2000 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship

The 2000 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship was the eighth season of Japan Automobile Federation GT premiere racing. It was marked as well as the eighteenth season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The GT500 class drivers' champion of 2000 was Ryo Michigami driving the No. 16 Castrol Mugen Honda NSX, with Mugen x Dome Project winning the teams' championship. The GT300 class drivers' champion was the No. 26 Advan Team Taisan Jr Porsche 996 driven by Hideo Fukuyama.

This season marked the first of several instances where the series champion had not won a single race throughout the season, with Michigami scoring four second places as the season champion's best finish. This phenomenon would occur again in 2001 (in GT500 only) and 2003 (in both GT500 and GT300).

Drivers and teams

GT500

Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Nismo Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R Nissan RB26DETT 2.7 L Twin Turbo I6 1 Érik Comas B All
Masami Kageyama All
2 Michael Krumm All
Yuji Ide 1
Ukyo Katayama 2–7, NC
Hasemi Motorsport Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R Nissan RB26DETT 2.7 L Twin Turbo I6 3 Masahiro Hasemi B All
Tetsuya Tanaka All
Esso Toyota Team LeMans Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 6 Wayne Gardner B All
Hideki Noda All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 8 Aguri Suzuki B All
Keiichi Tsuchiya All
Calsonic Team Impul Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R Nissan RB26DETT 2.7 L Twin Turbo I6 12 Kazuyoshi Hoshino B All
Satoshi Motoyama All
Team Sri Lanka RGS RGS Mirage GT1 Chevrolet LS1 6.7 L V8 15 Dilantha Malagamuwa Y 4, 6
Hideyuki Tamamoto 4, 6
69 Dilantha Malagamuwa 2–3
Steve Young 2
Hideyuki Tamamoto 3
Mugen x Dome Project Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 16 Ryo Michigami B All
Osamu Nakako 1–4, NC
Hidetoshi Mitsusada 5–7
18 Katsutomo Kaneishi All
Juichi Wakisaka All
Hitotsuyama Racing McLaren McLaren F1 GTR BMW S70/2 6.0 L V12 21 Akihiko Nakaya D 1–7
Mikio Hitotsuyama 1–3, 5–7
Yasushi Hitotsuyama 4
Tsuchiya Engineering Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 25 Mitsuhiro Kinoshita Y All
Manabu Orido All
Team Take One McLaren McLaren F1 GTR BMW S70/2 6.0 L V12 30 Hideki Okada B 1–7
Yoji Yamada 1–4
Tsugio Matsuda 5–7
Toyota Team Cerumo Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 32 Masahiko Kondo B All
Takayuki Kinoshita 1–7
Yuji Tachikawa NC
38 Yuji Tachikawa 1–7
Hironori Takeuchi 1–7
Toyota Team TOM'S Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 35 Shinichi Yamaji M 1–7
Pierre-Henri Raphanel 1–7
36 Masanori Sekiya All
Takeshi Tsuchiya All
37 Seiji Ara All
Toshio Suzuki 1–7
Shinichi Yamaji NC
Denso Toyota Team SARD Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 39 Ralph Firman Y All
Masahiko Kageyama All
Team Taisan Advan Chrysler Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler Viper 8.0 L V10 55 Hiroaki Suga Y 1–2
Shinsuke Shibahara 1–2
Eiji Yamada 4–5, NC
Takahide Tasaki 4–5
Dilantha Malagamuwa NC
Mobil 1 Nakajima Racing Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 64 Daisuke Ito B All
Dominik Schwager All
JLOC Lamborghini Lamborghini Diablo GT-1 Lamborghini L532 6.0 L V12 88 Naohiro Furuya D All
Tsuyoshi Takahashi All
Raybrig Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 100 Akira Iida B All
Naoki Hattori All

GT300

Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Porsche Club Malaysia Porsche Porsche 993 RS Porsche M64/60 3.6 L Turbo F6 5 Key Soon Yue M NC
Ila Ridak NC
RE Amemiya Racing Mazda Mazda RX-7 Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor 7 Tetsuya Yamano Y All
Haruhiko Matsumoto All
Team Daikokuya Porsche Porsche 993 RSR Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6 9 Tsunefumi Hioki D 1–2, 4–5, 7
Shuroku Sasaki 1
Yukihiro Hane 2, 5
Akira Watanabe 4, 7
27 Kota Sasaki 1
Seigo Nishizawa 1
Akira Hirakawa 5
Toshihide Hashimura 5
Ability Motorsport Porsche Porsche 993 GT2 Porsche M64/82 3.6 L Turbo F6 10 Yasutaka Hinoi Y 1–4
Yutaka Yamagishi 1–4
11 Kengo Kitaura 1–5, 7
Hikaru Miyagi 1–4
Yasutaka Hinoi 5–7
Jun Kinoshita 6
Racing Project Bandoh Toyota Toyota Celica Toyota 3S-GE 2.0 L I4 19 Shigekazu Wakisaka Y All
Takahiro Hara All
TOM'S Spirit Toyota Toyota MR-S Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 20 Masahiro Matsunaga Y 4–7
Kumi Sato 4–7
MTCI Racing Team Porsche Porsche 986 Boxster Porsche M64/75 3.6 L F6 24 Kazuyuki Nishizawa Y All
Marco Apicella All
Team Taisan Porsche Porsche 996 GT3-R Porsche M64/75 3.6 L F6 26 Hideshi Matsuda Y All
Hideo Fukuyama All
Atsushi Yogo NC
28 Hiroaki Suga All
Shinsuke Shibahara All
Chrysler Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler Viper 8.0 L V10 55 Eiji Yamada 6–7
Takahide Tasaki 6–7
Super Autobacs Racing with A'PEX Toyota Toyota MR-S Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 31 Morio Nitta Y All
Yudai Igarashi 1–3
Shinichi Takagi 4–7
Auto Staff Racing Nissan Nissan Silvia (S15) Nissan SR20DET 2.1 L Turbo I4 51 Seiichi Sodeyama Y 2–7
Eiji Yamada 2–3
Naofumi Omoto 4–7
Team Gaikokuya Porsche Porsche 993 Turbo Porsche M64/60 3.6 L Turbo F6 70 Yoshimi Ishibashi D All
Patrick van Schoote 1–2, NC, 4, 7
Nobuo Komiya 3, 5–6
SigmaTec Racing Team Porsche Porsche 993 GT2 Porsche M64/82 3.6 L Turbo F6 71 Guts Jyonai Y 2–7
Naohiro Kawano 2–4
Masanobu Takenaka 5–7
Cusco Racing Subaru Subaru Impreza WRX STI Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4 77 Katsuo Kobayashi Y All
Tatsuya Tanigawa All
Team Daishin Nissan Nissan Silvia (S15) Nissan SR20DET 2.1 L Turbo I4 81 Nobuyuki Ohyagi Y All
Takayuki Aoki All
KRAFT Toyota Toyota Corolla Sprinter Trueno (AE86) Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 86 Minoru Tanaka D 2–7
Koji Matsuda 2–7
Team Mind Toyota Toyota Corolla (AE101) Toyota 3S-GE 2.0 L I4 101 Hiroshi Sasaki Y 4
Mamoru Suzuki 4
Team Gainer Ferrari Ferrari F355 Ferrari F129B 3.5 L V8 111 Junichi Ikura Y 1, 2, 4–5, 7
Yusei Maki 1, 2, 4–5, 7
Dentaire ProJet Racing Porsche Porsche 993 RSR Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6 360 Seigo Nishizawa Y 4–5, 7
Kota Sasaki 4–5, 7
910 Racing Porsche Porsche 996 GT3 RS Porsche M64/75 3.6 L F6 910 Hisashi Wada Y All
Atsushi Yogo All
911 Masamitsu Ishihara 1–4, 7
Jukuchou Sunako 1–4, 7

Schedule

Round Race Circuit Date
1 Motegi GT Championship Race Twin Ring Motegi April 2
2 All Japan Fuji GT Race Fuji Speedway May 4
3 SUGO GT Championship Sportsland SUGO May 28
NC Tmtouch Japan GT Championship Malaysia Sepang Circuit June 25
4 Japan Special GT Cup Fuji Speedway August 6
5 GT Championship in TI TI Circuit September 10
6 CP Mine GT Race Mine Circuit October 1
7 Suzuka GT 300 km Suzuka Circuit October 22

Season results

Round Circuit GT500 Winning Team GT300 Winning Team
GT500 Winning Drivers GT300 Winning Drivers
1 Twin Ring Motegi #1 Loctite NISMO Nissan Skyline GT-R #26 Advan Team Taisan Jr Porsche 996
Masami Kageyama
Érik Comas 		Hideo Fukuyama
Hideshi Matsuda
2 Mt. Fuji #18 Takata Dome Honda NSX #26 Advan Team Taisan Jr Porsche 996
Katsutomo Kaneishi
Juichi Wakisaka 		Hideo Fukuyama
Hideshi Matsuda
3 Sportsland SUGO #64 Mobil 1 Honda NSX #19 Racing Project Bandoh Toyota Celica
Daisuke Ito
Dominik Schwager 		Shigekazu Wakisaka
Takahiko Hara
NC Sepang Circuit #2 Castrol NISMO Nissan Skyline GT-R #7 RE Amemiya Mazda RX-7
Ukyo Katayama
Michael Krumm 		Tetsuya Yamano
Haruhiko Matsumoto
4 Mt. Fuji #8 ARTA Honda NSX #28 Team Taisan Jr Porsche 996
Keiichi Tsuchiya
Aguri Suzuki 		Shinsuke Shibahara
Hiroaki Suga
5 TI Circuit #38 FK/Massimo Cerumo Toyota Supra #910 Racing Porsche 996
Hironori Takeuchi
Yuji Tachikawa 		Hisashi Wada
Atsushi Yogo
6 Mine Circuit #12 Calsonic Impul Nissan Skyline GT-R #26 Advan Team Taisan Jr Porsche 996
Kazuyoshi Hoshino
Satoshi Motoyama 		Hideo Fukuyama
Hideshi Matsuda
7 Suzuka Circuit #64 Mobil 1 Honda NSX #31 Super Autobacs A'PEX Toyota MR-S
Daisuke Ito
Dominik Schwager 		Morio Nitta
Shinichi Takagi

Standings

GT500 class

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 No. Driver MOT
 FUJ
 SUG
 SEP
 FUJ
 TAI
 MIN
 SUZ
 Pts.
1 16 Ryo Michigami 2 8 2 10 10 2 4 2 74
2 1 Érik Comas
Masami Kageyama 		1 6 Ret 7 4 3 3 5 68
3 12 Kazuyoshi Hoshino
Satoshi Motoyama 		17 5 5 Ret 3 6 1 3 66
4 64 Daisuke Ito
Dominik Schwager 		3 7 1 3 9 16 Ret 1 58
5 38/32 Yuji Tachikawa 4 3 12 Ret Ret 1 6 11 48
38 Hironori Takeuchi
6 18 Katsutomo Kaneishi
Juichi Wakisaka 		Ret 1 4 2 17 10 2 15 46
7 16 Hidetoshi Mitsusada 2 4 2 40
8 2 Michael Krumm 6 2 11 1 6 11 Ret 4 37
9 6 Hideki Noda
Wayne Gardner 		8 4 7 9 15 7 5 6 35
10 16 Osamu Nakako 2 8 2 10 10 34
11 2 Ukyo Katayama 2 11 1 6 11 Ret 4 31
12 39 Masahiko Kageyama
Ralph Firman 		10 Ret 6 13 2 Ret 8 16 25
13 8 Aguri Suzuki
Keiichi Tsuchiya 		7 Ret 15 8 1 Ret Ret DSQ 24
14 35/37 Shinichi Yamaji 12 Ret 3 11 13 9 Ret 7 18
35 Pierre-Henri Raphanel
15 100 Akira Iida
Naoki Hattori 		Ret 14 10 6 7 5 Ret DSQ 13
16 3 Masahiro Hasemi
Tetsuya Tanaka 		5 9 Ret 14 11 15 11 8 13
17 36 Masanori Sekiya
Takeshi Tsuchiya 		Ret 12 9 4 5 14 Ret 9 12
18 25 Mitsuhiro Kinoshita
Manabu Orido 		13 10 14 8 8 8 7 13 11
19 30 Hideki Okada Ret Ret 13 12 4 Ret Ret 10
30 Tsugio Matsuda
21 37 Seiji Ara 9 Ret 8 11 14 12 9 12 7
37 Toshio Suzuki
22 2 Yuji Ide 6 6
23 21 Akihiko Nakaya 14 11 Ret Ret 17 10 Ret 1
21 Mikio Hitotsuyama
23 32 Masahiko Kondo 11 Ret 16 Ret 19 13 Ret 10 1
32 Takayuki Kinoshita
- 21 Yasushi Hitotsuyama 11 Ret 0
- 30 Yoji Yamada Ret Ret 13 12 0
- 88 Naohiro Furuya
Tsuyoshi Takahashi 		15 13 17 12 16 18 12 14 0
- 55 Hiroaki Suga
Shinsuke Shibahara 		16 Ret 0
- 55 Eiji Yamada Ret 18 PO 0
- 55 Takahide Tasaki 0
- 69/55/15 Dilantha Malagamuwa DNS DNQ WD DNA DNR 0
- 69 Steve Young DNS 0
- 69/15 Hideyuki Tamamoto DNQ DNA DNR 0
- 55 Atsushi Yogo Ret 0
Rank Driver MOT
 FUJ
 SUG
 SEP
 FUJ
 TAI
 MIN
 SUZ
 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)

Teams' standings

For teams that entered multiple cars, only the best result from each round counted towards the teams' championship.[1]

Rank Team No. MOT
 FUJ
 SUG
 SEP
 FUJ
 TAI
 MIN
 SUZ
 Pts.
1 Mugen x Dome Project 16 2 8 2 10 10 2 4 2 96
18 19Ret 1 4 2 17 10 2 15
2 Nismo 1 1 6 20Ret 7 4 3 3 5 79
2 6 2 11 1 6 11 16Ret 4
3 Team Impul 12 17 5 5 Ret 3 6 1 3 66
4 Mobil 1 Nakajima Racing 64 3 7 1 3 9 16 20Ret 1 58
5 Toyota Team Cerumo 38 4 3 12 20Ret 1 6 11 48
6 Esso Ultron Toyota Team LeMans 6 8 4 7 9 15 7 5 6 35
7 Toyota Team SARD 39 10 21Ret 6 13 2 19Ret 8 16 25
8 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri 8 7 15Ret 15 5 1 20Ret 17Ret 19DSQ 24
9 MatsumotoKiyoshi Team TOM'S 35 12 19Ret 3 13 9 14Ret 7 18
10 Toyota Castrol Team TOM'S 36 21Ret 12 9 4 5 14 19Ret 9 17
37 9 20Ret 8 11 14 12 9 12
11 Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft 100 18Ret 14 10 6 7 5 13Ret 20DSQ 13
11 Hasemi Motorsports 3 5 9 18Ret 14 11 15 11 8 13
13 Endless + Tsuchiya Engineering 25 13 10 14 8 8 8 7 13 11
14 Team Take One 30 20Ret 16Ret 13 12 4 18Ret 17Ret 10
15 Hitotsuyama Racing 21 14 11 19Ret 21Ret 17 10 18Ret 1
15 cdma One Toyota Team Cerumo with Key's 32 11 17Ret 16 Ret 19 13 15Ret 10 1
- JLOC 88 15 13 17 12 16 18 12 14 0
- Team Taisan Advan 55 16 18Ret Ret 18 21PO 0
- Team Sri Lanka 15 29 28 29 DNS 21DNR 29 0
69 28 21DNS 21DNQ 29 28
Rank Team No. MOT
 FUJ
 SUG
 SEP
 FUJ
 TAI
 MIN
 SUZ
 Pts.

GT300 Drivers' championship

Rank No. Driver MOT
 FUJ
 SUG
 SEP
 FUJ
 TAI
 MIN
 SUZ
 Pts.
1 26 Hideo Fukuyama 1 1 9 5 7 7 1 2 85
2 26 Hideshi Matsuda WD 83
3 910 Atsushi Yogo
Hisashi Wada 		4 2 Ret 4 1 2 4 80
4 81 Nobuyuki Ohyagi
Takayuki Aoki 		5 3 Ret 2 2 5 6 64
5 7 Tetsuya Yamano
Haruhiko Matsumoto 		2 5 Ret 1 3 Ret 4 3 57
6 19 Shigekazu Wakisaka
Takahiro Hara 		3 Ret 1 2 Ret 3 14 17 44
7 31 Morio Nitta 6 10 6 3 6 Ret 13 1 39
8 28 Hiroaki Suga
Shinsuke Shibahara 		10 1 8 3 Ret 36
9 77 Katsuo Kobayashi
Tatsuya Tanigawa 		DNA 4 3 4 5 Ret 6 Ret 36
10 10/11 Yasutaka Hinoi 7 7 2 Ret 5 Ret 8 34
11 71 Masaki Jyonai DNA 12 4 Ret 4 7 5 32
12 72/31 Shinichi Takagi DNA 3 6 Ret 13 1 26
13 10 Yutaka Yamagishi 7 7 2 Ret 23
14 71 Masanobu Takenaka 4 7 5 22
15 24 Kazuyuki Nishizawa
Marco Apicella 		11 Ret 5 13 13 8 9 13
16 31 Yudai Igarashi 6 10 6 13
17 20 Masahiro Matsunaga
Kumi Sato 		Ret 6 9 7 12
18 11 Kengo Kitaura DNS DNS 14 5 8 11
19 70 Yoshimi Ishibashi 8 9 7 6 10 10 12 16 11
20 71 Naohiro Kawano DNA 12 4 Ret 10
21 86 Minoru Tanaka
Koji Matsuda 		DNA 6 DNS 12 9 13 Ret 8
22 51 Seiichi Sodeyama Ret 8 8 15 11 11 6
23 70 Patrick van Schoote 8 9 6 10 6
24 70 Nobuo Komiya 7 10 12 16 5
25 911 Jukuchou Sunako Ret 8 Ret 9 12 5
26 51/55 Eiji Yamada Ret 8 10 15 4
27 51 Naofumi Omoto 8 15 11 11 3
28 111 Junichi Ikura
Yusei Maki 		9 Ret 15 11 14 2
28 911 Masamitsu Ishihara Ret 8* Ret 9 12 2
30 27/360 Kota Sasaki
Seigo Nishizawa 		10 11 12 13 1
30 55 Takahide Tasaki 10 15 1
30 9 Tsunefumi Hioki NC 11 Ret Ret 10 1
30 9 Akira Watanabe 1
NC 26 Fuminori Mizuno 9* 0
NC 9 Yukihiro Hane 11 Ret 0
NC 11 Hikaru Miyagi DNS DNS 14 0
NC 27 Akira Hirakawa
Toshihide Hashimura 		14 0
NC 9 Shuroku Sasaki NC 0
NC 11 Jun Kinoshita Ret 0
NC 101 Hiroshi Sasaki
Mamoru Suzuki 		DNS DNQ 0
NC 26 Dilantha Malagamuwa 5 0
NC 5 Key Soon Yue
Ila Ridak 		7 0
NC 72 Akira Ishikawa DNA DNP DNA DNA 0
NC 72 Keita Sawa 0
NC 888 Takeshi Namekawa
Junichi Yamanishi 		DNA 0
Rank No. Driver MOT
 FUJ
 SUG
 SEP
 FUJ
 TAI
 MIN
 SUZ
 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. MOT
 FUJ
 SUG
 SEP
 FUJ
 TAI
 MIN
 SUZ
 Pts.
1 Team Taisan Jr. with Advan 26 1 1 9 5 7 7 1 2 101
28 10 1 8 3 Ret
2 910 Racing 910 4 2 Ret 4 1 2 4 80
911 Ret 8 Ret 9 12
3 Team Daishin 81 5 3 Ret 2 2 5 6 64
4 RE Amemiya Racing 7 2 5 Ret 1 3 Ret 4 3 57
5 Racing Project Bandoh 19 3 Ret 1 2 Ret 3 14 17 44
6 Super Autobacs Racing with A'PEX 31 6 10 6 3 6 Ret 13 1 39
7 Cusco Racing 77 DNA 4 3 4 5 Ret 6 Ret 36
8 Ability Motorsport 10 7 7 2 Ret 34
11 DNS Ret 14 5 Ret 8
9 SigmaTec Racing Team 71 DNA 12 4 Ret 4 7 5 32
10 MTCI Racing Team 24 11 Ret 5 13 13 8 9 13
11 TOM'S Spirit 20 Ret 6 9 7 12
12 Team Gaikokuya 70 8 9 7 6 10 10 12 16 11
13 KRAFT 86 DNA 6 DNS 12 9 13 Ret 8
14 Auto Staff Racing 51 Ret 8 8 15 11 11 6
15 Team Gainer 111 9 Ret 15 11 14 2
16 Team Daikokuya 9 NC 11 Ret Ret 10 2
27 10 14
17 Team Taisan Advan 55 10 15 1
NC Dentaire ProJet Racing 360 11 12 13 0
NC Team Mind 101 DNS DNQ 0
NC Porsche Club Malaysia 5 7 0
NC Okura Rotary Racing 72 DNA DNP DNA DNA 0
NC Team KKD Japan With MTG 888 DNA 0
Rank Team No. MOT
 FUJ
 SUG
 SEP
 FUJ
 TAI
 MIN
 SUZ
 Pts.

References

  1. ^ "2000 AUTOBACS CUP ALL JAPAN GT CHAMPIONSHIP - Point Ranking". supergt.net. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
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