At the opening round at Suzuka, no C class cars would compete, leaving Nissan open to take the race victory in the R92CP's debut, with Jeff Krosnoff and Masahiko Kageyama replacing Anders Olofsson on the winning car's driver line-up. Nova's R91CK took second, ahead of a trio of new Toyota 92C-Vs. At the next round, the 1000 km Fuji, Mazda's Mazda MXR-01 C class car would show, yet suffer reliability problems. Problems for Toyota as well allowed Nissan to take the top four spots.