Growing up, so many of us pined over cars with names such as ‘F40’ and ‘Countach’, they were the poster child of so many youngsters’ car fantasies. You were hard pressed to find any kid drooling over names such as ‘Primera’, ‘Accord’, or ‘Vectra’, however if you wind the clock forward 30 years it is funny how things change. I have never been a huge Honda fanatic (yes, yes, I have just pissed off at least 60 per cent of the reader base writing that) but since my six-year escapade living in Japan, that has changed all because of one car — the Mooncraft JACCS Honda Accord.
The ’90s were a magical era for motorsport, and the Japanese Touring Car Championship (JTCC) was no exception. Despite running since the ’60s, by the time the ’90s had arrived the series had seen an incredible transformation. As 1993 dawned, the series had become a one-make race for the title with the all-dominant
