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TCR Japan Touring Car Series

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TCR Japan Touring Car Series
CategoryTouring cars
CountryJapan
Inaugural season2019
Current season

The TCR Japan Touring Car Series is a touring car racing series based in Japan, the first of its kind since Japanese Touring Car Championship folded in 1998.

In an agreement between WSC Ltd and Japan TCR Management, the TCR Japan Series began in 2019. The competition takes advantage of the success of the class in the Super Taikyu Series and runs on the same weekends as the Super Formula, the most important single-seater category in Japan. The agreement is valid for the next 6 years, until 2024. One of the goals is to attract other Japanese car manufacturers to the TCR category.[1]

Since its inception, the series has also supported the Super Formula Championship.[2]

Champions

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Year Saturday Series Sunday Series Entrants
2019 United Kingdom Matt Howson Japan Takeshi Matsumoto Hong Kong KCMG
2020 Japan Takuro Shinohara Japan Takuro Shinohara Japan Audi Team Hitotsuyama
2021 Japan Keiichi Inoue Japan 'Hirobon' Japan Birth Racing Project
2022 Japan 'Hirobon' Japan 'Hirobon' Japan Birth Racing Project
2023 Japan Anna Inotsume Japan Anna Inotsume Japan Birth Racing Project

References

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  1. ^ "The TCR Japan Series will kick off in 2019". tcr-series.com. 2018-10-17. Retrieved 2018-10-17.
  2. ^ "TCR Japan set for launch in 2019". TouringCarTimes. 2018-10-17. Retrieved 2018-10-27.
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