Fuji Motorsports Museum
The Fuji Motorsports Museum (富士モータースポーツミュージアム) is a motorsports museum located in the Fuji Speedway Hotel, on the west side of Fuji Speedway, in Oyama, Suntō District, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It opened in 2022.
Overview
The museum aims to introduce the history of motorsports for over 130 years, including roughly 40 exhibits systematically presented.[1]
The museum is a permanent exhibition facitlity housed in the Fuji Speedway Hotel building, located right next to Fuji Speedway, one of the largest racing circuits in Japan.[2] The museum occupies the first and second floors of the hotel building. The museum, hotel and circuit together make up "Fuji Motorsports Forest", a regional development project promoted by Toyota Motor Comnapny and Fuji Speedway.[2] The hotel itself is owned by Toyota Fudosan [ja], a real-estate company of Toyota Group, and operated by Hyatt Hotels & Resorts as one of The Unbound Collection by Hyatt Hotels.
Collection
Almost all of the collection are racing automobiles. In addition, there are some exhibits of motorsports related materials to tell the thoughts of the creators of the vehicles.
Although the museum is funded by the Toyota Group and under the supervision of the Toyota Automobile Museum, the exhibits are not limited to the Toyota's automobiles. The museum follows the same policy as the Toyota Automobile Museum (similar to the Volkswagen Group's ZeitHaus in the Autostadt, Germany), displaying automobiles of the various manufacturers with cooperation of 10 Japanese and foreign automobile companies, and other cooperating organizations.[1]
Exhibit cooperating companies/organizations
- The Henry Ford
- Hino Motors
- HKS
- Honda & Honda Collection Hall
- Mazda
- Mercedes-Benz AG
- Mitsubishi Motors
- Mooncraft
- Nissan
- Porsche
- Subaru
- Toyota & Toyota Automobile Museum
- Yamaha Motor Company
List of vehicles (partial)
Exhibit vehicles are scheduled to be replaced irregularly.
Manufacturer | Model | Year | Notable driver(s) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Panhard et Levassor | Type B2 | 1899 | - | |
Ford | 999 | 1902 | Henry Ford, Barney Oldfield | [R] |
Stutz | Bearcat Series F | 1914 | - | |
Sunbeam | Grand Prix | 1922 | Kenelm Lee Guinness | 1922 French Grand Prix, #16. |
Bugatti | Type 35B | 1926 | - | |
Alfa Romeo | 6C 1750 Gran Sport | 1930 | - | |
Mercedes-Benz | W25 | 1934 | Manfred von Brauchitsch | 1934 Eifelrennen winner; The beginning of the "Silver Arrows". [R] |
Cisitalia | 202C | 1947 | - | 1948 Mille Miglia. |
Toyota | Toyopet Racer | 1951 | - | [R] |
Nissan | Datsun 210 | 1958 | Yoshitane Oya, Allan Gibbons, Yonekichi Minawa | Sakura-go (桜号). 1958 Round Australia Rally, #14. |
Honda | RC162 | 1961 | Kunimitsu Takahashi | Racing motorcycle. 1961 West German Grand Prix (250 cc) winner; First ever Grand Prix motorcycle race win for Japanese riders. |
Hino | Contessa 900 | 1961 | Yoshiji Tachihara | 1963 Japanese Grand Prix - CIII Class winner. |
Porsche | 904 Carrera GTS | 1964 | Antonio Pucci, Colin Davis | 1964 Targa Florio winner. |
Honda | RA272 | 1965 | Richie Ginther | 1965 Mexican Grand Prix winner; First ever Formula One race win for Japanese manufacturers. [R] |
Toyota | 7 (474S) | 1969 | Minoru Kawai [ja] | 1969 Japan Can-Am winner. |
Nissan | R382 | 1969 | Kunimitsu Takahashi, Kenji Tohira | 1969 Japanese Grand Prix, #23. |
Mitsubishi | Lancer 1600GSR | 1974 | Joginder Singh, David Doig | 1974 Safari Rally winner. |
Nissan | Violet GT | 1981 | Shekhar Mehta Mike Doughty | 1981 Safari Rally winner. |
Mooncraft | Footwork Mooncraft Special 7 | 1987 | Aguri Suzuki | March-Yamaha 85J with the "MCS" (Mooncraft Special) body. 1987 Fuji Grand Champion Series, #55. |
Mazda | 787B | 1991 | Volker Weidler, Johnny Herbert, Bertrand Gachot | 1991 24 Hours of Le Mans overall winner; First ever 24 Hours of Le Mans overall win for Japanese manufacturers. [R] |
All American Racers | Eagle MkIII | 1993 | Juan Manuel Fangio II | 1993 IMSA GTP champion. |
Toyota | Celica GT-Four ST185 | 1993 | Juha Kankkunen, Nicky Grist | 1993 Australian Rally winner. |
Mitsubishi | Lancer Evolution III | 1995 | Kenneth Eriksson, Staffan Parmander [fr] | 1995 Australian Rally winner. |
Subaru | Impreza 555 | 1996 | Colin McRae, Derek Ringer | 1996 Acropolis Rally winner. |
Nissan | Pennzoil Nismo Skyline GT-R | 1998 | Masami Kageyama, Érik Comas | 1998 JGTC champion (GT500 class). |
Lola | B2/00 | 2002 | Cristiano da Matta | 2002 CART champion. |
Toyota | Camry | 2008 | Kyle Busch | 2008 Kobalt Tools 500 winner; First ever NASCAR premier series race win for Japanese manufacturers. [R] |
Toyota | TF109 | 2009 | Kamui Kobayashi | 2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, #10. |
Toyota | GR Supra | 2019 | Nobuteru Taniguchi | Drifting custom car, built by HKS. |
Notes:
- [R] Highly detailed replica built by each automobile manufacturer.
References
- ^ a b "Concept". Fuji Motorsports Museum. 2022. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
- ^ a b "About". Fuji Motorsports Forest. 2022. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
External links
- Official website