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Ks

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Three different KS cars raced in the 1979 Japanese F3 Championship, they were the 06B, 06C and 06X, the O6C was Toyota powered, the 06X had a Honda and no engine is listed for the 06B. The best result was achieved by Osamu Nakako in the 06C with a third at Tsukuba but after this the car disappeared. The 06X only did one race and finished seventh at the opening round at Suzuka.

Drivers

1979
Naoki Nagasaka (06B), Osamu Nakako (06C), Yoshiyuki Ogura (06X).

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Knapp

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The Knapp at its announcement, considering the Opel financing the livery is a masterpiece of discretion..

Knapp

The Knapp JK26, designed by Austrian Johann Knapp, was entered by Tomei Sport and financed by Opel (hence the Opel power unit) in the opening three rounds of the 1993 Japanese F3 Championship. It was fitted with an Opel-development sequential gearbox which caused a lot of problems, the car qualified twice in the top twelve with a best finish of ninth at Tsukuba. The team then switched to a Dallara F393 and Anthony Reid went on to finish 3rd in the championship after a good run of results.

Drivers

1993
Anthony Reid.

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Kitchener

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Kitchener

Tony Kitchener had gained his experience working for the Chequered Flag team on their F2 and F3 cars before he started his own company in West London. He built his first F3 car in 1969 and then moved into F5000 where he had some success in 1970 with the under-financed K3, a modified F3 chassis, driven by Gordon Spice. Kitchener continued in F5000 for a few years running a modified McLaren 10B (the Kitchmac) and finally an ex-F1 McLaren M19. In 1974 he retired from motor sport.

1969

The first F3 Kitchener was the K2, it was a monocoque with a very short wheelbase and cantilever front suspension. The design was shared between Tony Kitchener, Max Boxstrom and Burt Ray although Boxstrom left before the car was finished. It was raced in France without much success and became the basis for the Kithchener K3 F5000 car. It was said that François Cevert tested it in F3 guise and was complimentary about it.

1970

The K2A was produced for 1970, effectively the F5000 car converted back to F3 spec it retained the tubular engine bay from that design. Additionally the front suspension was switched to a double wishbone setup with outboard springs and dampers. Two cars were raced in France but it seems the drivers weren’t up to much and no decent results were recorded.

Drivers

1969 Albert Badin, John Gillmeister.

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The F3 Kitchener K2A stripped for action.
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Kdv

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Kdv

The KDV 4 first appeared in the year-old Class B of the German F3 Championship in 1989, entries had been made in 1988 but the car did not appear. It was VW powered and in its two 1989 races it qualified and finished at the back, it appeared a few more times in 1990 but either failed to qualify or failed to start.

Drivers

1989 Jaroslav Vorel.

1990 Jaroslav Vorel.

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Katano

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Katano

The Katano FZ31 raced in the 1987 Japanese F3 Championship, the Toyota powered car was entered by Racing Post Katano which linked to the driver’s name would indicate the possibility of a driver/constructor combination. It only did four races, not qualifying for one and retiring in the other three after qualifying at the rear of the grid.

Drivers

1993
Tamihide Katano.

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