Toshio Suzuki (driver)
| Born | 10 March 1955 | ||||||
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| Formula One World Championship career | |||||||
| Nationality |
 Japanese |
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| Active years | 1993 | ||||||
| Teams | Larrousse | ||||||
| Entries | 2 | ||||||
| Championships | 0 | ||||||
| Wins | 0 | ||||||
| Podiums | 0 | ||||||
| Career points | 0 | ||||||
| Pole positions | 0 | ||||||
| Fastest laps | 0 | ||||||
| First entry | 1993 Japanese Grand Prix | ||||||
| Last entry | 1993 Australian Grand Prix | ||||||
| 24 Hours of Le Mans career | |||||||
| Participating years | 1985-1986, 1988-1990, 1993, 1995-1996, 1998-2000, 2008 | ||||||
| Teams | Dome, Team LeMans, Tom's, NISMO, TV Asahi Team Dragon, Tōkai University YGK | ||||||
| Best finish | 2nd (1999) | ||||||
| Class wins | 1 (1999) | ||||||
| NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
| 1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
| Best finish | 96th (1996) | ||||||
| First race | 1996 Meridian Advantage 200 (Nazareth Speedway) | ||||||
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Toshio Suzuki (鈴木 利男? Suzuki Toshio, born March 10, 1955) is a former racing driver from Saitama Prefecture, Japan.
In youth, he won the All-Japan Kart Championships two times in 1975 and 1976. In 1979, he took the title of the first All-Japan Formula Three Championship.
In 1992, he won the 24 Hours of Daytona with Kazuyoshi Hoshino and Masahiro Hasemi. In the same year, he was runner-up in the Japanese F3000 championship.
In 1993, he participated in two Formula One Grands Prix, standing in for Philippe Alliot at the Larrousse team. Though he scored no championship points, Suzuki finished both races.
He competed mainly in national championships like Japanese Formula 3000 Championship (later Formula Nippon), Japanese Touring Car Championship (JTCC) and All-Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC). He also participated into the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In 1996, he made a single start in the NASCAR Busch Series, driving for Joe Bessey at Nazareth Speedway; an accident during the race left him with a concussion.
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