0:10 1:32:36.9
67 Kanji MAKISE Chikayuki GORYO TOYOTA GR86 1 Retire
65 Osamu TAKADA Kosuke MARUYAMA MITSUBISHI MIRAGE 3 Retire

Result | XC-1 Class (Not applicable to championships)

Pos. No. Driver Co-Driver Car Leg1 Leg2 Penalty Total Time
68 Masaki SOUDA Hitoshi SARUKAWA TOYOTA LAND CRUISER D.N.S.

Result | XC-2 Class (Not applicable to championships)

Pos. No. Driver Co-Driver Car Leg1 Leg2 Penalty Total Time
1 69 Akira BAMBA Madoka UMEMOTO TOYOTA HILUX 1 1 1:20:21.7
2 73 Kazuhiro TERAKAWA Miyoko ISHIKAWA MAZDA CX-5 2 3 1:25:57.9
3 74 Kei TAKEOKA Masaki YAMADA MITSUBISHI TRITON 4 2 1:29:08.1
4 72 Koto HANEDA Naoki KASE TOYOTA HILUX 5 4 1:38:07.5
70 Akiyuki ASAI Haruki KASAI MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE CROSS 3 Retire
71 Ayata TACHIBANA Yuya WATANABE TOYOTA HILUX Retire

Result | XC-3 Class (Not applicable to championships)

Pos. No. Driver Co-Driver Car Leg1 Leg2 Penalty Total Time
1 75 Ikuo HANAWA Naoko SATAKE TOYOTA RAIZE 1 1 1:28:59.0
2 78 Erika KODAMA Momo TSUKISHIMA SUZUKI Jimny 3 2 2:03:20.4
76 Kenji TAKAHASHI Nanako IWAI SUZUKI Jimny 2 Retire
77 Yudai HANAWA Mayumi SASADA SUZUKI Jimny Retire

*Marked in red : YOKOHAMA Tire

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