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Yojiro Terada

Japanese racing driver

Yojiro Terada
Summary

Japanese racing driver

FieldValue
nameYojiro Terada
nationalityJPN Japanese
years, –
teamsMazda Automotive, Mazdaspeed, Lotus Sport, Team Artnature, T.D.R., Courage Compétition, Autoexe, Welter Racing, Binnie Motorsports, T2M Motorsport, Terramos
best_finish7th ()
class_wins4 (, , , )
Dome]]-Mader during the [[2007 24 Hours of Le Mans]].

Yojiro Terada is a Japanese former racing driver from Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture.

Racing career

He began his racing career in a Honda S600 in 1969, before he was taken on as Mazda's factory driver, a position he held through the 1990s including participating in the World Sportscar Championship and All Japan Sports Prototype Championship.

He also took class wins at the 24 Hours of Daytona on two occasions, including in the Mazda RX-7's debut race in 1979, scoring a GTU class win at fifth place overall. The other occasion was a fourth place overall finish and a GTO class win in 1982.

He is known for holding the record for the second most participations in the 24 Hours of Le Mans without an overall win (behind Bob Wollek), having run on 29 occasions (28 of which were consecutive) since . He is also third behind Henri Pescarolo and Bob Wollek for the drivers with the most participations. He scored class victories at the event in 1983, 1988, 1990 and 1996, while his best overall finish was seventh in .

Business interests

When he is not racing, he runs the Tokyo-based AutoExe () tuning business, specialising in tuning parts and accessories for Mazda. and instructs on driving at NATS (Nihon Automobile High Technical School)

Family

He is the father of voice actress Haruhi Nanao.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
JPN Mazda AutomotiveJPN Yasuhiro Okamoto
JPN Harukuni TakahashiSigma MC74-MazdaS
3.0155NCNC
JPN MazdaspeedJPN Hiroshi Fushida
GBR Win PercyMazda RX-7 253iIMSA
GTO25DNFDNF
JPN MazdaspeedJPN Takashi Yorino
AUS Allan MoffatMazda RX-7 254iIMSA
GTX28214th6th
JPN MazdaspeedJPN Takashi Yorino
JPN Yoshimi KatayamaMazda 717CC Jr.30212th1st
JPN MazdaspeedBEL Pierre Dieudonné
JPN Takashi YorinoMazda 727CC226120th6th
JPN MazdaspeedJPN Yoshimi Katayama
JPN Takashi YorinoMazda 737CC226424th6th
JPN MazdaspeedJPN Yoshimi Katayama
JPN Takashi YorinoMazda 757GTP59DNFDNF
JPN MazdaspeedJPN Yoshimi Katayama
JPN Takashi YorinoMazda 757GTP34DNFDNF
JPN MazdaspeedIRE David Kennedy
BEL Pierre DieudonnéMazda 757GTP33715th1st
JPN MazdaspeedBEL Marc Duez
DEU Volker WeidlerMazda 767GTP33912th3rd
JPN MazdaspeedJPN Yoshimi Katayama
JPN Takashi YorinoMazda 767BGTP30420th1st
JPN Mazdaspeed
FRA OrecaBEL Pierre Dieudonné
JPN Takashi YorinoMazda 787C23468th8th
JPN Mazdaspeed
FRA OrecaBRA Maurizio Sandro Sala
JPN Takashi YorinoMazda MXR-01C1124DNFDNF
GBR Lotus Sport
GBR Chamberlain EngineeringGBR Peter Hardman
DEN Thorkild ThyrringLotus Esprit S300GT92DNFDNF
JPN Team ArtnatureFRA Franck Fréon
FRA Pierre de ThoisyMazda RX-7IMSA
GTS25015th2nd
USA D.T.R.
JPN MazdaspeedUSA Jim Downing
FRA Franck FréonKudzu DG-3-MazdaWSC2827th3rd
JPN MazdaspeedUSA Jim Downing
FRA Franck FréonKudzu DLM-MazdaLMP225125th1st
USA Team D.T.R
JPN MazdaspeedUSA Jim Downing
FRA Franck FréonKudzu DLM-4-MazdaLMP26317th6th
FRA Courage CompétitionFRA Franck Fréon
FRA Olivier ThéveninCourage C36-PorscheLMP130016th5th
JPN Autoexe MotorsportFRA Franck Fréon
GBR Robin DonovanAutoexe LMP99-FordLMP74DNFDNF
FRA Rachel WelterFRA Richard Balandras
FRA Sylvain BoulayWR LMP-PeugeotLMP67526626th2nd
FRA Gerard WelterFRA Stéphane Daoudi
FRA Jean-René de FournouxWR LMP01-PeugeotLMP67524519th2nd
JPN Autoexe MotorsportUSA John Fergus
USA Jim DowningAutoexe (WR) LMP-02-MazdaLMP6755DNFDNF
FRA Rachel WelterFRA Olivier Porta
GBR Gavin PickeringWR LMP01-PeugeotLMP675235NCNC
FRA Rachel WelterFRA Patrice Roussel
FRA Olivier PortaWR LM2001-PeugeotLMP227026th2nd
FRA Rachel WelterFRA Patrice Roussel
USA William BinnieWR LMP04-PeugeotLMP2233NCNC
USA Binnie MotorsportsUSA William Binnie
GBR Allen TimpanyLola B05/42-ZytekLMP232613th2nd
JPN T2M MotorsportFRA Robin Longechal
JPN Yutaka YamagishiDome S101.5-MaderLMP256DNFDNF
JPN TerramosJPN Hiroki Katoh
JPN Kazuho TakahashiCourage LC70-MugenLMP1224NCNC

References

References

  1. [http://www.teradayojiro.com/about/ 寺田陽次郎公式ウェブサイト » 寺田陽次郎について] {{webarchive. link. (October 5, 2007)
  2. [http://wsrp.ic.cz/imsa1979.html World Sports Racing Prototypes – IMSA 1979] {{webarchive. link. (September 19, 2007)
  3. [http://wsrp.ic.cz/imsa1982.html World Sports Racing Prototypes – IMSA 1982] {{webarchive. link. (October 24, 2006)
  4. "The Most Regular Competitors". [[Automobile Club de l'Ouest]] (ACO).
  5. {{in lang. ja [http://www.autoexe.co.jp/SozaiTopPage/indexShincyaku.html Welcome AutoExe Page] {{webarchive. link. (November 17, 2007)
  6. "Mazda Roadster by Autoexe, HDTV : Nihon Car .com".
  7. {{in lang. ja [http://www.nats.ac.jp/pc/history/point.html 学園の10大ポイント] {{webarchive. link. (November 10, 2007)
  8. "Yojiro Terada". [[Automobile Club de l'Ouest]].
  9. "Yojiro Terada Results". Motorsport Stats.
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