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 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.

2000 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship

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

Previous

1999

Next

2001

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

Schedule

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

Standings

GT500 class

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

Rank No. Driver MOT FUJ SUG SEP FUJ TAI MIN SUZ Pts. 1 16 Ryō Michigami 2 8 2 10 10 2 4 2 74 2 1 Érik Comas Masami Kageyama 1 6 Ret 7 4 3 3 5 68 3 12 Kazuyoshi Hoshino Satoshi Motoyama 17 5 5 Ret 3 6 1 3 66 4 64 Daisuke Ito Dominik Schwager 3 7 1 3 9 16 Ret 1 58 5 38/32 Yuji Tachikawa 4 3 12 Ret Ret 1 6 11 48 38 Hironori Takeuchi 6 18 Katsutomo Kaneishi Juichi Wakisaka Ret 1 4 2 17 10 2 15 46 7 16 Hidetoshi Mitsusada 2 4 2 40 8 2 Michael Krumm 6 2 11 1 6 11 Ret 4 37 9 6 Hideki Noda Wayne Gardner 8 4 7 9 15 7 5 6 35 10 16 Osamu Nakako 2 8 2 10 10 34 11 2 Ukyo Katayama 2 11 1 6 11 Ret 4 31 12 39 Masahiko Kageyama Ralph Firman 10 Ret 6 13 2 Ret 8 16 25 13 8 Aguri Suzuki Keiichi Tsuchiya 7 Ret 15 8 1 Ret Ret DSQ 24 14 35/37 Shinichi Yamaji 12 Ret 3 11 13 9 Ret 7 18 35 Pierre-Henri Raphanel 15 100 Akira Iida Naoki Hattori Ret 14 10 6 7 5 Ret DSQ 13 16 3 Masahiro Hasemi Tetsuya Tanaka 5 9 Ret 14 11 15 11 8 13 17 36 Masanori Sekiya Takeshi Tsuchiya Ret 12 9 4 5 14 Ret 9 12 18 25 Mitsuhiro Kinoshita Manabu Orido 13 10 14 8 8 8 7 13 11 19 30 Hideki Okada Ret Ret 13 12 4 Ret Ret 10 30 Tsugio Matsuda 21 37 Seiji Ara 9 Ret 8 11 14 12 9 12 7 37 Toshio Suzuki 22 2 Yuji Ide 6 6 23 21 Akihiko Nakaya 14 11 Ret Ret 17 10 Ret 1 21 Mikio Hitotsuyama 23 32 Masahiko Kondo 11 Ret 16 Ret 19 13 Ret 10 1 32 Takayuki Kinoshita - 21 Yasushi Hitotsuyama 11 Ret 0 - 30 Yoji Yamada Ret Ret 13 12 0 - 88 Naohiro Furuya Tsuyoshi Takahashi 15 13 17 12 16 18 12 14 0 - 55 Hiroaki Suga Shinsuke Shibahara 16 Ret 0 - 55 Eiji Yamada Ret 18 PO 0 - 55 Takahide Tasaki 0 - 69/55/15 Dilantha Malagamuwa DNS DNQ WD DNA DNR 0 - 69 Steve Young DNS 0 - 69/15 Hideyuki Tamamoto DNQ DNA DNR 0 - 55 Atsushi Yogo Ret 0 Rank Driver MOT FUJ SUG SEP FUJ TAI MIN SUZ Pts.

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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

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

Rank	Team	No.	MOT	FUJ	SUG		SEP		FUJ	TAI	MIN	SUZ	Pts.
1	Mugen x Dome Project	16	2	8	2		10		10	2	4	2	96
		18	19Ret	1	4		2		17	10	2	15
2	Nismo	1	1	6	20Ret		7		4	3	3	5	79
		2	6	2	11		1		6	11	16Ret	4
3	Team Impul	12	17	5	5		Ret		3	6	1	3	66
4	Mobil 1 Nakajima Racing	64	3	7	1		3		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		9		15	7	5	6	35
7	Toyota Team SARD	39	10	21Ret	6		13		2	19Ret	8	16	25
8	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	8	7	15Ret	15		5		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		4		5	14	19Ret	9	17
		37	9	20Ret	8		11		14	12	9	12
11	Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft	100	18Ret	14	10		6		7	5	13Ret	20DSQ	13
11	Hasemi Motorsports	3	5	9	18Ret		14		11	15	11	8	13
13	Endless + Tsuchiya Engineering	25	13	10	14		8		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		Ret		19	13	15Ret	10	1
-	JLOC	88	15	13	17		12		16	18	12	14	0
-	Team Taisan Advan	55	16	18Ret			Ret		18	21PO			0
-	Team Sri Lanka	15	29	28	29				DNS		21DNR	29	0
		69	28	21DNS	21DNQ				29	28
Rank	Team	No.	MOT	FUJ	SUG		SEP		FUJ	TAI	MIN	SUZ	Pts.

GT300 Drivers' championship

Rank	No.	Driver	MOT	FUJ	SUG		SEP		FUJ	TAI	MIN	SUZ	Pts.
1	26	Hideo Fukuyama	1	1	9		5		7	7	1	2	85
2	26	Hideshi Matsuda			WD								83
3	910	Atsushi Yogo Hisashi Wada	4	2	Ret				4	1	2	4	80
4	81	Nobuyuki Ohyagi Takayuki Aoki	5	3	Ret				2	2	5	6	64
5	7	Tetsuya Yamano Haruhiko Matsumoto	2	5	Ret		1		3	Ret	4	3	57
6	19	Shigekazu Wakisaka Takahiro Hara	3	Ret	1		2		Ret	3	14	17	44
7	31	Morio Nitta	6	10	6		3		6	Ret	13	1	39
8	28	Hiroaki Suga Shinsuke Shibahara			10				1	8	3	Ret	36
9	77	Katsuo Kobayashi Tatsuya Tanigawa	DNA	4	3		4		5	Ret	6	Ret	36
10	10/11	Yasutaka Hinoi	7	7	2				Ret	5	Ret	8	34
11	71	Masaki Jyonai	DNA	12	4				Ret	4	7	5	32
12	72/31	Shinichi Takagi		DNA			3		6	Ret	13	1	26
13	10	Yutaka Yamagishi	7	7	2				Ret				23
14	71	Masanobu Takenaka								4	7	5	22
15	24	Kazuyuki Nishizawa Marco Apicella	11	Ret	5				13	13	8	9	13
16	31	Yudai Igarashi	6	10	6								13
17	20	Masahiro Matsunaga Kumi Sato							Ret	6	9	7	12
18	11	Kengo Kitaura	DNS	DNS					14	5		8	11
19	70	Yoshimi Ishibashi	8	9	7		6		10	10	12	16	11
20	71	Naohiro Kawano	DNA	12	4				Ret				10
21	86	Minoru Tanaka Koji Matsuda	DNA	6	DNS				12	9	13	Ret	8
22	51	Seiichi Sodeyama		Ret	8				8	15	11	11	6
23	70	Patrick van Schoote	8	9			6		10				6
24	70	Nobuo Komiya			7					10	12	16	5
25	911	Jukuchou Sunako	Ret	8	Ret				9			12	5
26	51/55	Eiji Yamada		Ret	8						10	15	4
27	51	Naofumi Omoto							8	15	11	11	3
28	111	Junichi Ikura Yusei Maki	9	Ret					15	11		14	2
28	911	Masamitsu Ishihara	Ret	8*	Ret				9			12	2
30	27/360	Kota Sasaki Seigo Nishizawa	10						11	12		13	1
30	55	Takahide Tasaki									10	15	1
30	9	Tsunefumi Hioki	NC	11					Ret	Ret		10	1
30	9	Akira Watanabe											1
NC	26	Fuminori Mizuno			9*								0
NC	9	Yukihiro Hane		11						Ret			0
NC	11	Hikaru Miyagi	DNS	DNS					14				0
NC	27	Akira Hirakawa Toshihide Hashimura								14			0
NC	9	Shuroku Sasaki	NC										0
NC	11	Jun Kinoshita									Ret		0
NC	101	Hiroshi Sasaki Mamoru Suzuki		DNS					DNQ				0
NC	26	Dilantha Malagamuwa					5						0
NC	5	Key Soon Yue Ila Ridak					7						0
NC	72	Akira Ishikawa		DNA					DNP	DNA	DNA		0
NC	72	Keita Sawa											0
NC	888	Takeshi Namekawa Junichi Yamanishi										DNA	0
Rank	No.	Driver	MOT	FUJ	SUG		SEP		FUJ	TAI	MIN	SUZ	Pts.

GT300 Teams' standings

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

Rank	Team	No.	MOT	FUJ	SUG		SEP		FUJ	TAI	MIN	SUZ	Pts.
1	Team Taisan Jr. with Advan	26	1	1	9		5		7	7	1	2	101
		28			10				1	8	3	Ret
2	910 Racing	910	4	2	Ret				4	1	2	4	80
		911	Ret	8	Ret				9			12
3	Team Daishin	81	5	3	Ret				2	2	5	6	64
4	RE Amemiya Racing	7	2	5	Ret		1		3	Ret	4	3	57
5	Racing Project Bandoh	19	3	Ret	1		2		Ret	3	14	17	44
6	Super Autobacs Racing with A'PEX	31	6	10	6		3		6	Ret	13	1	39
7	Cusco Racing	77	DNA	4	3		4		5	Ret	6	Ret	36
8	Ability Motorsport	10	7	7	2				Ret				34
		11	DNS	Ret					14	5	Ret	8
9	SigmaTec Racing Team	71	DNA	12	4				Ret	4	7	5	32
10	MTCI Racing Team	24	11	Ret	5				13	13	8	9	13
11	TOM'S Spirit	20							Ret	6	9	7	12
12	Team Gaikokuya	70	8	9	7		6		10	10	12	16	11
13	KRAFT	86	DNA	6	DNS				12	9	13	Ret	8
14	Auto Staff Racing	51		Ret	8				8	15	11	11	6
15	Team Gainer	111	9	Ret					15	11		14	2
16	Team Daikokuya	9	NC	11					Ret	Ret		10	2
		27	10							14
17	Team Taisan Advan	55									10	15	1
NC	Dentaire ProJet Racing	360							11	12		13	0
NC	Team Mind	101		DNS					DNQ				0
NC	Porsche Club Malaysia	5					7						0
NC	Okura Rotary Racing	72		DNA					DNP	DNA	DNA		0
NC	Team KKD Japan With MTG	888										DNA	0
Rank	Team	No.	MOT	FUJ	SUG		SEP		FUJ	TAI	MIN	SUZ	Pts.