1997 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship

1997 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship

GT500 Drivers' Champion:
Pedro de la Rosa & Michael Krumm
GT500 Teams' Champion:
Toyota Castrol TOM'S Team
GT300 Drivers' Champion:
Hideo Fukuyama & Manabu Orido
GT300 Teams' Champion:
RS-R Racing with Bandoh

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1996

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1998

The 1997 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship was the fifth season of the All-Japan GT Championship, now known as the Super GT Series, and the 15th season of top-level Japanese sports car racing dating back to the formation of the previous All-Japan Endurance/Sports Prototype Championship.

1997 GT500 champions, #36 Castrol TOM'S Toyota Supra

Michael Krumm and Pedro de la Rosa won the GT500 class championship for Toyota Castrol Team in the #36 Castrol TOM's Supra. Hideo Fukuyama and Manabu Orido won the GT300 class championship for Racing Project Bandoh in the #19 Nissan Silvia.

The GT500 Drivers' Championship was decided on a tiebreaker for the first time in JGTC/Super GT history. The duo of De la Rosa and Krumm, and Toyota Team SARD driver Masami Kageyama each scored 67 points, with two victories, and one second place finish. But a third-place finish for De la Rosa and Krumm broke the tie, giving them the championship for the Toyota Castrol Team. De la Rosa became the first driver to win both the GT500 Drivers' Championship, and the Japanese Top Formula Championship in Formula Nippon (now Super Formula), in the same calendar year.

For the second year in a row, the GT Association (GTA) held a non-championship all-star race at the end of the year. The race was held at the new Twin Ring Motegi circuit which had opened earlier in the year. Instead of using the 4.801-kilometre road course, the series raced around the 2.414 km superspeedway oval with cone chicanes installed around the banked corners. The circuit, now known as Mobility Resort Motegi, staged its first championship race the following year and has remained on the JGTC/Super GT schedule ever since.

Drivers and teams

GT500

Entrant	Team Name	Make	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Tyre	Rounds
NISMO	ZEXEL Skyline	Nissan	Nissan Skyline GT-R	Nissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I6	2	Aguri Suzuki	B	All
						Érik Comas		1, 3–6, NC
						Marco Apicella		2
	KURE R33				556	Masahiko Kageyama		All
						Masahiko Kondo		All
Hasemi Motorsports	Unisia JECS Skyline	Nissan	Nissan Skyline GT-R	Nissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I6	3	Masahiro Hasemi	B	All
						Tetsuya Tanaka		All
Suzuki Bankin	Advan Porsche (1) Alpha Computer Porsche (2, 4–5) Dunlop Porsche (3, 6)	Porsche	Porsche 993 GT2	Porsche M64/81 3.6 L Turbo F6	4	Tatsuhiko Kaneumi	Y (1–2) D (3–6)	All
						Mitsutake Koma		All
Team 5ZIGEN	5ZIGEN Supra	Toyota	Toyota Supra	Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4	5	Eiichi Tajima	D	All
						Marc Goossens		1–6
						Hiro Matsushita		NC
Power Craft	Power Craft TRD Supra	Toyota	Toyota Supra	Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4	8	Bertrand Gachot	B	1–2
						Paul Belmondo		1–2
						Wayne Gardner		3–4, 6, NC
						Naoki Nagasaka		3, 5, 6
						Tom Kristensen		4–5, NC
Team TMS	Chateraise Porsche GT2	Porsche	Porsche 993 GT2	Porsche M64/81 3.6 L Turbo F6	10	Kaoru Iida	D	All
						Ralph Firman		All
Hoshino Racing	Calsonic Skyline	Nissan	Nissan Skyline GT-R	Nissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I6	12	Satoshi Motoyama	B	1–6
						Kazuyoshi Hoshino		1, 3–6, NC
						Fuminori Mizuno		2
						Takeshi Tsuchiya		NC
Endless Sports	Endless Advan GT-R	Nissan	Nissan Skyline GT-R	Nissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I6	13	Mitsuhiro Kinoshita	Y	All
						Yasushi Kikuchi		1
						Mitsuo Fujimura		2–6
Mugen + Dome Project	avex Dome Mugen NSX	Honda	Honda NSX	Honda C32B 3.5 L V6	18	Takuya Kurosawa	B	2–6, NC
						Katsumi Yamamoto		2–6, NC
Team Take One	SOK Porsche	Porsche	Porsche 993 GT2	Porsche M64/81 3.6 L Turbo F6	30	Yoji Yamada	B	All
						Kazuo Mogi		All
Team Taisan Advan	STP Taisan Porsche GT2	Porsche	Porsche 993 GT2	Porsche M64/81 3.6 L Turbo F6	34	Keiichi Tsuchiya	Y	3–4
						Hideshi Matsuda		3–4
	STP Taisan Advan Viper	Dodge	Dodge Viper GTS-R	Dodge Viper 8.0 L V10		Keiichi Tsuchiya		5–6, NC
						Hideshi Matsuda		5–6, NC
Toyota Castrol Team [N 1]	Castrol TOM's Supra	Toyota	Toyota Supra	Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4	36	Michael Krumm	B	1–6
						Pedro de la Rosa		1–6
						Masanori Sekiya		NC
						Ukyo Katayama		NC
					37	Toshio Suzuki		All
						Masanori Sekiya		1–6
						Shingo Tachi		NC
	Castrol Cerumo Supra	Toyota	Toyota Supra	Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4	38	Hironori Takeuchi	B	All
						Katsutomo Kaneishi		All
Toyota Team SARD	Denso SARD Supra	Toyota	Toyota Supra	Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4	39	Masami Kageyama	Y	All
						Olivier Grouillard		1
						Tatsuya Tanigawa		2–6, NC
Susuki Racing Mechanics	Advance Auto GT Camaro	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Camaro	Chevrolet 6.0 L V8	47	Masato Yamamoto	G	4
						Katsuhiko Okamoto		4
Team LeMans	Nissan 300ZX-GTS	Nissan	Nissan Fairlady Z LM	Nissan VH45DE 4.5 L V8	75	Yuji Tachikawa	Y	1–2
						Tsuyoshi Takahashi		1–2
JLOC Corsa	JLOC Diablo GTR	Lamborghini	Lamborghini Diablo GTR	Lamborghini L532 6.0 L V12	88	Takao Wada	D	2–6, NC
						Hisashi Wada		2–6, NC
Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft	Raybrig NSX	Honda	Honda NSX	Honda C32B 3.5 L V6	100	Kunimitsu Takahashi	B	2–6, NC
						Akira Iida		2–6, NC
Ryowa House Pacific Team Cerumo [N 2]	RH Cerumo Supra	Toyota	Toyota Supra	Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4	510	Bertrand Gachot	B	3–6
						Paul Belmondo		3–6

GT300

Entrant	Team Name	Make	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Tyre	Rounds
KRAFT	Wise Sports Dunlop BP MR2	Toyota	Toyota MR2	Toyota 3S-GE 2.0 L I4	6	Hiroki Katoh	D	1–6
						Takahiro Fujita		1–6
	Wise Sports Dunlop BP Cavalier		Toyota Cavalier		60	Kumi Sato		4–6, NC
						Minoru Tanaka		4–6, NC
RE Amemiya Racing	RE Amemiya SuperG RX-7	Mazda	Mazda RX-7 (FD3S)	Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor	7	Shinichi Yamaji	D	All
						Haruhiko Matsumoto		All
Team 5ZIGEN	PCJ 5ZIGEN RSR	Porsche	Porsche 993 RSR	Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6	9	Tsunefumi Hioki	D	1–2
						Masaharu Kinoshita		1–2
M Factory Racing	Murauchi Kamei Skyline	Nissan	Nissan Skyline GTS-R (HR31)	Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4	11	Hiromoto Ishimori	B	2
						Kinji Suzuki		2
Kamco Works	Kamco Workstation GT-R	Nissan	Nissan Skyline GT-R (R32)	Nissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I6	15	Takeshi Odagiri	Y	4
						Takatoshi Onoda		4
Team Power Magic	YB BMW 318i Coupe	BMW	BMW 318i Coupe	BMW M43B18 1.8L I4	16	Motoji Sekine	Y	All
						Hiroyuki Iiri		1–2
						Toshiya Fujishima		3–6
Kageisen Racing Team	Tokyo College of Science and Arts RX-7 (1)	Mazda	Mazda RX-7 (FC3S)	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	17	Toshihiko Nogami	D	1
						Toshiaki Koshimizu		1
	Tokyo Polytechnic Institute Roadster (2–4, 6)		Mazda Roadster (NA)			Toshihiko Nogami		2–4, 6, NC
						Tomoyuki Hosono		2–4, 6, NC
RS-R Racing with Bandoh	RS-R Silvia	Nissan	Nissan Silvia (S14)	Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4	19	Manabu Orido	Y	All
						Hideo Fukuyama		All
AI Auto Racing	AI Auto GAB Porsche	Porsche	Porsche 993 RS	Porsche M64/70 3.8 L F6	20	Kenji Takahashi	Y	All
						Hiroaki Suga		All
Hitotsuyama Racing	Dunlop BP BMW	BMW	BMW M3 (E36)	BMW S14 2.2 L Turbo I4	21	Yasushi Hitotsuyama	D	1–2, 6
						Takayuki Kinoshita		1
						Kenji Yamamoto		2–4
						Mikio Hitotsuyama		3–5
						Mizuno Fuminori		5–6
Hirano Motorsport	Hirano Motorsport R32M	Nissan	Nissan Skyline GTS-i (R32)	Nissan RB20DET 2.0 L Turbo I6	24	Toshiyuki Hirano	Y	4
						Hisanori Kuboyama		4
Tsuchiya Engineering	Atlus Tsuchiya MR2 (1–2) Tsuchiya MR2 (3–6)	Toyota	Toyota MR2	Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4	25	Masaoki Nagashima	Y	All
						Takeshi Tsuchiya		1–6
						Sakae Obata		NC
Team Taisan Jr.	Taisan Star Card RSR	Porsche	Porsche 993 RSR	Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6	26	Keiichi Suzuki	Y	All
						Morio Nitta		All
Team Ferrari Club of Japan	Team FCJ Ferrari (1–4) Shell Ferrari F355 (5–6)	Ferrari	Ferrari F355 GT	Ferrari F129B 3.5 L V8	27	Tetsuya Ota	Y	1–4, 6, NC
						Anders Olofsson		1–2, 4, NC
						Steven Andskär		3, 6
	Team FCJ Ferrari				28	Masami Sugiyama		All
						Masahiro Yamazaki		1–4, 6
						Tetsuya Ota		5
Signal	Friends Nito Seaside Silvia	Nissan	Nissan Silvia (S13)	Nissan FJ20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4	45	Takeshi Yuasa	Y	1–2
						Kiyoaki Hanai		1–2
Cobra Racing Team	Cobra Porsche	Porsche	Porsche 993 RSR	Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6	51	Katsunori Iketani	Y	All
						Masamitsu Ishihara		1–2, 4–6
						Masami Sugiyama		3
S.D.R.	Che'Nelle Porsche SDR	Porsche	Porsche 993 RSR	Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6	54	Nobuyuki Tanaka	Y	6
						Kazushige Saito		6
Sports Factory Racing	Castrol RX-7 (1–3) Castrol FS RX-7 (4, 6)	Mazda	Mazda RX-7 (FD3S)	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	55	Toshihiro Fukazawa	D	1–3, 4, 6
						Masaaki Nagashima		1–3, 4, 6
ecurie SiFo	SiFo Spider Version GT	Renault	Renault Sport Spider	Renault F7R 2.0 L I4	57	Hideyuki Tamamoto	M	2
						Michiko Okuyama		2
						Tomohiko Sunako		6
						Akira Yoshitomi		6
Team Gaikokuya	Gaikokuya Dunlop Porsche	Porsche	Porsche 993 RSR	Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6	70	Yoshimi Ishibashi	Y	All
						Nobuo Komiya		All
SigmaTec Racing Team	SigmaTec 911	Porsche	Porsche 993 RSR	Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6	71	Kaoru Hoshino	D	All
						Masaki Jyonai		All
Makiguchi Engineering	WAKO'S BMW M3	BMW	BMW M3 (E36)	BMW S14 2.5 L I4	72	Norio Makiguchi	Y	All
						Takeshi Asami		All
Cusco Racing	Cusco Subaru Impreza	Subaru	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4	77	Katsuo Kobayashi	Y	6
						Naohiro Furuya		6
NAC West	NAC West Silvia	Nissan	Nissan Silvia (S13)	Nissan FJ20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4	79	Masanori Sugiyama	D	2, 4
						Hiroyasu Aoyagi		2, 4
Team Daishin	Daishin Silvia	Nissan	Nissan Silvia (S14)	Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4	81	Nobuyuki Ohyagi	B (1–2) D (3–6)	All
						Tsuneaki Mankumo		1
						Takayuki Kinoshita		2–6
First Racing Team	Buddy Club MR2	Toyota	Toyota MR2	Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4	91	Masahiro Matsunaga	Y	All
						Junko Mihara		All
Shimizu Racing Enterprise	Castrol Porsche (1–3) Porsche (4, 6)	Porsche	Porsche 993 RSR	Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6	333	Masatomo Shimizu	D	1–2, 4, 6
						Yoshimi Katayama		1–2
						Shigekazu Saeki		4
						Fumihito Sakamoto		6
Tackle & RS Matsumoto	PCJ Shiomi Clinic RSR	Porsche	Porsche 993 RSR	Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6	777	Katsuya Makita	D	1
						Katsuharu Shiomi		1
910 Racing	910 Porsche	Porsche	Porsche 993 RSR	Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6	910	Seiichi Sodeyama	D	All
						Kiyoshi Misaki		1
						Tomohiko Sunako		2–3
						Hideyuki Tamamoto		4–6
	910 TIB Porsche				911	Shigemitsu Haga		6
						Kiichi Takahashi		6

Schedule

Round	Race	Circuit	Dates
1	Suzuka GT 300 km	Suzuka Circuit	29–30 March
2	All Japan Fuji GT Race	Fuji Speedway	3–4 May
3	Hi-Land GT Championship	Sendai Hi-Land Raceway	28–29 June
4	Japan Special GT Cup	Fuji Speedway	9–10 August
5	CP Mine GT Race	Miné Circuit	4–5 October
6	Sugo GT Championship	Sportsland SUGO	25–26 October
NC	Nicos Cup GT Allstar Race	Twin Ring Motegi	15–16 November

Season results

Drivers credited with winning Pole Position for their respective teams are indicated in bold text.

Round	Circuit	Date	Class	Pole Position	Race Winner
1	Suzuka Circuit [1] [2]	30 March	GT500	No. 37 Toyota Castrol Team	No. 2 NISMO
				Masanori Sekiya Toshio Suzuki	Aguri Suzuki Érik Comas
			GT300	No. 26 Team Taisan Jr.	No. 19 Racing Project Bandoh
				Keiichi Suzuki Morio Nitta	Hideo Fukuyama Manabu Orido
2	Fuji Speedway [3] [4]	4 May	GT500	No. 36 Toyota Castrol Team	No. 39 Toyota Team SARD
				Michael Krumm Pedro de la Rosa	Masami Kageyama Tatsuya Tanigawa
			GT300	No. 19 Racing Project Bandoh	No. 26 Team Taisan Jr.
				Hideo Fukuyama Manabu Orido	Keiichi Suzuki Morio Nitta
3	Sendai Hi-Land Raceway [5] [6]	29 June	GT500	No. 37 Toyota Castrol Team	No. 36 Toyota Castrol Team
				Masanori Sekiya Toshio Suzuki	Michael Krumm Pedro de la Rosa
			GT300	No. 21 Hitotsuyama Racing	No. 25 Tsuchiya Engineering
				Yasushi Hitotsuyama Kenji Yamamoto	Takeshi Tsuchiya Masaoki Nagashima
4	Fuji Speedway [7] [8]	10 August	GT500	No. 36 Toyota Castrol Team	No. 39 Toyota Team SARD
				Michael Krumm Pedro de la Rosa	Masami Kageyama Tatsuya Tanigawa
			GT300	No. 25 Tsuchiya Engineering	No. 26 Team Taisan Jr.
				Takeshi Tsuchiya Masaoki Nagashima	Keiichi Suzuki Morio Nitta
5	Miné Circuit [9] [10]	5 October	GT500	No. 18 Mugen + Dome Project	No. 36 Toyota Castrol Team
				Takuya Kurosawa Katsumi Yamamoto	Michael Krumm Pedro de la Rosa
			GT300	No. 6 Kraft	No. 19 Racing Project Bandoh
				Hiroki Katoh Takahiro Fujita	Hideo Fukuyama Manabu Orido
6	Sportsland SUGO [11] [12]	26 October	GT500	No. 100 Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft	No. 5 Team 5Zigen
				Kunimitsu Takahashi Akira Iida	Eiichi Tajima Marc Goossens
			GT300	No. 25 Tsuchiya Engineering	No. 71 Sigmatech Racing Team
				Takeshi Tsuchiya Masaoki Nagashima	Kaoru Hoshino Masaki Jyonai
NC	Twin Ring Motegi	Race 1–16 November [13]	GT500	No. 2 NISMO [14]	No. 2 NISMO
				Aguri Suzuki Érik Comas	Aguri Suzuki Érik Comas
			GT300	No. 910 910 Racing [14]	No. 27 Ferrari Club of Japan
				Seiichi Sodeyama Hideyuki Tamamoto	Tetsuya Ota Anders Olofsson
		Race 2–16 November [15]	GT500	No. 2 NISMO	No. 2 NISMO
				Aguri Suzuki Érik Comas	Aguri Suzuki Érik Comas
			GT300	No. 27 Ferrari Club of Japan	No. 27 Ferrari Club of Japan
				Tetsuya Ota Anders Olofsson	Tetsuya Ota Anders Olofsson

Point ranking

GT500 class

Drivers

Rank [16]	Driver	No.	SUZ	FUJ	SEN	FUJ	MIN	SUG		MOT	MOT	Pts.
1	Pedro de la Rosa Michael Krumm	No. 36 Toyota Castrol Team	13	3	1	2	1	15				67
2	Masami Kageyama	No. 39 Toyota Team SARD	2	1	5	1	13	7		Ret	12Ret	67
3	Toshio Suzuki	No. 37 Toyota Castrol Team	3	6	3	3	3	4		3	2	64
3	Masanori Sekiya	No. 37 Toyota Castrol Team	3	6	3	3	3	4				64
		No. 36 Toyota Castrol Team								Ret	5
4	Aguri Suzuki	No. 2 NISMO	1	4	2	10	9	3		1	1	60
5	Tatsuya Tanigawa	No. 39 Toyota Team SARD		1	5	1	13	7		Ret	12Ret	52
6	Érik Comas	No. 2 NISMO	1		2	10	9	3		1	1	50
7	Masahiro Hasemi Tetsuya Tanaka	No. 3 Hasemi Motorsports	4	2	9	6	7	17Ret		4	3	37
8	Eiichi Tajima	No. 5 Team 5Zigen	6	12Ret	6	19Ret	12	1		7	10	32
8	Marc Goossens	No. 5 Team 5Zigen	6	12Ret	6	19Ret	12	1				32
9	Kunimitsu Takahashi Akira Iida	No. 100 Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft		16Ret	16	11	2	2		10	11	30
10	Hironori Takeuchi Katsutomo Kaneishi	No. 38 Toyota Castrol Team	7	9	4	8	5	10		2	4	28
11	Satoshi Motoyama	No. 12 Hoshino Racing	14Ret	5	15	4	6	14				24
12	Naoki Nagasaka	No. 8 Power Craft			7		4	6				20
13	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	No. 12 Hoshino Racing	14Ret		15	4	6	14		Ret	6	16
14	Olivier Grouillard	No. 39 Toyota Team SARD	2									15
15	Bertrand Gachot Paul Belmondo	No. 8 Power Craft	10	14Ret								12
		No. 510 Ryowa House Pacific Team Cerumo			8	5	11
16	Takuya Kurosawa Katsumi Yamamoto	No. 18 Mugen + Dome Project		17Ret	18Ret	17Ret	8	5		8	9	11
17	Marco Apicella	No. 2 NISMO		4								10
17	Tom Kristensen	No. 8 Power Craft				15	4					10
19	Masahiko Kageyama Masahiko Kondo	No. 556 NISMO	5	11Ret	14	9	15Ret	16Ret		14Ret	7	10
20	Wayne Gardner	No. 8 Power Craft			7	15		6				10
21	Fuminori Mizuno	No. 12 Hoshino Racing		5								8
22	Mitsuhiro Kinoshita	No. 13 Endless Sports	8	13Ret	11	7	10	12				8
23	Mitsuo Fujimura	No. 13 Endless Sports		13Ret	11	7	10	12				5
24	Kaoru Iida Ralph Firman	No. 10 Team TMS	12	7	13	13		19DNQ				4
25	Keiichi Tsuchiya Hideshi Matsuda	No. 34 Team Taisan with Advan			10	20Ret	14	8		6	12Ret	4
26	Yoji Yamada Kazuo Mogi	No. 30 Team Take One	9	10Ret	12	12	11	9		5	8	4
27	Tatsuhiko Kanaumi Mitsutake Koma	No. 4 Suzuki Bankin	11	8	19DNQ	16		18DNQ				3
27	Yasushi Kikuchi	No. 13 Endless Sports	8									3
28	Takao Wada Hisashi Wada	No. 88 JLOC Corsa		15Ret	17Ret	14	17Ret	13		9	13Ret	0
29	Masato Yamamoto Katsuhiko Okamoto	No. 47 Susuki Racing Mechanics				18Ret						0
30	Shingo Tachi	No. 37 Toyota Castrol Team								3	2	0
31	Ukyo Katayama	No. 36 Toyota Castrol Team								11Ret	5	0
32	Takeshi Tsuchiya	No. 12 Hoshino Racing								13Ret	6	0
33	Hiro Matsushita	No. 5 Team 5Zigen								7	10	0
Rank	Driver	No.	SUZ	FUJ	SEN	FUJ	MIN	SUG		MOT	MOT	Pts.

GT500 Teams' standings

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

Rank	Team	No.	SUZ	FUJ	SEN	FUJ	MIN	SUG		MOT	MOT	PTS
1	Toyota Castrol Team	36	13	3	1	2	1	15		Ret	5	79
		37	3	6	3	3	3	4		3	2
		38	7	9	4	8	5	10		2	4
2	Toyota Team SARD	39	2	1	5	1	13	7		Ret	Ret	67
3	Nismo	2	1	4	2	10	9	3		1	1	61
		556	5	Ret	14	9	Ret	Ret		Ret	7
4	Hasemi Motorsports	3	4	2	9	6	7	Ret		4	3	37
5	Team 5Zigen	5	6	Ret	6	Ret	12	1		7	10	32
6	Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft	100		Ret	16	11	2	2		10	11	30
7	Calsonic Hoshino Racing	12	Ret	5	15	4	6	14		Ret	6	24
8	Power Craft	8	11	Ret	7	15	4	6				21
9	Ryowa House Pacific Team Cerumo	510			8	5	Ret	11				11
9	Mugen + Dome Project	18		Ret	Ret	Ret	8	5		8	9	11
11	Endless Sports	13	8	Ret	11	7	10	12				8
12	Team TMS	10	13	7	13	13		DNQ				4
13	Team Taisan Advan	34			10	Ret	14	8		6	Ret	4
14	Team Take One	30	9	Ret	12	12	11	9		5	8	4
15	Suzuki Bankin	4	12	8	DNQ	Ret	DNA	DNQ				3
-	Team Le Mans	75	10	DNS								0
-	JLOC	88		Ret	Ret	14	Ret	13		9	Ret	0
-	Suzuki Racing Mechanics	47				Ret						0
Rank	Team	No.	SUZ	FUJ	SEN	FUJ	MIN	SUG		MOT	MOT	PTS

GT300 Drivers' championship

Rank	No.	Driver	SUZ	FUJ	SEN	FUJ	MIN	SUG		MOT	MOT	Pts.
1	19	Manabu Orido Hideo Fukuyama	1	2	2	3	1	5		2	9	90
2	26	Keiichi Suzuki Morio Nitta	4	1	3	1	3	2		DNS	DNS	89
3	25/72	Masaoki Nagashima	3	Ret	1	5	Ret	3		Ret	7	52
	25	Takeshi Tsuchiya
5	71	Kaoru Hoshino Masaki Jouchi	DNA	6	7	6	2	1		5	4	51
6	910	Seiichi Sodeyama	2	8	4	4	12	12		4	3	38
7	27/28	Tetsuya Ota	11	4	9	2	7	Ret		1	1	31
8	7	Shinichi Yamaji Haruhiko Matsumoto	Ret	3	5	Ret	10	4		6	10	31
9	27	Anders Olofsson	11	4		2	DNA			1	1	25
10	51	Katsunori Iketani	5	5	DNQ	7	DNA	9				22
		Masamitsu Ishihara
11	81	Nobuyuki Ohyagi	8	7	6	Ret	Ret	8		3	2	16
12	910	Kiyoshi Misaki	2									15
13	910/57	Tomohiko Sunako		8	4			18				13
14	21/81	Takayuki Kinoshita	Ret	7	6	Ret	Ret	8		3	2	13
15	72	Takeshi Asami	7	9	8	8	Ret	DNQ				12
		Norio Makiguchi
17	57/910	Hideyuki Tamamoto		DNS		4	12	12		4	3	10
17	60	Kumi Sato Minoru Tanaka				16	4	16		Ret	5	10
19	20	Kenji Takahashi Hiroaki Suga	Ret	Ret	11	9	5	11				10
20	70	Yoshizo Ishibashi Nobuo Komiya	10	Ret	Ret	10	6	17				8
21	9	Tsunefumi Hioki Masaharu Kinoshita	6	DNA								6
21	6	Hiroki Kato Takahiro Fujita	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	6				6
23	21	Yasushi Hitotsuyama	Ret	10		Ret		7				5
24	21	Mizuno Fuminori					Ret	7				4
25	81	Tsuneaki Mankumo	8									3
25	16	Motoji Sekine	15	15	12	12	8	13				3
27	777	Katsuya Makita Katsuharu Shiomi	9									2
27	27	Steven Andskär			9			Ret				2
27	91	Masahiro Matsunaga Junko Mihara	13	14	14	14	9	Ret		DNS	6	2
30	21	Kenji Yamamoto		10	10	Ret						2
31	21	Mikio Hitotsuyama			10		Ret					1
31	54	Nobuyuki Tanaka Kazushige Saito						10				1
NC	28	Masami Sugiyama		Ret	13	15	7					0
NC	55	Toshihiro Fukazawa Masaaki Nagashima	12	11	Ret	13		15				0
NC	17	Toshihiko Nogami	14	12	DNQ	Ret		Ret		7	8	0
NC	17	Tomoyuki Hosono		12	DNQ	Ret		Ret		7	8	0
NC	16	Hiroyuki Iiri	15	15	12							0
NC	79	Masanori Sugiyama Hiroyasu Aoyagi		13		19	DNA					0
NC	28	Masahiro Yamazaki		Ret	13	15		Ret				0
NC	17	Toshiaki Koshimizu	14									0
NC	911	Shigemitsu Haga Kiichi Takahashi						14				0
NC	45	Takeshi Yuasa Kiyoaki Hanai	16	Ret								0
NC	11	Hiromoto Ishimori Kinji Suzuki		16								0
NC	333	Masatomo Shimizu	Ret	DNA		17		DNQ				0
NC	333	Shigekazu Saeki				17						0
NC	15	Takeshi Odagiri Takatoshi Onoda				18						0
NC	57	Akira Yoshitomi						18				0
NC	333	Yoshimi Katayama	Ret	DNA								0
NC	77	Katsuo Kobayashi Naohiro Furuya						Ret				0
NC	28	Patrick van Schote						Ret				0
NC	57	Michiko Okuyama		DNS								0
NC	24	Toshiyuki Hirano Hisanori Kuboyama				DNS						0
NC	51	Tetsuhumi Toda			DNQ							0
NC	333	Fumihito Sakamoto						DNQ				0
NC	25	Sakae Obata								Ret	7	0
Rank	No.	Driver	SUZ	FUJ	SEN	FUJ	MIN	SUG		MOT	MOT	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.	SUZ	FUJ	SEN	FUJ	MIN	SUG		MOT	MOT	Pts.
1	RS-R Racing with Bandoh	19	1	2	2	3	1	5		2	9	90
2	Team Taisan Jr.	26	4	1	3	1	3	2		DNS	DNS	89
3	Tsuchiya Engineering	25	3	Ret	1	5		3		Ret	7	52
4	SigmaTec Racing Team	71	DNA	6	7	6	2	1		5	4	51
5	910 Racing	910	2	8	4	4	12	12		4	3	38
		911						14
6	Team Ferrari Club of Japan	27	11	4	9	2	DNA	Ret		1	1	31
		28		Ret	13	15	7	Ret
7	RE Amemiya Racing	7	Ret	3	5	Ret	10	4		6	10	31
8	Cobra Racing Team	51	5	5	DNQ	7	DNA	9				22
9	KRAFT	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	6				16
		60				16	4	16		Ret	5
10	Team Daishin	81	8	7	6	Ret	Ret	8		3	2	16
11	Makiguchi Engineering	72	7	9	8	8	Ret	DNQ				12
12	AI Auto Racing	20	Ret	Ret	11	9	5	11				10
13	Team Gaikokuya	70	10	Ret	Ret	10	6	17				7
14	Team 5ZIGEN	9	6	DNA								6
15	Hitotsuyama Racing	21	Ret	10	10	Ret	Ret	7				6
16	Team Power Magic	16	15	15	12	12	8	13				3
17	Tackle & RS Matsumoto	777	9									2
17	First Racing Team	91	13	14	14	14	9	Ret		DNS	6	2
19	S.D.R.	54						10				1
-	Sports Factory Racing	55	12	11	DNS	Ret	13	15				0
-	Kageisen Racing Team	17	14	12	DNQ	Ret		Ret		7	8	0
-	NAC West	79		13		19	DNA					0
-	Signal	45	16	Ret								0
-	M Factory Racing	11		16								0
-	Shimizu Racing Enterprise	333	Ret	DNA		17		DNQ				0
-	Kamco Works	15				18						0
-	ecurie SiFo	57		DNS				18				0
-	Cusco Racing	77						Ret				0
-	Hirano Motorsport	24				DNS						0
Rank	Team	No.	SUZ	FUJ	SEN	FUJ	MIN	SUG		MOT	MOT	Pts.

Notes

1. 1. 36 and #37 operated by TOM's, #38 operated by Cerumo
2. Operated by Cerumo with drivers from Power Craft

References

1. "GT Championship 1997 - Round 1 Qualify". supergt.net. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
2. "GT Championship 1997 - Round 1 Race Result". supergt.net. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
3. "GT Championship 1997 Round 2 - Qualify". supergt.net. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
4. "GT Championship 1997 Round 2 - Race Result". supergt.net. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
5. "GT Championship 1997 Round 3 - Qualify". supergt.net. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
6. "GT Championship 1997 Round 3 - Race Result". supergt.net. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
7. "GT Championship 1997 Round 4 - Qualify". supergt.net. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
8. "GT Championship 1997 Round 4 - Race Result". supergt.net. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
9. "GT Championship 1997 Round 5 - Qualify". supergt.net. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
10. "GT Championship 1997 Round 5 - Race Result". supergt.net. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
11. "GT Championship 1997 Round 6 - Qualify". supergt.net. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
12. "GT Championship 1997 Round 6 - Race Result". supergt.net. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
13. "GT Championship 1997 Allstar Race - 1st Race Result". supergt.net. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
14. "GT Championship 1997 Allstar Race - Qualify". supergt.net. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
15. "GT Championship 1997 Allstar Race - 1st Race Result". supergt.net. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
16. "GT Championship 1997 - Series Ranking". supergt.net. Retrieved 2023-07-24.

External links

• Super GT/JGTC official race archive (in English)
• 1997 season results