Tomiko Yoshikawa
Tomiko Yoshikawa (吉川とみ子, Yoshikawa Tomiko, born 10 May 1954) is a Japanese racing driver who competed in junior
Biography
Yoshikawa was born in
She obtained domestic Class A license in 1977 and she began her full-time racing career two years later.
During 1985 and 1986, Yoshkiawa entered three
In 1992, she became the first Japanese women to race at the
At the 1994 24 Hours of Le Mans she, Hurada and Masahiko Kondō did not reach enough distance to be classified in their LMP1/C90-category ADA Team Nippon-entered Porsche 962C GTi.[6][10] Yoshikawa, Luciano Della Noce and Anders Olofsson's Strandell Motorsport Ferrari F40 was disqualified from the 1994 Suzuka 1000 km due to an illegal overtake.[6] Her final appearance at Le Mans came in 1995 when she, Kenny Acheson and Alain Ferté's LMGT1-category SARD-entered SARD MC8-R-Toyota failed due to clutch trouble. Yoshikawa spent the following ten years racing solely in Japan without much success.[6][11] She became a motorsport advisor to Bridgestone and cared for stray cats in a rented home.[2]
Career results
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1992 | Chamberlain Engineering | Jun Harada Kenta Shimamura |
Ford Cosworth
|
C1 | 160 | NC | NC |
1993 | Courage Compétition | Carlos Moran
|
Courage C30LM-Porsche | C2 | 108 | DNF | DNF |
1994 | ADA Team Nippon | Jun Harada Masahiko Kondō |
Porsche 962C GTi | LMP1/C90 | 189 | NC | NC |
1995 | Sard Co. Ltd | Kenny Acheson Alain Ferté |
Sard MC8-R-Toyota | LMGT1 | 14 | DNF | DNF |
Source:[6]
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References
- ^ a b c "Tomiko Yoshikawa". Motor Sport. Archived from the original on 1 June 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "彼女たちのストーリー 吉川とみ子さん(51) レーシングドライバー「ル・マン完走」挑戦は続く" [Their story Tomiko Yoshikawa (51) Racing driver "Le Mans Finish" challenge continues]. Chunichi Shimbun (in Japanese). 20 March 2005. Archived from the original on 3 January 2006. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ^ Hsu, Ben (2017-03-08). "MOTORSPORT: Tomiko Yoshikawa, pioneer in Japan's racing world". Japanese Nostalgic Car. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
- ^ a b c d e "吉川とみ子氏プロフィール" [Yoshikawa and Miko Profile] (in Japanese). All Japan Hovercraft Association. Archived from the original on 29 December 2003. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ^ a b c "国内競技結果(リザルト)検索" [Search for domestic competition results] (in Japanese). Japan Automobile Federation. Archived from the original on 10 June 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Complete Archive of Tomiko Yoshikawa". Racing Sports Cars. Archived from the original on 1 June 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ^ Herwig, Carol (26 April 1991). "All-female team to drive at LeMans". USA TODAY. pp. 2C.
- ^ "Endurance race continues its great tradition". The Gazette; Montreal, Que. 21 June 1991. pp. D10.
- ISBN 978-0-8304-1306-5.
- ^ a b c "Tomiko Yoshikawa". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Archived from the original on 10 June 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ^ a b "Tomiko Yoshikawa Results". Motorsport Stats. Archived from the original on 1 June 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ^ Harris, Mike (1993-01-31). "One eagle soaring, another fluttering in Rolex 24-hour". The Morning Call. p. 26. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
External links
- Media related to Tomiko Yoshikawa at Wikimedia Commons
- Tomiko Yoshikawa career summary at DriverDB.com
- Tomiko Yoshikawa driver statistics at Racing-Reference