2002 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship
The 2002 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship was the tenth season of Japan Automobile Federation GT premiere racing. It was marked as well as the twentieth season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The GT500 class drivers' champions of 2002 were Juichi Wakisaka and Akira Iida driving the No. 6 Esso Team LeMans Toyota Supra, and the teams' champion was Honda team Mugen x Dome Project with their No. 16 Mugen NSX and No. 18 Takata Dome NSX.[1] The GT300 class drivers' champions were the No. 31 ARTA with A'PEX Toyota MR-S driven by Morio Nitta and Shinichi Takagi.
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| The Honda NSX cars of team champions Mugen x Dome Project |
Drivers and teams
GT500
GT300
| Team | Make | Car | Engine | No. | Drivers | Tyre | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verno Tokai Dream28 | Honda | Honda NSX | Honda C32B 3.4 L V6 | 2 | Kazuho Takahashi | Y | All |
| Akira Watanabe | All | ||||||
| Hasemi Motorsport | Nissan | Nissan Silvia (S15) | Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 3 | Tetsuya Yamano | Y | All |
| Masataka Yanagida | All | ||||||
| Zipspeed | Chevrolet | Chevrolet Corvette C4 | Chevrolet L98 5.7 L V8 | 4 | Izumi Yoshida | D | All |
| Toshiyuki Yamamoto | 2 | ||||||
| Naohiro Furuya | 2–3, 5–6, 8 | ||||||
| A&S Racing | Mosler | Mosler MT900R | Chevrolet LS1 5.7 L V8 | 5 | Tetsuji Tamanaka | Y | All |
| "Gō Mifune" | All | ||||||
| RE Amemiya Racing | Mazda | Mazda RX-7 | Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor | 7 | Haruhiko Matsumoto | Y | All |
| Nobuteru Taniguchi | 1–7 | ||||||
| Takayuki Kinoshita | 8 | ||||||
| Team Daikokuya | Porsche | Porsche 911 GT3-R | Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 | 9 | Yosuke Shimoshima | Y | 1–4, 8 |
| Tsunefumi Hiki | 1 | ||||||
| Masanobu Takenaka | 2–5, 8 | ||||||
| Akihiko Tsutsumi | 5 | ||||||
| Amprex Motorsports | BMW | BMW M3 (E46) | BMW M52 3.2 L I6 | 15 | Genji Hashimoto | BF | All |
| Charles Kwan | All | ||||||
| TOM'S Spirit | Toyota | Toyota MR-S | Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 17 | Masahiro Matsunaga | Y | 1–3, 5–8 |
| Ken Namekawa | 1–3, 5–8 | ||||||
| Racing Project Bandoh | Toyota | Toyota MR-S | Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 19 | Minoru Tanaka | Y | All |
| Satoshi Goto | All | ||||||
| Hitotsuyama Racing | BMW | BMW M3 CSL | BMW S50B32 3.2 L I6 | 21 | Yasushi Kikuchi | D | All |
| Mikio Hitotsuyama | 1, 7 | ||||||
| Yasushi Hitotsuyama | 2–6, 8 | ||||||
| Team Taisan | Porsche | Porsche 911 GT3-R | Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 | 24 | Hideo Fukuyama | Y | All |
| Mitsuhiro Kinoshita | All | ||||||
| 26 | Atsushi Yogo | All | |||||
| Kazuyushi Nishizawa | All | ||||||
| 28 | Yutaka Yamagishi | All | |||||
| Yukihiro Hane | 1, 3–8 | ||||||
| Jukuchou Sunako | 2 | ||||||
| Chrysler | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Chrysler 356-T6 8.0 L V10 | 55 | Eiji Yamada | All | ||
| Takashi Shimizu | 1–2, 5–8 | ||||||
| Takayuki Kinoshita | 3–4 | ||||||
| ARTA with A'PEX | Toyota | Toyota MR-S | Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 31 | Morio Nitta | BF | All |
| Shinichi Takagi | All | ||||||
| Auto Staff Racing | Nissan | Nissan Silvia (S15) | Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 51 | Naofumi Omoto | Y | 3–5, 7–8 |
| Masanobu Kato | 3–5, 7 | ||||||
| Akira Ishikawa | 8 | ||||||
| R&D Sport | Porsche | Porsche 911 GT3-R | Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 | 61 | Yasuo Miyagawa | D | 1–5 |
| Hiroaki Suga | 1, 3 | ||||||
| Tsubasa Kurosawa | 2 | ||||||
| Atsushi Katsumasa | 4–5 | ||||||
| 62 | |||||||
| Shinsuke Shibahara | 1 | ||||||
| Shogo Mitsuyama | 1 | ||||||
| Vemac | Vemac RD320R | Honda C32B 3.4 L V6 | |||||
| Shinsuke Shibahara | 2–8 | ||||||
| Shogo Mitsuyama | 2–8 | ||||||
| Porsche | Porsche 911 GT3-R | Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 | 63 | "OSAMU" | All | ||
| Takamasa Nakagawa | All | ||||||
| Team Revolution | Mazda | Mazda RX-7 | Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor | 66 | Tetsuya Shimizu | Y | 5, 6, 8 |
| Shinji Abe | 5 | ||||||
| Mutsumi Shiono | 6, 8 | ||||||
| Team Gaikokuya | Porsche | Porsche 996 GT3-RS | Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 | 70 | Yoshimi Ishibashi | D | All |
| Patrick van Schoote | 1–5 | ||||||
| Seiichi Sodeyama | 6 | ||||||
| Nobuo Komiya | 7–8 | ||||||
| SigmaTec Racing Team | Toyota | Toyota MR-S | Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 71 | Keita Sawa | D | All |
| Guts Jyonai | All | ||||||
| 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 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 81 | Nobuyuki Ohyagi | Y | All |
| Takayuki Aoki | All | ||||||
| KRAFT | Toyota | Toyota MR-S | Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 86 | Masaoki Nagashima | D | All |
| Koji Matsuda | All | ||||||
| Dentaire ProJet Racing | Ferrari | Ferrari 360 | Ferrari F131B 3.6 L V8 | 360 | Seigo Nishizawa | Y | 1–3, 5, 7–8 |
| Kota Sasaki | 1–3, 5, 7–8 | ||||||
| 910 Racing | Porsche | Porsche 996 GT3 RS | Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 | 910 | Hideshi Matsuda | Y | All |
| Yasuo Miyagawa | 1 | ||||||
| Adam Wilcox | 2–8 | ||||||
| 911 | Akira Hirakawa | All | |||||
| Toshihide Hashimura | 1 | ||||||
| Shigemitsu Haga | 2–3, 6, 8 | ||||||
| Jukuchou Sunako | 5, 7 | ||||||
Schedule
| Round | Race | Circuit | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GT Championship in TI | TI Circuit | April 14 |
| 2 | All Japan Fuji GT Race | Fuji Speedway | May 4 |
| 3 | SUGO GT Championship | Sportsland SUGO | May 26 |
| 4 | Tmtouch Japan GT Championship Malaysia | Sepang Circuit | June 23 |
| 5 | Japan Special GT Cup | Fuji Speedway | July 28 |
| 6 | Motegi GT Championship Race | Twin Ring Motegi | September 15 |
| 7 | CP Mine GT Race | Mine Circuit | October 27 |
| 8 | Suzuka GT 300 km | Suzuka Circuit | November 17 |
Season results
Standings
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 |
| Qualifying | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Fastest Lap | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
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Teams' standings
For teams that entered multiple cars, only the best result from each round counted towards the teams' championship.[2]
| Rank | Team | No. | TAI |
FUJ |
SUG |
SEP |
FUJ |
MOT |
MIN |
SUZ |
PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mugen x Dome Project | 16 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 10 | 96 |
| 18 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 2 | Esso Toyota Team LeMans | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 75 |
| 3 | Mobil 1 Nakajima Racing | 64 | 1 | 11 | Ret | 1 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 74 |
| 4 | Toyota Team Cerumo | 33 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 69 | |
| 1 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 6 | |||
| 5 | Toyota Team TOM'S | 36 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 65 |
| 37 | Ret | 12 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 | Ret | 16 | |||
| 6 | Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft | 100 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | Ret | 4 | 63 |
| 7 | Nismo | 22 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 2 | Ret | 62 |
| 23 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 17 | Ret | 8 | |||
| 8 | Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | 8 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 46 |
| 9 | Toyota Team SARD | 39 | 3 | Ret | 12 | DSQ | 15 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 33 |
| 10 | Tsuchiya Engineering | 25 | 6 | 13 | 11 | Ret | 4 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 32 |
| 11 | Hitotsuyama Racing | 76 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 3 | Ret | Ret | 27 |
| 12 | Team Impul | 12 | 14 | Ret | 8 | 14 | Ret | 11 | 13 | 17 | 4 |
| 13 | Kraft | 35 | 17 | 10 | Ret | 12 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 3 |
| 14 | Team Take One | 30 | 16 | 9 | 14 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 11 | 2 | |
| - | JLOC | 88 | DNQ | Ret | 15 | Ret | Ret | 18 | Ret | Ret | 0 |
| - | HKS | 87 | DNQ | DNQ | Ret | Ret | 15 | 0 | |||
| Rank | Team | No. | TAI |
FUJ |
SUG |
SEP |
FUJ |
MOT |
MIN |
SUZ |
PTS |
Drivers
| Rank | Drivers | Number/Team | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morio Nitta Shinichi Takagi |
#31 ARTA A'PEX Toyota MR-S | 75 | 1 |
| 2 | Shogo Mitsuyama Shinsuke Shibahara |
#62 R&D Sport Vemac RD320R | 73 | 3 |
| 3 | Masataka Yanagida Tetsuya Yamano |
#3 Hasemi Motorsports Nissan Silvia | 70 | 1 |
| 4 | Hideo Fukuyama Mitsuhiro Kinoshita |
#24 Advan Team Taisan Porsche 996 | 65 | 1 |
| 5 | Takayuki Aoki Noboyuki Oyagi |
#81 Team Daishin Nissan Silvia | 56 | 1 |
References
- "【JGTC第8戦】トヨタ/ホンダでタイトルを分け合う……最終戦". レスポンス（Response.jp） (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-10-16.
- "JGTC 2002 Team Ranking". supergt.net. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
External links
- Super GT/JGTC official race archive (in Japanese)
- 2002 season results
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