Dome (童夢 - dohmu upon translation) is a racing car constructor in Japan, formed in 1975 at Takaragaike, Kyoto by Minoru Hayashi, who built his first racing car which was a rebodied Honda S600 coupe, belonging to Tojiro Ukiya called the Karasu (crow in Japanese), due to its shape back in 1965 on a small budget and in a short notice mainly emphasising on weight reduction and aerodynamic using FRP materials. The car went on to win its debut race at the Suzuka Clubman Race, despite Hayashi having no experience in racecar construction. In 1966 he went on to build the Macransa, an more entirely modified Honda S800 to compete at the Japanese Grand Prix, this was followed by the Kusabi three years later which was a Formula Junior racing car and the Panic in 1971 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Kyoto Hall Mayor Yorikane Masumoto Address 〒604-8571 Kyoto-shi, Nakagyo-ku, Teramachi-Oike, 488 Phone number 075-222-3111 Official website: Kyoto City This page is about the city Kyoto. ... The Honda S600 Roadster The Honda S600 is an automobile manufactured by Honda. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Fibre reinforced plastic (FRP) is a composite material comprising a polymer matrix reinforced with fibres usually of glass, carbon, or aramid and is commonly used in aerospace, automotive and marine industries. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... The S800 was a sports car from Honda. ... Since its first inclusion in the Formula One Championship, the Japanese Grand Prix has become synonymous with excitement and controversy. ... Formula Junior is a racing class first adopted in October 1958 by the CSI (Controller of International Motorsport, now FIA). ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ...

In 1975, Hayashi formed Dome with an intention to manufacture cars with small production runs, using racing machines to develop the technology. Three years after the company's formation in 1978, the company produced its first concept car designed for road use called the Dome Zero (童夢-零) powered by a Nissan L28 engine and made its public debut at the Geneva Motor Show of the same year. For the following year, Dome produced the production version of the Zero called the Dome P2 which was exhibited at Chicago Auto Show and Los Angeles Auto Expo unfortunately the car was refused type approval by the Japanese Government and was unable to go into production. 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... Nissan Motor Co. ... It has been suggested that Nissan LT engine be merged into this article or section. ... 74th Geneva Motor Show The Salon International de lAuto (or Geneva Motor Show) is an annual auto show held in March in the Swiss city of Geneva. ... The Chicago Auto Show is held annually in February at Chicagos McCormick Place convention complex. ...

Dome continued as a sportscar constructor building cars for Toyota's motorsport department TOMS to compete in the All Japan Super Silhouette Championship, then later using Group C cars at the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship which was also used to compete in the World Sportscar Championship until the end of the decade when Dome switched to Honda Group C was a category of auto racing, and was introduced into sports car racing by the FIA (the governing body of World motor racing) during the early 1980s. ... The All Japan Sports Prototype Championship (Japanese name:全日本スポーツプロトタイプ選手権, abbr:JSPC), formed by the Japanese Automobile Federation, was a domestic championship which took place in Japan for Group C and IMSA GTP prototype cars and also featured cars that were eligible for touring car racing in its earlier years. ... The World Sportscar Championship was a series run by the FIA from 1953 to 1992. ...

Hayashi would also have sucess as a single seater constructor from 1980 onwards building the Hayashi 803 Formula 3 car, designed by Masao Ono who designed the 1976 Kojima F1 car, that was followed by the Hayashi 320 in 1981 with which Osamu Nakano won the Japanese Formula title. Ono then switched to Dome to work on the sportscar designs and Hayashi Racing switched to Ralt chassis to win the Japanese F3 title with Kengo Nakamoto. In 1984, the followup Hayashi 322 was a success and helped Shuji Hyodo to win the Japanese F3 championship. Hayashi would solder through the next two years without any sucess, in 1987, the team reverted to its Dome name, having the intention to go into Formula One and switched to its domestic Formula 3000 championship, with Jan Lammers driving a March 87B. 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Formula Three is a class of auto racing. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1976 calendar). ... Kojima was a Japanese Formula One constructor who entered cars in the Japanese Grand Prix in 1976 and 1977. ... Formula One, abbreviated to F1 and also known as Grand Prix racing, is the highest class of single-seat open-wheel auto racing. ... Ralt was a manufacturer of single-seater racing cars, founded by Ron Tauranac after he sold out his interest in Brabham to Bernie Ecclestone. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Formula 3000 is a type of formula racing. ... Jan Lammers, (born June 2, 1956) in Zandvoort, is a former Formula One driver from the Netherlands. ...

In 1988, the company would return to production car design establishing a design studio called Jiotto Design to design cars with its own quarter scale windtunnel to build the Jiotto Caspita supercar which never went beyond production due to the recession. 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Jiotto Caspita is a prototype supercar manufactured by DOME Co. ... The Porsche Carrera GT, the highest selling supercar at its level of performance. ...

Dome continued to compet with Lammers, Keiji Matsumoto, Ross Cheever and Thomas Danielsson driving until 1992 when Marco Apicella was signed to drive the new Dome-Mugen F103 and took the title in 1994. The Formula 3000 program continued until 1998 with Shinji Nakano, Katsumi Yamamoto and Juichi Wakisaki but without much success. Marco Apicella (born October 7, 1965) is an Italian racing driver. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Shinji Nakano was a Formula One driver from Japan. ...

Late in 1995, Tadashi Sasaki, joined Dome and that autumn the company announced its plan to enter F1 with a car designed by Akiyoshi Uko called the Dome F105 using a [[[Minardi]]] transmission and its hydraulic system. Apicella was installed as test driver 1996 and the test driving duties was later taken over by Nakano]] and Naoki Hattori. The meant that the planned 1997 World Championship effort came to nothing and the followup car, theDome F106 never materialised due to lack of sponsorship and Mugen Honda refusal to supply engines made things difficult along with the newly formed Concorde Agreement delayed the start for the team. By 1999, all develepment work would fold after Honda's involvement with British American Racing. Naoki Hattori was a professional race car driver from Japan. ... Mugen Motorsports (M-Tec Co. ... The Concorde Agreement is a contract between the FIA, the ten Formula One teams and Formula One Administration which dictates the terms by which the teams compete in in races and take their share of the television revenues and prize money. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... British American Racing is a Formula One constructor that competed in the sport from 1999 to 2005. ...

At the same year, Dome established Dome Cars Ltd in the United Kingdom and the Dome Tunnel in Maihara, Shiga Prefecture which was originally intended for F1 construction and also focused its effort in the Japanese GT Championship, which they had been since 1996 and also competing as a team as well as building the Honda NSX for other factory supported teams. They also worked on the aerodynamics on the JTCC Honda Accord. In 2001, DOME Carbon Magic Co., Ltd. in Mishima, Shizuoka Prefecture was formed especially for carbon composite development and manufacture and they would also build the S101 customer sportscar racer and still continues to build and race the NSX in the recently renamed Super GT series. Shiga Prefecture from outer space. ... All-Japan Grand Touring Car Championship or JGTC is a grand touring car race series authorized by the Japan Automobile Federation. ... The Honda NSX (Acura NSX in North America) is a sports car made by Honda. ... The Japanese Touring Car Championship (abbr: JTCC, also known as All Japan Touring Car Championship), was a series of championship for touring cars held in Japan. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Mishima can refer to: Mishima, Shizuoka, a city in Japan Yukio Mishima, the penname of Kimitake Hiraoka, a Japanese author This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Shizuoka Prefecture (静岡県; Shizuoka-ken) is located in the Chubu region on Honshu island, Japan. ...

reference

• 8W feature on DOME F1 project
• GrandPrix.com profile
• 2006 Super GT profile