2008 D1 Grand Prix series

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The 2008 Gran Turismo D1 Grand Prix series was the eighth season for the D1 Grand Prix series and the third for the D1 Street Legal spinoff series. The US series was proposed for a second season in November 2007, but in February 2008, due to commitments, the series was cancelled, leaving the 2007 as the only year the US series ever took place, despite being exhibition rounds. [1] The series began March 29, 2008 for the D1SL and March 30 for D1GP at Ebisu Circuit. The series ended with a non-point scoring World All-Star event held at Irwindale Speedway on November 30, 2008 and concluded altogether on December 14 as a D1SL point scoring round.

Contents

Schedule

RoundVenueLocationDateWinnerCar
D1GPD1SL
1 Flag of Fukushima.svg Ebisu Circuit Fukushima Prefecture March 30 Masato Kawabata Nissan Silvia S15
1April 13 Naoto Suenaga Nissan Silvia PS13
2 Flag of Shizuoka Prefecture.svg Fuji Speedway Shizuoka Prefecture April 27 Yoshinori Koguchi Nissan 180SX RSP13
3 Flag of Mie prefecture.svg Suzuka Circuit Mie Prefecture May 24–25 Tsuyoshi Tezuka Nissan Skyline BNR32
2 Naoto Suenaga Nissan Silvia PS13
Tokyo Drift in Odaiba
(exhibition)
Flag of Tokyo Metropolis.svg Odaiba Metropolitan Car Park Tokyo Bay June 7
June 8
Nobushige Kumakubo
Youichi Imamura
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX CT9A
Nissan Silvia S15
4 Flag of Okayama Prefecture.svg Okayama International Circuit Okayama Prefecture June 27–29 Youichi Imamura Nissan Silvia S15
3 Naoki Nakamura Nissan Silvia S15
5 Flag of Oita Prefecture.svg Autopolis Ōita Prefecture August 3 Daigo Saito Toyota Mark II JZX100
6 Flag of Fukushima.svg Ebisu Circuit Fukushima Prefecture August 29–31 Nobushige Kumakubo Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX CT9A
4 Naoto Suenaga Nissan Silvia PS13
5 Flag of Niigata Prefecture.svg Nihonkai Maze Circuit Niigata Prefecture September 21 Kiyofumi Jikuya Nissan Silvia S15
7 Flag of Shizuoka Prefecture.svg Fuji Speedway Shizuoka Prefecture October 26 Masao Suenaga Mazda RX-7 FD3S
6 Flag of Kumamoto.svg Sekia Hills Kumamoto Prefecture November 16 Naoto Suenaga Nissan Silvia PS13
World All-Star
(non-championship)
Flag of California.svg Irwindale Speedway California November 30Event CancelledEvent Cancelled
7 Flag of Ibaraki.svg Tsukuba Circuit Ibaraki Prefecture December 14 Naoto Suenaga Nissan Silvia PS13

Round 1

PositionDriverCarPoints
1st Masato Kawabata Nissan Silvia S15 26
2nd Ken Nomura Nissan Skyline ER34 22
3rd Kazuhiro Tanaka Subaru Impreza GDB 18
4th Masao Suenaga Mazda RX-7 FD3S 17
5th Takahiro Ueno Toyota Soarer JZZ30 13
6th Kuniaki Takahashi Toyota Chaser JZX100 12
7th Youichi Imamura Nissan Silvia S15 11
8th Tetsuya Hibino Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 11
9th Kazuyoshi Okamura Nissan Silvia S15 9
10th Toshiki Yoshioka Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 7
11th Tsuyoshi Tezuka Nissan Skyline BNR32 7
12th Nobushige Kumakubo Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX CT9A 5
13th Masayoshi Tokita Toyota Crown GRS180 4
14th Daigo Saito Toyota Mark II JZX100 [ broken anchor ]3
15thHiroshi Fukuda Nissan 180SX RPS13 2
16th Drift Samurai Mazda RX-7 FC3S 1

Round 2

PositionDriverCarPoints
1st Yoshinori Koguchi Nissan 180SX RPS13 25
2nd Daigo Saito Toyota Mark II JZX100 [ broken anchor ]22
3rd Tsuyoshi Tezuka Nissan Skyline BNR32 19
4th Masao Suenaga Mazda RX-7 FD3S 17
5th Toshiki Yoshioka Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 13
6th Atsushi Kuroi Nissan Silvia PS13 13
7th Chikara Mizuhata Nissan Silvia S15 12
8th Ken Nomura Nissan Skyline ER34 10
9th Nobuteru Taniguchi Toyota Altezza SXE10 8
10th Takahiro Ueno Toyota Soarer JZZ30 8
11th Hisashi Oginome Nissan Silvia S15 6
12th Kazuyoshi Okamura Nissan Silvia S13 6
13th Tomokazu Hirota Toyota Verossa JZX110 4
14th Youichi Imamura Nissan Silvia S15 3
15th Tatsuya Sakuma Nissan Silvia S15 2
16th Akinori Utsumi Nissan Silvia PS13 1

Round 3

PositionDriverCarPoints
1st Tsuyoshi Tezuka Nissan Skyline BNR32 26
2nd Atsushi Kuroi Nissan Silvia PS13 22
3rd Toshiki Yoshioka Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 19
4th Daigo Saito Toyota Mark II JZX100 [ broken anchor ]17
5th Youichi Imamura Nissan Silvia S15 13
6th Ken Nomura Nissan Skyline ER34 13
7th Takahiro Ueno Toyota Soarer JZZ30 11
8th Nobushige Kumakubo Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX CT9A 11
9th Akinori Utsumi Nissan Silvia PS13 8
10th Kazuhiro Tanaka Subaru Impreza GDB 7
11th Hideo Hiraoka Subaru Impreza GDB 6
12th Tatsuya Sakuma Nissan Silvia S15 5
13th Masao Suenaga Mazda RX-7 FD3S 4
14th Kazuto Ichiyanagi Nissan Silvia S13 4
15th Masato Kawabata Nissan 180SX RPS13 2
16th Tetsuya Hibino Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 1

Round 4

PositionDriverCarPoints
1st Youichi Imamura Nissan Silvia S15 26
2nd Tomokazu Hirota Toyota Verossa JZX110 21
3rd Tetsuya Hibino Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 18
4th Daigo Saito Toyota Mark II JZX100 [ broken anchor ]17
5th Masao Suenaga Mazda RX-7 FD3S 13
6th Ken Nomura Nissan Skyline ER34 12
7th Akinori Utsumi Nissan Silvia PS13 11
8th Yoshinori Koguchi Nissan 180SX RPS13 10
9th Kazuhiro Tanaka Subaru Impreza GDB 9
10th Takahiro Ueno Toyota Soarer JZZ30 7
11th Masato Kawabata Nissan 180SX RPS13 7
12th Hisashi Oginome Nissan Silvia S15 5
13th Chikara Mizuhata Nissan Silvia S15 4
14th Masayoshi Tokita Toyota Crown GRS180 3
15th Naoki Nakamura Nissan Silvia S15 2
16th Nobushige Kumakubo Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX CT9A 2

Round 5

PositionDriverCarPoints
1st Daigo Saito Toyota Mark II JZX100 [ broken anchor ]26
2nd Ken Nomura Nissan Skyline ER34 21
3rd Masato Kawabata Nissan 180SX RPS13 19
4th Youichi Imamura Nissan Silvia S15 17
5th Kazuhiro Tanaka Subaru Impreza GDB 13
6th Masao Suenaga Mazda RX-7 FD3S 13
7th Kuniaki Takahashi Toyota Chaser JZX100 11
8th Nobushige Kumakubo Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX CT9A 10
9th Atsushi Kuroi Nissan Silvia PS13 9
10th Tsuyoshi Tezuka Nissan Skyline BNR32 8
11th Toru Inose Nissan Silvia S15 6
12th Drift Samurai Mazda RX-7 FC3S 5
13th Takahiro Ueno Toyota Soarer JZZ30 4
14th Toshiki Yoshioka Lexus SC430 UZZ40 3
15th Hideo Hiraoka Subaru Impreza GDB 2
16th Yoshinori Koguchi Nissan 180SX RPS13 1

Round 6

PositionDriverCarPoints
1st Nobushige Kumakubo Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX CT9A 25
2nd Youichi Imamura Nissan Silvia S15 21
3rd Takahiro Ueno Toyota Soarer JZZ30 18
4th Naoki Nakamura Nissan Silvia S15 16
5th Tatsuya Sakuma Nissan Silvia S15 13
6th Tsuyoshi Tezuka Nissan Skyline BNR32 12
7th Daigo Saito Toyota Mark II JZX100 [ broken anchor ]12
8th Toshiki Yoshioka Lexus SC430 UZZ40 10
9th Kazuyoshi Okamura Nissan Silvia S15 8
10th Takumi Nozawa Nissan Silvia S14 7
11th Tetsuya Hibino Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 6
12th Masato Kawabata Nissan 180SX RPS13 5
13th Kazuhiro Tanaka Subaru Impreza GDB 4
14th Masashi Yokoi Nissan Silvia S14 3
15th Ken Nomura Nissan Skyline ER34 2
16th Toru Inose Nissan Silvia S15 1

Round 7

PositionDriverCarPoints
1st Masao Suenaga Mazda RX-7 FD3S 25
2nd Nobushige Kumakubo Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX CT9A 21
3rd Masato Kawabata Nissan 180SX RPS13 19
4th Daigo Saito Toyota Mark II JZX100 [ broken anchor ]17
5th Yoshinori Koguchi Nissan 180SX RPS13 14
6th Youichi Imamura Nissan Silvia S15 13
7th Takahiro Ueno Toyota Soarer JZZ30 11
8th Tetsuya Hibino Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 10
9th Drift Samurai Mazda RX-7 FC3S 8
10th Tsuyoshi Tezuka Nissan Skyline BNR32 8
11th Ken Nomura Nissan Skyline ER34 7
12th Tatsuya Sakuma Nissan Silvia S15 6
13th Masashi Yokoi Nissan Silvia S14 4
14th Junkichi Nagasawa Nissan Silvia S15 3
15th Kazuyoshi Okamura Nissan Silvia S15 2
16th Toru Inose Nissan Silvia S15 1

Final Championship Results

D1GP

PositionDriverCarrd.1rd.2rd.3rd.4rd.5rd.6rd.7Total
1st Daigo Saito Toyota Mark II JZX100 [ broken anchor ]3221717261217114
2nd Youichi Imamura Nissan Silvia S15 1131326172113104
3rd Masao Suenaga Mazda RX-7 FD3S 17174131302589
4th Ken Nomura Nissan Skyline ER34 22101312212787
5th Tsuyoshi Tezuka Nissan Skyline BNR32 719260812880
6th Masato Kawabata Nissan Silvia S15 / Nissan 180SX RPS13 260271951978
7th Nobushige Kumakubo Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX CT9A 5011210252174
8th Takahiro Ueno Toyota Soarer JZZ30 1381174181172
9th Toshiki Yoshioka Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 / Lexus SC430 UZZ40 713190310052
10th Kazuhiro Tanaka Subaru Impreza GDB 18079134051
11th Yoshinori Koguchi Nissan 180SX RPS13 025010101450
12th Tetsuya Hibino Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 110118061046
13th Atsushi Kuroi Nissan Silvia PS13 01322090044
14th Tatsuya Sakuma Nissan Silvia S15 0250013626
15th Tomokazu Hirota Toyota Verossa JZX110 0402100025
16th Kazuyoshi Okamura Nissan Silvia S15 / Nissan Silvia S13 860008224
17th Kuniaki Takahashi Toyota Chaser JZX100 12000110023
18th Akinori Utsumi Nissan Silvia PS13 0181100020
19th Naoki Nakamura Nissan Silvia S15 0002016018
20th Chikara Mizuhata Nissan Silvia S15 0120400016
21st Drift Samurai Mazda RX-7 FC3S 100050814
22nd Hisashi Oginome Nissan Silvia S15 060500011
23rd Nobuteru Taniguchi Toyota Altezza SXE10 -8-----8
23rd Hideo Hiraoka Subaru Impreza GDB 00602008
23rd Toru Inose Nissan Silvia S15 00006118
26th Takumi Nozawa Nissan Silvia S14 -0000707
26th Masayoshi Tokita Toyota Crown GRS180 40030007
26th Masashi Yokoi Nissan Silvia S14 00000347
29th Kazuto Ichiyanagi Nissan Silvia PS13 00400004
30th Junkichi Nagasawa Nissan Silvia S15 -0000-33
31stHiroshi Fukuda Nissan 180SX RPS13 20000002

D1SL

PositionDriverCarrd.1rd.2rd.3rd.4rd.5rd.6rd.7Total
1st Naoto Suenaga Nissan Silvia PS13 2625725-2625134
2nd Naoki Nakamura Nissan Silvia S15 229252161111105
3rd Kiyofumi Jikuya Nissan Silvia S15 125121125211096
4th Yukio Matsui Toyota Supra JZA80 161816812131295
5th Hideyuki Fujino Nissan Silvia S15 7210711-1164
6th Masashi Yokoi Nissan Silvia S14 340181602162
7th Tetsuya Hibino Nissan Silvia S15 / Nissan Silvia PS13 97052112559
8th Takashi Hagisako Nissan Silvia S13 106213110143
8th Masami Mikami Nissan Skyline ECR33 00516061643
10th Seimi Tanaka Nissan Silvia S14 00210701341
11th Kenji Kiguchi Nissan Laurel C33 18304100035
12th Yukiharu Komagata Subaru Impreza GDB 1330-18--34
12th Kyogo Kitayama Nissan 180SX RPS13 01611000734
14th Hiroshi Fujiki Nissan 180SX RPS13 01213100726
14th Yuji Tanaka Nissan Silvia S14 1108007026
16th Hiroyuki Fukuyama Nissan Silvia PS13 0018040224
16th Tsuyoshi Tezuka Nissan Skyline ER34 -----18624
18th Katsuhiro Ueo Nissan Silvia S15 011100---21
19th Iwajiro Honma Nissan Skyline ECR32 1130302019
20th Tomohiro Murayama Nissan 180SX RPS13 / Nissan Silvia S14 00108-817
21st Osamu Yamaguchi Nissan Silvia S14 -----16-16
21st Masahiko Mizuno Nissan Silvia S15 0106000016
23rd Takahiro Yamamoto Nissan 180SX RPS13 00--13-013
24th Daisuke Nakamura Nissan Silvia S15 0--12--012
25th Masami Ochiai Nissan Silvia S14 0-0100-010
25th Kinya Nishio Toyota Mark II JZX110 [ broken anchor ]40060-010
27th Teruaki Shimoda Nissan Silvia PS13 -----8-8
28th Naoya Yamano Nissan Silvia S15 -0400-37
29th Hidenari Izu Nissan Silvia S15 60-00-06
30th Jin Horino Nissan Silvia S14 5--0---5
30th Junichi Iizuka Nissan Silvia S14 0---5-05
30th Ikuo Saito Nissan 180SX RPS13 --0--5-5
30th Daisuke Hasegawa Nissan Silvia S14 01000-45
30th Michinori Ito Toyota Chaser JZX100 0-320-05
35th Akihiko Hirashima Nissan Silvia S14 -----404
36th Kazuya Otsuka Nissan Silvia S15 0---3--3
36th Masaaki Ukita Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 -----303
38th Shinya Kaneoka Nissan 180SX RPS13 2------2
38th Keisuke Ichikawa Nissan Silvia S14 -0--2-02
40th Kenji Hanaoka Nissan Silvia S14 -----1-1

Sources

References

  1. D1 Grand Prix USA – HOME