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
GT300
Team | Make | Car | Engine | No. | Drivers | Tyre | Rounds |
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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 |
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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
Standings
GT500 class
Drivers' standings
- Scoring system
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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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.
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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 | PTS |
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1 | Nismo | 1 | 1 | 15DNS | 3 | 17Ret | 3 | 1 | 7 | 98 |
22 | 9 | 14Ret | 6 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 18Ret | |||
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 | |||
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 | 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 | 42 |
8 | Kraft | 35 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 16 | 37 |
9 | Team Impul | 12 | 8 | 10 | 17Ret | 11 | 16Ret | 5 | 1 | 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 | 9 |
12 | Dome Racing Team | 18 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 6 |
13 | Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | 8 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 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 | PTS |
GT300 class (Top 5)
Drivers
Rank | Drivers | Number/Team | Points | Wins |
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1 | Tetsuya Yamano Hiroyuki Yagi | #16 M-TEC Honda NSX | 93 | 1 |
2 | Morio Nitta Shinichi Takagi | #43 ARTA ASL Garaiya | 92 | 2 |
3 | Atsushi Yogo Tetsuya Tanaka | #10 Team Gainer Ferrari F360 | 64 | 1 |
4 | Shinichi Yamaji Hiroyuki Iiri | #7 RE Amemiya Mazda RX-7 | 55 | 2 |
5 | Takayuki Aoki Nobuteru Taniguchi | #19 WedsSport Toyota Celica | 48 | 1 |
References
- ^ "JGTC.net | 2004 Series Point Ranking | Team". supergt.net. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
External links
- Super GT/JGTC official race archive (in Japanese)
- 2004 season results