1972 ニュービッグレース (New Big Race) by 三共 (Sankyo)

Name: ニュービッグレース (New Big Race)

Year: 1972 (but as early as 1970)

Company:  三共 (Sankyo)

New Big Race appears in the 1973 game directory, which was printed in late 1972.

ニュービッグレース (New Big Race) in the machine directory

A photograph below shows a copy of the game with a Type Approval Number of 91-4910.

TAN 91-4910 was registered by Sankyo in 1970. These numbers can potentially be re-used for similar machines for a 5 year period, but it does mean this machine is from no earlier than 1970.  The 1972 print date of the machine directory is the only date we have, and the one we will use for the time being.

The following photos are provided by montagiyou. Thank you.

The following are photographs from the IPDB entry, and all by Jay Stafford.  I believe this is the exact same machine as above.

Taito plate attached, I assume as a distributor. This is from before Taito changed their named in 1972.

sparse backbox

dramatically less circuity than we are familiar with in pinball machines

 

The artwork bears a striking resemblance to Speed Racer Go Go...

 

~1969 ビックレース (Big Race) by 三共 (Sankyo)

Name: ビックレース (Big Race)
Year: 1969 or earlier
Company: 三共 (Sankyo)

This is another extremely rare flyer shared by @area51_zek. (archive)

It appeared in the 1969 machine directory, but could be from an earlier year.  I wish I had more information about Sankyo's early years.  They released many wonderful machines in the 1960s, but there are very few references as to when they were made, or even the order in which the machines were released.

gameplay starts at 3:11 in this video:

 

This game can be spotted in the 5th Truck Guys movie... 度胸一番星

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Bunta is reeling, but on the far left you can see Big Race!