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 France Érik Comas B All
Japan Masami Kageyama All
2 Germany Michael Krumm All
Japan Yuji Ide 1
Japan Ukyo Katayama 2–7, NC
Hasemi Motorsport Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R Nissan RB26DETT 2.7 L Twin Turbo I6 3 Japan Masahiro Hasemi B All
Japan Tetsuya Tanaka All
Esso Toyota Team LeMans Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 6 Australia Wayne Gardner B All
Japan Hideki Noda All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 8 Japan Aguri Suzuki B All
Japan Keiichi Tsuchiya All
Calsonic Team Impul Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R Nissan RB26DETT 2.7 L Twin Turbo I6 12 Japan Kazuyoshi Hoshino B All
Japan Satoshi Motoyama All
Team Sri Lanka RGS RGS Mirage GT1 Chevrolet LS1 6.7 L V8 15 Sri Lanka Dilantha Malagamuwa Y 4, 6
Japan Hideyuki Tamamoto 4, 6
69 Sri Lanka Dilantha Malagamuwa 2–3
United Kingdom Steve Young 2
Japan Hideyuki Tamamoto 3
Mugen x Dome Project Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 16 Japan Ryo Michigami B All
Japan Osamu Nakako 1–4, NC
Japan Hidetoshi Mitsusada 5–7
18 Japan Katsutomo Kaneishi All
Japan Juichi Wakisaka All
Hitotsuyama Racing McLaren McLaren F1 GTR BMW S70/2 6.0 L V12 21 Japan Akihiko Nakaya D 1–7
Japan Mikio Hitotsuyama 1–3, 5–7
Japan Yasushi Hitotsuyama 4
Tsuchiya Engineering Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 25 Japan Mitsuhiro Kinoshita Y All
Japan Manabu Orido All
Team Take One McLaren McLaren F1 GTR BMW S70/2 6.0 L V12 30 Japan Hideki Okada B 1–7
Japan Yoji Yamada 1–4
Japan Tsugio Matsuda 5–7
Toyota Team Cerumo Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 32 Japan Masahiko Kondo B All
Japan Takayuki Kinoshita 1–7
Japan Yuji Tachikawa NC
38 Japan Yuji Tachikawa 1–7
Japan Hironori Takeuchi 1–7
Toyota Team TOM'S Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 35 Japan Shinichi Yamaji M 1–7
France Pierre-Henri Raphanel 1–7
36 Japan Masanori Sekiya All
Japan Takeshi Tsuchiya All
37 Japan Seiji Ara All
Japan Toshio Suzuki 1–7
Japan Shinichi Yamaji NC
Denso Toyota Team SARD Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 39 Republic of Ireland Ralph Firman Y All
Japan Masahiko Kageyama All
Team Taisan Advan Chrysler Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler 356-T6 8.0 L V10 55 Japan Hiroaki Suga Y 1–2
Japan Shinsuke Shibahara 1–2
Japan Eiji Yamada 4–5, NC
Japan Takahide Tasaki 4–5
Sri Lanka Dilantha Malagamuwa NC
Mobil 1 Nakajima Racing Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 64 Japan Daisuke Ito B All
Germany Dominik Schwager All
JLOC Lamborghini Lamborghini Diablo GT-1 Lamborghini L532 6.0 L V12 88 Japan Naohiro Furuya D All
Japan Tsuyoshi Takahashi All
Raybrig Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 100 Japan Akira Iida B All
Japan 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 Malaysia Key Soon Yue M NC
Malaysia Ila Ridak NC
RE Amemiya Racing Mazda Mazda RX-7 Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor 7 Japan Tetsuya Yamano Y All
Japan Haruhiko Matsumoto All
Team Daikokuya Porsche Porsche 993 RSR Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6 9 Japan Tsunefumi Hioki D 1–2, 4–5, 7
Japan Shuroku Sasaki 1
Japan Yukihiro Hane 2, 5
Japan Akira Watanabe 4, 7
27 Japan Kota Sasaki 1
Japan Seigo Nishizawa 1
Japan Akira Hirakawa 5
Japan Toshihide Hashimura 5
Ability Motorsport Porsche Porsche 993 GT2 Porsche M64/82 3.6 L Turbo F6 10 Japan Yasutaka Hinoi Y 1–4
Japan Yutaka Yamagishi 1–4
11 Japan Kengo Kitaura 1–5, 7
Japan Hikaru Miyagi 1–4
Japan Yasutaka Hinoi 5–7
Japan Jun Kinoshita 6
Racing Project Bandoh Toyota Toyota Celica Toyota 3S-GE 2.0 L I4 19 Japan Shigekazu Wakisaka Y All
Japan Takahiro Hara All
TOM'S Spirit Toyota Toyota MR-S Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 20 Japan Masahiro Matsunaga Y 4–7
Japan Kumi Sato 4–7
MTCI Racing Team Porsche Porsche 986 Boxster Porsche M64/75 3.6 L F6 24 Japan Kazuyuki Nishizawa Y All
Italy Marco Apicella All
Team Taisan Porsche Porsche 996 GT3-R Porsche M64/75 3.6 L F6 26 Japan Hideshi Matsuda Y All
Japan Hideo Fukuyama All
Japan Atsushi Yogo NC
28 Japan Hiroaki Suga All
Japan Shinsuke Shibahara All
Chrysler Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler Viper 8.0 L V10 55 Japan Eiji Yamada 6–7
Japan Takahide Tasaki 6–7
Super Autobacs Racing with A'PEX Toyota Toyota MR-S Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 31 Japan Morio Nitta Y All
Japan Yudai Igarashi 1–3
Japan Shinichi Takagi 4–7
Auto Staff Racing Nissan Nissan Silvia (S15) Nissan SR20DET 2.1 L Turbo I4 51 Japan Seiichi Sodeyama Y 2–7
Japan Eiji Yamada 2–3
Japan Naofumi Omoto 4–7
Team Gaikokuya Porsche Porsche 993 Turbo Porsche M64/60 3.6 L Turbo F6 70 Japan Yoshimi Ishibashi D All
Belgium Patrick van Schoote 1–2, NC, 4, 7
Japan Nobuo Komiya 3, 5–6
SigmaTec Racing Team Porsche Porsche 993 GT2 Porsche M64/82 3.6 L Turbo F6 71 Japan Guts Jyonai Y 2–7
Japan Naohiro Kawano 2–4
Japan Masanobu Takenaka 5–7
Cusco Racing Subaru Subaru Impreza WRX STI Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4 77 Japan Katsuo Kobayashi Y All
Japan Tatsuya Tanigawa All
Team Daishin Nissan Nissan Silvia (S15) Nissan SR20DET 2.1 L Turbo I4 81 Japan Nobuyuki Ohyagi Y All
Japan Takayuki Aoki All
KRAFT Toyota Toyota Corolla Sprinter Trueno (AE86) Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 86 Japan Minoru Tanaka D 2–7
Japan Koji Matsuda 2–7
Team Mind Toyota Toyota Corolla (AE101) Toyota 3S-GE 2.0 L I4 101 Japan Hiroshi Sasaki Y 4
Japan Mamoru Suzuki 4
Team Gainer Ferrari Ferrari F355 Ferrari F129B 3.5 L V8 111 Japan Junichi Ikura Y 1, 2, 4–5, 7
Japan Yusei Maki 1, 2, 4–5, 7
Dentaire ProJet Racing Porsche Porsche 993 RSR Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6 360 Japan Seigo Nishizawa Y 4–5, 7
Japan Kota Sasaki 4–5, 7
910 Racing Porsche Porsche 996 GT3 RS Porsche M64/75 3.6 L F6 910 Japan Hisashi Wada Y All
Japan Atsushi Yogo All
911 Japan Masamitsu Ishihara 1–4, 7
Japan Jukuchou Sunako 1–4, 7

Schedule

Round Race Circuit Date
1 Motegi GT Championship Race Japan Twin Ring Motegi April 2
2 All Japan Fuji GT Race Japan Fuji Speedway May 4
3 SUGO GT Championship Japan Sportsland SUGO May 28
NC Tmtouch Japan GT Championship Malaysia Malaysia Sepang Circuit June 25
4 Japan Special GT Cup Japan Fuji Speedway August 6
5 GT Championship in TI Japan TI Circuit September 10
6 CP Mine GT Race Japan Mine Circuit October 1
7 Suzuka GT 300 km Japan 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
Japan Masami Kageyama
France Érik Comas
Japan Hideo Fukuyama
Japan Hideshi Matsuda
2 Mt. Fuji #18 Takata Dome Honda NSX #26 Advan Team Taisan Jr Porsche 996
Japan Katsutomo Kaneishi
Japan Juichi Wakisaka
Japan Hideo Fukuyama
Japan Hideshi Matsuda
3 Sportsland SUGO #64 Mobil 1 Honda NSX #19 Racing Project Bandoh Toyota Celica
Japan Daisuke Ito
Germany Dominik Schwager
Japan Shigekazu Wakisaka
Japan Takahiko Hara
NC Sepang Circuit #2 Castrol NISMO Nissan Skyline GT-R #7 RE Amemiya Mazda RX-7
Japan Ukyo Katayama
Germany Michael Krumm
Japan Tetsuya Yamano
Japan Haruhiko Matsumoto
4 Mt. Fuji #8 ARTA Honda NSX #28 Team Taisan Jr Porsche 996
Japan Keiichi Tsuchiya
Japan Aguri Suzuki
Japan Shinsuke Shibahara
Japan Hiroaki Suga
5 TI Circuit #38 FK/Massimo Cerumo Toyota Supra #910 Racing Porsche 996
Japan Hironori Takeuchi
Japan Yuji Tachikawa
Japan Hisashi Wada
Japan Atsushi Yogo
6 Mine Circuit #12 Calsonic Impul Nissan Skyline GT-R #26 Advan Team Taisan Jr Porsche 996
Japan Kazuyoshi Hoshino
Japan Satoshi Motoyama
Japan Hideo Fukuyama
Japan Hideshi Matsuda
7 Suzuka Circuit #64 Mobil 1 Honda NSX #31 Super Autobacs A'PEX Toyota MR-S
Japan Daisuke Ito
Germany Dominik Schwager
Japan Morio Nitta
Japan Shinichi Takagi

Standings

Drivers' standings

Scoring system
Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th
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Rank Driver MOT
Japan
FUJ
Japan
SUG
Japan
FUJ
Japan
TAI
Japan
MIN
Japan
SUZ
Japan
PTS
1 Japan Ryo Michigami 2 8 2 10 2 4 2 74
2 France Érik Comas
Japan Masami Kageyama
1 6 Ret 4 3 3 5 68
3 Japan Kazuyoshi Hoshino
Japan Satoshi Motoyama
17 5 5 3 6 1 3 66
4 Japan Daisuke Ito
Germany Dominik Schwager
3 7 1 9 16 Ret 1 58
5 Japan Hironori Takeuchi
Japan Yuji Tachikawa
4 3 12 Ret 1 6 11 48
6 Japan Katsutomo Kaneishi
Japan Juichi Wakisaka
Ret 1 4 17 10 2 15 46
7 Japan Hidetoshi Mitsusada 2 4 2 40
8 Germany Michael Krumm 6 2 11 6 11 Ret 4 37
9 Japan Hideki Noda
Australia Wayne Gardner
8 4 7 15 7 5 6 35
10 Japan Osamu Nakako 2 8 2 10 34
11 Japan Ukyo Katayama 2 11 6 11 Ret 4 31
12 Japan Masahiko Kageyama
Republic of Ireland Ralph Firman
10 Ret 6 2 Ret 8 16 25
13 Japan Aguri Suzuki
Japan Keiichi Tsuchiya
7 Ret 15 1 Ret Ret DSQ 24
14 France Pierre-Henri Raphanel
Japan Shinichi Yamaji
12 Ret 3 13 9 Ret 7 18
15 Japan Akira Iida
Japan Naoki Hattori
Ret 14 10 7 5 Ret DSQ 13
16 Japan Masahiro Hasemi
Japan Tetsuya Tanaka
5 9 Ret 11 15 11 8 13
17 Japan Masanori Sekiya
Japan Takeshi Tsuchiya
Ret 12 9 5 14 Ret 9 12
18 Japan Mitsuhiro Kinoshita
Japan Manabu Orido
13 10 14 8 8 7 13 11
19 Japan Hideki Okada Ret Ret 13 12 4 Ret Ret 10
Japan Tsugio Matsuda
21 Japan Seiji Ara
Japan Toshio Suzuki
9 Ret 8 14 12 9 12 7
22 Japan Yuji Ide 6 6
23 Japan Akihiko Nakaya 14 11 Ret Ret 17 10 Ret 1
Japan Mikio Hitotsuyama
23 Japan Takayuki Kinoshita
Japan Masahiko Kondo
11 Ret 16 19 13 Ret 10 1
Rank Driver MOT
Japan
FUJ
Japan
SUG
Japan
FUJ
Japan
TAI
Japan
MIN
Japan
SUZ
Japan
PTS
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid 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
Japan
FUJ
Japan
SUG
Japan
FUJ
Japan
TAI
Japan
MIN
Japan
SUZ
Japan
PTS
1 Mugen x Dome Project 16 2 8 2 10 2 4 2 96
18 19Ret 1 4 17 10 2 15
2 Nismo 1 1 6 20Ret 4 3 3 5 79
2 6 2 11 6 11 16Ret 4
3 Team Impul 12 17 5 5 3 6 1 3 66
4 Mobil 1 Nakajima Racing 64 3 7 1 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 15 7 5 6 35
7 Toyota Team SARD 39 10 21Ret 6 2 19Ret 8 16 25
8 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri 8 7 15Ret 15 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 5 14 19Ret 9 17
37 9 20Ret 8 14 12 9 12
11 Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft 100 18Ret 14 10 7 5 13Ret 20DSQ 13
11 Hasemi Motorsports 3 5 9 18Ret 11 15 11 8 13
13 Endless + Tsuchiya Engineering 25 13 10 14 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 19 13 15Ret 10 1
- JLOC 88 15 13 17 16 18 12 14 0
- Team Taisan Advan 55 16 18Ret 18 21PO 0
- Team Sri Lanka 15 29 28 29 DNS 21DNR 29 0
69 28 21DNS 21DNQ 29 28
Rank Team No. MOT
Japan
FUJ
Japan
SUG
Japan
FUJ
Japan
TAI
Japan
MIN
Japan
SUZ
Japan
PTS

Drivers

Rank Drivers Number/Team Points Wins
1 Japan Hideo Fukuyama #26 Advan Team Taisan Jr Porsche 996 85 3
2 Japan Hideshi Matsuda #26 Advan Team Taisan Jr Porsche 996 83 3
3 Japan Hisashi Wada
Japan Atsushi Yogo
#910 Racing Porsche 996 80 1
4 Japan Takayuki Aoki
Japan Noboyuki Oyagi
#81 Team Daishin Nissan Silvia 64 0
5 Japan Tetsuya Yamano
Japan Haruhiko Matsumoto
#7 RE Amemiya Mazda RX-7 57 0

References

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