Porsche Team Wins Fuji 500 in the Rain
Kenneth Acheson of Britain and two Japanese--Kunimitsu Takahashi and Kazuo Mogi--drove their Porsche 962C to victory in a rain-shortened All Japan Fuji 500-mile race Sunday.
The winning team covered 93 laps around the 2.75-mile Fuji Speedway track at the foot of Mount Fuji in 3 hours 7 minutes 03.321 seconds, at an average speed of 82.136 m.p.h.
The race was originally scheduled to last 500 miles, but was shortened due to heavy rain.
Vern Schuppan of Australia and Keiichi Suzuki of Japan finished in second place in 3:08:46.861 for 93 laps, also driving a Porsche 962C.
Sweden’s Eje Elgh and American Ross Cheever, driving a Dome 87C Toyota, was third in 3:08:22.350 after covering 92 laps.
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