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Shinichi Yamaji

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Shinichi Yamaji
Nationality Japanese
BornMay 5, 1964
Chiba
DiedMay 26, 2014(2014-05-26) (aged 50)
Japanese Grand Touring Championship
Years active1986–2011
TeamsYOURS Sports
Previous series
1994All Japan GT Championship
Championship titles
1986Fuji Freshman Race Series

Shinichi Yamaji (山路 慎一, Yamaji Shin'ichi, May 5, 1964 – May 26, 2014[1]) was a Japanese race car driver. He formerly raced in the Japanese Grand Touring Championship, currently known as Super GT.

Yamaji's race debut was in 1986. He competed for YOURS Sports in the RX-7 at the JSS race at Fuji. He went on to take the championship in the RX-7 class of the Fuji Freshman Race series and from 1994 moved up to the All Japan GT Championship. He is widely remembered for an incident that occurred at the start of the 1998 race at Fuji in which, following a serious accident that resulted in an outbreak of fire, he rushed over to the stricken car and frantically worked to extinguish the engulfing flames. Thanks to his heroic efforts the driver, Tetsuya Ota, was able to escape with his life. In recent years he served as the Clerk of the Course at various events such as Fuji Speedway races and the D1 Grand Prix. In 2011, he retired from Super GT300. On May 25, 2014 he checked into a hospital due to a worsening illness and died the next day.

Complete JGTC/Super GT Results

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

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Pts
1994 Racing Team Nakaharu Nissan Skyline GT-R GT1 FUJ
2
SEN
4
FUJ
5
SUG
5
MIN
6
3rd 47
1996 RE Amemiya Mazda RX-7 GT300 SUZ
Ret
FUJ
9
SEN
3
FUJ
3
SUG
5
MIN
6
6th 40
1997 RE Amemiya Mazda RX-7 GT300 SUZ
Ret
FUJ
3
SEN
5
FUJ
Ret
MIN
10
SUG
4
8th 31
1998 RE Amemiya Mazda RX-7 GT300 SUZ
Ret
FUJ
C
SEN
3
FUJ
5
MOT
Ret
MIN
9
SUG
6
10th 28
1999 Matsumotokiyoshi Team Tom's Toyota Supra GT500 SUZ
13
FUJ
Ret
SUG
2
MIN
14
FUJ
13
TAI
6
MOT
6
16th 27
2000 MatsumotoKiyoshi Team Tom's Toyota Supra GT500 MOT
12
FUJ
Ret
SUG
3
FUJ
13
TAI
9
MIN
Ret
SUZ
7
14th 18
2001 TOMs Racing Team Toyota Supra GT500 TAI
5
FUJ
9
SUG
1
FUJ
10
MOT
8
SUZ
4
MIN
9
6th 46
2002 Tsuchiya Engineering Toyota Supra GT500 TAI
6
FUJ
13
SUG
11
SEP
Ret
FUJ
3
MOT
9
MIN
5
SUZ
7
15th 32
2003 Team Taisan Advan Porsche 996 GT3 R GT300 TAI
2
FUJ
1
SUG
8
FUJ
6
FUJ
4
MOT
Ret
AUT
3
SUZ
9
3rd 72
2004 RE Amemiya Mazda RX-7 GT300 TAI
11
SUG
4
SEP
1
TOK
10
MOT
Ret
AUT
1
SUZ
18
4th 55
2005 RE Amemiya Mazda RX-7 GT300 OKA
2
FUJ
Ret
SEP
8
SUG
4
MOT
7
FUJ
17
AUT
4
SUZ
12
9th 41
2006 Team Taisan Advan Porsche 996 GT3 RSR GT300 SUZ OKA
8
FUJ
7
SEP SUG FUJ
8
18th 16
RE Amemiya Mazda RX-7 SUZ
4
910 Racing with Team Ishimatsu Porsche 996 GT3 R MOT
14
AUT
2007 Taisan with Nishizawa Porsche 996 GT3 RS GT300 SUZ
11
OKA
3
FUJ
21
SEP SUG SUZ MOT AUT FUJ 21st 12
2008 Taisan with Nishizawa Porsche 911 GT3 RS GT300 SUZ
3
OKA
2
FUJ
Ret
SEP
15
SUG
7
SUZ
5
MOT
4
AUT
15
FUJ 8th 51
2011 Team Taisan Cinecitta Ferrari F430 GT300 OKA
9
FUJ
9
SEP SUG
12
SUZ
17
FUJ
21
AUT MOT
Ret
18th 4

References

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  1. ^ "Shinichi Yamaji passed away". jalopnik.com. Retrieved 26 May 2014.