2000 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship

Motorsport championship All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship 2000 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 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 Team Make Car Engine No. Car number Drivers Tyre Rounds Nismo Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R Nissan RB26DETT 2.7 L Twin Turbo I6 1 FRA Érik Comas Bridgestone All JPN Masami Kageyama All 2 GER Michael Krumm All JPN Yuji Ide 1 JPN Ukyo Katayama 2–7, NC Hasemi Motorsport Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R Nissan RB26DETT 2.7 L Twin Turbo I6 3 JPN Masahiro Hasemi Bridgestone All JPN Tetsuya Tanaka All Esso Toyota Team LeMans Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 6 AUS Wayne Gardner Bridgestone All JPN Hideki Noda All Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 8 JPN Aguri Suzuki Bridgestone All JPN Keiichi Tsuchiya All Calsonic Team Impul Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R Nissan RB26DETT 2.7 L Twin Turbo I6 12 JPN Kazuyoshi Hoshino Bridgestone All JPN Satoshi Motoyama All Team Sri Lanka RGS RGS Mirage GT1 Chevrolet LS1 6.7 L V8 15 SRI Dilantha Malagamuwa Yokohama 4, 6 JPN Hideyuki Tamamoto 4, 6 69 SRI Dilantha Malagamuwa 2–3 GBR Steve Young 2 JPN Hideyuki Tamamoto 3 Mugen x Dome Project Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 16 JPN Ryō Michigami Bridgestone All JPN Osamu Nakako 1–4, NC JPN Hidetoshi Mitsusada 5–7 18 JPN Katsutomo Kaneishi All JPN Juichi Wakisaka All Hitotsuyama Racing McLaren McLaren F1 GTR BMW S70/2 6.0 L V12 21 JPN Akihiko Nakaya Dunlop 1–7 JPN Mikio Hitotsuyama 1–3, 5–7 JPN Yasushi Hitotsuyama 4 Tsuchiya Engineering Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 25 JPN Mitsuhiro Kinoshita Yokohama All JPN Manabu Orido All Team Take One McLaren McLaren F1 GTR BMW S70/2 6.0 L V12 30 JPN Hideki Okada Bridgestone 1–7 JPN Yoji Yamada 1–4 JPN Tsugio Matsuda 5–7 Toyota Team Cerumo Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 32 JPN Masahiko Kondo Bridgestone All JPN Takayuki Kinoshita 1–7 JPN Yuji Tachikawa NC 38 JPN Yuji Tachikawa 1–7 JPN Hironori Takeuchi 1–7 Toyota Team TOM'S Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 35 JPN Shinichi Yamaji Michelin 1–7 FRA Pierre-Henri Raphanel 1–7 36 JPN Masanori Sekiya All JPN Takeshi Tsuchiya All 37 JPN Seiji Ara All JPN Toshio Suzuki 1–7 JPN Shinichi Yamaji NC Denso Toyota Team SARD Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 39 IRL Ralph Firman Yokohama All JPN Masahiko Kageyama All Team Taisan Advan Chrysler Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler EWB 8.0 L V10 55 JPN Hiroaki Suga Yokohama 1–2 JPN Shinsuke Shibahara 1–2 JPN Eiji Yamada 4–5, NC JPN Takahide Tasaki 4–5 SRI Dilantha Malagamuwa NC Mobil 1 Nakajima Racing Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 64 JPN Daisuke Ito Bridgestone All GER Dominik Schwager All JLOC Lamborghini Lamborghini Diablo GT-1 Lamborghini L532 6.0 L V12 88 JPN Naohiro Furuya Dunlop All JPN Tsuyoshi Takahashi All Raybrig Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 100 JPN Akira Iida Bridgestone All JPN Naoki Hattori All GT300 Team Make Car Engine No. Car number Drivers Tyre Rounds Porsche Club Malaysia Porsche Porsche 993 RS Porsche M64/60 3.6 L Turbo F6 5 MYS Key Soon Yue Michelin NCMYS Ila Ridak NC RE Amemiya Racing Mazda Mazda RX-7 Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor 7 JPN Tetsuya Yamano Yokohama AllJPN Haruhiko Matsumoto All Team Daikokuya Porsche Porsche 993 RSR Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6 9 JPN Tsunefumi Hioki Dunlop 1–2, 4–5, 7JPN Shuroku Sasaki 1JPN Yukihiro Hane 2, 5JPN Akira Watanabe 4, 7 27 JPN Kota Sasaki 1JPN Seigo Nishizawa 1JPN Akira Hirakawa 5JPN Toshihide Hashimura 5 Ability Motorsport Porsche Porsche 993 GT2 Porsche M64/82 3.6 L Turbo F6 10 JPN Yasutaka Hinoi Yokohama 1–4JPN Yutaka Yamagishi 1–4 11 JPN Kengo Kitaura 1–5, 7JPN Hikaru Miyagi 1–4JPN Yasutaka Hinoi 5–7JPN Jun Kinoshita 6 Racing Project Bandoh Toyota Toyota Celica Toyota 3S-GE 2.0 L I4 19 JPN Shigekazu Wakisaka Yokohama All JPN Takahiro Hara All TOM'S Spirit Toyota Toyota MR-S Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 20 JPN Masahiro Matsunaga Yokohama 4–7 JPN Kumi Sato 4–7 MTCI Racing Team Porsche Porsche 986 Boxster Porsche M64/75 3.6 L F6 24 JPN Kazuyuki Nishizawa Yokohama All ITA Marco Apicella All Team Taisan Porsche Porsche 996 GT3-R Porsche M64/75 3.6 L F6 26 JPN Hideshi Matsuda Yokohama AllJPN Hideo Fukuyama All JPN Atsushi Yogo NC 28 JPN Hiroaki Suga AllJPN Shinsuke Shibahara All Chrysler Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler EWB 8.0 L V10 55 JPN Eiji Yamada 6–7JPN Takahide Tasaki 6–7 Super Autobacs Racing with A'PEX Toyota Toyota MR-S Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 31 JPN Morio Nitta Yokohama AllJPN Yudai Igarashi 1–3JPN Shinichi Takagi 4–7 Auto Staff Racing Nissan Nissan Silvia (S15) Nissan SR20DET 2.1 L Turbo I4 51 JPN Seiichi Sodeyama Yokohama 2–7JPN Eiji Yamada 2–3JPN Naofumi Omoto 4–7 Team Gaikokuya Porsche Porsche 993 Turbo Porsche M64/60 3.6 L Turbo F6 70 JPN Yoshimi Ishibashi Dunlop AllBEL Patrick van Schoote 1–2, NC, 4, 7JPN Nobuo Komiya 3, 5–6 SigmaTec Racing Team Porsche Porsche 993 GT2 Porsche M64/82 3.6 L Turbo F6 71 JPN Guts Jyonai Yokohama 2–7 JPN Naohiro Kawano 2–4 JPN Masanobu Takenaka 5–7 Cusco Racing Subaru Subaru Impreza WRX STI Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4 77 JPN Katsuo Kobayashi Yokohama AllJPN Tatsuya Tanigawa All Team Daishin Nissan Nissan Silvia (S15) Nissan SR20DET 2.1 L Turbo I4 81 JPN Nobuyuki Ohyagi Yokohama AllJPN Takayuki Aoki All KRAFT Toyota Toyota Corolla Sprinter Trueno (AE86) Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 86 JPN Minoru Tanaka Dunlop 2–7 JPN Koji Matsuda 2–7 Team Mind Toyota Toyota Corolla (AE101) Toyota 3S-GE 2.0 L I4 101 JPN Hiroshi Sasaki Yokohama 4 JPN Mamoru Suzuki 4 Team Gainer Ferrari Ferrari F355 Ferrari F129B 3.5 L V8 111JPN Junichi Ikura Yokohama 1, 2, 4–5, 7JPN Yusei Maki 1, 2, 4–5, 7 Dentaire ProJet Racing Porsche Porsche 993 RSR Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6 360 JPN Seigo Nishizawa Yokohama 4–5, 7 JPN Kota Sasaki 4–5, 7 910 Racing Porsche Porsche 996 GT3 RS Porsche M64/75 3.6 L F6 910 JPN Hisashi Wada Yokohama AllJPN Atsushi Yogo All 911 JPN Masamitsu Ishihara 1–4, 7JPN Jukuchou Sunako 1–4, 7 Schedule Round Race Circuit Date 1 Motegi GT Championship Race JPN Twin Ring Motegi April 2 2 All Japan Fuji GT Race JPN Fuji Speedway May 4 3 SUGO GT Championship JPN Sportsland SUGO May 28 NC Tmtouch Japan GT Championship Malaysia MYS Sepang Circuit June 25 4 Japan Special GT Cup JPN Fuji Speedway August 6 5 GT Championship in TI JPN TI Circuit September 10 6 CP Mine GT Race JPN Mine Circuit October 1 7 Suzuka GT 300 km JPN 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 JPN Masami KageyamaFRA Érik Comas JPN Hideo FukuyamaJPN Hideshi Matsuda 2 Mt. Fuji #18 Takata Dome Honda NSX #26 Advan Team Taisan Jr Porsche 996 JPN Katsutomo KaneishiJPN Juichi Wakisaka JPN Hideo FukuyamaJPN Hideshi Matsuda 3 Sportsland SUGO #64 Mobil 1 Honda NSX #19 Racing Project Bandoh Toyota Celica JPN Daisuke ItoDEU Dominik Schwager JPN Shigekazu WakisakaJPN Takahiko Hara NC Sepang Circuit #2 Castrol NISMO Nissan Skyline GT-R #7 RE Amemiya Mazda RX-7 JPN Ukyo KatayamaDEU Michael Krumm JPN Tetsuya YamanoJPN Haruhiko Matsumoto 4 Mt. Fuji #8 ARTA Honda NSX #28 Team Taisan Jr Porsche 996 JPN Keiichi TsuchiyaJPN Aguri Suzuki JPN Shinsuke ShibaharaJPN Hiroaki Suga 5 TI Circuit #38 FK/Massimo Cerumo Toyota Supra #910 Racing Porsche 996 JPN Hironori TakeuchiJPN Yuji Tachikawa JPN Hisashi WadaJPN Atsushi Yogo 6 Mine Circuit #12 Calsonic Impul Nissan Skyline GT-R #26 Advan Team Taisan Jr Porsche 996 JPN Kazuyoshi HoshinoJPN Satoshi Motoyama JPN Hideo FukuyamaJPN Hideshi Matsuda 7 Suzuka Circuit #64 Mobil 1 Honda NSX #31 Super Autobacs A'PEX Toyota MR-S JPN Daisuke ItoDEU Dominik Schwager JPN Morio NittaJPN 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 RankNo.DriverMOTJPNFUJJPNSUGJPNSEPMYSFUJJPNTAIJPNMINJPNSUZJPNPts.116JPN Ryō Michigami28210102427421FRA Érik ComasJPN Masami Kageyama16Ret7433568312JPN Kazuyoshi HoshinoJPN Satoshi Motoyama1755Ret361366464JPN Daisuke ItoGER Dominik Schwager3713916Ret158538/32JPN Yuji Tachikawa4312RetRet16114838JPN Hironori Takeuchi618JPN Katsutomo KaneishiJPN Juichi WakisakaRet142171021546716JPN Hidetoshi Mitsusada2424082GER Michael Krumm62111611Ret43796JPN Hideki NodaAUS Wayne Gardner847915756351016JPN Osamu Nakako282101034112JPN Ukyo Katayama2111611Ret4311239JPN Masahiko KageyamaIRL Ralph Firman10Ret6 132Ret81625138JPN Aguri SuzukiJPN Keiichi Tsuchiya7Ret1581RetRetDSQ241435/37JPN Shinichi Yamaji12Ret311139Ret71835FRA Pierre-Henri Raphanel15100JPN Akira IidaJPN Naoki HattoriRet1410675RetDSQ13163JPN Masahiro HasemiJPN Tetsuya Tanaka59Ret141115118131736JPN Masanori SekiyaJPN Takeshi TsuchiyaRet1294514Ret9121825JPN Mitsuhiro Kinoshita JPN Manabu Orido131014888713111930JPN Hideki OkadaRetRet13124RetRet1030JPN Tsugio Matsuda2137JPN Seiji Ara 9Ret8111412912737JPN Toshio Suzuki222JPN Yuji Ide662321JPN Akihiko Nakaya1411RetRet1710Ret121JPN Mikio Hitotsuyama2332JPN Masahiko Kondo11Ret16Ret1913Ret10132JPN Takayuki Kinoshita-21JPN Yasushi Hitotsuyama11Ret0-30JPN Yoji YamadaRetRet13120-88JPN Naohiro Furuya JPN Tsuyoshi Takahashi15131712161812140-55JPN Hiroaki Suga JPN Shinsuke Shibahara16Ret0-55JPN Eiji YamadaRet18PO0-55JPN Takahide Tasaki0-69/55/15SRI Dilantha MalagamuwaDNSDNQWDDNADNR0-69GBR Steve YoungDNS0-69/15JPN Hideyuki TamamotoDNQDNADNR0-55JPN Atsushi YogoRet0RankDriverMOTJPNFUJJPNSUGJPNSEPMYSFUJJPNTAIJPNMINJPNSUZJPNPts. Teams' standings For teams that entered multiple cars, only the best result from each round counted towards the teams' championship.2000 AUTOBACS CUP ALL JAPAN GT CHAMPIONSHIP - Point Ranking http://supergt.net/archive/classic/supergt.net/jgtc/ex/gtc_cham/2000e/gtc_rankt.htm 2021-10-16 supergt.net RankTeamNo.MOTJPNFUJJPNSUGJPNSEPMYSFUJJPNTAIJPNMINJPNSUZJPNPts. 1 Mugen x Dome Project 16 2 8 2 10 10 2 4 2 96 1819Ret 1 4 2 17 10 2 15 2 Nismo 1 1 620Ret 7 4 3 3 5 79 2 6 2 11 1 6 1116Ret 4 3 Team Impul 12 17 5 5Ret 3 6 1 3 66 4 Mobil 1 Nakajima Racing 64 3 7 1 3 9 1620Ret 1 58 5 Toyota Team Cerumo 38 4 3 1220Ret 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 1021Ret 6 13 219Ret 8 16 25 8 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri 8 715Ret 15 5 120Ret17Ret19DSQ 24 9 MatsumotoKiyoshi Team TOM'S 35 1219Ret 3 13 914Ret 7 18 10 Toyota Castrol Team TOM'S 3621Ret 12 9 4 5 1419Ret 9 17 37 920Ret 8 11 14 12 9 12 11 Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft 10018Ret 14 10 6 7 513Ret20DSQ 13 11 Hasemi Motorsports 3 5 918Ret 14 11 15 11 8 13 13 Endless + Tsuchiya Engineering 25 13 10 14 8 8 8 7 13 11 14 Team Take One 3020Ret16Ret 13 12 418Ret17Ret 10 15 Hitotsuyama Racing 21 14 1119Ret21Ret 17 1018Ret 1 15 cdma One Toyota Team Cerumo with Key's 32 1117Ret 16Ret 19 1315Ret 10 1- JLOC 88 15 13 17 12 16 18 12 14 0- Team Taisan Advan 55 1618RetRet 1821PO 0- Team Sri Lanka 15292829DNS21DNR29 0 692821DNS21DNQ2928RankTeamNo.MOTJPNFUJJPNSUGJPNSEPMYSFUJJPNTAIJPNMINJPNSUZJPNPts. GT300 Drivers' championship Rank No. Driver MOTJPN FUJJPN SUGJPNSEPMALAYSIA FUJJPN TAIJPN MINJPN SUZJPN Pts. 1 26JPN Hideo Fukuyama 1 1 9 5 7 7 1 2 85 2 26JPN Hideshi MatsudaWD 83 3 910JPN Atsushi YogoJPN Hisashi Wada 4 2 Ret 4 1 2 4 80481JPN Nobuyuki OhyagiJPN Takayuki Aoki 5 3 Ret 2 2 5 664 5 7JPN Tetsuya YamanoJPN Haruhiko Matsumoto 2 5 Ret 1 3 Ret 4 3 57619JPN Shigekazu WakisakaJPN Takahiro Hara 3 Ret 1 2 Ret 3 14 17 44731JPN Morio Nitta 6 10 6 3 6 Ret 13 1 39828JPN Hiroaki SugaJPN Shinsuke Shibahara 10 1 8 3 Ret 36 9 77JPN Katsuo KobayashiJPN Tatsuya TanigawaDNA 4 3 4 5 Ret 6 Ret 36 10 10/11JPN Yasutaka Hinoi 7 7 2 Ret 5 Ret 8 341171JPN Masaki JyonaiDNA 12 4 Ret 4 7 532 12 72/31JPN Shinichi TakagiDNA 3 6 Ret 13 1 26 13 10JPN Yutaka Yamagishi 7 7 2 Ret 23 14 71JPN Masanobu Takenaka 4 7 5 22 15 24JPN Kazuyuki NishizawaITA Marco Apicella 11 Ret 5 13 13 8 9 131631JPN Yudai Igarashi 6 10 6 131720JPN Masahiro MatsunagaJPN Kumi Sato Ret 6 9 7121811JPN Kengo KitauraDNSDNS 14 5 8 111970JPN Yoshimi Ishibashi 8 9 7 6 10 10 12 16 11 20 71JPN Naohiro KawanoDNA 12 4 Ret 10 21 86JPN Minoru TanakaJPN Koji MatsudaDNA 6DNS 12 9 13 Ret 822 51JPN Seiichi Sodeyama Ret 8 8 15 11 11 623 70BEL Patrick van Schoote 8 9 6 10 624 70JPN Nobuo Komiya 7 10 12 16 5 25 911JPN Jukuchou Sunako Ret 8 Ret 9 12 5 26 51/55JPN Eiji Yamada Ret 8 10 15 4 27 51JPN Naofumi Omoto 8 15 11 11 3 28 111JPN Junichi IkuraJPN Yusei Maki 9 Ret 15 11 14 2 28 911JPN Masamitsu Ishihara Ret 8* Ret 9 12 2 30 27/360JPN Kota SasakiJPN Seigo Nishizawa 10 11 12 13 13055JPN Takahide Tasaki 10 151 30 9JPN Tsunefumi Hioki NC 11 Ret Ret 10 1 30 9JPN Akira Watanabe 1NC26JPN Fuminori Mizuno 9*0NC9JPN Yukihiro Hane 11 Ret0NC11JPN Hikaru MiyagiDNSDNS 140NC27JPN Akira HirakawaJPN Toshihide Hashimura 140NC9JPN Shuroku Sasaki NC 0NC11JPN Jun Kinoshita Ret 0NC 101JPN Hiroshi SasakiJPN Mamoru SuzukiDNS DNQ 0NC26SRI Dilantha Malagamuwa 50NC 5MALAYSIA Key Soon YueMALAYSIA Ila Ridak 7 0NC72JPN Akira IshikawaDNADNPDNADNA0NC72JPN Keita Sawa0NC888JPN Takeshi NamekawaJPN Junichi YamanishiDNA0RankNo.DriverMOTJPNFUJJPNSUGJPNSEPMALAYSIAFUJJPNTAIJPNMINJPNSUZJPNPts. GT300 Teams' standings For teams that entered multiple cars, only the best result from each round counted towards the teams' championship. RankTeamNo.MOTJPNFUJJPNSUGJPNSEPMALAYSIAFUJJPNTAIJPNMINJPNSUZJPNPts. 1 Team Taisan Jr. with Advan 2611957712 101 2810183Ret2 910 Racing 91042Ret412480 911Ret8Ret912 3 Team Daishin 8153Ret2256 644 RE Amemiya Racing 725Ret13Ret43575 Racing Project Bandoh 193Ret12Ret31417446 Super Autobacs Racing with A'PEX 31610636Ret13139 7 Cusco Racing 77DNA4345Ret6Ret 36 8 Ability Motorsport 10772Ret 34 11DNSRet145Ret89SigmaTec Racing Team 71DNA124Ret47532 10 MTCI Racing Team 2411Ret5131389 13 11 TOM'S Spirit 20Ret697 12 12 Team Gaikokuya 70897610101216 1113 KRAFT 86DNA6DNS12913Ret814 Auto Staff Racing 51Ret88151111 6 15 Team Gainer 1119Ret151114 216Team Daikokuya9NC11RetRet10227101417 Team Taisan Advan5510151 NCDentaire ProJet Racing360111213 0NCTeam Mind101DNSDNQ 0NCPorsche Club Malaysia570NCOkura Rotary Racing72DNADNPDNADNA0NCTeam KKD Japan With MTG888DNA0RankTeamNo.MOTJPNFUJJPNSUGJPNSEPMALAYSIAFUJJPNTAIJPNMINJPNSUZJPNPts. References External links Super GT/JGTC official race archive ja 2000 season results Category:Super GT seasons JGTC