1997 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship

The 1997 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship was the fifth season of the All-Japan GT Championship, now known as the Super GT Series, and the 15th season of top-level Japanese sports car racing dating back to the formation of the previous All-Japan Endurance/Sports Prototype Championship.

Michael Krumm and Pedro de la Rosa won the GT500 class championship for Toyota Castrol Team in the #36 Castrol TOM's Supra. Hideo Fukuyama and Manabu Orido won the GT300 class championship for Racing Project Bandoh in the #19 Nissan Silvia.

The GT500 Drivers' Championship was decided on a tiebreaker for the first time in JGTC/Super GT history. The duo of De la Rosa and Krumm, and Toyota Team SARD driver Masami Kageyama each scored 67 points, with two victories, and one second place finish. But a third-place finish for De la Rosa and Krumm broke the tie, giving them the championship for the Toyota Castrol Team. De la Rosa became the first driver to win both the GT500 Drivers' Championship, and the Japanese Top Formula Championship in Formula Nippon (now Super Formula), in the same calendar year.

For the second year in a row, the GT Association (GTA) held a non-championship all-star race at the end of the year. The race was held at the new Twin Ring Motegi circuit which had opened earlier in the year. Instead of using the 4.801-kilometre road course, the series raced around the 2.414 km superspeedway oval with cone chicanes installed around the banked corners. The circuit, now known as Mobility Resort Motegi, staged its first championship race the following year and has remained on the JGTC/Super GT schedule ever since.

Drivers and teams

GT500

Entrant Team Name Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
NISMO ZEXEL Skyline Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R Nissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I6 2 Aguri Suzuki B All
Érik Comas 1, 3–6, NC
Marco Apicella 2
KURE R33 556 Masahiko Kageyama All
Masahiko Kondo All
Hasemi Motorsports Unisia JECS Skyline Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R Nissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I6 3 Masahiro Hasemi B All
Tetsuya Tanaka All
Suzuki Bankin Advan Porsche (1)
Alpha Computer Porsche (2, 4–5)
Dunlop Porsche (3, 6) 		Porsche Porsche 993 GT2 Porsche M64/81 3.6 L Turbo F6 4 Tatsuhiko Kaneumi Y (1–2)
D (3–6) 		All
Mitsutake Koma All
Team 5ZIGEN 5ZIGEN Supra Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 5 Eiichi Tajima D All
Marc Goossens 1–6
Hiro Matsushita NC
Power Craft Power Craft TRD Supra Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 8 Bertrand Gachot B 1–2
Paul Belmondo 1–2
Wayne Gardner 3–4, 6, NC
Naoki Nagasaka 3, 5, 6
Tom Kristensen 4–5, NC
Team TMS Chateraise Porsche GT2 Porsche Porsche 993 GT2 Porsche M64/81 3.6 L Turbo F6 10 Kaoru Iida D All
Ralph Firman All
Hoshino Racing Calsonic Skyline Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R Nissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I6 12 Satoshi Motoyama B 1–6
Kazuyoshi Hoshino 1, 3–6, NC
Fuminori Mizuno 2
Takeshi Tsuchiya NC
Endless Sports Endless Advan GT-R Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R Nissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I6 13 Mitsuhiro Kinoshita Y All
Yasushi Kikuchi 1
Mitsuo Fujimura 2–6
Mugen + Dome Project avex Dome Mugen NSX Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 18 Takuya Kurosawa B 2–6, NC
Katsumi Yamamoto 2–6, NC
Team Take One SOK Porsche Porsche Porsche 993 GT2 Porsche M64/81 3.6 L Turbo F6 30 Yoji Yamada B All
Kazuo Mogi All
Team Taisan Advan STP Taisan Porsche GT2 Porsche Porsche 993 GT2 Porsche M64/81 3.6 L Turbo F6 34 Keiichi Tsuchiya Y 3–4
Hideshi Matsuda 3–4
STP Taisan Advan Viper Dodge Dodge Viper GTS-R Dodge Viper 8.0 L V10 Keiichi Tsuchiya 5–6, NC
Hideshi Matsuda 5–6, NC
Toyota Castrol Team[N 1] Castrol TOM's Supra Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 36 Michael Krumm B 1–6
Pedro de la Rosa 1–6
Masanori Sekiya NC
Ukyo Katayama NC
37 Toshio Suzuki All
Masanori Sekiya 1–6
Shingo Tachi NC
Castrol Cerumo Supra Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 38 Hironori Takeuchi B All
Katsutomo Kaneishi All
Toyota Team SARD Denso SARD Supra Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 39 Masami Kageyama Y All
Olivier Grouillard 1
Tatsuya Tanigawa 2–6, NC
Susuki Racing Mechanics Advance Auto GT Camaro Chevrolet Chevrolet Camaro Chevrolet 6.0 L V8 47 Masato Yamamoto G 4
Katsuhiko Okamoto 4
Team LeMans Nissan 300ZX-GTS Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z LM Nissan VH45DE 4.5 L V8 75 Yuji Tachikawa Y 1–2
Tsuyoshi Takahashi 1–2
JLOC Corsa JLOC Diablo GTR Lamborghini Lamborghini Diablo GTR Lamborghini L532 6.0 L V12 88 Takao Wada D 2–6, NC
Hisashi Wada 2–6, NC
Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft Raybrig NSX Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 100 Kunimitsu Takahashi B 2–6, NC
Akira Iida 2–6, NC
Ryowa House Pacific Team Cerumo[N 2] RH Cerumo Supra Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 510 Bertrand Gachot B 3–6
Paul Belmondo 3–6

GT300

Entrant Team Name Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
KRAFT Wise Sports Dunlop BP MR2 Toyota Toyota MR2 Toyota 3S-GE 2.0 L I4 6 Hiroki Katoh D 1–6
Takahiro Fujita 1–6
Wise Sports Dunlop BP Cavalier Toyota Cavalier 60 Kumi Sato 4–6, NC
Minoru Tanaka 4–6, NC
RE Amemiya Racing RE Amemiya SuperG RX-7 Mazda Mazda RX-7 (FD3S) Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor 7 Shinichi Yamaji D All
Haruhiko Matsumoto All
Team 5ZIGEN PCJ 5ZIGEN RSR Porsche Porsche 993 RSR Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6 9 Tsunefumi Hioki D 1–2
Masaharu Kinoshita 1–2
M Factory Racing Murauchi Kamei Skyline Nissan Nissan Skyline GTS-R (HR31) Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 11 Hiromoto Ishimori B 2
Kinji Suzuki 2
Kamco Works Kamco Workstation GT-R Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R (R32) Nissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I6 15 Takeshi Odagiri Y 4
Takatoshi Onoda 4
Team Power Magic YB BMW 318i Coupe BMW BMW 318i Coupe BMW M43B18 1.8L I4 16 Motoji Sekine Y All
Hiroyuki Iiri 1–2
Toshiya Fujishima 3–6
Kageisen Racing Team Tokyo College of Science and Arts RX-7 (1) Mazda Mazda RX-7 (FC3S) Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 17 Toshihiko Nogami D 1
Toshiaki Koshimizu 1
Tokyo Polytechnic Institute Roadster (2–4, 6) Mazda Roadster (NA) Toshihiko Nogami 2–4, 6, NC
Tomoyuki Hosono 2–4, 6, NC
RS-R Racing with Bandoh RS-R Silvia Nissan Nissan Silvia (S14) Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 19 Manabu Orido Y All
Hideo Fukuyama All
AI Auto Racing AI Auto GAB Porsche Porsche Porsche 993 RS Porsche M64/70 3.8 L F6 20 Kenji Takahashi Y All
Hiroaki Suga All
Hitotsuyama Racing Dunlop BP BMW BMW BMW M3 (E36) BMW S14 2.2 L Turbo I4 21 Yasushi Hitotsuyama D 1–2, 6
Takayuki Kinoshita 1
Kenji Yamamoto 2–4
Mikio Hitotsuyama 3–5
Mizuno Fuminori 5–6
Hirano Motorsport Hirano Motorsport R32M Nissan Nissan Skyline GTS-i (R32) Nissan RB20DET 2.0 L Turbo I6 24 Toshiyuki Hirano Y 4
Hisanori Kuboyama 4
Tsuchiya Engineering Atlus Tsuchiya MR2 (1–2)
Tsuchiya MR2 (3–6) 		Toyota Toyota MR2 Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 25 Masaoki Nagashima Y All
Takeshi Tsuchiya 1–6
Sakae Obata NC
Team Taisan Jr. Taisan Star Card RSR Porsche Porsche 993 RSR Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6 26 Keiichi Suzuki Y All
Morio Nitta All
Team Ferrari Club of Japan Team FCJ Ferrari (1–4)
Shell Ferrari F355 (5–6) 		Ferrari Ferrari F355 GT Ferrari F129B 3.5 L V8 27 Tetsuya Ota Y 1–4, 6, NC
Anders Olofsson 1–2, 4, NC
Steven Andskär 3, 6
Team FCJ Ferrari 28 Masami Sugiyama All
Masahiro Yamazaki 1–4, 6
Tetsuya Ota 5
Signal Friends Nito Seaside Silvia Nissan Nissan Silvia (S13) Nissan FJ20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 45 Takeshi Yuasa Y 1–2
Kiyoaki Hanai 1–2
Cobra Racing Team Cobra Porsche Porsche Porsche 993 RSR Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6 51 Katsunori Iketani Y All
Masamitsu Ishihara 1–2, 4–6
Masami Sugiyama 3
S.D.R. Che'Nelle Porsche SDR Porsche Porsche 993 RSR Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6 54 Nobuyuki Tanaka Y 6
Kazushige Saito 6
Sports Factory Racing Castrol RX-7 (1–3)
Castrol FS RX-7 (4, 6) 		Mazda Mazda RX-7 (FD3S) Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 55 Toshihiro Fukazawa D 1–3, 4, 6
Masaaki Nagashima 1–3, 4, 6
ecurie SiFo SiFo Spider Version GT Renault Renault Sport Spider Renault F7R 2.0 L I4 57 Hideyuki Tamamoto M 2
Michiko Okuyama 2
Tomohiko Sunako 6
Akira Yoshitomi 6
Team Gaikokuya Gaikokuya Dunlop Porsche Porsche Porsche 993 RSR Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6 70 Yoshimi Ishibashi Y All
Nobuo Komiya All
SigmaTec Racing Team SigmaTec 911 Porsche Porsche 993 RSR Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6 71 Kaoru Hoshino D All
Masaki Jyonai All
Makiguchi Engineering WAKO'S BMW M3 BMW BMW M3 (E36) BMW S14 2.5 L I4 72 Norio Makiguchi Y All
Takeshi Asami All
Cusco Racing Cusco Subaru Impreza Subaru Subaru Impreza WRX STI Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4 77 Katsuo Kobayashi Y 6
Naohiro Furuya 6
NAC West NAC West Silvia Nissan Nissan Silvia (S13) Nissan FJ20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 79 Masanori Sugiyama D 2, 4
Hiroyasu Aoyagi 2, 4
Team Daishin Daishin Silvia Nissan Nissan Silvia (S14) Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 81 Nobuyuki Ohyagi B (1–2)
D (3–6) 		All
Tsuneaki Mankumo 1
Takayuki Kinoshita 2–6
First Racing Team Buddy Club MR2 Toyota Toyota MR2 Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 91 Masahiro Matsunaga Y All
Junko Mihara All
Shimizu Racing Enterprise Castrol Porsche (1–3)
Porsche (4, 6) 		Porsche Porsche 993 RSR Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6 333 Masatomo Shimizu D 1–2, 4, 6
Yoshimi Katayama 1–2
Shigekazu Saeki 4
Fumihito Sakamoto 6
Tackle & RS Matsumoto PCJ Shiomi Clinic RSR Porsche Porsche 993 RSR Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6 777 Katsuya Makita D 1
Katsuharu Shiomi 1
910 Racing 910 Porsche Porsche Porsche 993 RSR Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6 910 Seiichi Sodeyama D All
Kiyoshi Misaki 1
Tomohiko Sunako 2–3
Hideyuki Tamamoto 4–6
910 TIB Porsche 911 Shigemitsu Haga 6
Kiichi Takahashi 6

Schedule

Round Race Circuit Dates
1 Suzuka GT 300 km Suzuka Circuit 29–30 March
2 All Japan Fuji GT Race Fuji Speedway 3–4 May
3 Hi-Land GT Championship Sendai Hi-Land Raceway 28–29 June
4 Japan Special GT Cup Fuji Speedway 9–10 August
5 CP Mine GT Race Miné Circuit 4–5 October
6 Sugo GT Championship Sportsland SUGO 25–26 October
NC Nicos Cup GT Allstar Race Twin Ring Motegi 15–16 November

Season results

Drivers credited with winning Pole Position for their respective teams are indicated in bold text.

Round Circuit Date Class Pole Position Race Winner
1 Suzuka Circuit[1][2] 30 March GT500 No. 37 Toyota Castrol Team No. 2 NISMO
Masanori Sekiya
Toshio Suzuki 		Aguri Suzuki
Érik Comas
GT300 No. 26 Team Taisan Jr. No. 19 Racing Project Bandoh
Keiichi Suzuki
Morio Nitta 		Hideo Fukuyama
Manabu Orido
2 Fuji Speedway[3][4] 4 May GT500 No. 36 Toyota Castrol Team No. 39 Toyota Team SARD
Michael Krumm
Pedro de la Rosa 		Masami Kageyama
Tatsuya Tanigawa
GT300 No. 19 Racing Project Bandoh No. 26 Team Taisan Jr.
Hideo Fukuyama
Manabu Orido 		Keiichi Suzuki
Morio Nitta
3 Sendai Hi-Land Raceway[5][6] 29 June GT500 No. 37 Toyota Castrol Team No. 36 Toyota Castrol Team
Masanori Sekiya
Toshio Suzuki 		Michael Krumm
Pedro de la Rosa
GT300 No. 21 Hitotsuyama Racing No. 25 Tsuchiya Engineering
Yasushi Hitotsuyama
Kenji Yamamoto 		Takeshi Tsuchiya
Masaoki Nagashima
4 Fuji Speedway[7][8] 10 August GT500 No. 36 Toyota Castrol Team No. 39 Toyota Team SARD
Michael Krumm
Pedro de la Rosa 		Masami Kageyama
Tatsuya Tanigawa
GT300 No. 25 Tsuchiya Engineering No. 26 Team Taisan Jr.
Takeshi Tsuchiya
Masaoki Nagashima 		Keiichi Suzuki
Morio Nitta
5 Miné Circuit[9][10] 5 October GT500 No. 18 Mugen + Dome Project No. 36 Toyota Castrol Team
Takuya Kurosawa
Katsumi Yamamoto 		Michael Krumm
Pedro de la Rosa
GT300 No. 6 Kraft No. 19 Racing Project Bandoh
Hiroki Katoh
Takahiro Fujita 		Hideo Fukuyama
Manabu Orido
6 Sportsland SUGO[11][12] 26 October GT500 No. 100 Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft No. 5 Team 5Zigen
Kunimitsu Takahashi
Akira Iida 		Eiichi Tajima
Marc Goossens
GT300 No. 25 Tsuchiya Engineering No. 71 Sigmatech Racing Team
Takeshi Tsuchiya
Masaoki Nagashima 		Kaoru Hoshino
Masaki Jyonai
NC Twin Ring Motegi Race 1–16 November[13] GT500 No. 2 NISMO[14] No. 2 NISMO
Aguri Suzuki
Érik Comas 		Aguri Suzuki
Érik Comas
GT300 No. 910 910 Racing[14] No. 27 Ferrari Club of Japan
Seiichi Sodeyama
Hideyuki Tamamoto 		Tetsuya Ota
Anders Olofsson
Race 2–16 November[15] GT500 No. 2 NISMO No. 2 NISMO
Aguri Suzuki
Érik Comas 		Aguri Suzuki
Érik Comas
GT300 No. 27 Ferrari Club of Japan No. 27 Ferrari Club of Japan
Tetsuya Ota
Anders Olofsson 		Tetsuya Ota
Anders Olofsson

Point ranking

GT500 class

Drivers

Rank[16] Driver No. SUZ
 FUJ
 SEN
 FUJ
 MIN
 SUG
 MOT
 MOT
 Pts.
1 Pedro de la Rosa
Michael Krumm 		No. 36 Toyota Castrol Team 13 3 1 2 1 15 67
2 Masami Kageyama No. 39 Toyota Team SARD 2 1 5 1 13 7 Ret 12Ret 67
3 Toshio Suzuki No. 37 Toyota Castrol Team 3 6 3 3 3 4 3 2 64
3 Masanori Sekiya No. 37 Toyota Castrol Team 3 6 3 3 3 4 64
No. 36 Toyota Castrol Team Ret 5
4 Aguri Suzuki No. 2 NISMO 1 4 2 10 9 3 1 1 60
5 Tatsuya Tanigawa No. 39 Toyota Team SARD 1 5 1 13 7 Ret 12Ret 52
6 Érik Comas No. 2 NISMO 1 2 10 9 3 1 1 50
7 Masahiro Hasemi
Tetsuya Tanaka 		No. 3 Hasemi Motorsports 4 2 9 6 7 17Ret 4 3 37
8 Eiichi Tajima No. 5 Team 5Zigen 6 12Ret 6 19Ret 12 1 7 10 32
8 Marc Goossens No. 5 Team 5Zigen 6 12Ret 6 19Ret 12 1 32
9 Kunimitsu Takahashi
Akira Iida 		No. 100 Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft 16Ret 16 11 2 2 10 11 30
10 Hironori Takeuchi
Katsutomo Kaneishi 		No. 38 Toyota Castrol Team 7 9 4 8 5 10 2 4 28
11 Satoshi Motoyama No. 12 Hoshino Racing 14Ret 5 15 4 6 14 24
12 Naoki Nagasaka No. 8 Power Craft 7 4 6 20
13 Kazuyoshi Hoshino No. 12 Hoshino Racing 14Ret 15 4 6 14 Ret 6 16
14 Olivier Grouillard No. 39 Toyota Team SARD 2 15
15 Bertrand Gachot
Paul Belmondo 		No. 8 Power Craft 10 14Ret 12
No. 510 Ryowa House Pacific Team Cerumo 8 5 11
16 Takuya Kurosawa
Katsumi Yamamoto 		No. 18 Mugen + Dome Project 17Ret 18Ret 17Ret 8 5 8 9 11
17 Marco Apicella No. 2 NISMO 4 10
17 Tom Kristensen No. 8 Power Craft 15 4 10
19 Masahiko Kageyama
Masahiko Kondo 		No. 556 NISMO 5 11Ret 14 9 15Ret 16Ret 14Ret 7 10
20 Wayne Gardner No. 8 Power Craft 7 15 6 10
21 Fuminori Mizuno No. 12 Hoshino Racing 5 8
22 Mitsuhiro Kinoshita No. 13 Endless Sports 8 13Ret 11 7 10 12 8
23 Mitsuo Fujimura No. 13 Endless Sports 13Ret 11 7 10 12 5
24 Kaoru Iida
Ralph Firman 		No. 10 Team TMS 12 7 13 13 19DNQ 4
25 Keiichi Tsuchiya
Hideshi Matsuda 		No. 34 Team Taisan with Advan 10 20Ret 14 8 6 12Ret 4
26 Yoji Yamada
Kazuo Mogi 		No. 30 Team Take One 9 10Ret 12 12 11 9 5 8 4
27 Tatsuhiko Kanaumi
Mitsutake Koma 		No. 4 Suzuki Bankin 11 8 19DNQ 16 18DNQ 3
27 Yasushi Kikuchi No. 13 Endless Sports 8 3
28 Takao Wada
Hisashi Wada 		No. 88 JLOC Corsa 15Ret 17Ret 14 17Ret 13 9 13Ret 0
29 Masato Yamamoto
Katsuhiko Okamoto 		No. 47 Susuki Racing Mechanics 18Ret 0
30 Shingo Tachi No. 37 Toyota Castrol Team 3 2 0
31 Ukyo Katayama No. 36 Toyota Castrol Team 11Ret 5 0
32 Takeshi Tsuchiya No. 12 Hoshino Racing 13Ret 6 0
33 Hiro Matsushita No. 5 Team 5Zigen 7 10 0
Rank Driver No. SUZ
 FUJ
 SEN
 FUJ
 MIN
 SUG
 MOT
 MOT
 Pts.

GT500 Teams' standings

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

Rank Team No. SUZ
 FUJ
 SEN
 FUJ
 MIN
 SUG
 MOT
 MOT
 PTS
1 Toyota Castrol Team 36 13 3 1 2 1 15 Ret 5 79
37 3 6 3 3 3 4 3 2
38 7 9 4 8 5 10 2 4
2 Toyota Team SARD 39 2 1 5 1 13 7 Ret Ret 67
3 Nismo 2 1 4 2 10 9 3 1 1 61
556 5 Ret 14 9 Ret Ret Ret 7
4 Hasemi Motorsports 3 4 2 9 6 7 Ret 4 3 37
5 Team 5Zigen 5 6 Ret 6 Ret 12 1 7 10 32
6 Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft 100 Ret 16 11 2 2 10 11 30
7 Calsonic Hoshino Racing 12 Ret 5 15 4 6 14 Ret 6 24
8 Power Craft 8 11 Ret 7 15 4 6 21
9 Ryowa House Pacific Team Cerumo 510 8 5 Ret 11 11
9 Mugen + Dome Project 18 Ret Ret Ret 8 5 8 9 11
11 Endless Sports 13 8 Ret 11 7 10 12 8
12 Team TMS 10 13 7 13 13 DNQ 4
13 Team Taisan Advan 34 10 Ret 14 8 6 Ret 4
14 Team Take One 30 9 Ret 12 12 11 9 5 8 4
15 Suzuki Bankin 4 12 8 DNQ Ret DNA DNQ 3
- Team Le Mans 75 10 DNS 0
- JLOC 88 Ret Ret 14 Ret 13 9 Ret 0
- Suzuki Racing Mechanics 47 Ret 0
Rank Team No. SUZ
 FUJ
 SEN
 FUJ
 MIN
 SUG
 MOT
 MOT
 PTS

GT300 Drivers' championship

Rank No. Driver SUZ
 FUJ
 SEN
 FUJ
 MIN
 SUG
 MOT
 MOT
 Pts.
1 19 Manabu Orido
Hideo Fukuyama 		1 2 2 3 1 5 2 9 90
2 26 Keiichi Suzuki
Morio Nitta 		4 1 3 1 3 2 DNS DNS 89
3 25/72 Masaoki Nagashima 3 Ret 1 5 Ret 3 Ret 7 52
25 Takeshi Tsuchiya
5 71 Kaoru Hoshino
Masaki Jouchi 		DNA 6 7 6 2 1 5 4 51
6 910 Seiichi Sodeyama 2 8 4 4 12 12 4 3 38
7 27/28 Tetsuya Ota 11 4 9 2 7 Ret 1 1 31
8 7 Shinichi Yamaji
Haruhiko Matsumoto 		Ret 3 5 Ret 10 4 6 10 31
9 27 Anders Olofsson 11 4 2 DNA 1 1 25
10 51 Katsunori Iketani 5 5 DNQ 7 DNA 9 22
Masamitsu Ishihara
11 81 Nobuyuki Ohyagi 8 7 6 Ret Ret 8 3 2 16
12 910 Kiyoshi Misaki 2 15
13 910/57 Tomohiko Sunako 8 4 18 13
14 21/81 Takayuki Kinoshita Ret 7 6 Ret Ret 8 3 2 13
15 72 Takeshi Asami 7 9 8 8 Ret DNQ 12
Norio Makiguchi
17 57/910 Hideyuki Tamamoto DNS 4 12 12 4 3 10
17 60 Kumi Sato
Minoru Tanaka 		16 4 16 Ret 5 10
19 20 Kenji Takahashi
Hiroaki Suga 		Ret Ret 11 9 5 11 10
20 70 Yoshizo Ishibashi
Nobuo Komiya 		10 Ret Ret 10 6 17 8
21 9 Tsunefumi Hioki
Masaharu Kinoshita 		6 DNA 6
21 6 Hiroki Kato
Takahiro Fujita 		Ret Ret Ret 11 Ret 6 6
23 21 Yasushi Hitotsuyama Ret 10 Ret 7 5
24 21 Mizuno Fuminori Ret 7 4
25 81 Tsuneaki Mankumo 8 3
25 16 Motoji Sekine 15 15 12 12 8 13 3
27 777 Katsuya Makita
Katsuharu Shiomi 		9 2
27 27 Steven Andskär 9 Ret 2
27 91 Masahiro Matsunaga
Junko Mihara 		13 14 14 14 9 Ret DNS 6 2
30 21 Kenji Yamamoto 10 10 Ret 2
31 21 Mikio Hitotsuyama 10 Ret 1
31 54 Nobuyuki Tanaka
Kazushige Saito 		10 1
NC 28 Masami Sugiyama Ret 13 15 7 0
NC 55 Toshihiro Fukazawa
Masaaki Nagashima 		12 11 Ret 13 15 0
NC 17 Toshihiko Nogami 14 12 DNQ Ret Ret 7 8 0
NC 17 Tomoyuki Hosono 12 DNQ Ret Ret 7 8 0
NC 16 Hiroyuki Iiri 15 15 12 0
NC 79 Masanori Sugiyama
Hiroyasu Aoyagi 		13 19 DNA 0
NC 28 Masahiro Yamazaki Ret 13 15 Ret 0
NC 17 Toshiaki Koshimizu 14 0
NC 911 Shigemitsu Haga
Kiichi Takahashi 		14 0
NC 45 Takeshi Yuasa
Kiyoaki Hanai 		16 Ret 0
NC 11 Hiromoto Ishimori
Kinji Suzuki 		16 0
NC 333 Masatomo Shimizu Ret DNA 17 DNQ 0
NC 333 Shigekazu Saeki 17 0
NC 15 Takeshi Odagiri
Takatoshi Onoda 		18 0
NC 57 Akira Yoshitomi 18 0
NC 333 Yoshimi Katayama Ret DNA 0
NC 77 Katsuo Kobayashi
Naohiro Furuya 		Ret 0
NC 28 Patrick van Schote Ret 0
NC 57 Michiko Okuyama DNS 0
NC 24 Toshiyuki Hirano
Hisanori Kuboyama 		DNS 0
NC 51 Tetsuhumi Toda DNQ 0
NC 333 Fumihito Sakamoto DNQ 0
NC 25 Sakae Obata Ret 7 0
Rank No. Driver SUZ
 FUJ
 SEN
 FUJ
 MIN
 SUG
 MOT
 MOT
 Pts.

GT300 Teams' standings

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

Rank Team No. SUZ
 FUJ
 SEN
 FUJ
 MIN
 SUG
 MOT
 MOT
 Pts.
1 RS-R Racing with Bandoh 19 1 2 2 3 1 5 2 9 90
2 Team Taisan Jr. 26 4 1 3 1 3 2 DNS DNS 89
3 Tsuchiya Engineering 25 3 Ret 1 5 3 Ret 7 52
4 SigmaTec Racing Team 71 DNA 6 7 6 2 1 5 4 51
5 910 Racing 910 2 8 4 4 12 12 4 3 38
911 14
6 Team Ferrari Club of Japan 27 11 4 9 2 DNA Ret 1 1 31
28 Ret 13 15 7 Ret
7 RE Amemiya Racing 7 Ret 3 5 Ret 10 4 6 10 31
8 Cobra Racing Team 51 5 5 DNQ 7 DNA 9 22
9 KRAFT 6 Ret Ret Ret 11 Ret 6 16
60 16 4 16 Ret 5
10 Team Daishin 81 8 7 6 Ret Ret 8 3 2 16
11 Makiguchi Engineering 72 7 9 8 8 Ret DNQ 12
12 AI Auto Racing 20 Ret Ret 11 9 5 11 10
13 Team Gaikokuya 70 10 Ret Ret 10 6 17 7
14 Team 5ZIGEN 9 6 DNA 6
15 Hitotsuyama Racing 21 Ret 10 10 Ret Ret 7 6
16 Team Power Magic 16 15 15 12 12 8 13 3
17 Tackle & RS Matsumoto 777 9 2
17 First Racing Team 91 13 14 14 14 9 Ret DNS 6 2
19 S.D.R. 54 10 1
- Sports Factory Racing 55 12 11 DNS Ret 13 15 0
- Kageisen Racing Team 17 14 12 DNQ Ret Ret 7 8 0
- NAC West 79 13 19 DNA 0
- Signal 45 16 Ret 0
- M Factory Racing 11 16 0
- Shimizu Racing Enterprise 333 Ret DNA 17 DNQ 0
- Kamco Works 15 18 0
- ecurie SiFo 57 DNS 18 0
- Cusco Racing 77 Ret 0
- Hirano Motorsport 24 DNS 0
Rank Team No. SUZ
 FUJ
 SEN
 FUJ
 MIN
 SUG
 MOT
 MOT
 Pts.


Notes

  1. ^ #36 and #37 operated by TOM's, #38 operated by Cerumo
  2. ^ Operated by Cerumo with drivers from Power Craft

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