Official Cusco Racing Motorsports Operations, 2018
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For Immediate Release March 20, 2018 Official Cusco Racing Motorsports Operations, 2018 Our company, Carrosser, internationally known with Cusco brand, will continue to engage the spirit and activities of motorsports into 2018, with the same goal we’ve had of truly proven motorsports equipment, in-house quality assurance and production, and vehicle-specific development. This is our announcement for 2018, where we will introduce the various motorsports categories and involvement, as Cusco Racing once again. With this year marking the 41st year for our team operations, we continue with “FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championships,” “All-Japan Rally Championships,” and “All-Japan Dirt Trials” as our primary rally operations. For challenges in road racing, we are extending our efforts to the top-level entries in “Japan Super Taikyu Endurance Series,” “TGR 86/BRZ Race,” and in “All-Japan Gymkhana Championships” and other widely participated racing series. With our rally operations, we have a joint-venture team with TRD (Toyota Technocraft) putting resources into our AWD Toyota Vitz specially prepared entry in the Asia-Pacific Rally. This will be accompanied in Team Cusco Racing with our Skoda Fabia R5, to round up our two-car entry. The challenge will also include the “All-Japan Super Rally Series” which started last year as well. For “All-Japan Rally Championships,” we are campaigning young and upcoming drivers, in addition to our proven champions, as we have done in recent years, and to provide a more engaging and interesting competition season. The “TGR Rally Challenge” will host the stage for our Toyota Aqua to engage drivers at the grassroots level, which is essentially the foundations of motorsports that we, as Cusco, continually would like to support. On the asphalt, we are still focused at the top with “Japan Super Taikyu Endurance Series” where battles are extremely close in each race, testing the talents and resources of each of the top Japanese racing teams in production-based racing machines. Team Cusco will continue our challenge with ST4 class, entering the competitive Toyota 86, and drivers who mesh well to the task of driving in this grueling endurance series, along with highest of our expertise and resources poured into each race to chase the victory podiums. Supporting that will be other minor series such as “Toyota Gazoo Racing 86/BRZ Race” as well as the world-renowned, “Mazda Global MX5 Cup – Japan” to develop additional team skills and operational staff, and to show our part in supporting the vast world of motorsports. Finally, our commitment to grassroots will continue in the venues of “All-Japan Gymkhana,” and “All-Japan Dirt Trials” as we’ve done since the early day of our racing operations. Through all these racing and rally efforts, and experience we glean from such challenge, we are continually striving to offer newly developed and race-proven parts into the future. Our products are tried and tested in racing and are offered to our customers with highest level of confidence. “We race what we make” has been the core focus and reason for our existence as a manufacturer, and that is how we share our passion with all automotive enthusiasts.. CARROSSER Co.,Ltd. +81 27 352 3578 Details of each activity In Rally Carrosser and Cusco Racing will continue with the development of the CUSCO Vitz 4WD, replacing the power unit with a Toyota / Lexus 2000 cc direct injection turbo engine and entering a full season of the FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship with New Zealand driver Michael Young. The Toyota Vitz will participate in the ASN category with adjusted minimum weight due to the difference in engine displacement. Yuya SUMIYAMA, who oversees product development for Carrosser, will aim for a good result in his first APRC Championship series driving the Cusco Skoda Fabia R5, while at the same time serving as a development benchmark for the Vitz 4WD. CUSCO RACING is planning to enter the "JAPAN Super Rally Series (JSR)" supporting domestic and foreign drivers that will include Sumiyama driving the Skoda Fabia R5. Hiroshi Yanagisawa will return to JN 6 class of JRC's top category "All Japan Rallies Championship" and aim for good results since 2013. A two-car team will enter the JN5 class with drivers Suguru KAWANA (Citroen) and new to the team, Ryo YOKOSHIMA (Peugeot). Adding further diversity to an already busy rally program is participation in the TGR Rally Challenge with the hybrid Toyota Aqua. APRC RC2 class Yuya Sumiyama / Takahiro Yasui Skoda Fabia R 5 APRC RC2 class Michael Young / Malcolm Read CUSCO Toyota Vitz 4WD (ASN designated vehicle) JRC JN6 class Hiroshi Yanagisawa / Yoshimasa Nakahara Subaru WRX STI (VAB) JRC JN5 Class Ryo Yokoshima / Yusuke Kimura Peugeot 208 R2 JRC JN5 class Suguru Kawana/ Naoki Kase Citroen DS3 R3 MAX / Peugeot 208 GTi In Race Japan Super Taikyu Endurance Series Exciting news for the Super Taikyu Endurance this year will be the return of “24 Hour Endurance Racing” at after a 10 year absence, and for Fuji Speedeway, a first in 50 years. Team Cusco Racing will of course be partaking in the full season with ST4 Class Toyota 86. Tag-teaming this entry as drivers will be Eiji Yamada, Koji Endo, and Yasunori Nakajima, a full roster who will return from previous year’s brilliant season performance. ST4 Class CUSCO RACING 86 # 77 Eiji Yamada / Koji Endo / Yasunori Nakajima "TOYOTA GAZOO Racing 86 / BRZ Race" For this season entry, Cusco Racing will have the expertise we had in 2017, continuing the chase for the podium with Eiji Yamada, and Masafumi Hishii in Pro and SA4 classes respectively.. All Japan Gymkhana Championship (JGC) Kiyoshi Tenma driving a Mazda Roadster RF (PN3) and Masafumi Hishii in a Lancer Evolution X(SA4) will continue to challenge the JGC in 2018. PN3 Class Kiyoshi Tenma MAZDA Roadster RF SA4 Class Masafumi Hishii MITSUBISHI Lancer Evolution X All Japan Dirt Trial Championship (JDC) Shinsuke Arai will continue in the All Japan Dirt Championship driving a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X (SA4), while Carrosser will continue to support the championship. SA2 Class Shinsuke Arai MITSUBISHI Lancer Evolution X CARROSSER Co.,Ltd. +81 27 352 3578 FIA Asia Pacific Rally (APRC) Round Date Event New Zealand 5/5-6 APRC Pacific Cup/ Junior Cup Australia 6/2-3 APRC Pacific Cup/ Junior Cup Malaysia 7/21-22 APRC Asia Cup Japan ９/15-16 APRC Asia Cup/ Junior Cup China 10/20-21 APRC Asia Cup/ Junior Cup India 12/1-2 APRC Asia Cup JAPAN SUPER RALLY (JSR) Round Date Event Rally of Tsumagoi, Gunma 2/1-4 Snow / Tarmac Monterey Rally, Gumma ６/7-10 Gravel Yokote Rally, Akita ８/4-5 Gravel Rally Hokkaido,Hokaido 9/14-16 Gravel JAF ALL JAPAN RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP (JRC) Round Date Event Rally of Tsumagoi, Gunma 2/1-4 Snow / Tarmac Tour de Kyushu, Saga 4/6-8 Tarmac Tango Rally, Kyoto 4/27-29 Tarmac Kumakogen Rally, Ehime 5/18-20 Gravel Monterey Rally, Gumma ６/7-10 Gravel ARK Rally Kamui, Hokkaido 6/29-7/1 Gravel Rally in Iwaki, Fukushima 8/23-26 Gravel Rally Hokkaido,Hokaido 9/14-16 Gravel Highland Masters, Gifu 10/12-14 Tarmac Shinshiro Rally, Gifu 11/2-4 Tarmac CARROSSER Co.,Ltd. +81 27 352 3578 SUPER “Taikyu” SERIES Date Location Event R1 3/31–4/1 Suzuka Circuit 5 hours ×1 race R2 ４/28-29 Sportsland Sugo 3 hours ×2 groups R3 5/31-6/3 Fuji Speedway 24 hours ×1 race R4 7/14-15 Autopolis 5 hours ×1 race R5 9/22-23 Twin Ring Motegi 5 hours ×1 race R6 11/3-4 Okayama International 3 hours ×2 groups TOYOTA GAZOO RACING 86/BRZ RACE SERIES Date Location Date Location 3/31–4/1 Suzuka Circuit 7/21-22 Fuji Speedway ４/28-29 Sportsland Sugo ８/19 Tokachi Speedway ５/27 Autopolis 9/22-23 Twin Ring Motegi ６/23-24 Okayama International 10/27-28 Suzuka Circuit JAF ALL-JAPAN GYMKHANA (JGC) Date Location Date Location 3/10-11 Tsukuba Circuit 7/14-15 Mikawa Sportsland 3/31-4/1 Sports Land Tamada 8/4-5 Sportsland Sugo ４/21–22 Ebisu Circuit ８/25-26 IOX-AROSA Sportsland 5/19–20 Meihan Sports Land ９/15-16 Speed Park Koi No Ura 6/16–17 Auto Sports Sunagawa ９/29-30 Suzuka Circuit JAF All Japan Dirt Trial (JDC) Date Location Date Location 3/17–18 Maruwa Auto Land ７/7–8 Motorland Nozawa 4/14–15 Speed Park Koi no Ura 7/28－29 Cosmos Park ５/5–6 Circuit Park Kiriyanai ９/1-2 Auto Park Imajyo 5/26-27 Auto Sportsland Sunagawa 10/6-7 Technique Stage Takata 6/17 Monzen Motorsports Park CARROSSER Co.,Ltd. +81 27 352 3578 .