1994 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship

The 1994 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship was the first full season of premier class GT racing in Japan to be promoted by the new GT Association (GTA). It was marked as well as the twelfth season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship, dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. Recognized as the first season of what is now the Super GT series, the 1994 season introduced the familiar dual-class structure, and the Success Ballast handicap system that would become staples of the series in the years to come.

The premier class, GT1, featured an eclectic mix of Japanese-built GT cars such as the fleet of factory-operated Nissan Skyline GT-Rs, and later, the Toyota Supra GT from Team SARD - as well as foreign-made GT cars like the Porsche 911 RSR, the Lamborghini Countach, and the Ferrari F40 - mixed in with the Porsche 962C that was a holdover from the previous Group C era, and even a former WRC-spec Lancia 037 that entered as a one-off. The secondary class, GT2, featured privately built sports cars such as the ones used in the former Japan Super Sport Sedan Championship.

The GT1 class champion was the #1 Calsonic Skyline GT-R driven by Masahiko Kageyama, and the GT2 class champion was the #29 Korg Kegani Porsche 964 driven by Sakae Obata.

Schedule

Round Race Circuit Date
1 All Japan Fuji GT Race Fuji Speedway May 1
2 HiLand GT&F3 Race Sendai Hi-Land Raceway June 12
3 Japan Special GT-Cup Fuji Speedway August 14
4 SUGO GT&F3 Sportsland SUGO September 11
5 Sanyo Shinpan Cup Grand Touring Car Endurance Race Mine Circuit October 1

Teams & Drivers

GT1

Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Calsonic Hoshino Racing Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R Nissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I6 1 Masahiko Kageyama B All
Team Zexel
Johnson NISMO 		Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R Nissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I6 2 Toshio Suzuki B All
10 Akira Iida B All
Eiji Yamada 1-2
Hasemi Motorsport Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R Nissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I6 3 Masahiro Hasemi B All
BLITZ Racing Team Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 2JZ-GTE 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 (Rd. 1-2)
Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 (Rd. 5) 		5 Hideo Fukuyama D 1-2
Tom Kristensen 5
acom Racing Team NOVA Porsche Porsche 964 RSR Porsche M64/04 3.8 L F6 9 Mauro Martini B All
Hunter Racing Porsche Porsche 964 Turbo Porsche M64/50 3.6 L Turbo F6 11 Hiroyuki Yoshimoto B 3-4
Hiroaki Sano 3-4
Mooncraft Nissan Nissan Silvia Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 14 Naoki Hattori B All
Takashi Ohi 1, 4-5
Racing Team Nakaharu Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R Nissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I6 24 Seiichi Sodeyama B All
Shinichi Yamaji All
Team LeMans Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z Nissan VQ30DE 3.0 L V6 25 Masami Kageyama B 1-2
Akira Ishikawa 2
Nissan Fairlady Z LM Nissan VH45DE 4.5 L V8 Akira Ishikawa 3-4
Richard Dean 3
Masami Kageyama 4-5
ROSS Competition Lancia Lancia 037 Lancia 232AR4 2.0 L supercharged I4 27 Naohiro Furuya G 3
Max Try Racing Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R Nissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I6 32 Shigeru Oyama Y 3
Nobuyuki Maehara 3
Team Taisan Ferrari Ferrari F40 LM Ferrari F120B 2.9 L Twin Turbo V8 34 Keiichi Suzuki Y 5
Hideshi Matsuda 5
40 Tetsuya Ota All
Keiichi Suzuki 1, 3
Anthony Reid 2, 4
Oscar Larrauri 5
Porsche Porsche 962C Porsche 962/83 3.2 L Twin Turbo F6 35 Anthony Reid 3, 5
Masahiko Kondo 3, 5
50 Anthony Reid 1
Kazuo Mogi 1
Shift Point Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 37 Hidehiro Mochizuki T 1
Akira Ishikawa 1
Toyota Team SARD Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 39 Jeff Krosnoff M 4-5
Belldeer Cooperation Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R Nissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I6 77 Katsuhiko Okamoto B 1
Shinjiro Fukami 1
KEN WOLF with Terai Engineering Lamborghini Lamborghini Countach 25th Anniversary Lamborghini L507 V4 5.2 L V12 88 Satoshi Izekawa Y All
Takao Wada All
Team Kunimitsu Porsche Porsche 993 RSR Turbo Porsche M64/60 3.8 L Turbo F6 100 Kunimitsu Takahashi Y 3-5
Keiichi Tsuchiya 3-5

GT2

Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Hunter Racing Porsche Porsche 964 Turbo Porsche M64/50 3.6 L Turbo F6 11 Hiroyuki Yoshimoto B 1
Masahiro Hayashi 1
KK Scuderia Mazda Mazda RX-7 (FC3S) Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 12 Tetsuya Kawasaki D 2, 4
Toshio Fukushima 3-4
Dandelion Racing Nissan Nissan Skyline GTS-R (R32) Nissan RB20DET 2.0 L Turbo I6 22 Katsuo Mizunuma Y 3-5
Tsuyoshi Sunaga 3-4
Mitsuo Akimoto 5
NAC WEST Nissan Nissan Skyline RS (R30) Nissan FJ20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 26 Masanori Sugiyama Y 3
Takuya Kurosawa 3
Korg Kegani Racing Porsche Porsche 964 Carrera RS Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6 29 Sakae Obata B All
Hideo Uehara All
Amuze Racing Mazda Mazda RX-7 (FC3S) Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 33 Atsushi Hayakawa D 1, 3
Tetsuji Shiratori 1, 3
Osuka Racing Porsche Porsche 964 Turbo Porsche M64/50 3.6 L Turbo F6 52 Morio Nitta B 4
Tsugutoshi Goto 4
Tomei Sports Porsche Porsche 964 Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6 55 Kohichi Kashiwabara B 3-5
Masahiro Hayashi 3-4
Yoshimi Ishibashi Nissan Nissan Skyline GTS-R (HR31) Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 70 Yoshimi Ishibashi Y All
Hiroyasu Aoyagi 1
Fuminori Mizuno 2-5
Makiguchi Engineering BMW BMW M3 (E30) BMW S14 2.5 L I4 72 Norio Makiguchi Y 4-5
Hideshi Matsuda 4
Yukio Okamoto 5

Season results

Round Circuit GT1 Winning Team GT2 Winning Team
GT1 Winning Drivers GT2 Winning Drivers
1 Mt. Fuji #1 Calsonic Hoshino Racing GT-R #29 Korg Kegani Racing Porsche 964
Masahiko Kageyama Sakae Obata
Hideo Uehara
2 Sendai #3 Hasemi Motorsports GT-R #29 Korg Kegani Racing Porsche 964
Masahiro Hasemi Sakae Obata
Hideo Uehara
3 Mt. Fuji #35 Team Taisan Porsche 962C #70 Yoshimi Ishibashi Nissan Skyline
Anthony Reid
Masahiko Kondo 		Yoshimi Ishibashi
Fumimori Mizuno
4 Sportsland SUGO #100 Team Kunimitsu Porsche 993 #12 KK Scuderia Mazda RX-7
Keiichi Tsuchiya
Kunimitsu Takahashi 		Toshihiro Fukushima
Tetsuya Kawasaki
5 Mine Circuit #40 Team Taisan Ferrari F40 #72 Makiguchi Engineering BMW M3
Tetsuya Ota[1]
Oscar Larrauri 		Norio Makiguchi
Yukio Okamoto

Point Ranking

Source:[1]

GT1 Drivers' standings

Scoring system
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
Points 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1
Rank Driver FUJ
 SEN
 FUJ
 SUG
 MIN
 PTS
1 Masahiko Kageyama 1 2 2 4 4 70
2 Masahiro Hasemi 6 1 4 3 5 56
3 Seiichi Sodeyama
Shinichi Yamaji 		2 4 5 5 6 47
5 Anthony Reid NC 3 1 Ret 3 44
6 Tetsuya Ota 3 3 3 Ret 1 39
7 Keiichi Tsuchiya
Kunimitsu Takahashi 		Ret 1 2 35
9 Masahiko Kondo 1 3 32
10 Toshio Suzuki Ret 6 6 2 Ret 27
11 Keiichi Suzuki 3 3 4 27
12 Oscar Larrauri 1 20
13 Akira Iida Ret 5 8 6 9 19
14 Naoki Hattori 4 10 Ret 8 Ret 14
Takashi Ohi
16 Mauro Martini 5 Ret 7 10 Ret 13
17 Masami Kageyama Ret 9 7 7 10
18 Eiji Yamada Ret 5 8
19 Akira Ishikawa Ret 9 11 7 6
20 Hideo Fukuyama Ret 7 4
21 Satoshi Ikezawa
Takao Wada 		NC 8 Ret 11 Ret 3
21 Hideshi Matsuda 8 3
24 Naohiro Furuya 9 2
24 Hiroyuki Yoshimoto
Hiroaki Sano 		Ret 9 2
27 Shigeru Ohyama
Nobufumi Maehara 		10 1
27 Jeff Krosnoff Ret 10 1
NC Richard Dean 11 0
NC Tom Kristensen 11 0
NC Kazuo Mogi NC 0
NC Hidehiro Mochizuki Ret 0
NC Katsuhiko Okamoto
Shinjiro Fukami 		DNS 0
Rank Driver FUJ
 SEN
 FUJ
 SUG
 MIN
 PTS
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

GT1 Teams' standings

For teams that entered multiple cars, only the best result from each round counted towards the teams' championship.

Rank Team No. FUJ
 SEN
 FUJ
 SUG
 MIN
 PTS
1 Calsonic Hoshino Racing 1 1 2 2 4 4 70
2 Team Taisan 34 8 64
40 3 3 3 Ret 1
50/35 NC 1 3
3 Hasemi Motorsports 3 6 1 4 3 5 56
4 Racing Team Nakaharu 24 2 4 5 5 6 47
5 Team Kunimitsu 100 Ret 1 2 35
5 Team Zexel 2 Ret 6 6 2 Ret 27
6 Johnson NISMO 10 Ret 5 8 6 9 19
7 Mooncraft 14 4 10 Ret 8 Ret 14
8 acom Racing Team NOVA 9 5 Ret 7 10 Ret 13
9 Team LeMans 25 Ret 9 11 7 7 10
10 BLITZ Racing Team 5 Ret 7 11 4
11 KEN WOLF with Terai Engineering 88 NC 8 Ret 11 Ret 3
12 ROSS Competition 27 9 2
13 Hunter Racing 11 Ret 9 2
14 Max Try Racing 32 10 1
- Toyota Team SARD 39 Ret 10 0
- Shift Point 37 Ret 0
- Belldeer Cooperation 77 DNS 0
Rank Team No. FUJ
 SEN
 FUJ
 SUG
 MIN
 PTS

GT2 Drivers' standings

Scoring system
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
Points 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1
Rank Driver FUJ
 SEN
 FUJ
 SUG
 MIN
 PTS
1 Sakae Obata 1 1 2 5 2 80
2 Yoshimo Ishibashi 2 3 1 3 4 69
3 Hideo Uehara 1 1 2 5 2 65
4 Mizuno Fuminori 3 1 3 4 54
5 Tetsuya Kawasaki 2 1 35
5 Norio Makiguchi 2 1 35
7 Koichi Kashiwabara 3 7 3 30
7 Masahiro Hayashi 3 3 7 30
9 Toshihiro Fukushima 5 1 28
10 Yukihiro Yoshimoto 3 ? 27
11 Yukio Okamoto 1 20
12 Hiroaki Aoyagi 2 15
12 Hideshi Matsuda 2 15
14 Tetsuji Shiratori
Atsushi Hayakawa 		4 Ret 9 13
16 Masanori Sugiyama
Takuya Kurosawa 		4 10
18 Morio Nitta
Goto Tsugutoshi 		6 8
20 Katsuo Mizunuma Ret 8 Ret 4
20 Tsuyoshi Sunaga Ret 8 4
Rank Driver FUJ
 SEN
 FUJ
 SUG
 MIN
 PTS
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

GT2 Teams' standings

For teams that entered multiple cars, only the best result from each round counted towards the teams' championship.

Rank Team No. FUJ
 SEN
 FUJ
 SUG
 MIN
 PTS
1 Korg Kegani Racing 29 1 1 2 5 2 80
2 Yoshimi Ishibashi 70 2 3 1 3 4 69
3 KK Scuderia 12 2 5 1 43
4 Makiguchi Engineering 72 2 1 35
5 Tomei Sports 55 3 7 3 30
6 Amuze Racing 33 4 Ret 9 13
7 Hunter Racing 11 3 12
8 NAC WEST 26 4 10
9 Osuka Racing 52 6 8
10 Dandelion Racing 22 Ret 8 Ret 4
Rank Team No. FUJ
 SEN
 FUJ
 SUG
 MIN
 PTS

Notes

1.^ Tetsuya Ota did not drive during the final and was ineligible for championship points.

See also

References

  1. ^ "JGTC.net | 1994 SERIES RANKING".
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