2009 D1 Grand Prix series

Car racing event 2009 D1 Grand Prix series 2008 2010 The 2009 Gran Turismo D1 Grand Prix series was the ninth season for the D1 Grand Prix series and the fourth for the D1 Street Legal spinoff series. This year saw the return of the US series after its cancellation last year, its second season. The series began on March 29, 2009 at Ebisu Circuit for the D1GP and April 11 for D1SL at Bihoku Highland Circuit. The USA series consisted of four rounds and the first round was on May 2, 2009. The series concluded on December 5 as a D1SL point scoring round. Youichi Imamura took advantage of a non-score by Tsuyoshi Tezuka at the final round to claim the D1GP title in his Nissan Silvia. Meanwhile, in D1SL, Naoki Nakamura claimed that championship, also in a Silvia. Schedule RoundVenueLocationDateWinnerCar D1GP D1SL USA 1 Fukushima Ebisu Circuit Fukushima Prefecture March 29 Ken Nomura Nissan Skyline ER34 1 Hiroshima Bihoku Highland Circuit Hiroshima Prefecture April 11, 12 Kiyofumi Jikuya Nissan Silvia S15 2 Oita Autopolis Ōita Prefecture April 26 Youichi Imamura Nissan Silvia S15 1 California Anaheim Stadium Anaheim, California May 2 Daigo Saito Toyota Chaser JZX100 Tokyo Drift Exhibition Tokyo OdaibaTokyo Prefecture May 23 Yoshinori Koguchi Nissan 180SX RPS13 May 24 Tsuyoshi Tezuka Nissan Skyline BNR32 2 Florida Gulfstream Park Miami, Florida May 30 Daigo Saito Toyota Chaser JZX100 2 Fukushima Ebisu Circuit Fukushima Prefecture June 13, 14 Naoki Nakamura Nissan Silvia S15 3 Okayama Okayama International Circuit Okayama Prefecture June 27 Daigo Saito Tetsuya Hibino Toyota Mark II JZX100 Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 4 Okayama Okayama International Circuit Okayama Prefecture June 28 Tsuyoshi Tezuka Nissan Skyline BNR32 3 Tochigi Nikkō Circuit Tochigi Prefecture July 11,12 Naoki Nakamura Nissan Silvia S15 3 Illinois Soldier Field Chicago, Illinois August 1 Ken Nomura Nissan Skyline ER34 5 Fukushima Ebisu Circuit Fukushima Prefecture August 29 Masao Suenaga Mazda RX-7 FD3S 6 Fukushima Ebisu Circuit Fukushima Prefecture August 30 Masao Suenaga Mazda RX-7 FD3S 4 New Jersey Englishtown Raceway Englishtown, New Jersey September 5 Daigo Saito Toyota Chaser JZX100 4 Niigata Nihonkai Maze Circuit Niigata Prefecture September 21, 22 Naoki Nakamura Nissan Silvia S15 7 Shizuoka Fuji Speedway Shizuoka Prefecture October 10 Masato Kawabata Nissan 180SX RPS13 8 Shizuoka Fuji Speedway Shizuoka Prefecture October 11 Masato Kawabata Nissan 180SX RPS13 5 Fukushima Ebisu Circuit Fukushima Prefecture November 7, 8 Kiyofumi Jikuya Nissan Silvia S15 6 Ibaraki Tsukuba Circuit Ibaraki Prefecture December 5 Masashi Yokoi Nissan Silvia S14 Results Round 1 Position Driver Car Points 1st Ken Nomura Nissan Skyline ER34 25 2nd Youichi Imamura Nissan Silvia S15 21 3rd Daigo Saito Toyota Mark II JZX100 18 4th Tsuyoshi Tezuka Nissan Skyline BNR32 16 5th Masao Suenaga Mazda RX-7 FD3S 13 6th Atsushi Kuroi Nissan Silvia PS13 12 7th Nobushige Kumakubo Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X CZ4A 11 8th Yoshinori Koguchi Nissan 180SX RPS13 10 9th Tomohiro Murayama Nissan Silvia S14 8 10th Chikara Mizuhata Nissan Silvia S15 7 11th Kenji Takayama Mazda RX-7 FD3S 6 12th Naoto Suenaga Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX CT9A 5 13th Akinori Utsumi Nissan Silvia PS13 4 14th Masato Kawabata Nissan 180SX RPS13 4 15th Masayoshi Tokita Toyota Crown GRS180 2 16th Ken Maeda Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 1 Round 2 Position Driver Car Points 1st Youichi Imamura Nissan Silvia S15 25 2nd Ken Nomura Nissan Skyline ER34 21 3rd Nobushige Kumakubo Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X CZ4A 18 4th Tetsuya Hibino Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 17 5th Tsuyoshi Tezuka Nissan Skyline BNR32 13 6th Koichi Yamashita Toyota Mark II JZX100 12 7th Daigo Saito Toyota Mark II JZX100 11 8th Masao Suenaga Mazda RX-7 FD3S 10 9th Naoki Nakamura Nissan Silvia S15 8 10th Masato Kawabata Nissan 180SX RPS13 7 11th Atsushi Kuroi Nissan Silvia PS13 6 12th Takahiro Imamura Mazda RX-7 FC3S 5 13th Masayoshi Tokita Toyota Crown GRS180 4 14th Manabu Fujinaka Mazda RX-7 FD3S 3 15th Kuniaki Takahashi Toyota Chaser JZX100 2 16th Akinori Utsumi Nissan Silvia PS13 1 Round 3 Position Driver Car Points 1st Daigo Saito Toyota Mark II JZX100 23 1st Tetsuya Hibino Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 23 3rd Ken Nomura Nissan Skyline ER34 18 4th Tsuyoshi Tezuka Nissan Skyline BNR32 16 5th Masato Kawabata Nissan 180SX RPS13 14 6th Youichi Imamura Nissan Silvia S15 12 7th Masayoshi Tokita Toyota Crown GRS180 11 8th Masao Suenaga Mazda RX-7 FD3S 10 9th Atsushi Kuroi Nissan Silvia PS13 8 10th Manabu Orido Toyota Aristo JZS161 7 11th Koichi Yamashita Toyota Mark II JZX100 6 12th Takahiro Imamura Mazda RX-7 FC3S 5 13th Kazuhiro Tanaka Subaru Impreza GDB 4 14th Kuniaki Takahashi Toyota Chaser JZX100 3 15th Kenji Takayama Mazda RX-7 FD3S 2 16th Nobushige Kumakubo Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X CZ4A 1 Round 4 Position Driver Car Points 1st Tsuyoshi Tezuka Nissan Skyline BNR32 25 2nd Masayoshi Tokita Toyota Crown GRS180 21 3rd Tetsuya Hibino Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 19 4th Nobushige Kumakubo Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X CZ4A 16 5th Masato Kawabata Nissan 180SX RPS13 14 6th Kazuyoshi Okamura Nissan Silvia S15 12 7th Atsushi Kuroi Nissan Silvia PS13 11 8th Youichi Imamura Nissan Silvia S15 10 9th Tatsuya Sakuma Nissan Silvia S15 8 10th Ken Nomura Nissan Skyline ER34 7 11th Kuniaki Takahashi Toyota Chaser JZX100 6 12th Daigo Saito Toyota Mark II JZX100 6 13th Hiroshi Fukuda Nissan 180SX RPS13 4 14th Manabu Fujinaka Mazda RX-7 FD3S 3 15th Yukio Matsui Nissan 180SX RPS13 2 16th Chikara Mizuhata Nissan Silvia S15 1 Round 5 Position Driver Car Points 1st Masao Suenaga Mazda RX-7 FD3S 25 2nd Tetsuya Hibino Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 22 3rd Tsuyoshi Tezuka Nissan Skyline BNR32 18 4th Youichi Imamura Nissan Silvia S15 16 5th Ken Nomura Nissan Skyline ER34 14 6th Kazuhiro Tanaka Subaru Impreza GDB 12 7th Nobushige Kumakubo Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X CZ4A 11 8th Atsushi Kuroi Nissan Silvia PS13 10 9th Kenji Takayama Mazda RX-7 FD3S 8 10th Daigo Saito Toyota Mark II JZX100 7 11th Kazuyoshi Okamura Nissan Silvia S15 6 12th Toru Inose Nissan Silvia S15 5 13th Takumi Nozawa Nissan Silvia S14 4 14th Takahiro Imamura Mazda RX-7 FC3S 3 15th Masato Kawabata Nissan 180SX RPS13 2 16th Takanari Kato Nissan Silvia S14 1 Round 6 Position Driver Car Points 1st Masao Suenaga Mazda RX-7 FD3S 25 2nd Tsuyoshi Tezuka Nissan Skyline BNR32 21 3rd Nobushige Kumakubo Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X CZ4A 18 4th Tetsuya Hibino Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 16 5th Tatsuya Sakuma Nissan Silvia S15 13 6th Youichi Imamura Nissan Silvia S15 12 7th Ken Nomura Nissan Skyline ER34 11 8th Kenji Takayama Mazda RX-7 FD3S 10 9th Tomohiro Murayama Nissan Silvia S14 8 10th Yukio Matsui Nissan 180SX RPS13 7 11th Daigo Saito Toyota Mark II JZX100 6 12th Hiroshi Fukuda Nissan 180SX RPS13 5 13th Yoshinori Koguchi Nissan 180SX RPS13 4 14th Takumi Nozawa Nissan Silvia S14 3 15th Masato Kawabata Nissan 180SX RPS13 2 16th Kazuyoshi Okamura Nissan Silvia S15 1 Round 7 Position Driver Car Points 1st Masato Kawabata Nissan 180SX RPS13 25 2nd Tatsuya Sakuma Nissan Silvia S15 21 3rd Youichi Imamura Nissan Silvia S15 18 4th Manabu Orido Toyota Aristo JZS161 16 5th Tsuyoshi Tezuka Nissan Skyline BNR32 13 6th Yoshinori Koguchi Nissan 180SX RPS13 12 7th Ken Nomura Nissan Skyline ER34 11 8th Kuniaki Takahashi Toyota Chaser JZX100 10 9th Atsushi Kuroi Nissan Silvia PS13 8 10th Masao Suenaga Mazda RX-7 FD3S 7 11th Masayoshi Tokita Toyota Crown GRS180 6 12th Chikara Mizuhata Nissan Silvia S15 5 13th Kazuhiro Tanaka Subaru Impreza GDB 4 14th Yukio Matsui Nissan 180SX RPS13 3 15th Daigo Saito Toyota Mark II JZX100 3 16th Kazuyoshi Okamura Nissan Silvia S15 1 Round 8 Position Driver Car Points 1st Masato Kawabata Nissan 180SX RPS13 25 2nd Atsushi Kuroi Nissan Silvia PS13 22 3rd Masayoshi Tokita Toyota Crown GRS180 18 4th Youichi Imamura Nissan Silvia S15 16 5th Nobushige Kumakubo Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X CZ4A 13 6th Masao Suenaga Mazda RX-7 FD3S 12 7th Tatsuya Sakuma Nissan Silvia S15 11 8th Yukio Matsui Nissan 180SX RPS13 10 9th Daigo Saito Toyota Mark II JZX100 8 10th Kuniaki Takahashi Toyota Chaser JZX100 7 11th Toru Inose Nissan Silvia S15 6 12th Koichi Yamashita Toyota Mark II JZX100 5 13th Takahiro Imamura Mazda RX-7 FC3S 4 14th Naoki Nakamura Nissan Silvia S15 3 15th Kenji Takayama Mazda RX-7 FD3S 2 16th Tetsuya Hibino Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 1 Final Championship Results D1GP Position Driver Car rd.1 rd.2 rd.3 rd.4 rd.5 rd.6 rd.7 rd.8 Total 1st Youichi Imamura Nissan Silvia S15 21 25 12 10 16 12 18 16 130 2nd Tsuyoshi Tezuka Nissan Skyline BNR32 16 13 16 25 18 21 13 0 122 3rd Ken Nomura Nissan Skyline ER34 25 21 18 7 13 11 11 0 106 4th Masao Suenaga Mazda RX-7 FD3S 13 10 10 0 25 25 7 12 102 5th Tetsuya Hibino Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 0 17 23 19 22 16 0 1 98 6th Masato Kawabata Nissan 180SX RPS13 4 7 14 14 2 2 25 25 93 7th Nobushige Kumakubo Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X CZ4A 11 18 1 16 11 18 0 13 88 8th Daigo Saito Toyota Mark II JZX100 18 11 23 6 7 6 3 8 82 9th Atsushi Kuroi Nissan Silvia PS13 12 6 8 11 10 0 8 22 77 10th Masayoshi Tokita Toyota Crown GRS180 2 4 11 21 0 0 6 18 62 11th Tatsuya Sakuma Nissan Silvia S15 0 0 0 8 0 13 21 11 53 12th Kenji Takayama Mazda RX-7 FD3S 6 0 2 0 8 10 0 2 28 12th Kuniaki Takahashi Toyota Chaser JZX100 0 2 3 6 0 0 10 7 28 14th Yoshinori Koguchi Nissan 180SX RPS13 10 0 0 0 0 4 12 0 26 15th Manabu Orido Toyota Aristo JZS161 0 – 7 0 0 0 16 0 23 15th Koichi Yamashita Toyota Mark II JZX100 0 12 6 0 0 0 0 5 23 17th Yukio Matsui Nissan 180SX RPS13 – – 0 2 0 7 3 10 22 18th Kazuyoshi Okamura Nissan Silvia S15 0 0 0 12 6 1 1 0 20 18th Kazuhiro Tanaka Subaru Impreza GDB 0 0 4 0 12 0 4 0 20 20th Drift Samurai Mazda RX-7 FC3S 0 5 5 0 3 0 0 4 17 21st Tomohiro Murayama Nissan Silvia S14 8 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 16 22nd Chikara Mizuhata Nissan Silvia S15 7 2 0 1 0 0 5 0 15 23rd Naoki Nakamura Nissan Silvia S15 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 3 11 23rd Toru Inose Nissan Silvia S15 – – 0 0 5 0 0 6 11 25th Hiroshi Fukuda Nissan 180SX RPS13 0 – 0 4 0 5 0 0 9 26th Takumi Nozawa Nissan Silvia S14 0 – 0 0 4 3 0 0 7 27th Manabu Fujinaka Mazda RX-7 FD3S – 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 6 28th Naoto Suenaga Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX CT9A 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 28th Akinori Utsumi Nissan Silvia PS13 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 30th Ken Maeda Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 30th Takanari Kato Nissan Silvia S14 0 – 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 D1SL Position Driver Car rd.1 rd.2 rd.3 rd.4 rd.5 rd.6 Total 1st Naoki Nakamura Nissan Silvia S15 6 26 25 25 16 13 111 2nd Kiyofumi Jikuya Nissan Silvia S15 25 21 8 0 25 18 97 3rd Seimi Tanaka Nissan Silvia PS13 13 12 5 18 13 21 82 4th Masashi Yokoi Nissan Silvia S14 – 4 21 12 18 25 80 5th Kenji Kiguchi Nissan Laurel C33 21 7 0 8 21 12 69 6th Tsuyoshi Tezuka Nissan Skyline ER34 12 11 18 10 1 10 62 7th Kunihiko Teramachi Nissan Silvia PS13 18 10 11 2 3 11 55 8th Masami Mikami Nissan Skyline ECR33 – 18 13 16 0 7 54 9th Hideyuki Fujino Nissan Silvia S15 0 0 16 7 12 16 51 10th Hiroyuki Fukuyama Nissan Silvia PS13 12 3 12 1 11 2 41 11th Yuji Tanaka Nissan Silvia S14 16 5 0 6 7 0 34 12th Yukiharu Komagata Nissan 180SX RPS13 – – – 22 0 – 22 13th Miyuki Kishiume Nissan Silvia PS13 – 16 0 0 0 4 20 14th Yukio Matsui Toyota Supra JZA80 – 0 – 13 – 6 19 15th Kousuke Kamiya Nissan 180SX RPS13 – 13 0 0 0 5 18 16th Michinori Ito Toyota Chaser JZX100 0 0 10 0 6 0 16 17th Yoshiaki Waki Nissan Silvia S14 – 6 2 0 5 0 13 18th Yusuke Kitaoka Toyota Mark II JZX100 – 8 0 0 4 0 12 18th Ryuichi Aoki Nissan Silvia S15 – 0 0 4 – 8 12 20th Tomohiro Kurashina Nissan Silvia S14 – 0 – 11 0 – 11 20th Kazuya Bai Nissan 180SX RPS13 – – – – 10 1 11 22nd Ikou Saito Nissan 180SX RPS13 10 0 0 0 – 0 10 23rd Takamasa Kuroi Nissan Silvia S15 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 23rd Masanori Kohashi Nissan 180SX RPS13 – 0 0 0 8 0 8 25th Kazuhiro Kubo Nissan 180SX RPS13 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 25th Shiro Deura Nissan Silvia S15 0 – 7 0 – 0 7 27th Akihiko Hirashima Nissan Silvia S14 – – 6 – 0 0 6 27th Kazuki Hayashi Nissan Silvia S14 1 0 0 0 2 3 6 29th Takashi Hagisako Nissan Silvia PS13 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 29th Takashi Onoda Nissan Silvia S15 0 – – 5 0 0 5 29th Satoshi Kajiwara Nissan Silvia S15 2 0 3 0 0 0 5 32nd Haruki Nanba Nissan Silvia PS13 4 0 0 – 0 0 4 32nd Norio Saito Nissan Silvia PS13 – – 4 0 0 0 4 34th Yoshifumi Tadokoro Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 3 – 0 0 – 0 3 34th Masamune Ochiai Nissan Silvia S14 – 0 0 3 0 0 3 36th Tsutomu Endou Nissan 180SX RPS13 – 2 0 0 0 0 2 37th Yuuki Inaoka Nissan Silvia S15 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 37th Kyogo Kitayama Nissan 180SX RPS13 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 External links ja D1GP D1 Grand Prix USA Category:D1 Grand Prix seasons D1 Grand Prix Category:2009 in Japanese motorsport