2001 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship

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The 2001 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship was the ninth season of Japan Automobile Federation GT premiere racing. It was marked as well as the nineteenth season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The GT500 class drivers' champions of 2001 were Yuji Tachikawa and Hironori Takeuchi, who had not won a single race during the season driving the No. 38 au Cerumo Toyota Supra, while Nismo won the teams' championship. In the GT300 category, the class champions were the No. 81 Advan Team Daishin Nissan Silvia driven by Takayuki Aoki and Noboyuki Oyagi.

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This season marked the final competitive race victory for the McLaren F1 GTR, when Team Take One won the CP Mine GT Race.

Drivers and teams

GT500

TeamMakeCarEngineNo.DriversTyreRounds
Mugen x Dome Project Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 1 Flag of Japan.svg Ryo Michigami B All
Flag of Japan.svg Hidetoshi Mitsusada All
18 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Philippe All
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Katoh 1–4, NC
Flag of France.svg Benoît Tréluyer 5–7
Esso Toyota Team LeMans Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 6 Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Noda B All
Flag of Japan.svg Juichi Wakisaka All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 8 Flag of Japan.svg Katsutomo Kaneishi B All
Flag of Japan.svg Keiichi Tsuchiya All
Calsonic Team Impul Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R Nissan RB26DETT 2.7 L Twin Turbo I6 12 Flag of Japan.svg Satoshi Motoyama B All
Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Hattori 1–3
Flag of Japan.svg Kazuyoshi Hoshino 4–7, NC
Hitotsuyama Racing McLaren McLaren F1 GTR BMW S70/2 6.0 L V12 21 Flag of Japan.svg Akihiko Nakaya D 1–3, 5–6
Flag of Japan.svg Mitsuhiro Kinoshita 1
Flag of Japan.svg Yasushi Hitotsuyama 2–4, NC
Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Hattori 4–7, NC
Flag of Japan.svg Mikio Hitotsuyama 7
Nismo Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R Nissan RB26DETT 2.7 L Twin Turbo I6 22 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Krumm B All
Flag of Japan.svg Tetsuya Tanaka All
23 Flag of France.svg Érik Comas All
Flag of Japan.svg Masami Kageyama All
Tsuchiya Engineering Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 25 Flag of Japan.svg Manabu Orido Y 1–7
Flag of Japan.svg Seiji Ara 1–7
Team Take One McLaren McLaren F1 GTR BMW S70/2 6.0 L V12 30 Flag of Portugal.svg André Couto B 1–7
Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Okada 1–7
Toyota Team Cerumo Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 33 Flag of Japan.svg Masahiko Kondo B All
Flag of Japan.svg Ukyo Katayama 1–4, 6–7, NC
Flag of Japan.svg Shigekazu Wakisaka 5
38 Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Tachikawa All
Flag of Japan.svg Hironori Takeuchi All
Toyota Team TOM'S Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 36 Flag of Japan.svg Takeshi Tsuchiya M All
Flag of Japan.svg Takuya Kurosawa 1–4, 6–7
Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Montin 5
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wayne Gardner NC
37 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wayne Gardner 1–7
Flag of Japan.svg Shinichi Yamaji 1–7
Denso Toyota Team SARD Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 39 Flag of France.svg Jérémie Dufour Y 1–7
Flag of Japan.svg Masahiko Kageyama 1–2
Flag of France.svg Romain Dumas 3–7
Mobil 1 Nakajima Racing Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 64 Flag of Japan.svg Tsugio Matsuda B All
Flag of Germany.svg Dominik Schwager All
JLOC Lamborghini Lamborghini Diablo GT-1 Lamborghini L532 6.0 L V12 88 Flag of Italy.svg Marco Apicella D All
Flag of Japan.svg Naohiro Furuya All
Raybrig Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 100 Flag of Japan.svg Akira Iida B All
Flag of Japan.svg Daisuke Ito All

GT300

TeamMakeCarEngineNo.DriversTyreRounds
TOM'S Spirit Toyota Toyota MR-S Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 0 Flag of Japan.svg Masahiro Matsunaga Y All
Flag of Japan.svg Kumi Sato All
Dream28 Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.4 L V6 2 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuho Takahashi Y 5, 6
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroshi Kimura 5
Flag of Japan.svg Akira Watanabe 6
Hasemi Motorsport Nissan Nissan Silvia (S15) Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 3 Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Ide Y All
Flag of Japan.svg Masataka Yanagida All
BSA Porsche Team Competizione Porsche Porsche 993 RS Porsche M64/60 3.6 L Turbo F6 5 Flag of Malaysia.svg Key Soon Yue M NC
Flag of Malaysia.svg Ila Ridak NC
15 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Siu Tit Lung NC
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Siu Yuk Lung NC
RE Amemiya Racing Mazda Mazda RX-7 Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor 7 Flag of Japan.svg Tetsuya Yamano Y All
Flag of Japan.svg Haruhiko Matsumoto All
Team Daikokuya Porsche Porsche 993 RS Porsche M64/80 3.6 L Turbo F6 9 Flag of Japan.svg Akira Watanabe Y 1–5
Flag of Japan.svg Tsunefumi Hioki 1, 4–6
Flag of Japan.svg Yukihiro Hane 2, NC
Flag of Japan.svg Yosuke Shimoshima NC, 6
Ability Motorsport Porsche Porsche 996 GT3-R Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 10 Flag of Japan.svg Yutaka Yamagishi Y 1–2, 4
Flag of Japan.svg Takahisa Ohno 1–2, 4
Team Gainer Porsche Porsche 996 GT3-R Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 11 Flag of Japan.svg Junichi Ikura Y All
Flag of Japan.svg Koji Ushikubo 1, 7
Flag of Japan.svg Yusei Maki 2–6
Racing Project Bandoh Toyota Toyota MR-S Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 19 Flag of Japan.svg Satoshi Goto Y All
Flag of Japan.svg Minoru Tanaka All
Team Taisan Porsche Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 24 Flag of Japan.svg Hideshi Matsuda Y All
Flag of Japan.svg Kazuyuki Nishizawa All
26 Flag of Japan.svg Atsushi Yogo All
Flag of Japan.svg Hideo Fukuyama All
Chrysler Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler Viper 8.0 L V10 55 Flag of Japan.svg Eiji Yamada All
Flag of Japan.svg Takayuki Kinoshita All
ARTA with A'PEX Toyota Toyota MR-S Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 31 Flag of Japan.svg Morio Nitta Y All
Flag of Japan.svg Shinichi Takagi All
Auto Staff Racing Nissan Nissan Silvia (S15) Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 51 Flag of Japan.svg Naofumi Omoto Y 2–7
Flag of Japan.svg Yasukichi Yamamoto 2–7
R&D Sport Porsche Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 62 Flag of Japan.svg Shinsuke Shibahara D All
Flag of Japan.svg Yasuhisa Fujiwara 1–2
Flag of Japan.svg Shogo Mitsuyama 3–7
63 Flag of Japan.svg "OSAMU" All
Flag of Japan.svg Takamasa Nakagawa All
Amprex Motorsports Mazda Mazda RX-7 Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor 65 Flag of Japan.svg Genji Hashimoto Y NC
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Charles Kwan NC
Team Gaikokuya Porsche Porsche 996 GT3-RS Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 70 Flag of Japan.svg Yoshimi Ishibashi D All
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroaki Suga All
SigmaTec Racing Team Toyota Toyota MR-S Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 71 Flag of Japan.svg Guts Jyonai Y 1, 3–7
Flag of Japan.svg Eiichi Tajima 1, 3–7
Cusco Racing Subaru Subaru Impreza WRX STI Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4 77 Flag of Japan.svg Katsuo Kobayashi Y All
Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya Tanigawa All
Team Daishin Nissan Nissan Silvia (S15) Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 81 Flag of Japan.svg Nobuyuki Ohyagi Y All
Flag of Japan.svg Takayuki Aoki All
KRAFT Toyota Toyota Corolla Sprinter Trueno (AE86) Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 86 Flag of Japan.svg Masaoki Nagashima Y 1–3
Flag of Japan.svg Koji Matsuda 1–3
Toyota MR-S Flag of Japan.svg Masaoki Nagashima 4–7
Flag of Japan.svg Koji Matsuda 4–7
Dentaire ProJet Racing Ferrari Ferrari 360 Ferrari F131B 3.6 L V8 360 Flag of Japan.svg Seigo Nishizawa Y All
Flag of Japan.svg Kota Sasaki All
Team Sri Lanka Mosler Mosler MT900R Chevrolet LS1 5.7 L V8 900 Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Dilantha Malagamuwa Y 1–4
Flag of Japan.svg Takeshi Asami 1–4
Flag of Portugal.svg João Barbosa NC
A&S Racing Mosler Mosler MT900R Chevrolet LS1 5.7 L V8 901 Flag of Japan.svg Takeshi Asami Y 5
Flag of Japan.svg Yasutaka Hinoi 5–6
Flag of Japan.svg Tetsuji Tamanaka 6–7
Flag of Japan.svg Tetsuya Nakajima 6–7
910 Racing Porsche Porsche 996 GT3 RS Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 910 Flag of Japan.svg Jukuchou Sunako Y All
Flag of Japan.svg Hisashi Wada All
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Adam Wilcox NC
911 Flag of Japan.svg Masamitsu Ishihara 2, 4
Flag of Japan.svg Akira Hirakawa 1

Schedule

RoundRaceCircuitDate
1GT Championship in TI Flag of Japan.svg TI Circuit April 15
2All Japan Fuji GT Race Flag of Japan.svg Fuji Speedway May 4
3SUGO GT Championship Flag of Japan.svg Sportsland SUGO May 27
NCTmtouch Japan GT Championship Malaysia Flag of Malaysia.svg Sepang Circuit June 24
4Japan Special GT Cup Flag of Japan.svg Fuji Speedway August 5
5Motegi GT Championship Race Flag of Japan.svg Twin Ring Motegi September 16
6Suzuka GT 300 km Flag of Japan.svg Suzuka Circuit October 28
7CP Mine GT Race Flag of Japan.svg Mine Circuit November 11

Season results

RoundCircuitGT500 Winning TeamGT300 Winning Team
GT500 Winning DriversGT300 Winning Drivers
1 TI Circuit Flag of Japan.svg #1 Loctite Mugen Honda NSX Flag of Japan.svg #31 ARTA A'PEX Toyota MR-S
Flag of Japan.svg Hidetoshi Mitsusada
Flag of Japan.svg Ryo Michigami
Flag of Japan.svg Morio Nitta
Flag of Japan.svg Shinichi Takagi
2 Mt. Fuji Flag of Japan.svg #6 ESSO Toyota Supra Flag of Japan.svg #81 Advan Team Daishin Nissan Silvia
Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Noda
Flag of Japan.svg Juichi Wakisaka
Flag of Japan.svg Takayuki Aoki
Flag of Japan.svg Noboyuki Oyagi
3 Sportsland SUGO Flag of Japan.svg #37 ZENT TOM'S Toyota Supra Flag of Japan.svg #7 RE Amemiya Mazda RX-7
Flag of Japan.svg Shinichi Yamaji
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wayne Gardner
Flag of Japan.svg Haruhiko Matsumoto
Flag of Japan.svg Tetsuya Yamano
NC Sepang Circuit Flag of Japan.svg #6 ESSO Toyota Supra Flag of Japan.svg #3 Hasemi Motorsports Nissan Silvia
Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Noda
Flag of Japan.svg Juichi Wakisaka
Flag of Japan.svg Masataka Yanagida
Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Ide
4 Mt. Fuji Flag of Japan.svg #22 Xanavi NISMO Nissan Skyline GT-R Flag of Japan.svg #81 Advan Team Daishin Nissan Silvia
Flag of Japan.svg Tetsuya Tanaka
Flag of Germany.svg Michael Krumm
Flag of Japan.svg Takayuki Aoki
Flag of Japan.svg Noboyuki Oyagi
5 Twin Ring Motegi Flag of Japan.svg #64 Mobil 1 Honda NSX Flag of Japan.svg #19 WedsSport Toyota MR-S
Flag of Japan.svg Tsugio Matsuda
Flag of Germany.svg Dominik Schwager
Flag of Japan.svg Minoru Tanaka
Flag of Japan.svg Satoshi Goto
6 Suzuka Circuit Flag of Japan.svg #8 ARTA Honda NSX Flag of Japan.svg #86 KRAFT Toyota MR-S
Flag of Japan.svg Keiichi Tsuchiya
Flag of Japan.svg Katsutomo Kaneishi
Flag of Japan.svg Koji Matsuda
Flag of Japan.svg Masaoki Nagashima
7 Mine Circuit Flag of Japan.svg #30 Team Take One McLaren F1 GTR Flag of Japan.svg #71 Sigma Tech Toyota MR-S
Flag of Portugal.svg Andre Couto
Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Okada
Flag of Japan.svg Eiichi Tajima
Flag of Japan.svg 'Guts' Jyonai

Standings

GT500 class

Drivers' standings

Scoring system
Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th
Points20151210864321
RankDriverTAI
Flag of Japan.svg
FUJ
Flag of Japan.svg
SUG
Flag of Japan.svg
FUJ
Flag of Japan.svg
MOT
Flag of Japan.svg
SUZ
Flag of Japan.svg
MIN
Flag of Japan.svg
PTS
1 Flag of Japan.svg Hironori Takeuchi
Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Tachikawa
Ret234261658
2 Flag of Japan.svg Katsutomo Kaneishi
Flag of Japan.svg Keiichi Tsuchiya
26212111Ret56
3 Flag of Japan.svg Ryo Michigami
Flag of Japan.svg Hidetoshi Mitsusada
18451221256
4 Flag of France.svg Érik Comas
Flag of Japan.svg Masami Kageyama
134102Ret3253
5 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Krumm
Flag of Japan.svg Tetsuya Tanaka
43Ret1108652
6 Flag of Japan.svg Shinichi Yamaji
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wayne Gardner
5911084946
7 Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Noda
Flag of Japan.svg Juichi Wakisaka
Ret15313Ret1440
8 Flag of Japan.svg Tsugio Matsuda
Flag of Germany.svg Dominik Schwager
3121461RetRet38
9 Flag of Portugal.svg André Couto
Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Okada
8Ret1216610130
10 Flag of Japan.svg Akira Iida
Flag of Japan.svg Daisuke Ito
65Ret9413829
11 Flag of Japan.svg Satoshi Motoyama 15Ret77311528
12 Flag of Japan.svg Takeshi Tsuchiya 11108855727
13 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuyoshi Hoshino 7311524
14 Flag of France.svg Jérémie Dufour 77913Ret9422
15 Flag of Japan.svg Takuya Kurosawa 1110885719
16 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Philippe 14156151412318
17 Flag of France.svg Romain Dumas 913Ret9414
18 Flag of France.svg Benoît Tréluyer 1412312
19 Flag of Japan.svg Manabu Orido
Flag of Japan.svg Seiji Ara
91111DNQ771011
20 Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Montin 58
21 Flag of Japan.svg Masahiko Kageyama 778
22 Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Katoh 14156156
23 Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Hattori 15Ret711RetRet114
24 Flag of Japan.svg Masahiko Kondo 121413149Ret132
Flag of Japan.svg Shigekazu Wakisaka
26 Flag of Japan.svg Akihiko Nakaya 1013RetRetRet1
Flag of Japan.svg Mitsuhiro Kinoshita
RankDriverTAI
Flag of Japan.svg
FUJ
Flag of Japan.svg
SUG
Flag of Japan.svg
FUJ
Flag of Japan.svg
MOT
Flag of Japan.svg
SUZ
Flag of Japan.svg
MIN
Flag of Japan.svg
PTS
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
BlankDid 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]

RankTeamNo.TAI
Flag of Japan.svg
FUJ
Flag of Japan.svg
SUG
Flag of Japan.svg
FUJ
Flag of Japan.svg
MOT
Flag of Japan.svg
SUZ
Flag of Japan.svg
MIN
Flag of Japan.svg
PTS
1 Nismo 2243Ret1108671
23134102Ret32
2 Mugen x Dome Project118451221268
18141561514123
3Toyota Team Cerumo 33121413149Ret1358
38Ret2342616
4 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri 826212111Ret56
5 Toyota Team TOM'S 3611108855755
3759110849
6 Esso Toyota Team LeMans 6Ret15313Ret1440
7 Mobil 1 Nakajima Racing 643121461RetRet38
8Team Take One308Ret1216610130
9 Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft10065Ret9413829
10 Team Impul 1215Ret77311528
11 Toyota Team SARD 3977913Ret9422
12Tsuchiya Engineering2591111-771011
13Hitotsuyama Racing211013Ret11RetRet111
-JLOC88DNSRetDNSRet1514150
RankTeamNo.TAI
Flag of Japan.svg
FUJ
Flag of Japan.svg
SUG
Flag of Japan.svg
FUJ
Flag of Japan.svg
MOT
Flag of Japan.svg
SUZ
Flag of Japan.svg
MIN
Flag of Japan.svg
PTS

GT300 class

Drivers

RankDriversNumber/TeamPointsWins
1 Flag of Japan.svg Takayuki Aoki
Flag of Japan.svg Noboyuki Oyagi
#81 Advan Team Daishin Nissan Silvia 662
2 Flag of Japan.svg Haruhiko Matsumoto
Flag of Japan.svg Tetsuya Yamano
#7 RE Amemiya Mazda RX-7 541
3 Flag of Japan.svg Hisashi Wada
Flag of Japan.svg Jukuchou Sunako
#910 Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 540
4 Flag of Japan.svg Masataka Yanagida
Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Ide
#3 Hasemi Motorsports Nissan Silvia 530
5 Flag of Japan.svg Hideshi Matsuda
Flag of Japan.svg Kazuyuki Nishizawa
#24 Advan Team Taisan Porsche 911 GT3R 490
6 Flag of Japan.svg Atsushi Yogo
Flag of Japan.svg Hideo Fukuyama
#26 Advan Team Taisan Porsche 911 GT3R 440
7 Flag of Japan.svg Morio Nitta
Flag of Japan.svg Shinichi Takagi
#31 ARTA with Apex Toyota MR-S 401
8 Flag of Japan.svg Katsuo Kobayashi
Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya Tanigawa
#77 Cusco Racing Subaru Impreza 340
9 Flag of Japan.svg Minoru Tanaka
Flag of Japan.svg Satoru Gotou
#19 Weds Sports Racing Project Bandoh Toyota MR-S 331
10 Flag of Japan.svg Shinsuke Shibahara #62 R&D Sport Porsche 911 GT3R 300
11 Flag of Japan.svg Shogo Mitsuyama #62 R&D Sport Porsche 911 GT3R 230
12 Flag of Japan.svg Takamasa Nakagawa
Flag of Japan.svg Osamu Nakajima
#63 Leyjun R&D Sport Porsche 911 GT3R 210
13 Flag of Japan.svg Masaoki Nagashima
Flag of Japan.svg Kouji Matsuda
#86 project μ Kraft Toyota Trueno·Toyota MR-S 201
14 Flag of Japan.svg Masaki Jyonai
Flag of Japan.svg Eiichi Tajima
#71 Sigmatech Racing Toyota MR-S 201
15 Flag of Japan.svg Eiji Yamada
Flag of Japan.svg Takayuki Kinoshita
#55 Team Taisan Jr. Chrysler Viper GTS-R 100
16 Flag of Japan.svg Naofumi Omoto
Flag of Japan.svg Yasukichi Yamamoto
#51 Auto Staff Racing Nissan Silvia 80
17 Flag of Japan.svg Kumi Sato
Flag of Japan.svg Masahiro Matsunaga
#0 Tom's Spirit Toyota MR-S 50
18 Flag of Japan.svg Junichi Ikura
Flag of Japan.svg Yuusei Maki
#0 Team Gainer Porsche 911 GT3R 50
20 Flag of Japan.svg Yasuhisa Fujiwara #62 R&D Sport Porsche 911 GT3R 40

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Masami Kageyama</span> Japanese racing driver

Masami Kageyama is a Japanese racing driver from Kanagawa Prefecture. His older brother is Masahiko Kageyama who was also a successful racing driver in similar categories.

The 2019 Autobacs Super GT Series was a motor racing championship based in Japan for grand touring cars. The series is sanctioned by the Japan Automobile Federation (JAF) and run by the GT Association (GTA). It was the twenty-seventh season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship which includes the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era and the fifteenth season the series has competed under the Super GT name. It was the thirty-seventh overall season of a national JAF sportscar championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The season began on April 14 and ended on November 24, after 8 championship races & 2 non-championship races.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2023 Super GT Series</span> Sports car racing season in Japan

The 2023 Autobacs Super GT Series was a motor racing championship based in Japan for grand touring cars, sanctioned by the Japan Automobile Federation (JAF) and ran by the GT Association (GTA). It was the thirty-first season of the JAF Super GT Championship, which included the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship era, and the nineteenth season under the Super GT name. It was also the forty-first overall season of a national JAF sportscar championship dating back to the All Japan Endurance/Sports Prototype Championship.

References

  1. "JGTC 2001 Ranking". supergt.net. Retrieved 2021-10-16.