Kazuo Mogi
Quick Facts
Biography
Kazuo Mogi (茂木 和男, Mogi Kazuo, born 2 February 1953) is a retired Japanese racing driver.
Racing career
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; 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.
Mogi then competed in the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship from 1994 before retiring from racing in 1997.
Racing record
Complete Japanese Formula 3000 results
(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 | Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | SUZ | FUJ | MIN | SUZ | SUG | FUJ | SUZ | SUZ | NC | 0 | ||
1990 | Zoom Racing | Lola T89/50 Lola T90/50 | SUZ | FUJ | MIN | SUZ | SUG | FUJ | FUJ | SUZ | FUJ | SUZ | NC | 0 |
Complete JSPC results
(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 | SUZ | FUJ | NC | 0 | |||
1985 | Auto Beaurex Motorsport | Toshio Motohashi | Lotec M1C | C1 | SUZ | FUJ | FUJ | SUZ | FUJ | FUJ | 27th | 8 |
1986 | Toshio Motohashi Hideshi Matsuda Naoki Nagasaka Will Hoy | TOM'S 85C | C1 | SUZ | FUJ | FUJ | SUZ | FUJ | FUJ | 39th | 4 | |
1987 | ADVAN Alpha Nova | Kunimitsu Takahashi Kenny Acheson | Porsche 962C | C1 | SUZ | FUJ | FUJ | SUZ | FUJ | FUJ | 1st | 59 |
1988 | Kunimitsu Takahashi | C1 | FUJ | SUZ | FUJ | FUJ | SUZ | FUJ | 4th | 48 | ||
1989 | Ba-Tsu ADVAN Alpha Tomei | Kenji Takahashi Giovanni Lavaggi | C1 | FUJ 9 | FUJ 10 | FUJ Ret | SUZ Ret | FUJ 10 | ? | ? | ||
1990 | ADVAN Alpha Nova | Kunimitsu Takahashi | C1 | FUJ | FUJ | FUJ | SUZ | SUG | FUJ | 22nd | 9 |
Complete Japanese Touring Car Championship Results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Class | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | DC | Points |
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1985 | Auto Beaurex Motorsport | BMW 635CSi | DIV.3 | SUG | TSU | MIN | SUZ | FUJ | 1st | 97 | |||||||||||||
1986 | DIV.3 | MIN | SUG | TSU | SEN | FUJ | SUZ | ? | ? | ||||||||||||||
1987 | Tsuchiya Engineering | Toyota Corolla FX | DIV.1 | MIN | SEN | TSU | SUG | FUJ | SUZ | ? | ? | ||||||||||||
1988 | TOM'S Minolta | JTC-3 | SUZ | MIN | SEN | TSU | SUG | FUJ | ? | ? | |||||||||||||
Tsuchiya Engineering | JTC-3 | SUZ | MIN | SEN | TSU | SUG | FUJ | ||||||||||||||||
Toyota Corolla Levin | JTC-3 | SUZ | MIN | SEN | TSU | SUG | FUJ | ||||||||||||||||
1989 | Team ADVAN | JTC-3 | NIS | SEN | TSU | SUG | SUZ | FUJ | 1st | ? | |||||||||||||
1990 | FET Racing | Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth | JTC-1 | MIN | SUG | SUZ | TSU | SEN | FUJ | 16th | 72 | ||||||||||||
1991 | B‐ing Kegani Racing | BMW M3 (E30) | JTC-2 | SUG | SUZ | TSU | SEN | AUT | FUJ | 4th | 73 | ||||||||||||
1992 | JTC-2 | TAI | AUT | SUG | SUZ | MIN | TSU | SEN | FUJ | 1st | 92 | ||||||||||||
1993 | Team Taisan | JTC-2 | MIN | AUT | SUG | SUZ | TIA | TSU | TOK | SEN | FUJ | 7th | 68 | ||||||||||
1994 | BMW 318i | JTCC | AUT1 | AUT2 | SUG1 | SUG2 | TOK1 | TOK2 | SUZ1 | SUZ2 | MIN1 | MIN2 | TIA1 | TIA2 | TSU1 | TSU2 | SEN1 | SEN2 | FUJ1 | FUJ1 | 28th | 3 | |
1995 | Team ADVAN Yamaichi | JTCC | FUJ1 | FUJ2 | SUG1 | SUG2 | TOK1 | TOK2 | SUZ1 | SUZ2 | MIN1 | MIN2 | TIA1 | TIA2 | SEN1 | SEN2 | FUJ1 | FUJ2 | 30th | 0 | |||
1996 | Team ADVAN with MOGG | JTCC | FUJ1 | FUJ2 | SUG1 | SUG2 | SUZ1 | SUZ2 | MIN1 | MIN2 | SEN1 | SEN2 | TOK1 | TOK2 | FUJ1 | FUJ2 | NC | 0 |
Complete JGTC results
(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 | SEN | FUJ | SUG | MIN | NC | 0 | |
1996 | Cobra Racing Team | Porsche 911 RSR | GT300 | SUZ | FUJ | SEN | FUJ | SUG | MIN | 5th | 46 |
1997 | Team Take One | GT500 | SUZ | FUJ | SEN | FUJ | MIN | SUG | 26th | 4 |