Kazuo Mogi | |
Nationality: | Japanese |
Birth Date: | 1953 2, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Itako, Ibaraki, Japan |
Prev Series: | All Japan Endurance Championship Japanese Touring Car Championship Japanese Formula 3000 Championship All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship |
Prev Series Years: | 1983–1990 1985–1996 1988, 1990 1994–1997 |
Titles: | Japanese Touring Car Championship All Japan Endurance Championship |
Title Years: | 1985, 1989, 1992 1987 |
is a retired Japanese racing driver.
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.
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.
(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 | 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 |
(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 | FUJ | FUJ | SUZ | FUJ | ? | ? | ||
1990 | ADVAN Alpha Nova | Kunimitsu Takahashi | C1 | FUJ 8 | FUJ C | FUJ 5 | SUZ Ret | SUG 6 | FUJ Ret | 22nd | 9 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
(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 |