Kazuo Shimizu (driver)

Kazuo Shimizu (Shinjitai: 清水 和夫, born 11 February 1954, in Tokyo) is a Japanese racing driver. Shimizu was also active as a rally driver and later as a touring car racer. He won second place in the 1992 All Japan Touring Car Championship.  His teammate at this time was Tom Kristensen. Since 1994, he has participated in the JTCC from the privateer team. He participated in Japanese races, and in the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 12 Hours of Sebring.  He is currently an international motoring journalist.

Complete JTC results

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	DC	Pts
1988	Object T	Honda Civic	JTC-3	SUZ 14	NIS 16								?	?
		Ford Sierra RS500	JTC-1			SEN Ret	TSU 1	SUG 2	FUJ Ret
1989			JTC-1	NIS 3	SEN 7	TSU Ret	SUG 2	SUZ 2	FUJ 4				5th	112
1990			JTC-1	NIS Ret	SUG Ret	SUZ 4	TSU 3						10th	68
		Nissan Skyline GT-R	JTC-1					SEN 3	FUJ Ret
1991			JTC-1	SUG Ret	SUZ 3	TSU 4	SEN Ret	AUT 3	FUJ 2				7th	98
1992			JTC-1	AID 2	AUT 2	SUG 4	SUZ 1	MIN 2	TSU 5	SEN 5	FUJ 3		4th	103
1993	Racing Forum	Honda Civic	JTC-3	MIN 12	AUT	SUG 19	SUZ Ret	AID 14	TSU Ret	TOK 12	SEN 16	FUJ Ret	16th	36

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1994	Honda Kremer Racing	Philippe Favre Hideki Okada	Honda NSX	LMGT2	240	16th	7th

Complete Spa 24 Hour results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1993	Seikel Motorsport	Bertrand Gachot Armin Hahne	Honda NSX	GT2	233	DNF	DNF