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2000 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship

Motorsport championship


Motorsport championship

Ryō Michigami
GT500 Teams' Champion: Mugen x Dome Project GT300 Drivers' Champion: Hideo Fukuyama
GT300 Teams' Champion: Team Taisan JR. with ADVAN

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 Ryō 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

TeamMakeCarEngineNo.DriversTyreRoundsNissanNissanToyotaHondaNissanRGSHondaMcLarenToyotaMcLarenToyotaToyotaToyotaChryslerHondaLamborghiniHonda
NismoNissan Skyline GT-RNissan RB26DETT 2.7 L Twin Turbo I61FRA Érik ComasAll
JPN Masami KageyamaAll
2GER Michael KrummAll
JPN Yuji Ide1
JPN Ukyo Katayama2–7, NC
Hasemi MotorsportNissan Skyline GT-RNissan RB26DETT 2.7 L Twin Turbo I63JPN Masahiro HasemiAll
JPN Tetsuya TanakaAll
Esso Toyota Team LeMansToyota SupraToyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I46AUS Wayne GardnerAll
JPN Hideki NodaAll
Autobacs Racing Team AguriHonda NSXHonda C32B 3.5 L V68JPN Aguri SuzukiAll
JPN Keiichi TsuchiyaAll
Calsonic Team ImpulNissan Skyline GT-RNissan RB26DETT 2.7 L Twin Turbo I612JPN Kazuyoshi HoshinoAll
JPN Satoshi MotoyamaAll
Team Sri LankaRGS Mirage GT1Chevrolet LS1 6.7 L V815SRI Dilantha Malagamuwa4, 6
JPN Hideyuki Tamamoto4, 6
69SRI Dilantha Malagamuwa2–3
GBR Steve Young2
JPN Hideyuki Tamamoto3
Mugen x Dome ProjectHonda NSXHonda C32B 3.5 L V616JPN Ryō MichigamiAll
JPN Osamu Nakako1–4, NC
JPN Hidetoshi Mitsusada5–7
18JPN Katsutomo KaneishiAll
JPN Juichi WakisakaAll
Hitotsuyama RacingMcLaren F1 GTRBMW S70/2 6.0 L V1221JPN Akihiko Nakaya1–7
JPN Mikio Hitotsuyama1–3, 5–7
JPN Yasushi Hitotsuyama4
Tsuchiya EngineeringToyota SupraToyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I425JPN Mitsuhiro KinoshitaAll
JPN Manabu OridoAll
Team Take OneMcLaren F1 GTRBMW S70/2 6.0 L V1230JPN Hideki Okada1–7
JPN Yoji Yamada1–4
JPN Tsugio Matsuda5–7
Toyota Team CerumoToyota SupraToyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I432JPN Masahiko KondoAll
JPN Takayuki Kinoshita1–7
JPN Yuji TachikawaNC
38JPN Yuji Tachikawa1–7
JPN Hironori Takeuchi1–7
Toyota Team TOM'SToyota SupraToyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I435JPN Shinichi Yamaji1–7
FRA Pierre-Henri Raphanel1–7
36JPN Masanori SekiyaAll
JPN Takeshi TsuchiyaAll
37JPN Seiji AraAll
JPN Toshio Suzuki1–7
JPN Shinichi YamajiNC
Denso Toyota Team SARDToyota SupraToyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I439IRL Ralph FirmanAll
JPN Masahiko KageyamaAll
Team Taisan AdvanChrysler Viper GTS-RChrysler EWB 8.0 L V1055JPN Hiroaki Suga1–2
JPN Shinsuke Shibahara1–2
JPN Eiji Yamada4–5, NC
JPN Takahide Tasaki4–5
SRI Dilantha MalagamuwaNC
Mobil 1 Nakajima RacingHonda NSXHonda C32B 3.5 L V664JPN Daisuke ItoAll
GER Dominik SchwagerAll
JLOCLamborghini Diablo GT-1Lamborghini L532 6.0 L V1288JPN Naohiro FuruyaAll
JPN Tsuyoshi TakahashiAll
Raybrig Team Kunimitsu with MooncraftHonda NSXHonda C32B 3.5 L V6100JPN Akira IidaAll
JPN Naoki HattoriAll

GT300

TeamMakeCarEngineNo.DriversTyreRoundsPorscheMazdaPorschePorscheToyotaToyotaPorschePorscheChryslerToyotaNissanPorschePorscheSubaruNissanToyotaToyotaFerrariPorschePorsche
Porsche Club MalaysiaPorsche 993 RSPorsche M64/60 3.6 L Turbo F65MYS Key Soon YueNC
MYS Ila RidakNC
RE Amemiya RacingMazda RX-7Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor7JPN Tetsuya YamanoAll
JPN Haruhiko MatsumotoAll
Team DaikokuyaPorsche 993 RSRPorsche M64/80 3.8 L F69JPN Tsunefumi Hioki1–2, 4–5, 7
JPN Shuroku Sasaki1
JPN Yukihiro Hane2, 5
JPN Akira Watanabe4, 7
27JPN Kota Sasaki1
JPN Seigo Nishizawa1
JPN Akira Hirakawa5
JPN Toshihide Hashimura5
Ability MotorsportPorsche 993 GT2Porsche M64/82 3.6 L Turbo F610JPN Yasutaka Hinoi1–4
JPN Yutaka Yamagishi1–4
11JPN Kengo Kitaura1–5, 7
JPN Hikaru Miyagi1–4
JPN Yasutaka Hinoi5–7
JPN Jun Kinoshita6
Racing Project BandohToyota CelicaToyota 3S-GE 2.0 L I419JPN Shigekazu WakisakaAll
JPN Takahiro HaraAll
TOM'S SpiritToyota MR-SToyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I420JPN Masahiro Matsunaga4–7
JPN Kumi Sato4–7
MTCI Racing TeamPorsche 986 BoxsterPorsche M64/75 3.6 L F624JPN Kazuyuki NishizawaAll
ITA Marco ApicellaAll
Team TaisanPorsche 996 GT3-RPorsche M64/75 3.6 L F626JPN Hideshi MatsudaAll
JPN Hideo FukuyamaAll
JPN Atsushi YogoNC
28JPN Hiroaki SugaAll
JPN Shinsuke ShibaharaAll
Chrysler Viper GTS-RChrysler EWB 8.0 L V1055JPN Eiji Yamada6–7
JPN Takahide Tasaki6–7
Super Autobacs Racing with A'PEXToyota MR-SToyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I431JPN Morio NittaAll
JPN Yudai Igarashi1–3
JPN Shinichi Takagi4–7
Auto Staff RacingNissan Silvia (S15)Nissan SR20DET 2.1 L Turbo I451JPN Seiichi Sodeyama2–7
JPN Eiji Yamada2–3
JPN Naofumi Omoto4–7
Team GaikokuyaPorsche 993 TurboPorsche M64/60 3.6 L Turbo F670JPN Yoshimi IshibashiAll
BEL Patrick van Schoote1–2, NC, 4, 7
JPN Nobuo Komiya3, 5–6
SigmaTec Racing TeamPorsche 993 GT2Porsche M64/82 3.6 L Turbo F671JPN Guts Jyonai2–7
JPN Naohiro Kawano2–4
JPN Masanobu Takenaka5–7
Cusco RacingSubaru Impreza WRX STISubaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F477JPN Katsuo KobayashiAll
JPN Tatsuya TanigawaAll
Team DaishinNissan Silvia (S15)Nissan SR20DET 2.1 L Turbo I481JPN Nobuyuki OhyagiAll
JPN Takayuki AokiAll
KRAFTToyota Corolla Sprinter Trueno (AE86)Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I486JPN Minoru Tanaka2–7
JPN Koji Matsuda2–7
Team MindToyota Corolla (AE101)Toyota 3S-GE 2.0 L I4101JPN Hiroshi Sasaki4
JPN Mamoru Suzuki4
Team GainerFerrari F355Ferrari F129B 3.5 L V8111JPN Junichi Ikura1, 2, 4–5, 7
JPN Yusei Maki1, 2, 4–5, 7
Dentaire ProJet RacingPorsche 993 RSRPorsche M64/80 3.8 L F6360JPN Seigo Nishizawa4–5, 7
JPN Kota Sasaki4–5, 7
910 RacingPorsche 996 GT3 RSPorsche M64/75 3.6 L F6910JPN Hisashi WadaAll
JPN Atsushi YogoAll
911JPN Masamitsu Ishihara1–4, 7
JPN Jukuchou Sunako1–4, 7

Schedule

RoundRaceCircuitDate123NC4567
Motegi GT Championship RaceJPN Twin Ring MotegiApril 2
All Japan Fuji GT RaceJPN Fuji SpeedwayMay 4
SUGO GT ChampionshipJPN Sportsland SUGOMay 28
Tmtouch Japan GT Championship MalaysiaMYS Sepang CircuitJune 25
Japan Special GT CupJPN Fuji SpeedwayAugust 6
GT Championship in TIJPN TI CircuitSeptember 10
CP Mine GT RaceJPN Mine CircuitOctober 1
Suzuka GT 300 kmJPN Suzuka CircuitOctober 22

Season results

RoundCircuitGT500 Winning TeamGT300 Winning TeamGT500 Winning DriversGT300 Winning Drivers
1Twin Ring Motegi#1 Loctite NISMO Nissan Skyline GT-R#26 Advan Team Taisan Jr Porsche 996
JPN Masami Kageyama
FRA Érik ComasJPN Hideo Fukuyama
JPN Hideshi Matsuda
2Mt. Fuji#18 Takata Dome Honda NSX#26 Advan Team Taisan Jr Porsche 996
JPN Katsutomo Kaneishi
JPN Juichi WakisakaJPN Hideo Fukuyama
JPN Hideshi Matsuda
3Sportsland SUGO#64 Mobil 1 Honda NSX#19 Racing Project Bandoh Toyota Celica
JPN Daisuke Ito
DEU Dominik SchwagerJPN Shigekazu Wakisaka
JPN Takahiko Hara
NCSepang Circuit#2 Castrol NISMO Nissan Skyline GT-R#7 RE Amemiya Mazda RX-7
JPN Ukyo Katayama
DEU Michael KrummJPN Tetsuya Yamano
JPN Haruhiko Matsumoto
4Mt. Fuji#8 ARTA Honda NSX#28 Team Taisan Jr Porsche 996
JPN Keiichi Tsuchiya
JPN Aguri SuzukiJPN Shinsuke Shibahara
JPN Hiroaki Suga
5TI Circuit#38 FK/Massimo Cerumo Toyota Supra#910 Racing Porsche 996
JPN Hironori Takeuchi
JPN Yuji TachikawaJPN Hisashi Wada
JPN Atsushi Yogo
6Mine Circuit#12 Calsonic Impul Nissan Skyline GT-R#26 Advan Team Taisan Jr Porsche 996
JPN Kazuyoshi Hoshino
JPN Satoshi MotoyamaJPN Hideo Fukuyama
JPN Hideshi Matsuda
7Suzuka Circuit#64 Mobil 1 Honda NSX#31 Super Autobacs A'PEX Toyota MR-S
JPN Daisuke Ito
DEU Dominik SchwagerJPN Morio Nitta
JPN Shinichi Takagi

Standings

GT500 class

Drivers' standings

;Scoring system:

Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10thPoints20151210864321
RankNo.DriverMOT
JPNFUJ
JPNSUG
JPNSEP
MYSFUJ
JPNTAI
JPNMIN
JPNSUZ
JPNPts.1742683664585486467408379351034113112251324141815131613171218111910217226231231-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0RankDriverMOT
JPNFUJ
JPNSUG
JPNSEP
MYSFUJ
JPNTAI
JPNMIN
JPNSUZ
JPNPts.
16JPN Ryō Michigami282*10*10242
1FRA Érik Comas
JPN Masami Kageyama16Ret74*3**3*5
12JPN Kazuyoshi Hoshino
JPN Satoshi Motoyama1755Ret3613
64JPN Daisuke Ito
GER Dominik Schwager37*1*3916Ret*1*
38/32JPN Yuji Tachikawa4312Ret**Ret****1**611
38JPN Hironori Takeuchi
18JPN Katsutomo Kaneishi
JPN Juichi Wakisaka***Ret******1***4**2**1710215
16JPN Hidetoshi Mitsusada242
2GER Michael Krumm62111611Ret4
6JPN Hideki Noda
AUS Wayne Gardner847915756
16JPN Osamu Nakako282*10*10
2JPN Ukyo Katayama2111611Ret4
39JPN Masahiko Kageyama
IRL Ralph Firman10Ret6132Ret816
8JPN Aguri Suzuki
JPN Keiichi Tsuchiya7Ret158*1*RetRetDSQ
35/37JPN Shinichi Yamaji12Ret311139Ret7
35FRA Pierre-Henri Raphanel
100JPN Akira Iida
JPN Naoki HattoriRet1410675RetDSQ
3JPN Masahiro Hasemi
JPN Tetsuya Tanaka59Ret141115118
36JPN Masanori Sekiya
JPN Takeshi TsuchiyaRet1294514Ret9
25JPN Mitsuhiro Kinoshita
JPN Manabu Orido131014888713
30JPN Hideki OkadaRetRet13124RetRet
30JPN Tsugio Matsuda
37JPN Seiji Ara9Ret8111412912
37JPN Toshio Suzuki
2JPN Yuji Ide6
21JPN Akihiko Nakaya1411RetRet1710Ret
21JPN Mikio Hitotsuyama
32JPN Masahiko Kondo11Ret16Ret1913Ret10
32JPN Takayuki Kinoshita
21JPN Yasushi Hitotsuyama11Ret
30JPN Yoji YamadaRetRet1312
88JPN Naohiro Furuya
JPN Tsuyoshi Takahashi1513171216181214
55JPN Hiroaki Suga
JPN Shinsuke Shibahara16Ret
55JPN Eiji YamadaRet18PO
55JPN Takahide Tasaki
69/55/15SRI Dilantha MalagamuwaDNSDNQWDDNADNR
69GBR Steve YoungDNS
69/15JPN Hideyuki TamamotoDNQDNADNR
55JPN Atsushi YogoRet

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Teams' standings

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

RankTeamNo.MOT
JPNFUJ
JPNSUG
JPNSEP
MYSFUJ
JPNTAI
JPNMIN
JPNSUZ
JPNPts.19627936645854863572582491810171113111313111410151151-0-0-0RankTeamNo.MOT
JPNFUJ
JPNSUG
JPNSEP
MYSFUJ
JPNTAI
JPNMIN
JPNSUZ
JPNPts.
Mugen x Dome Project16282*10*10242
1819***Ret******1*****4****2**1710**2**15
Nismo11620Ret74*3**3*5
26211161116Ret4
Team Impul121755Ret3613
Mobil 1 Nakajima Racing6437*1*391620Ret*1*
Toyota Team Cerumo38431220**Ret****1**611
Esso Ultron Toyota Team LeMans6847915756
Toyota Team SARD391021Ret613219Ret816
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri8715Ret155*1*20Ret17Ret19DSQ
MatsumotoKiyoshi Team TOM'S351219Ret313914Ret7
Toyota Castrol Team TOM'S3621Ret129451419Ret9
37920Ret8111412912
Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft10018Ret141067513Ret20**DSQ**
Hasemi Motorsports35918Ret141115118
Endless + Tsuchiya Engineering25131014888713
Team Take One3020Ret16Ret1312418Ret17Ret
Hitotsuyama Racing21141119Ret21Ret171018Ret
cdma One Toyota Team Cerumo with Key's321117Ret16Ret191315Ret10
JLOC881513171216181214
Team Taisan Advan551618RetRet1821PO
Team Sri Lanka15292829DNS21DNR29
692821DNS21DNQ2928

GT300 Drivers' championship

RankNo.DriverMOT
JPNFUJ
JPNSUG
JPNSEP
MALAYSIAFUJ
JPNTAI
JPNMIN
JPNSUZ
JPNPts.18528338046455764473983693610341132122613231422151316131712181119112010218226236245255264273282282301301301301NC0NC0NC0NC0NC0NC0NC0NC0NC0NC0NC0NC0RankNo.DriverMOT
JPNFUJ
JPNSUG
JPNSEP
MALAYSIAFUJ
JPNTAI
JPNMIN
JPNSUZ
JPNPts.
26JPN Hideo Fukuyama**1****1**957712
26JPN Hideshi MatsudaWD
910JPN Atsushi Yogo
JPN Hisashi Wada42Ret4124
81JPN Nobuyuki Ohyagi
JPN Takayuki Aoki53Ret**2****2**56
7JPN Tetsuya Yamano
JPN Haruhiko Matsumoto25**Ret****1**3Ret43
19JPN Shigekazu Wakisaka
JPN Takahiro Hara3Ret12Ret31417
31JPN Morio Nitta610636Ret131
28JPN Hiroaki Suga
JPN Shinsuke Shibahara1018**3**Ret
77JPN Katsuo Kobayashi
JPN Tatsuya TanigawaDNA4345Ret6Ret
10/11JPN Yasutaka Hinoi772Ret5Ret8
71JPN Masaki JyonaiDNA124Ret475
72/31JPN Shinichi TakagiDNA36Ret131
10JPN Yutaka Yamagishi772Ret
71JPN Masanobu Takenaka475
24JPN Kazuyuki Nishizawa
ITA Marco Apicella11Ret513138**9**
31JPN Yudai Igarashi6106
20JPN Masahiro Matsunaga
JPN Kumi SatoRet697
11JPN Kengo KitauraDNSDNS1458
70JPN Yoshimi Ishibashi897610101216
71JPN Naohiro KawanoDNA124Ret
86JPN Minoru Tanaka
JPN Koji MatsudaDNA6DNS12913Ret
51JPN Seiichi SodeyamaRet88151111
70BEL Patrick van Schoote89610
70JPN Nobuo Komiya7101216
911JPN Jukuchou SunakoRet8Ret912
51/55JPN Eiji YamadaRet81015
51JPN Naofumi Omoto8151111
111JPN Junichi Ikura
JPN Yusei Maki9Ret151114
911JPN Masamitsu IshiharaRet8*Ret912
27/360JPN Kota Sasaki
JPN Seigo Nishizawa10111213
55JPN Takahide Tasaki1015
9JPN Tsunefumi HiokiNC11RetRet10
9JPN Akira Watanabe
26JPN Fuminori Mizuno9*
9JPN Yukihiro Hane11Ret
11JPN Hikaru MiyagiDNSDNS14
27JPN Akira Hirakawa
JPN Toshihide Hashimura14
9JPN Shuroku SasakiNC
11JPN Jun KinoshitaRet
101JPN Hiroshi Sasaki
JPN Mamoru SuzukiDNSDNQ
26SRI Dilantha Malagamuwa5
5MALAYSIA Key Soon Yue
MALAYSIA Ila Ridak7
72JPN Akira IshikawaDNADNPDNADNA
72JPN Keita Sawa
888JPN Takeshi Namekawa
JPN Junichi YamanishiDNA

GT300 Teams' standings

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

RankTeamNo.MOT
JPNFUJ
JPNSUG
JPNSEP
MALAYSIAFUJ
JPNTAI
JPNMIN
JPNSUZ
JPNPts.1101280364457544639736834932101311121211138146152162171NC0NC0NC0NC0NC0RankTeamNo.MOT
JPNFUJ
JPNSUG
JPNSEP
MALAYSIAFUJ
JPNTAI
JPNMIN
JPNSUZ
JPNPts.
Team Taisan Jr. with Advan26**1****1**957712
281018**3**Ret
910 Racing91042Ret4124
911Ret8Ret912
Team Daishin8153Ret**2****2**56
RE Amemiya Racing725**Ret****1**3Ret43
Racing Project Bandoh193Ret12Ret31417
Super Autobacs Racing with A'PEX31610636Ret131
Cusco Racing77DNA4345Ret6Ret
Ability Motorsport10772Ret
11DNSRet145Ret8
SigmaTec Racing Team71DNA124Ret475
MTCI Racing Team2411Ret513138**9**
TOM'S Spirit20Ret697
Team Gaikokuya70897610101216
KRAFT86DNA6DNS12913Ret
Auto Staff Racing51Ret88151111
Team Gainer1119Ret151114
Team Daikokuya9NC11RetRet10
271014
Team Taisan Advan551015
Dentaire ProJet Racing360111213
Team Mind101DNSDNQ
Porsche Club Malaysia57
Okura Rotary Racing72DNADNPDNADNA
Team KKD Japan With MTG888DNA

References

References

  1. "2000 AUTOBACS CUP ALL JAPAN GT CHAMPIONSHIP - Point Ranking".
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