2004 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship

The 2004 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship was the twelfth season of Japan Automobile Federation GT premiere racing and the final season under the name All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship as for 2005 the series was renamed to Super GT. It was marked as well as the twenty-second season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The GT500 class champions of 2004 were the #1 Xanavi NISMO Nissan Fairlady Z team driven by Satoshi Motoyama and Richard Lyons and the GT300 class champions were the #16 M-TEC Honda NSX driven by Tetsuya Yamano and Hiroyuki Yagi.

Drivers and teams

GT500

Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Nismo Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z Nissan VQ30DETT 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6 1 Richard Lyons B All
Satoshi Motoyama All
22 Masami Kageyama All
Michael Krumm All
G'Zox Hasemi Motorsport Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z Nissan VQ30DETT 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6 3 Érik Comas B All
Toshihiro Kaneishi All
Esso Toyota Team LeMans Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8 6 Akira Iida B 1–7
Juichi Wakisaka 1–7
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Honda Honda NSX Honda C30A 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6 8 Katsutomo Kaneishi B All
Daisuke Ito All
Calsonic Team Impul Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z Nissan VQ30DETT 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6 12 Yuji Ide B All
Benoît Tréluyer All
Amprex Motorsports Lamborghini Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT Lamborghini L535 6.0 L V12 15 Genji Hashimoto M 3–4
Norman Simon 3–4
Takata Dome Racing Team Honda Honda NSX Honda C30A 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6 18 Ryo Michigami B All
Sébastien Philippe All
Hitotsuyama Racing Ferrari Ferrari 550 GTS Ferrari F133 5.9 L V12 21 Hidetoshi Mitsusada D 1–7
Tadao Uematsu 1–7
Team Advan Tsuchiya Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8 25 Manabu Orido Y 1–7
Dominik Schwager 1–7
Epson Nakajima Racing Honda Honda NSX Honda C30A 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6 32 André Lotterer B All
Tsugio Matsuda All
Yellow Hat Kraft Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8 35 Naoki Hattori D All
Shigekazu Wakisaka All
Toyota Team TOM'S Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8 36 Marco Apicella B 1–7
Takeshi Tsuchiya 1–7
37 James Courtney All
Tatsuya Kataoka All
au Toyota Team Cerumo Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8 38 Seiji Ara B 1–7
Yuji Tachikawa 1–7
Denso Toyota Team SARD Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8 39 André Couto B 1–7
Jérémie Dufour 1–7
R&D Sport Vemac Vemac RD408R Mugen MF408S 4.0 L V8 62 Shogo Mitsuyama D 7
Shinsuke Shibahara 7
JLOC Lamborghini Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT Lamborghini L535 6.0 L V12 88 Hisashi Wada D 2–3, 5–7
Koji Yamanishi 2–3, 5–7
Lamborghini Diablo JGT-1 Lamborghini L532 6.0 L V12 Hisashi Wada 4
Koji Yamanishi 4
Raybrig Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft Honda Honda NSX Honda C30A 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6 100 Hiroki Katoh B All
Shinji Nakano All
Bruce Jouanny NC

GT300

Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Verno Tokai Dream28 Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.4 L V6 2 Kazuho Takahashi K All
Akira Watanabe All
Team Mach Vemac Vemac RD320R Honda C32B 3.4 L V6 5 Tetsuji Tamanaka Y All
"Gō Mifune" All
RE Amemiya Racing Mazda Mazda RX-7 Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor 7 Hiroyuki Iiri Y All
Shinichi Yamaji All
A&S Racing Mosler Mosler MT900R Chevrolet LS1 6.2 L V8 9 Go Shimizu Y All
Shinya Hosokawa All
Jim Gainer Racing Ferrari Ferrari 360 Ferrari F131B 3.6 L V8 10 Tetsuya Tanaka D All
Atsushi Yogo All
11 Hideshi Matsuda All
Ichigo Suga All
M-TEC Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 16 Tetsuya Yamano D All
Hiroyuki Yagi All
Spirit Motorsport Toyota Toyota Celica Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 17 Masaoki Nagashima Y All
Matsunaga Matsuhiro All
Racing Project Bandoh Toyota Toyota Celica Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 19 Takayuki Aoki Y All
Nobuteru Taniguchi All
Hitotsuyama Racing Porsche Porsche 996 GT3 RSR Porsche M96/73 3.6 L F6 20 Takashi Inoue Y All
Yasuo Miyagawa 1–4
Hiroshi Wada 5–7
Team Taisan Porsche Porsche 996 GT3-R Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 26 Yutaka Yamagishi Y All
Kaoru Ijiri All
Team Reckless Toyota Toyota MR-S Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 30 Kota Sasaki BF All
Satoshi Goto All
A'PEX with apr Toyota Toyota MR-S Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 31 Minoru Tanaka BF All
Koji Matsuda All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri ASL ASL ARTA Garaiya Nissan VQ35DE 3.5 L V6 43 Morio Nitta BF All
Shinichi Takagi All
Auto Staff Racing Nissan Nissan Silvia (S15) Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 51 Masamasa Kato Y All
Katsuhiko Tsutsui All
Toyota Team Cerumo Toyota Toyota Celica Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 52 Hironori Takeuchi D All
Seigo Nishizawa All
Team LeyJun Vemac Vemac RD320R Honda C32B 3.4 L V6 63 "OSAMU" D All
Hiroki Yoshimoto 1–5
Takaya Tsubobayashi 6–7
Team Gaikokuya Porsche Porsche 996 GT3-RS Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 70 Yoshimi Ishibashi Y All
Hiromi 1–3, 5–7
Isao Ihashi 4
72 Akira Hirakawa All
Guts Jyonai 1–2
Hideo Fukuyama 3–7
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 Fairlady Z Nissan VQ35DE 3.5 L V6 80 Mitsuhiro Kinoshita Y All
Kazuki Hoshino All
81 Masataka Yanagida All
Naofumi Omoto All
Arktech Motorsports Porsche Porsche 986 Boxster Porsche M44/12 3.0 L I4 110 Hiroya Iijima Y 1–5, 7
Takashi Ohi 1–5, 7
Porsche 996 GT3 Cup Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 112 Akihiko Tsutsumi 2, 4
Keita Sawa 2, 5, 7
Guts Jyonai 4, 5, 7
910 Racing Porsche Porsche 996 GT3 RS Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 910 Kazuyoshi Takamizawa Y All
Jukuchou Sunako All

Schedule

Round Race Circuit Date
1 GT Championship in TI TI Circuit April 4
2 SUGO GT Championship Sportsland SUGO May 23
3 Japan GT Championship Malaysia Sepang Circuit June 19
4 Hokkaido Gran GT Championship Tokachi International Speedway July 18
5 Motegi GT Championship Race Twin Ring Motegi September 5
6 Japan GT in Kyushu 300 km Autopolis October 31
7 Suzuka GT 300 km Suzuka Circuit November 21
NC JGTC All-Star GT Live USA California Speedway December 18
December 19

Season results

Round Circuit GT500 Winning Team GT300 Winning Team
GT500 Winning Drivers GT300 Winning Drivers
1 TI Circuit #1 Xanavi NISMO Nissan Z #10 Team Gainer Ferrari F360
Satoshi Motoyama
Richard Lyons
Atsushi Yogo
Tetsuya Tanaka
2 Sportsland SUGO #38 au Cerumo Toyota Supra #19 WedsSport Toyota Celica
Yuji Tachikawa
Seiji Ara
Takayuki Aoki
Nobuteru Taniguchi
3 Sepang Circuit #39 Denso Team SARD Toyota Supra #7 RE Amemiya Mazda RX-7
Andre Couto
Jeremie Dufour
Shinichi Yamaji
Hiroyuki Iiri
4 Tokachi #22 Motul NISMO Nissan Z #43 ARTA ASL Garaiya
Michael Krumm
Masami Kageyama
Morio Nitta
Shinichi Takagi
5 Twin Ring Motegi #32 PIAA Honda NSX #43 ARTA ASL Garaiya
Tsugio Matsuda
André Lotterer
Morio Nitta
Shinichi Takagi
6 Autopolis #1 Xanavi NISMO Nissan Z #7 RE Amemiya Mazda RX-7
Satoshi Motoyama
Richard Lyons
Shinichi Yamaji
Hiroyuki Iiri
7 Suzuka Circuit #12 Calsonic Impul Nissan Z #16 M-TEC Honda NSX
Yuji Ide
Benoît Tréluyer
Tetsuya Yamano
Hiroyuki Yagi
NC California Speedway #3 G-ZOX Hasemi Motorsports Nissan Z #16 M-TEC Honda NSX
Toshihiro Kaneishi
Érik Comas
Tetsuya Yamano
Hiroyuki Yagi
Haruki Kurosawa
#32 PIAA Honda NSX #43 ARTA ASL Garaiya
Tsugio Matsuda
André Lotterer
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 8 6 5 4 3 2 1
Qualifying 2 1 1
Fastest Lap 1 1 1
  • There were no points awarded for pole position and fastest lap in the final race.
Rank Driver No. TAI
SUG
SEP
TOK
MOT
AUT
SUZ
FON
FON
Pts.
1 Satoshi Motoyama
Richard Lyons
1 1 DNS 3 Ret 3 1 7 Ret DNS 73
2 André Couto
Jérémie Dufour
39 3 Ret 1 7 6 2 8 61
3 Akira Iida
Juichi Wakisaka
6 2 11 14 2 2 4 Ret 57
4 Érik Comas
Toshihiro Kaneishi
3 6 6 4 3 7 Ret 3 1 5 50
5 Seiji Ara
Yuji Tachikawa
38 5 1 7 14 10 11 4 45
6 James Courtney
Tatsuya Kataoka
37 11 3 5 5 4 6 6 5 2 44
7 Marco Apicella
Takeshi Tsuchiya
36 7 7 10 4 5 7 2 43
8 André Lotterer
Tsugio Matsuda
32 10 4 9 6 1 12 5 2 1 42
9 Masami Kageyama
Michael Krumm
22 9 Ret 6 1 8 9 Ret Ret DNS 39
10 Naoki Hattori
Shigekazu Wakisaka
35 4 5 2 9 13 8 16 3 Ret 37
11 Benoît Tréluyer
Yuji Ide
12 8 10 Ret 11 Ret 5 1 4 DNS 35
12 Manabu Orido
Dominik Schwager
25 14 2 Ret 13 12 3 10 31
13 Hiroki Katoh
Shinji Nakano
100 Ret 8 15 10 9 10 9 6 4 9
14 Ryo Michigami
Sébastien Philippe
18 12 12 8 8 15 14 12 Ret 3 6
15 Katsutomo Kaneishi
Daisuke Ito
8 13 9 11 12 11 13 11 Ret WD 2
- Genji Hashimoto
Norman Simon
15 12 15 0
- Hidetoshi Mitsusada
Tadao Uematsu
21 15 DNQ 13 16 14 15 14 0
- Shogo Mitsuyama
Shinsuke Shibahara
62 13 0
- Hisashi Wada
Koji Yamanishi
88 DNQ Ret DNQ Ret Ret 15 0
- Bruce Jouanny 100 6 4 0
Rank Driver No. TAI
SUG
SEP
TOK
MOT
AUT
SUZ
FON
FON
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 Driver No. TAI
SUG
SEP
TOK
MOT
AUT
SUZ
FON
FON
Pts.
1 Nismo 1 1 15DNS 3 17Ret 3 1 7 Ret DNS 98
22 9 14Ret 6 1 8 9 18Ret Ret DNS
2 Toyota Team SARD 39 3 13Ret 1 7 6 2 8 61
3 Toyota Team TOM'S 36 7 7 10 4 5 7 2 60
37 11 3 5 5 4 6 6 5 2
4 Esso Toyota Team LeMans 6 2 11 14 2 2 4 17Ret 57
5 Hasemi Motorsport 3 6 6 4 3 7 17Ret 3 1 5 50
6 Toyota Team Cerumo 38 5 1 7 14 10 11 4 45
7 Epson Nakajima Racing 32 10 4 9 6 1 12 5 2 1 42
8 Kraft 35 4 5 2 9 13 8 16 3 Ret 37
9 Team Impul 12 8 10 17Ret 11 16Ret 5 1 4 DNS 35
10 Team Advan Tsuchiya 25 14 2 16Ret 13 12 3 10 31
11 Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft 100 16Ret 8 15 10 9 10 9 6 4 9
12 Dome Racing Team 18 12 12 8 8 15 14 12 Ret 3 6
13 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri 8 13 9 11 12 11 13 11 Ret WD 2
- Amprex Motorsports 15 12 15 0
- Hitotsuyama Racing 21 15 16DNQ 13 16 14 15 14 0
- R&D Sport 62 13 0
- JLOC 88 17DNQ 18Ret 18DNQ 17Ret 16Ret 15 0
Rank Driver No. TAI
SUG
SEP
TOK
MOT
AUT
SUZ
FON
FON
Pts.

GT300 Drivers' championship

Rank Driver No. TAI
SUG
SEP
TOK
MOT
AUT
SUZ
FON
FON
Pts.
1 Tetsuya Yamano
Hiroyuki Yagi
16 3 7 2 2 2 6 1 1 2 93
2 Morio Nitta
Shinichi Takagi
43 2 5 21 1 1 2 2 Ret 1 92
3 Tetsuya Tanaka
Atsushi Yogo
10 1 8 5 4 3 8 3 64
4 Hiroyuki Iiri
Shinichi Yamaji
7 11 4 1 10 Ret 1 18 Ret WD 55
5 Takayuki Aoki
Nobuteru Taniguchi
19 4 1 NC 7 13 5 5 5 5 48
6 Masataka Yanagida
Naofumi Omoto
81 19 14 6 3 4 19 7 2 4 33
7 Takayuki Kinoshita
Kazuki Hoshino
80 8 11 7 9 17 4 6 7 3 29
8 Hideshi Matsuda
Ichigo Suga
11 10 3 8 8 20 7 14 26
8 Kota Sasaki
Satoshi Goto
30 9 13 4 15 6 9 4 26
10 Tetsuji Tamanaka
"Gō Mifune"
5 5 16 3 18 5 12 12 Ret DNS 24
11 Katsuo Kobayashi
Tatsuya Tanigawa
77 14 12 18 6 11 3 11 3 Ret 17
12 "OSAMU" 63 6 6 14 22 19 17 16 4 8 16
13 Hiroki Yoshimoto 63 6 6 14 22 19 16
14 Masahiro Matsunaga
Masaoki Nagashima
17 Ret 2 12 12 16 11 15 15
15 Minoru Tanaka
Koji Matsuda
31 7 10 22 5 Ret 10 10 14
16 Seigo Nishizawa
Hironori Takeuchi
52 17 20 9 23 8 18 9 9
17 Yutaka Yamagishi 26 9 10 11 Ret 13 8 6
18 Kaoru Ijiri 26 9 11 Ret 13 8 5
19 Go Shimizu
Shinya Hosokawa
9 12 18 11 14 7 16 Ret 4
20 Guts Jyonai 72/112 13 21 20 9 17 2
20 Keita Sawa 112 15 9 17 2
22 Akihiro Asai 26 10 1
23 Masamasa Kato
Katsuhiko Tsutsui
51 DNQ 19 16 16 10 14 13 1
- Kazuyoshi Takamizawa
Jukuchou Sunako
910 16 24 15 19 12 22 20 0
- Akira Hirakawa 72 13 21 Ret 13 Ret 15 21 0
- Takashi Inoue 20 17 13 Ret 15 21 19 0
- Yasuo Miyagawa 20 15 17 13 Ret 0
- Hideo Fukuyama 72 Ret 13 Ret 15 21 0
- Kazuho Takahashi
Akira Watanabe
2 18 Ret 17 17 14 20 22 8 7 0
- Hiroshi Wada 20 15 15 21 19 0
- Akihiko Tsutsumi 112 15 20 0
- Takaya Tsubobayashi 63 17 16 4 8 0
- Yoshimi Ishibashi 70 Ret 23 20 Ret 18 23 24 0
- Hiromi Kozono 70 Ret 23 20 18 23 24 0
- Hiroya Iijima
Takashi Ohi
111 DNQ 22 19 21 Ret 23 0
- Isao Ihashi 70 Ret 0
- Haruki Kurosawa 16 1 2 0
- Manabu Orido 19 5 5 0
- Eiji Yamada
Patrick van Schoote
26 9 6 0
- Geoff Escalette
Blake Rosser
6 6 0
- Daiki Yoshimoto 2 8 7 0
- Steven Bernheim
Dwain Derment
00 DNS 0
- Mark Anderson 118 DNQ 0
- G. Segal
D. Puddster
421 DNQ 0
Rank Driver No. TAI
SUG
SEP
TOK
MOT
AUT
SUZ
FON
FON
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. TAI
SUG
SEP
TOK
MOT
AUT
SUZ
FON
FON
Pts.
1 M-TEC Co. LTD. 16 3 7 2 2 2 6 1 1 2 93
2 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri 43 2 5 21 1 1 2 2 Ret 1 92
3 Team Gainer 10 1 8 5 4 3 8 3 78
11 10 3 8 8 20 7 14
4 RE Amemiya Racing 7 11 4 1 10 Ret 1 18 Ret WD 55
5 Team Daishin 80 8 11 7 9 17 4 6 7 3 50
81 19 14 6 3 4 19 7 2 4
6 Racing Project Bandoh 19 4 1 NC 7 13 5 5 5 5 48
7 Team Reckless 30 9 13 4 15 6 9 4 26
8 Team Mach 5 5 16 3 18 5 12 12 Ret DNS 24
9 Cusco Racing 77 14 12 18 6 11 3 11 3 Ret 17
10 Team LeyJun 63 6 6 14 22 19 17 16 4 8 16
11 Spirit Motorsport 17 Ret 2 12 12 16 11 15 15
12 A'PEX with apr 31 7 10 22 5 Ret 10 10 14
13 Toyota Team Cerumo 52 17 20 9 23 8 18 9 9
14 Team Taisan 26 9 10 11 Ret 13 8 9 6 6
15 A&S Racing 9 12 18 11 14 7 16 Ret 4
16 Arktech Motorsports 111 DNQ 22 19 21 Ret 23 2
112 15 20 9 17
17 Auto Staff Racing 51 DNQ 19 16 16 10 14 13 1
- 910 Racing 910 16 24 15 19 12 22 20 0
- Team Gaikokuya 70 Ret 23 20 Ret 18 23 24 0
72 13 21 Ret 13 Ret 15 21
- Hitotsuyama Racing 20 15 17 13 Ret 15 21 19 0
- Verno Tokai Dream28 2 18 Ret 17 17 14 20 22 8 7 0
- Stuttgart Performance 6 6 0
- Bernheim Porsche Racing 00 DNS 0
- 928 International 118 DNQ 0
- Johnny Pag Racing 421 DNQ 0
Rank Team No. TAI
SUG
SEP
TOK
MOT
AUT
SUZ
FON
FON
Pts.

References

  1. ^ "JGTC.net | 2004 Series Point Ranking | Team". supergt.net. Retrieved 2021-10-16.