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

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GT500

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

GT300

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

Schedule

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

Season results

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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
Japan Satoshi Motoyama
United Kingdom Richard Lyons
Japan Atsushi Yogo
Japan Tetsuya Tanaka
2 Sportsland SUGO #38 au Cerumo Toyota Supra #19 WedsSport Toyota Celica
Japan Yuji Tachikawa
Japan Seiji Ara
Japan Takayuki Aoki
Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi
3 Sepang Circuit #39 Denso Team SARD Toyota Supra #7 RE Amemiya Mazda RX-7
Portugal Andre Couto
France Jeremie Dufour
Japan Shinichi Yamaji
Japan Hiroyuki Iiri
4 Tokachi #22 Motul NISMO Nissan Z #43 ARTA ASL Garaiya
Germany Michael Krumm
Japan Masami Kageyama
Japan Morio Nitta
Japan Shinichi Takagi
5 Twin Ring Motegi #32 PIAA Honda NSX #43 ARTA ASL Garaiya
Japan Tsugio Matsuda
Germany André Lotterer
Japan Morio Nitta
Japan Shinichi Takagi
6 Autopolis #1 Xanavi NISMO Nissan Z #7 RE Amemiya Mazda RX-7
Japan Satoshi Motoyama
United Kingdom Richard Lyons
Japan Shinichi Yamaji
Japan Hiroyuki Iiri
7 Suzuka Circuit #12 Calsonic Impul Nissan Z #16 M-TEC Honda NSX
Japan Yuji Ide
France Benoît Tréluyer
Japan Tetsuya Yamano
Japan Hiroyuki Yagi
NC California Speedway #3 G-ZOX Hasemi Motorsports Nissan Z #16 M-TEC Honda NSX
Japan Toshihiro Kaneishi
France Érik Comas
Japan Tetsuya Yamano
Japan Hiroyuki Yagi
Japan Haruki Kurosawa
#32 PIAA Honda NSX #43 ARTA ASL Garaiya
Japan Tsugio Matsuda
Germany André Lotterer
Japan Morio Nitta
Japan Shinichi Takagi

Standings

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GT500 class

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Drivers' standings

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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 TAI
Japan
SUG
Japan
SEP
Malaysia
TOK
Japan
MOT
Japan
AUT
Japan
SUZ
Japan
PTS
1 Japan Satoshi Motoyama
United Kingdom Richard Lyons
1 DNS 3 Ret 3 1 7 73
2 Portugal André Couto
France Jérémie Dufour
3 Ret 1 7 6 2 8 61
3 Japan Akira Iida
Japan Juichi Wakisaka
2 11 14 2 2 4 Ret 57
4 France Érik Comas
Japan Toshihiro Kaneishi
6 6 4 3 7 Ret 3 50
5 Japan Seiji Ara
Japan Yuji Tachikawa
5 1 7 14 10 11 4 45
6 Australia James Courtney
Japan Tatsuya Kataoka
11 3 5 5 4 6 6 44
7 Italy Marco Apicella
Japan Takeshi Tsuchiya
7 7 10 4 5 7 2 43
8 Germany André Lotterer
Japan Tsugio Matsuda
10 4 9 6 1 12 5 42
9 Japan Masami Kageyama
Germany Michael Krumm
9 Ret 6 1 8 9 Ret 39
10 Japan Naoki Hattori
Japan Shigekazu Wakisaka
4 5 2 9 13 8 16 37
11 France Benoît Tréluyer
Japan Yuji Ide
8 10 Ret 11 Ret 5 1 35
12 Japan Manabu Orido
Germany Dominik Schwager
14 2 Ret 13 12 3 10 31
13 Japan Hiroki Katoh
Japan Shinji Nakano
Ret 8 15 10 9 10 9 9
14 Japan Ryo Michigami
France Sébastien Philippe
12 12 8 8 15 14 12 6
15 Japan Katsutomo Kaneishi
Japan Daisuke Ito
13 9 11 12 11 13 11 2
Japan Genji Hashimoto
Germany Norman Simon
12 15 0
Japan Hidetoshi Mitsusada
Japan Tadao Uematsu
15 DNQ 13 16 14 15 14 0
Japan Shogo Mitsuyama
Japan Shinsuke Shibahara
13 0
Japan Hisashi Wada
Japan Koji Yamanishi
DNQ Ret DNQ Ret Ret 15 0
Rank Driver TAI
Japan
SUG
Japan
SEP
Malaysia
TOK
Japan
MOT
Japan
AUT
Japan
SUZ
Japan
PTS
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (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

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For teams that entered multiple cars, only the best result from each round counted towards the teams' championship.[1]

Rank Driver No. TAI
Japan
SUG
Japan
SEP
Malaysia
TOK
Japan
MOT
Japan
AUT
Japan
SUZ
Japan
PTS
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
Japan
SUG
Japan
SEP
Malaysia
TOK
Japan
MOT
Japan
AUT
Japan
SUZ
Japan
PTS

GT300 class (Top 5)

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Drivers

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Rank Drivers Number/Team Points Wins
1 Japan Tetsuya Yamano
Japan Hiroyuki Yagi
#16 M-TEC Honda NSX 93 1
2 Japan Morio Nitta
Japan Shinichi Takagi
#43 ARTA ASL Garaiya 92 2
3 Japan Atsushi Yogo
Japan Tetsuya Tanaka
#10 Team Gainer Ferrari F360 64 1
4 Japan Shinichi Yamaji
Japan Hiroyuki Iiri
#7 RE Amemiya Mazda RX-7 55 2
5 Japan Takayuki Aoki
Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi
#19 WedsSport Toyota Celica 48 1

References

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