2000 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship

The 2000 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship was the eighth season of Japan Automobile Federation GT premiere racing. It was marked as well as the eighteenth season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The GT500 class drivers' champion of 2000 was Ryo Michigami driving the No. 16 Castrol Mugen Honda NSX, with Mugen x Dome Project winning the teams' championship. The GT300 class drivers' champion was the No. 26 Advan Team Taisan Jr Porsche 996 driven by Hideo Fukuyama.

This season marked the first of several instances where the series champion had not won a single race throughout the season, with Michigami scoring four second places as the season champion's best finish. This phenomenon would occur again in 2001 (in GT500 only) and 2003 (in both GT500 and GT300).

Drivers and teams

GT500

Team	Make	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Tyre	Rounds
Nismo	Nissan	Nissan Skyline GT-R	Nissan RB26DETT 2.7 L Twin Turbo I6	1	Érik Comas	B	All
				1	Masami Kageyama		All
				2	Michael Krumm		All
					Yuji Ide		1
					Ukyo Katayama		2–7, NC
Hasemi Motorsport	Nissan	Nissan Skyline GT-R	Nissan RB26DETT 2.7 L Twin Turbo I6	3	Masahiro Hasemi	B	All
Hasemi Motorsport	Nissan	Nissan Skyline GT-R	Nissan RB26DETT 2.7 L Twin Turbo I6	3	Tetsuya Tanaka	B	All
Esso Toyota Team LeMans	Toyota	Toyota Supra	Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4	6	Wayne Gardner	B	All
Esso Toyota Team LeMans	Toyota	Toyota Supra	Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4	6	Hideki Noda	B	All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	Honda	Honda NSX	Honda C32B 3.5 L V6	8	Aguri Suzuki	B	All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	Honda	Honda NSX	Honda C32B 3.5 L V6	8	Keiichi Tsuchiya	B	All
Calsonic Team Impul	Nissan	Nissan Skyline GT-R	Nissan RB26DETT 2.7 L Twin Turbo I6	12	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	B	All
Calsonic Team Impul	Nissan	Nissan Skyline GT-R	Nissan RB26DETT 2.7 L Twin Turbo I6	12	Satoshi Motoyama	B	All
Team Sri Lanka	RGS	RGS Mirage GT1	Chevrolet LS1 6.7 L V8	15	Dilantha Malagamuwa	Y	4, 6
				15	Hideyuki Tamamoto		4, 6
				69	Dilantha Malagamuwa		2–3
					Steve Young		2
					Hideyuki Tamamoto		3
Mugen x Dome Project	Honda	Honda NSX	Honda C32B 3.5 L V6	16	Ryo Michigami	B	All
					Osamu Nakako		1–4, NC
					Hidetoshi Mitsusada		5–7
				18	Katsutomo Kaneishi		All
				18	Juichi Wakisaka		All
Hitotsuyama Racing	McLaren	McLaren F1 GTR	BMW S70/2 6.0 L V12	21	Akihiko Nakaya	D	1–7
					Mikio Hitotsuyama		1–3, 5–7
					Yasushi Hitotsuyama		4
Tsuchiya Engineering	Toyota	Toyota Supra	Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4	25	Mitsuhiro Kinoshita	Y	All
Tsuchiya Engineering	Toyota	Toyota Supra	Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4	25	Manabu Orido	Y	All
Team Take One	McLaren	McLaren F1 GTR	BMW S70/2 6.0 L V12	30	Hideki Okada	B	1–7
					Yoji Yamada		1–4
					Tsugio Matsuda		5–7
Toyota Team Cerumo	Toyota	Toyota Supra	Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4	32	Masahiko Kondo	B	All
					Takayuki Kinoshita		1–7
					Yuji Tachikawa		NC
				38	Yuji Tachikawa		1–7
				38	Hironori Takeuchi		1–7
Toyota Team TOM'S	Toyota	Toyota Supra	Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4	35	Shinichi Yamaji	M	1–7
				35	Pierre-Henri Raphanel		1–7
				36	Masanori Sekiya		All
				36	Takeshi Tsuchiya		All
				37	Seiji Ara		All
					Toshio Suzuki		1–7
					Shinichi Yamaji		NC
Denso Toyota Team SARD	Toyota	Toyota Supra	Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4	39	Ralph Firman	Y	All
Denso Toyota Team SARD	Toyota	Toyota Supra	Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4	39	Masahiko Kageyama	Y	All
Team Taisan Advan	Chrysler	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chrysler Viper 8.0 L V10	55	Hiroaki Suga	Y	1–2
					Shinsuke Shibahara		1–2
					Eiji Yamada		4–5, NC
					Takahide Tasaki		4–5
					Dilantha Malagamuwa		NC
Mobil 1 Nakajima Racing	Honda	Honda NSX	Honda C32B 3.5 L V6	64	Daisuke Ito	B	All
Mobil 1 Nakajima Racing	Honda	Honda NSX	Honda C32B 3.5 L V6	64	Dominik Schwager	B	All
JLOC	Lamborghini	Lamborghini Diablo GT-1	Lamborghini L532 6.0 L V12	88	Naohiro Furuya	D	All
JLOC	Lamborghini	Lamborghini Diablo GT-1	Lamborghini L532 6.0 L V12	88	Tsuyoshi Takahashi	D	All
Raybrig Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft	Honda	Honda NSX	Honda C32B 3.5 L V6	100	Akira Iida	B	All
Raybrig Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft	Honda	Honda NSX	Honda C32B 3.5 L V6	100	Naoki Hattori	B	All

GT300

Team	Make	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Tyre	Rounds
Porsche Club Malaysia	Porsche	Porsche 993 RS	Porsche M64/60 3.6 L Turbo F6	5	Key Soon Yue	M	NC
Porsche Club Malaysia	Porsche	Porsche 993 RS	Porsche M64/60 3.6 L Turbo F6	5	Ila Ridak	M	NC
RE Amemiya Racing	Mazda	Mazda RX-7	Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor	7	Tetsuya Yamano	Y	All
RE Amemiya Racing	Mazda	Mazda RX-7	Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor	7	Haruhiko Matsumoto	Y	All
Team Daikokuya	Porsche	Porsche 993 RSR	Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6	9	Tsunefumi Hioki	D	1–2, 4–5, 7
					Shuroku Sasaki		1
					Yukihiro Hane		2, 5
					Akira Watanabe		4, 7
				27	Kota Sasaki		1
					Seigo Nishizawa		1
					Akira Hirakawa		5
					Toshihide Hashimura		5
Ability Motorsport	Porsche	Porsche 993 GT2	Porsche M64/82 3.6 L Turbo F6	10	Yasutaka Hinoi	Y	1–4
				10	Yutaka Yamagishi		1–4
				11	Kengo Kitaura		1–5, 7
					Hikaru Miyagi		1–4
					Yasutaka Hinoi		5–7
					Jun Kinoshita		6
Racing Project Bandoh	Toyota	Toyota Celica	Toyota 3S-GE 2.0 L I4	19	Shigekazu Wakisaka	Y	All
Racing Project Bandoh	Toyota	Toyota Celica	Toyota 3S-GE 2.0 L I4	19	Takahiro Hara	Y	All
TOM'S Spirit	Toyota	Toyota MR-S	Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4	20	Masahiro Matsunaga	Y	4–7
TOM'S Spirit	Toyota	Toyota MR-S	Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4	20	Kumi Sato	Y	4–7
MTCI Racing Team	Porsche	Porsche 986 Boxster	Porsche M64/75 3.6 L F6	24	Kazuyuki Nishizawa	Y	All
MTCI Racing Team	Porsche	Porsche 986 Boxster	Porsche M64/75 3.6 L F6	24	Marco Apicella	Y	All
Team Taisan	Porsche	Porsche 996 GT3-R	Porsche M64/75 3.6 L F6	26	Hideshi Matsuda	Y	All
					Hideo Fukuyama		All
					Atsushi Yogo		NC
				28	Hiroaki Suga		All
				28	Shinsuke Shibahara		All
	Chrysler	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chrysler Viper 8.0 L V10	55	Eiji Yamada		6–7
	Chrysler	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chrysler Viper 8.0 L V10	55	Takahide Tasaki		6–7
Super Autobacs Racing with A'PEX	Toyota	Toyota MR-S	Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4	31	Morio Nitta	Y	All
					Yudai Igarashi		1–3
					Shinichi Takagi		4–7
Auto Staff Racing	Nissan	Nissan Silvia (S15)	Nissan SR20DET 2.1 L Turbo I4	51	Seiichi Sodeyama	Y	2–7
					Eiji Yamada		2–3
					Naofumi Omoto		4–7
Team Gaikokuya	Porsche	Porsche 993 Turbo	Porsche M64/60 3.6 L Turbo F6	70	Yoshimi Ishibashi	D	All
					Patrick van Schoote		1–2, NC, 4, 7
					Nobuo Komiya		3, 5–6
SigmaTec Racing Team	Porsche	Porsche 993 GT2	Porsche M64/82 3.6 L Turbo F6	71	Guts Jyonai	Y	2–7
					Naohiro Kawano		2–4
					Masanobu Takenaka		5–7
Cusco Racing	Subaru	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4	77	Katsuo Kobayashi	Y	All
Cusco Racing	Subaru	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4	77	Tatsuya Tanigawa	Y	All
Team Daishin	Nissan	Nissan Silvia (S15)	Nissan SR20DET 2.1 L Turbo I4	81	Nobuyuki Ohyagi	Y	All
Team Daishin	Nissan	Nissan Silvia (S15)	Nissan SR20DET 2.1 L Turbo I4	81	Takayuki Aoki	Y	All
KRAFT	Toyota	Toyota Corolla Sprinter Trueno (AE86)	Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4	86	Minoru Tanaka	D	2–7
KRAFT	Toyota	Toyota Corolla Sprinter Trueno (AE86)	Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4	86	Koji Matsuda	D	2–7
Team Mind	Toyota	Toyota Corolla (AE101)	Toyota 3S-GE 2.0 L I4	101	Hiroshi Sasaki	Y	4
Team Mind	Toyota	Toyota Corolla (AE101)	Toyota 3S-GE 2.0 L I4	101	Mamoru Suzuki	Y	4
Team Gainer	Ferrari	Ferrari F355	Ferrari F129B 3.5 L V8	111	Junichi Ikura	Y	1, 2, 4–5, 7
Team Gainer	Ferrari	Ferrari F355	Ferrari F129B 3.5 L V8	111	Yusei Maki	Y	1, 2, 4–5, 7
Dentaire ProJet Racing	Porsche	Porsche 993 RSR	Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6	360	Seigo Nishizawa	Y	4–5, 7
Dentaire ProJet Racing	Porsche	Porsche 993 RSR	Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6	360	Kota Sasaki	Y	4–5, 7
910 Racing	Porsche	Porsche 996 GT3 RS	Porsche M64/75 3.6 L F6	910	Hisashi Wada	Y	All
				910	Atsushi Yogo		All
				911	Masamitsu Ishihara		1–4, 7
				911	Jukuchou Sunako		1–4, 7

Schedule

Round	Race	Circuit	Date
1	Motegi GT Championship Race	Twin Ring Motegi	April 2
2	All Japan Fuji GT Race	Fuji Speedway	May 4
3	SUGO GT Championship	Sportsland SUGO	May 28
NC	Tmtouch Japan GT Championship Malaysia	Sepang Circuit	June 25
4	Japan Special GT Cup	Fuji Speedway	August 6
5	GT Championship in TI	TI Circuit	September 10
6	CP Mine GT Race	Mine Circuit	October 1
7	Suzuka GT 300 km	Suzuka Circuit	October 22

Season results

Round	Circuit	GT500 Winning Team	GT300 Winning Team
Round	Circuit	GT500 Winning Drivers	GT300 Winning Drivers
1	Twin Ring Motegi	#1 Loctite NISMO Nissan Skyline GT-R	#26 Advan Team Taisan Jr Porsche 996
1	Twin Ring Motegi	Masami Kageyama Érik Comas	Hideo Fukuyama Hideshi Matsuda
2	Mt. Fuji	#18 Takata Dome Honda NSX	#26 Advan Team Taisan Jr Porsche 996
2	Mt. Fuji	Katsutomo Kaneishi Juichi Wakisaka	Hideo Fukuyama Hideshi Matsuda
3	Sportsland SUGO	#64 Mobil 1 Honda NSX	#19 Racing Project Bandoh Toyota Celica
3	Sportsland SUGO	Daisuke Ito Dominik Schwager	Shigekazu Wakisaka Takahiko Hara
NC	Sepang Circuit	#2 Castrol NISMO Nissan Skyline GT-R	#7 RE Amemiya Mazda RX-7
NC	Sepang Circuit	Ukyo Katayama Michael Krumm	Tetsuya Yamano Haruhiko Matsumoto
4	Mt. Fuji	#8 ARTA Honda NSX	#28 Team Taisan Jr Porsche 996
4	Mt. Fuji	Keiichi Tsuchiya Aguri Suzuki	Shinsuke Shibahara Hiroaki Suga
5	TI Circuit	#38 FK/Massimo Cerumo Toyota Supra	#910 Racing Porsche 996
5	TI Circuit	Hironori Takeuchi Yuji Tachikawa	Hisashi Wada Atsushi Yogo
6	Mine Circuit	#12 Calsonic Impul Nissan Skyline GT-R	#26 Advan Team Taisan Jr Porsche 996
6	Mine Circuit	Kazuyoshi Hoshino Satoshi Motoyama	Hideo Fukuyama Hideshi Matsuda
7	Suzuka Circuit	#64 Mobil 1 Honda NSX	#31 Super Autobacs A'PEX Toyota MR-S
7	Suzuka Circuit	Daisuke Ito Dominik Schwager	Morio Nitta Shinichi Takagi

Standings

GT500 class

Drivers' standings

Scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1

Rank	Driver	MOT	FUJ	SUG	FUJ	TAI	MIN	SUZ	PTS
1	Ryo Michigami	2	8	2	10	2	4	2	74
2	Érik Comas Masami Kageyama	1	6	Ret	4	3	3	5	68
3	Kazuyoshi Hoshino Satoshi Motoyama	17	5	5	3	6	1	3	66
4	Daisuke Ito Dominik Schwager	3	7	1	9	16	Ret	1	58
5	Hironori Takeuchi Yuji Tachikawa	4	3	12	Ret	1	6	11	48
6	Katsutomo Kaneishi Juichi Wakisaka	Ret	1	4	17	10	2	15	46
7	Hidetoshi Mitsusada					2	4	2	40
8	Michael Krumm	6	2	11	6	11	Ret	4	37
9	Hideki Noda Wayne Gardner	8	4	7	15	7	5	6	35
10	Osamu Nakako	2	8	2	10				34
11	Ukyo Katayama		2	11	6	11	Ret	4	31
12	Masahiko Kageyama Ralph Firman	10	Ret	6	2	Ret	8	16	25
13	Aguri Suzuki Keiichi Tsuchiya	7	Ret	15	1	Ret	Ret	DSQ	24
14	Pierre-Henri Raphanel Shinichi Yamaji	12	Ret	3	13	9	Ret	7	18
15	Akira Iida Naoki Hattori	Ret	14	10	7	5	Ret	DSQ	13
16	Masahiro Hasemi Tetsuya Tanaka	5	9	Ret	11	15	11	8	13
17	Masanori Sekiya Takeshi Tsuchiya	Ret	12	9	5	14	Ret	9	12
18	Mitsuhiro Kinoshita Manabu Orido	13	10	14	8	8	7	13	11
19	Hideki Okada	Ret	Ret	13	12	4	Ret	Ret	10
19	Tsugio Matsuda					4	Ret	Ret	10
21	Seiji Ara Toshio Suzuki	9	Ret	8	14	12	9	12	7
22	Yuji Ide	6							6
23	Akihiko Nakaya	14	11	Ret	Ret	17	10	Ret	1
23	Mikio Hitotsuyama	14	11	Ret		17	10	Ret	1
23	Takayuki Kinoshita Masahiko Kondo	11	Ret	16	19	13	Ret	10	1
Rank	Driver	MOT	FUJ	SUG	FUJ	TAI	MIN	SUZ	PTS

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did 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]

Rank	Team	No.	MOT	FUJ	SUG	FUJ	TAI	MIN	SUZ	PTS
1	Mugen x Dome Project	16	2	8	2	10	2	4	2	96
1	Mugen x Dome Project	18	19Ret	1	4	17	10	2	15	96
2	Nismo	1	1	6	20Ret	4	3	3	5	79
2	Nismo	2	6	2	11	6	11	16Ret	4	79
3	Team Impul	12	17	5	5	3	6	1	3	66
4	Mobil 1 Nakajima Racing	64	3	7	1	9	16	20Ret	1	58
5	Toyota Team Cerumo	38	4	3	12	20Ret	1	6	11	48
6	Esso Ultron Toyota Team LeMans	6	8	4	7	15	7	5	6	35
7	Toyota Team SARD	39	10	21Ret	6	2	19Ret	8	16	25
8	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	8	7	15Ret	15	1	20Ret	17Ret	19DSQ	24
9	MatsumotoKiyoshi Team TOM'S	35	12	19Ret	3	13	9	14Ret	7	18
10	Toyota Castrol Team TOM'S	36	21Ret	12	9	5	14	19Ret	9	17
10	Toyota Castrol Team TOM'S	37	9	20Ret	8	14	12	9	12	17
11	Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft	100	18Ret	14	10	7	5	13Ret	20DSQ	13
11	Hasemi Motorsports	3	5	9	18Ret	11	15	11	8	13
13	Endless + Tsuchiya Engineering	25	13	10	14	8	8	7	13	11
14	Team Take One	30	20Ret	16Ret	13	12	4	18Ret	17Ret	10
15	Hitotsuyama Racing	21	14	11	19Ret	21Ret	17	10	18Ret	1
15	cdma One Toyota Team Cerumo with Key's	32	11	17Ret	16	19	13	15Ret	10	1
-	JLOC	88	15	13	17	16	18	12	14	0
-	Team Taisan Advan	55	16	18Ret		18	21PO			0
-	Team Sri Lanka	15	29	28	29	DNS		21DNR	29	0
-	Team Sri Lanka	69	28	21DNS	21DNQ	29	28			0
Rank	Team	No.	MOT	FUJ	SUG	FUJ	TAI	MIN	SUZ	PTS

GT300 class (Top 5)

Drivers

Rank	Drivers	Number/Team	Points	Wins
1	Hideo Fukuyama	#26 Advan Team Taisan Jr Porsche 996	85	3
2	Hideshi Matsuda	#26 Advan Team Taisan Jr Porsche 996	83	3
3	Hisashi Wada Atsushi Yogo	#910 Racing Porsche 996	80	1
4	Takayuki Aoki Noboyuki Oyagi	#81 Team Daishin Nissan Silvia	64	0
5	Tetsuya Yamano Haruhiko Matsumoto	#7 RE Amemiya Mazda RX-7	57	0

References

^ "2000 AUTOBACS CUP ALL JAPAN GT CHAMPIONSHIP - Point Ranking". supergt.net. Retrieved 2021-10-16.

External links

Super GT/JGTC official race archive (in Japanese)
2000 season results

[1] "2000 AUTOBACS CUP ALL JAPAN GT CHAMPIONSHIP - Point Ranking". supergt.net. Retrieved 2021-10-16.

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