Shinichi Yamaji

Japanese racing driver

Shinichi Yamaji

Nationality|  Japanese
Born| May 5, 1964
Chiba
Died| May 26, 2014(2014-05-26) (aged 50)
Japanese Grand Touring Championship
Years active| 1986–2011
Teams| YOURS Sports
Previous series
1994| All Japan GT Championship
Championship titles
1986| Fuji 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[edit]

(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

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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[edit]

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

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