Minoru Tanaka (racing driver)

Minoru Tanaka (田中 実, Minoru Tanaka, born June 1, 1963, Kyoto Prefecture) is a retired Japanese racing driver.

Career

Tanaka was active in automobile racing.

After playing an active part in the Japanese junior formula, he fully participated in the British Formula 3 Championship in 1990.  Future F1 drivers such as Mika Häkkinen, Mika Salo and Hideki Noda also participated in this race.  He returned to Japan the following year to compete in Japan's top formula.  When the All Japan GT Championship was launched, Tanaka also participated in this race.  He mainly participates in Toyota-affiliated teams and has also won the championship.  He retired from racing in 2006 and is now the representative of an auto parts manufacturer.

Japanese Formula 3000 Championship results

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

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	DC	Pts
1990	Leyton House Racing Team	SUZ	FSW	MIN	SUZ	SUG	FSW	FSW	SUZ	FSW	SUZ Ret		NC	0
1991	Leyton House Racing Team	SUZ Ret	AUT Ret	FSW DNQ	MIN 4	SUZ Ret	SUG 12	FSW 15	SUZ	FSW C	SUZ 15	FSW DNQ	18th	3
1992	Team Take One	SUZ 10	FSW 10	MIN Ret	SUZ Ret	AUT 9	SUG Ret	FSW 15	FSW Ret	SUZ 12	FSW 19	FSW 14	NC	0
1993	Ad Racing Team	SUZ	FSW	MIN	SUZ	AUT	SUG	FSW	FSW	SUZ	FSW 17	SUZ 12	NC	0
1994	Team 5Zigen with Ad Racing Team	SUZ 14	FSW	MIN	SUZ	SUG	FSW	SUZ	FSW	FSW	SUZ 13		NC	0

JGTC/Super GT results

(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
1995	Runkup Tomei Sports	Porsche 911	GT1	SUZ	FUJ	SEN	FUJ 12	SUG 10	MIN				29th	1
1997	Kraft	Toyota Cavalier	GT300	SUZ	FUJ	SEN	FUJ 16	MIN 4	SUG 16				17th	10
1998	Team Power Kraft	Toyota Supra	GT500	SUZ 8	FUJ C	SEN 10	FUJ 12	MOT	MIN Ret	SUG 7			17th	8
1999	Kraft	Toyota AE86	GT300	SUZ	FUJ	SUG 11	MIN 5	FUJ 10	TAI 7	MOT Ret			19th	13
2000	Kraft	Toyota AE86	GT300	MOT	FUJ 6	SUG DNS	FUJ 12	TAI 9	MIN 13	SUZ Ret			21st	8
2001	Racing Project Bandoh	Toyota MR-S	GT300	TAI	FUJ 16	SUG 10	FUJ 3	MOT 1	SUZ Ret	MIN 13			9th	33
2002	Racing Project Bandoh	Toyota MR-S	GT300	TAI 18	FUJ 5	SUG Ret	SEP 6	FUJ 22	MOT 6	MIN 6	SUZ 12		12th	31
2003	Racing Project Bandoh	Toyota MR-S	GT300	TAI 8	FUJ DNQ								4th	63
		Toyota Celica				SUG 20	FUJ 5	FUJ 1	MOT 8	AUT 16	SUZ 1
2004	Apex with Apr	Toyota MR-S	GT300	TAI 7	SUG 10	SEP 22	TOK 5	MOT Ret	AUT 10	SUZ 10			15th	14
2005	Kicchouhouzan with apr	Toyota MR-S	GT300	TAI 4	FUJ 5	SEP 5	SUG 1	MOT Ret	FUJ 7	AUT Ret	SUZ 7		8th	52
2006	Kicchouhouzan with apr	Toyota MR-S	GT300	SUZ Ret	TAI 15	FUJ 9	SEP 6	SUG 6	SUZ 14	MOT 9	AUT 5	FUJ 4	15th	28