Masahiko Kageyama

Summary

Masahiko Kageyama (影山 正彦, Kageyama Masahiko, born August 8, 1963 in Kanagawa Prefecture) is a former racing driver from Japan. He participated in the Japanese Grand Touring Car series in the top category between 1993 and 2002.

Masahiko Kageyama
NationalityJapanese
Born (1963-08-08) August 8, 1963 (age 60)
Kanagawa Prefecture
Retired2002
Related toMasami Kageyama (brother)
Debut season1993 (JGTC GT1)
Starts56
Wins6
Best finish1st in 19931995
Previous series
1990-2001
1990-1996
1987-1989
Formula Nippon
Japanese Touring Car Championship
All-Japan Formula Three

Kageyama won the inaugural Japanese Grand Touring Car championship, in the Nismo Nissan Skyline GT-R R32, before winning the next two championships.

He also won the All-Japan Formula Three Championship in 1989, and the Japanese Touring Car Championship in 1993.

Along with Nissan Motorsports teammates Aguri Suzuki and Kazuyoshi Hoshino, he drove a Nissan R390 GT1 to a third-place finish at the 1998 24 Hours of Le Mans.[1]

Kageyama is the CEO of M-Proto Inc., a supplier of brake pads, based in Fujisawa, Kanagawa.[2] His younger brother is Masami Kageyama, who also competed in JGTC and at Le Mans.

Racing record edit

Complete Japanese Formula 3000 Championship/Formula Nippon results edit

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 DC Points
1990 Stellar International SUZ
15
FUJ
DNQ
MIN
6
SUZ
Ret
SUG
11
FUJ
Ret
FUJ
Ret
SUZ
Ret
FUJ
DNS
SUZ
9
20th 1
1991 Stellar International SUZ
Ret
AUT
17
FUJ
11
MIN
Ret
SUZ
13
SUG
Ret
FUJ
16
SUZ
13
FUJ
C
SUZ
Ret
FUJ
DNQ
31st 0
1993 Nakajima Racing SUZ
12
SUZ
8
MIN
6
SUZ
Ret
AUT
C
SUG
2
FUJ
C
FUJ
8
SUZ
Ret
FUJ
Ret
SUZ
11
10th 7
1994 Nakajima Racing SUZ
16
FUJ
Ret
MIN
11
SUZ
Ret
SUG
9
FUJ
Ret
SUZ
5
FUJ
Ret
FUJ
11
SUZ
8
13th 2
1995 Navi Connection Racing SUZ
3
FUJ
C
MIN
8
SUZ
Ret
SUG
Ret
FUJ
6
TOK
Ret
FUJ
Ret
SUZ
Ret
12th 5
1996 Navi Connection Racing SUZ
Ret
MIN
Ret
FUJ
Ret
TOK
Ret
SUZ
16
SUG
12
FUJ
Ret
MIN
9
SUZ
7
FUJ
3
14th 4
1997 Team Impul SUZ
Ret
MIN
Ret
FUJ
5
SUZ
2
SUG
3
FUJ
Ret
MIN
15
MOT
Ret
FUJ
12
SUZ
3
7th 16
1998 Maziora Team Impul SUZ
1
MIN
Ret
FUJ
Ret
MOT
8
SUZ
1
SUG
Ret
FUJ
C
MIN
Ret
FUJ
Ret
SUZ
6
4th 21
1999 Speedmaster Mooncraft SUZ
Ret
MOT
12
MIN
Ret
FUJ
13
SUZ
Ret
SUG
13
FUJ
Ret
MIN
6
MOT
12
SUZ
13
18th 1
2001 Takagi B-1 Car Club SUZ
12
MOT
Ret
MIN
Ret
FUJ
10
SUZ
DNS
SUG
14
FUJ
16
MIN
Ret
MOT
Ret
SUZ
Ret
20th 0

Complete Japanese Touring Car Championship (-1993) results edit

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Pts
1990 Object T Ford Sierra RS500(Rd.1~4)
Nissan Skyline GT-R(Rd.5,6)
JTC-1 NIS
4
SUG
3
SUZ
5
TSU
Ret
SEN
3
FUJ
Ret
6th 84
1991 Object T Nissan Skyline GT-R JTC-1 SUG
Ret
SUZ
3
TSU
4
SEN
Ret
AUT
3
FUJ
2
7th 98
1992 Impul Nissan Skyline GT-R JTC-1 AID
Ret
AUT
3
SUG
1
SUZ
Ret
MIN
Ret
TSU
1
SEN
1
FUJ
6
7th 78
1993 Impul Nissan Skyline GT-R JTC-1 MIN
1
AUT
3
SUG
2
SUZ
3
AID
1
TSU
2
TOK
1
SEN
1
FUJ
Ret
1st 134

Complete Japanese Touring Car Championship (1994-) results edit

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC pts
1994 Nismo Nissan Sunny AUT
1
AUT
2
SUG
1
SUG
2
TOK
1
TOK
2
SUZ
1
SUZ
2
MIN
1
MIN
2
AID
1

21
AID
2

10
TSU
1

Ret
TSU
2

3
SEN
1

Ret
SEN
2

DNS
FUJ
1

14
FUJ
2

18
22nd 10
1996 Nismo Nissan Primera Camino FUJ
1

7
FUJ
2

Ret
SUG
1

8
SUG
2

9
SUZ
1

4
SUZ
2

6
MIN
1

4
MIN
2

1
SEN
1

7
SEN
2

6
TOK
1

Ret
TOK
2

18
FUJ
1

3
FUJ
2

7
5th 63

Complete JGTC results edit

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Pts
1994 Hoshino Racing Nissan Skyline GT-R GT1 FUJ
1
SEN
2
FUJ
2
SUG
4
MIN
4
1st 70
1995 Hoshino Racing Nissan Skyline GT-R GT1 SUZ
1
FUJ
10
SEN
2
FUJ
7
SUG
2
MIN
3
1st 67
1996 Team Impul Nissan Skyline GT-R GT500 SUZ
8
FUJ
5
SEN
5
FUJ
1
SUG
2
MIN
Ret
4th 54
1997 Nismo Nissan Skyline GT-R GT500 SUZ
5
FUJ
Ret
SEN
14
FUJ
9
MIN
Ret
SUG
Ret
19th 10
1998 Nismo Nissan Skyline GT-R GT500 SUZ
Ret
FUJ
C
SEN
2
FUJ
7
MOT
11
MIN
5
SUG
9
8th 29
1999 Toyota Team Sard Toyota Supra GT500 SUZ
16
FUJ
15
SUG
Ret
MIN
7
FUJ
10
TAI
13
MOT
Ret
22nd 5
2000 Toyota Team Sard Toyota Supra GT500 MOT
10
FUJ
Ret
SUG
6
FUJ
2
TAI
Ret
MIN
8
SUZ
16
12th 25
2001 Toyota Team Sard Toyota Supra GT500 TAI
7
FUJ
7
SUG FUJ MOT SUZ MIN 21st 8
2002 Kraft Toyota Supra GT500 TAI
17
FUJ
10
SUG
Ret
SEP
12
FUJ
10
MOT
15
MIN
10
SUZ
12
25th 3

24 Hours of Le Mans results edit

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1995   NISMO   Kazuyoshi Hoshino
  Toshio Suzuki
Nissan Skyline GT-R LM GT1 157 DNF DNF
1996   NISMO   Aguri Suzuki
  Masahiko Kondo
Nissan Skyline GT-R LM GT1 209 DNF DNF
1997   Nissan Motorsport
  TWR
  Kazuyoshi Hoshino
  Érik Comas
Nissan R390 GT1 GT1 294 12th 5th
1998   Nissan Motorsports
  TWR
  Aguri Suzuki
  Kazuyoshi Hoshino
Nissan R390 GT1 GT1 347 3rd 3rd
2000   TV Asahi Team Dragon   Toshio Suzuki
  Masami Kageyama
Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S LMP900 340 6th 6th

References edit

  1. ^ "1998 24 Hours of Le Mans results". experiencelemans.com. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  2. ^ "M-Proto" 会社情報 [Corporate Information]. M-Proto official website (in Japanese). Japan: M-Proto Inc. 2013. Retrieved January 24, 2013.

External links edit

  • Masahiko Kageyama career summary at DriverDB.com
  • Nissan driver profile (in Japanese)
Sporting positions
Preceded by
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JGTC (GT1) Champion
199319941995
Succeeded by