2004 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship

Motorsports season All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship 2004 2005 Super GT Series Super GT GT500 Drivers' Champion: Satoshi Motoyama & Richard Lyons GT500 Teams' Champion: Nismo GT300 Drivers' Champion: Tetsuya Yamano & Hiroyuki Yagi GT300 Teams' Champion: M-TEC 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 Team Make Car Engine No. Car number Drivers Tyre Rounds Nismo Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z Nissan VQ30DETT 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6 1 GBR Richard Lyons Bridgestone All JPN Satoshi Motoyama All 22 JPN Masami Kageyama All GER Michael Krumm All G'Zox Hasemi Motorsport Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z Nissan VQ30DETT 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6 3 FRA Érik Comas Bridgestone All JPN Toshihiro Kaneishi All Esso Toyota Team LeMans Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8 6 JPN Akira Iida Bridgestone 1–7 JPN Juichi Wakisaka 1–7 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Honda Honda NSX Honda C30A 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6 8 JPN Katsutomo Kaneishi Bridgestone All JPN Daisuke Ito All Calsonic Team Impul Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z Nissan VQ30DETT 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6 12 JPN Yuji Ide Bridgestone All FRA Benoît Tréluyer All Amprex Motorsports Lamborghini Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT Lamborghini L535 6.0 L V12 15 JPN Genji Hashimoto Michelin 3–4 GER Norman Simon 3–4 Takata Dome Racing Team Honda Honda NSX Honda C30A 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6 18 JPN Ryō Michigami Bridgestone All FRA Sébastien Philippe All Hitotsuyama Racing Ferrari Ferrari 550 GTS Ferrari F133 5.9 L V12 21 JPN Hidetoshi Mitsusada Dunlop 1–7 JPN Tadao Uematsu 1–7 Team Advan Tsuchiya Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8 25 JPN Manabu Orido Yokohama 1–7 GER Dominik Schwager 1–7 Epson Nakajima Racing Honda Honda NSX Honda C30A 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6 32 GER André Lotterer Bridgestone All JPN Tsugio Matsuda All Yellow Hat Kraft Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8 35 JPN Naoki Hattori Dunlop All JPN Shigekazu Wakisaka All Toyota Team TOM'S Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8 36 ITA Marco Apicella Bridgestone 1–7 JPN Takeshi Tsuchiya 1–7 37 AUS James Courtney All JPN Tatsuya Kataoka All au Toyota Team Cerumo Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8 38 JPN Seiji Ara Bridgestone 1–7 JPN Yuji Tachikawa 1–7 Denso Toyota Team SARD Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8 39 POR André Couto Bridgestone 1–7 FRA Jérémie Dufour 1–7 R&D Sport Vemac Vemac RD408R Mugen MF408S 4.0 L V8 62 JPN Shogo Mitsuyama Dunlop 7 JPN Shinsuke Shibahara 7 JLOC Lamborghini Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT Lamborghini L535 6.0 L V12 88 JPN Hisashi Wada Dunlop 2–3, 5–7 JPN Koji Yamanishi 2–3, 5–7 Lamborghini Diablo JGT-1 Lamborghini L532 6.0 L V12 JPN Hisashi Wada 4 JPN Koji Yamanishi 4 Raybrig Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft Honda Honda NSX Honda C30A 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6 100 JPN Hiroki Katoh Bridgestone All JPN Shinji Nakano All FRA Bruce Jouanny NC GT300 Team Make Car Engine No. Car number Drivers Tyre Rounds Verno Tokai Dream28 Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.4 L V6 2 JPN Kazuho Takahashi Kumho AllJPN Akira Watanabe AllJPN Hiroki Yoshimoto NC Team Mach Vemac Vemac RD320R Honda C32B 3.4 L V6 5 JPN Tetsuji Tamanaka Yokohama AllJPN "Gō Mifune" All RE Amemiya Racing Mazda Mazda RX-7 Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor 7 JPN Hiroyuki Iiri Yokohama AllJPN Shinichi Yamaji All A&S Racing Mosler Mosler MT900R Chevrolet LS1 6.2 L V8 9 JPN Go Shimizu Yokohama AllJPN Shinya Hosokawa All Jim Gainer Racing Ferrari Ferrari 360 Ferrari F131B 3.6 L V8 10JPN Tetsuya Tanaka Dunlop AllJPN Atsushi Yogo All 11JPN Hideshi Matsuda AllJPN Ichijo Suga All M-TEC Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 16 JPN Tetsuya Yamano Dunlop AllJPN Hiroyuki Yagi AllJPN Haruki Kurosawa NC Spirit Motorsport Toyota Toyota Celica Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 17 JPN Masaoki Nagashima Yokohama AllJPN Matsunaga Matsuhiro All Racing Project Bandoh Toyota Toyota Celica Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 19 JPN Takayuki Aoki Yokohama AllJPN Nobuteru Taniguchi AllJPN Manabu Orido NC Hitotsuyama Racing Porsche Porsche 996 GT3 RSR Porsche M96/73 3.6 L F6 20 JPN Takashi Inoue Yokohama AllJPN Yasuo Miyagawa 1–4JPN Hiroshi Wada 5–7 Team Taisan Porsche Porsche 996 GT3-R Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 26JPN Yutaka Yamagishi Yokohama AllJPN Kaoru Ijiri All Chrysler Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler EWB 8.0 L V10 JPN Eiji Yamada NC BEL Patrick van Schoote NC Team Reckless Toyota Toyota MR-S Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 30 JPN Kota Sasaki BF Goodrich AllJPN Satoshi Goto All A'PEX with apr Toyota Toyota MR-S Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 31 JPN Minoru Tanaka BF Goodrich AllJPN Koji Matsuda All Autobacs Racing Team Aguri ASL ASL ARTA Garaiya Nissan VQ35DE 3.5 L V6 43 JPN Morio Nitta BF Goodrich AllJPN Shinichi Takagi All Auto Staff Racing Nissan Nissan Silvia (S15) Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 51 JPN Masamasa Kato Yokohama AllJPN Katsuhiko Tsutsui All Toyota Team Cerumo Toyota Toyota Celica Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 52 JPN Hironori Takeuchi Dunlop AllJPN Seigo Nishizawa All Team LeyJun Vemac Vemac RD320R Honda C32B 3.4 L V6 63 JPN "OSAMU" Dunlop AllJPN Hiroki Yoshimoto 1–5JPN Takaya Tsubobayashi 6–7 Team Gaikokuya Porsche Porsche 996 GT3-RS Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 70 JPN Yoshimi Ishibashi Yokohama AllJPN Hiromi 1–3, 5–7JPN Isao Ihashi 4 72 JPN Akira Hirakawa All JPN Guts Jyonai 1–2 JPN Hideo Fukuyama 3–7 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 Fairlady Z Nissan VQ35DE 3.5 L V6 80 JPN Mitsuhiro Kinoshita Yokohama AllJPN Kazuki Hoshino All 81 JPN Masataka Yanagida All JPN Naofumi Omoto All Arktech Motorsports Porsche Porsche 986 Boxster Porsche M44/12 3.0 L I4 110 JPN Hiroya Iijima Yokohama 1–5, 7JPN Takashi Ohi 1–5, 7 Porsche 996 GT3 Cup Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 112JPN Akihiko Tsutsumi 2, 4 JPN Keita Sawa 2, 5, 7JPN Guts Jyonai 4, 5, 7 910 Racing Porsche Porsche 996 GT3 RS Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 910 JPN Kazuyoshi Takamizawa Yokohama AllJPN Jukuchou Sunako All Schedule Round Race Circuit Date 1 GT Championship in TI JPN TI Circuit April 4 2 SUGO GT Championship JPN Sportsland SUGO May 23 3 Japan GT Championship Malaysia MYS Sepang Circuit June 19 4 Hokkaido Gran GT Championship JPN Tokachi International Speedway July 18 5 Motegi GT Championship Race JPN Twin Ring Motegi September 5 6 Japan GT in Kyushu 300 km JPN Autopolis October 31 7 Suzuka GT 300 km JPN Suzuka Circuit November 21 NC JGTC All-Star GT Live USA USA California Speedway December 18 December 19 Season results 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 JPN Satoshi MotoyamaGBR Richard Lyons JPN Atsushi YogoJPN Tetsuya Tanaka 2 Sportsland SUGO #38 au Cerumo Toyota Supra #19 WedsSport Toyota Celica JPN Yuji TachikawaJPN Seiji Ara JPN Takayuki AokiJPN Nobuteru Taniguchi 3 Sepang Circuit #39 Denso Team SARD Toyota Supra #7 RE Amemiya Mazda RX-7 POR Andre CoutoFRA Jeremie Dufour JPN Shinichi YamajiJPN Hiroyuki Iiri 4 Tokachi #22 Motul NISMO Nissan Z #43 ARTA ASL Garaiya DEU Michael KrummJPN Masami Kageyama JPN Morio NittaJPN Shinichi Takagi 5 Twin Ring Motegi #32 PIAA Honda NSX #43 ARTA ASL Garaiya JPN Tsugio MatsudaDEU André Lotterer JPN Morio NittaJPN Shinichi Takagi 6 Autopolis #1 Xanavi NISMO Nissan Z #7 RE Amemiya Mazda RX-7 JPN Satoshi MotoyamaGBR Richard Lyons JPN Shinichi YamajiJPN Hiroyuki Iiri 7 Suzuka Circuit #12 Calsonic Impul Nissan Z #16 M-TEC Honda NSX JPN Yuji IdeFRA Benoît Tréluyer JPN Tetsuya YamanoJPN Hiroyuki Yagi NC California Speedway #3 G-ZOX Hasemi Motorsports Nissan Z #16 M-TEC Honda NSX JPN Toshihiro KaneishiFRA Érik Comas JPN Tetsuya YamanoJPN Hiroyuki Yagi JPN Haruki Kurosawa #32 PIAA Honda NSX #43 ARTA ASL Garaiya JPN Tsugio MatsudaDEU André Lotterer 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 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. RankDriverNo.TAIJPNSUGJPNSEPMYSTOKJPNMOTJPNAUTJPNSUZJPNFONUSAFONUSAPts.1JPN Satoshi MotoyamaGBR Richard Lyons11DNS3Ret317RetDNS732POR André CoutoFRA Jérémie Dufour393Ret17628613JPN Akira IidaJPN Juichi Wakisaka621114224Ret574FRA Érik ComasJPN Toshihiro Kaneishi366437Ret315505JPN Seiji AraJPN Yuji Tachikawa385171410114456AUS James CourtneyJPN Tatsuya Kataoka371135546652447ITA Marco ApicellaJPN Takeshi Tsuchiya3677104572438GER André LottererJPN Tsugio Matsuda3210496112521429JPN Masami KageyamaGER Michael Krumm229Ret6189RetRetDNS3910JPN Naoki HattoriJPN Shigekazu Wakisaka354529138163Ret3711FRA Benoît TréluyerJPN Yuji Ide12810Ret11Ret514DNS3512JPN Manabu OridoGER Dominik Schwager25142Ret13123103113JPN Hiroki KatohJPN Shinji Nakano100Ret81510910964914JPN Ryō MichigamiFRA Sébastien Philippe18121288151412Ret3615JPN Katsutomo KaneishiJPN Daisuke Ito81391112111311RetWD2-JPN Genji HashimotoGER Norman Simon1512150-JPN Hidetoshi MitsusadaJPN Tadao Uematsu2115DNQ13161415140-JPN Shogo MitsuyamaJPN Shinsuke Shibahara62130-JPN Hisashi WadaJPN Koji Yamanishi88DNQRetDNQRetRet150-FRA Bruce Jouanny100640RankDriverNo.TAIJPNSUGJPNSEPMYSTOKJPNMOTJPNAUTJPNSUZJPNFONUSAFONUSAPts. Teams' standings For teams that entered multiple cars, only the best result from each round counted towards the teams' championship.JGTC.net 2004 Series Point Ranking Team http://supergt.net/archive/classic/supergt.net/jgtc/race/2004/04srank/04sranking2_en.htm 2021-10-16 supergt.net RankDriverNo.TAIJPNSUGJPNSEPMYSTOKJPNMOTJPNAUTJPNSUZJPNFONUSAFONUSAPts. 1 Nismo 1 115DNS 317Ret 3 1 7RetDNS 98 22 914Ret 6 1 8 918RetRetDNS 2 Toyota Team SARD 39 313Ret 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 5 2 4 Esso Toyota Team LeMans 6 2 11 14 2 2 417Ret 57 5 Hasemi Motorsport 3 6 6 4 3 717Ret 3 1 5 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 2 1 42 8 Kraft 35 4 5 2 9 13 8 16 3Ret 37 9 Team Impul 12 8 1017Ret 1116Ret 5 1 4DNS 35 10 Team Advan Tsuchiya 25 14 216Ret 13 12 3 10 31 11 Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft 10016Ret 8 15 10 9 10 9 6 4 9 12 Dome Racing Team 18 12 12 8 8 15 14 12 Ret 3 6 13 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri 8 13 9 11 12 11 13 11 RetWD 2- Amprex Motorsports 15 12 15 0- Hitotsuyama Racing 21 1516DNQ 13 16 14 15 14 0- R&D Sport 62 13 0- JLOC 8817DNQ18Ret18DNQ17Ret16Ret 15 0RankDriverNo.TAIJPNSUGJPNSEPMYSTOKJPNMOTJPNAUTJPNSUZJPNFONUSAFONUSAPts. GT300 Drivers' championship Rank DriverNo. TAIJPN SUGJPN SEPMALAYSIATOKJPN MOTJPN AUTJPN SUZJPN FONUSAFONUSA Pts. 1JPN Tetsuya YamanoJPN Hiroyuki Yagi16 3 7 2 2 2 6 1 1 2 93 2JPN Morio NittaJPN Shinichi Takagi43 2 5 21 1 1 2 2 Ret 1 92 3JPN Tetsuya TanakaJPN Atsushi Yogo10 1 8 5 4 3 8 3 644JPN Hiroyuki IiriJPN Shinichi Yamaji7 11 4 1 10 Ret 1 18 Ret WD555JPN Takayuki AokiJPN Nobuteru Taniguchi19 4 1 NC 7 13 5 5 5 548 6JPN Masataka YanagidaJPN Naofumi Omoto81 19 14 6 3 4 19 7 2 4 337JPN Takayuki KinoshitaJPN Kazuki Hoshino80 8 11 7 9 17 4 6 7 3 298JPN Hideshi MatsudaJPN Ichigo Suga11 10 3 8 8 20 7 14 268JPN Kota SasakiJPN Satoshi Goto30 9 13 4 15 6 9 4 26 10JPN Tetsuji TamanakaJPN "Gō Mifune"5 5 16 3 18 5 12 12 Ret DNS 24 11JPN Katsuo KobayashiJPN Tatsuya Tanigawa77 14 12 18 6 11 3 11 3 Ret 1712JPN "OSAMU"63 6 6 14 22 19 17 16 4 816 13JPN Hiroki Yoshimoto63 6 6 14 22 19 16 14JPN Masahiro MatsunagaJPN Masaoki Nagashima17 Ret 2 12 12 16 11 15 15 15JPN Minoru TanakaJPN Koji Matsuda31 7 10 22 5 Ret 10 10 14 16JPN Seigo NishizawaJPN Hironori Takeuchi52 17 20 9 23 8 18 9 917JPN Yutaka Yamagishi26 9 10 11 Ret 13 8 618JPN Kaoru Ijiri26 9 11 Ret 13 8519JPN Go ShimizuJPN Shinya Hosokawa9 12 18 11 14 7 16 Ret 420JPN Guts Jyonai72/112 13 21 20 9 17 2 20JPN Keita Sawa112 15 9 17 2 22JPN Akihiro Asai26 10 123JPN Masamasa KatoJPN Katsuhiko Tsutsui51 DNQ 19 16 16 10 14 13 1-JPN Kazuyoshi TakamizawaJPN Jukuchou Sunako910 16 24 15 19 12 22 20 0-JPN Akira Hirakawa72 13 21 Ret 13 Ret 15 21 0-JPN Takashi Inoue20 17 13 Ret 15 21 19 0 -JPN Yasuo Miyagawa20 15 17 13 Ret 0-JPN Hideo Fukuyama72 Ret 13 Ret 15 210-JPN Kazuho TakahashiJPN Akira Watanabe2 18 Ret 17 17 14 20 22 8 70 -JPN Hiroshi Wada20 15 15 21 190 -JPN Akihiko Tsutsumi112 15 200-JPN Takaya Tsubobayashi63 17 16 4 80 -JPN Yoshimi Ishibashi70 Ret 23 20 Ret 18 23 24 0 -JPN Hiromi Kozono70 Ret 23 20 18 23 24 0-JPN Hiroya IijimaJPN Takashi Ohi111 DNQ 22 19 21 Ret 230-JPN Isao Ihashi70 Ret0-JPN Haruki Kurosawa16 1 20-JPN Manabu Orido19 5 50-JPN Eiji YamadaBEL Patrick van Schoote26 9 60-USA Geoff EscaletteUSA Blake Rosser6 60-JPN Daiki Yoshimoto2 8 70-USA Steven BernheimUSA Dwain Derment00 DNS0-USA Mark Anderson118 DNQ 0-USA G. SegalUSA D. Puddster421 DNQ0RankDriverNo.TAIJPNSUGJPNSEPMALAYSIATOKJPNMOTJPNAUTJPNSUZJPNFONUSAFONUSAPts. GT300 Teams' standings For teams that entered multiple cars, only the best result from each round counted towards the teams' championship. RankTeamNo.TAIJPNSUGJPNSEPMALAYSIATOKJPNMOTJPNAUTJPNSUZJPNFONUSAFONUSAPts. 1 M-TEC Co. LTD. 16372226112 932Autobacs Racing Team Aguri 4325211122Ret1923 Team Gainer 10185438378 111038820714 4 RE Amemiya Racing 7114110Ret118RetWD 555Team Daishin 808117917467350 811914634197246 Racing Project Bandoh 1941NC713555548 7 Team Reckless 30913415694 268Team Mach 551631851212RetDNS249Cusco Racing 771412186113113Ret1710Team LeyJun 63661422191716481611Spirit Motorsport 17Ret2121216111515 12 A'PEX with apr 31710225Ret1010 14 13 Toyota Team Cerumo 5217209238189 914 Team Taisan 2691011Ret13896615 A&S Racing 912181114716Ret 416Arktech Motorsports 111DNQ221921Ret232112152091717Auto Staff Racing51DNQ1916161014131-910 Racing910162415191222200 -Team Gaikokuya70Ret2320Ret182324 0721321Ret13Ret1521-Hitotsuyama Racing20151713Ret1521190-Verno Tokai Dream28218Ret1717142022870-Stuttgart Performance660-Bernheim Porsche Racing00DNS0-928 International118DNQ0-Johnny Pag Racing421DNQ0RankTeamNo.TAIJPNSUGJPNSEPMALAYSIATOKJPNMOTJPNAUTJPNSUZJPNFONUSAFONUSAPts. 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