2004 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship

The 2004 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship was the twelfth season of Japan Automobile Federation GT premiere racing and the final season under the name All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship as for 2005 the series was renamed to Super GT. It was marked as well as the twenty-second season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The GT500 class champions of 2004 were the #1 Xanavi NISMO Nissan Fairlady Z team driven by Satoshi Motoyama and Richard Lyons and the GT300 class champions were the #16 M-TEC Honda NSX driven by Tetsuya Yamano and Hiroyuki Yagi.

Drivers and teams

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GT500

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Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Nismo Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z Nissan VQ30DETT 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6 1   Richard Lyons B All
  Satoshi Motoyama All
22   Masami Kageyama All
  Michael Krumm All
G'Zox Hasemi Motorsport Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z Nissan VQ30DETT 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6 3   Érik Comas B All
  Toshihiro Kaneishi All
Esso Toyota Team LeMans Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8 6   Akira Iida B 1–7
  Juichi Wakisaka 1–7
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Honda Honda NSX Honda C30A 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6 8   Katsutomo Kaneishi B All
  Daisuke Ito All
Calsonic Team Impul Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z Nissan VQ30DETT 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6 12   Yuji Ide B All
  Benoît Tréluyer All
Amprex Motorsports Lamborghini Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT Lamborghini L535 6.0 L V12 15   Genji Hashimoto M 3–4
  Norman Simon 3–4
Takata Dome Racing Team Honda Honda NSX Honda C30A 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6 18   Ryo Michigami B All
  Sébastien Philippe All
Hitotsuyama Racing Ferrari Ferrari 550 GTS Ferrari F133 5.9 L V12 21   Hidetoshi Mitsusada D 1–7
  Tadao Uematsu 1–7
Team Advan Tsuchiya Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8 25   Manabu Orido Y 1–7
  Dominik Schwager 1–7
Epson Nakajima Racing Honda Honda NSX Honda C30A 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6 32   André Lotterer B All
  Tsugio Matsuda All
Yellow Hat Kraft Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8 35   Naoki Hattori D All
  Shigekazu Wakisaka All
Toyota Team TOM'S Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8 36   Marco Apicella B 1–7
  Takeshi Tsuchiya 1–7
37   James Courtney All
  Tatsuya Kataoka All
au Toyota Team Cerumo Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8 38   Seiji Ara B 1–7
  Yuji Tachikawa 1–7
Denso Toyota Team SARD Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8 39   André Couto B 1–7
  Jérémie Dufour 1–7
R&D Sport Vemac Vemac RD408R Mugen MF408S 4.0 L V8 62   Shogo Mitsuyama D 7
  Shinsuke Shibahara 7
JLOC Lamborghini Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT Lamborghini L535 6.0 L V12 88   Hisashi Wada D 2–3, 5–7
  Koji Yamanishi 2–3, 5–7
Lamborghini Diablo Lamborghini L532 6.0 L V12   Hisashi Wada 4
  Koji Yamanishi 4
Raybrig Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft Honda Honda NSX Honda C30A 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6 100   Hiroki Katoh B All
  Shinji Nakano All
  Bruce Jouanny NC

GT300

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Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Verno Tokai Dream28 Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.4 L V6 2   Kazuho Takahashi K All
  Akira Watanabe All
Team Mach Vemac Vemac RD320R Honda C32B 3.4 L V6 5   Tetsuji Tamanaka Y All
  "Gō Mifune" All
RE Amemiya Racing Mazda Mazda RX-7 Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor 7   Hiroyuki Iiri Y All
  Shinichi Yamaji All
A&S Racing Mosler Mosler MT900R Chevrolet LS1 6.2 L V8 9   Go Shimizu Y All
  Shinya Hosokawa All
Jim Gainer Racing Ferrari Ferrari 360 Ferrari F131B 3.6 L V8 10   Tetsuya Tanaka D All
  Atsushi Yogo All
11   Hideshi Matsuda All
  Ichigo Suga All
M-TEC Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 16   Tetsuya Yamano D All
  Hiroyuki Yagi All
Spirit Motorsport Toyota Toyota Celica Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 17   Masaoki Nagashima Y All
  Matsunaga Matsuhiro All
Racing Project Bandoh Toyota Toyota Celica Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 19   Takayuki Aoki Y All
  Nobuteru Taniguchi All
Hitotsuyama Racing Porsche Porsche 996 GT3 RSR Porsche M96/73 3.6 L F6 20   Takashi Inoue Y All
  Yasuo Miyagawa 1–4
  Hiroshi Wada 5–7
Team Taisan Porsche Porsche 996 GT3-R Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 26   Yutaka Yamagishi Y All
  Kaoru Ijiri All
Team Reckless Toyota Toyota MR-S Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 30   Kota Sasaki BF All
  Satoshi Goto All
A'PEX with apr Toyota Toyota MR-S Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 31   Minoru Tanaka BF All
  Koji Matsuda All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri ASL ASL ARTA Garaiya Nissan VQ35DE 3.5 L V6 43   Morio Nitta BF All
  Shinichi Takagi All
Auto Staff Racing Nissan Nissan Silvia (S15) Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 51   Masamasa Kato Y All
  Katsuhiko Tsutsui All
Toyota Team Cerumo Toyota Toyota Celica Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 52   Hironori Takeuchi D All
  Seigo Nishizawa All
Team LeyJun Vemac Vemac RD320R Honda C32B 3.4 L V6 63   "OSAMU" D All
  Hiroki Yoshimoto 1–5
  Takaya Tsubobayashi 6–7
Team Gaikokuya Porsche Porsche 996 GT3-RS Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 70   Yoshimi Ishibashi Y All
  Hiromi 1–3, 5–7
  Isao Ihashi 4
72   Akira Hirakawa All
  Guts Jyonai 1–2
  Hideo Fukuyama 3–7
Cusco Racing Subaru Subaru Impreza WRX STI Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4 77   Katsuo Kobayashi Y All
  Tatsuya Tanigawa All
Team Daishin Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z Nissan VQ35DE 3.5 L V6 80   Mitsuhiro Kinoshita Y All
  Kazuki Hoshino All
81   Masataka Yanagida All
  Naofumi Omoto All
Arktech Motorsports Porsche Porsche 986 Boxster Porsche M44/12 3.0 L I4 110   Hiroya Iijima Y 1–5, 7
  Takashi Ohi 1–5, 7
Porsche 996 GT3 Cup Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 112   Akihiko Tsutsumi 2, 4
  Keita Sawa 2, 5, 7
  Guts Jyonai 4, 5, 7
910 Racing Porsche Porsche 996 GT3 RS Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 910   Kazuyoshi Takamizawa Y All
  Jukuchou Sunako All

Schedule

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Round Race Circuit Date
1 GT Championship in TI   TI Circuit April 4
2 SUGO GT Championship   Sportsland SUGO May 23
3 Japan GT Championship Malaysia   Sepang Circuit June 19
4 Hokkaido Gran GT Championship   Tokachi International Speedway July 18
5 Motegi GT Championship Race   Twin Ring Motegi September 5
6 Japan GT in Kyushu 300 km   Autopolis October 31
7 Suzuka GT 300 km   Suzuka Circuit November 21
NC JGTC All-Star GT Live USA   California Speedway December 18
December 19

Season results

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Round Circuit GT500 Winning Team GT300 Winning Team
GT500 Winning Drivers GT300 Winning Drivers
1 TI Circuit #1 Xanavi NISMO Nissan Z #10 Team Gainer Ferrari F360
  Satoshi Motoyama
  Richard Lyons
  Atsushi Yogo
  Tetsuya Tanaka
2 Sportsland SUGO #38 au Cerumo Toyota Supra #19 WedsSport Toyota Celica
  Yuji Tachikawa
  Seiji Ara
  Takayuki Aoki
  Nobuteru Taniguchi
3 Sepang Circuit #39 Denso Team SARD Toyota Supra #7 RE Amemiya Mazda RX-7
  Andre Couto
  Jeremie Dufour
  Shinichi Yamaji
  Hiroyuki Iiri
4 Tokachi #22 Motul NISMO Nissan Z #43 ARTA ASL Garaiya
  Michael Krumm
  Masami Kageyama
  Morio Nitta
  Shinichi Takagi
5 Twin Ring Motegi #32 PIAA Honda NSX #43 ARTA ASL Garaiya
  Tsugio Matsuda
  André Lotterer
  Morio Nitta
  Shinichi Takagi
6 Autopolis #1 Xanavi NISMO Nissan Z #7 RE Amemiya Mazda RX-7
  Satoshi Motoyama
  Richard Lyons
  Shinichi Yamaji
  Hiroyuki Iiri
7 Suzuka Circuit #12 Calsonic Impul Nissan Z #16 M-TEC Honda NSX
  Yuji Ide
  Benoît Tréluyer
  Tetsuya Yamano
  Hiroyuki Yagi
NC California Speedway #3 G-ZOX Hasemi Motorsports Nissan Z #16 M-TEC Honda NSX
  Toshihiro Kaneishi
  Érik Comas
  Tetsuya Yamano
  Hiroyuki Yagi
  Haruki Kurosawa
#32 PIAA Honda NSX #43 ARTA ASL Garaiya
  Tsugio Matsuda
  André Lotterer
  Morio Nitta
  Shinichi Takagi

Standings

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GT500 class

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Drivers' standings

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Scoring system
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
Points 20 15 12 8 6 5 4 3 2 1
Qualifying 2 1 1
Fastest Lap 1 1 1
  • There were no points awarded for pole position and fastest lap in the final race.
Rank Driver TAI
 
SUG
 
SEP
 
TOK
 
MOT
 
AUT
 
SUZ
 
PTS
1   Satoshi Motoyama
  Richard Lyons
1 DNS 3 Ret 3 1 7 73
2   André Couto
  Jérémie Dufour
3 Ret 1 7 6 2 8 61
3   Akira Iida
  Juichi Wakisaka
2 11 14 2 2 4 Ret 57
4   Érik Comas
  Toshihiro Kaneishi
6 6 4 3 7 Ret 3 50
5   Seiji Ara
  Yuji Tachikawa
5 1 7 14 10 11 4 45
6   James Courtney
  Tatsuya Kataoka
11 3 5 5 4 6 6 44
7   Marco Apicella
  Takeshi Tsuchiya
7 7 10 4 5 7 2 43
8   André Lotterer
  Tsugio Matsuda
10 4 9 6 1 12 5 42
9   Masami Kageyama
  Michael Krumm
9 Ret 6 1 8 9 Ret 39
10   Naoki Hattori
  Shigekazu Wakisaka
4 5 2 9 13 8 16 37
11   Benoît Tréluyer
  Yuji Ide
8 10 Ret 11 Ret 5 1 35
12   Manabu Orido
  Dominik Schwager
14 2 Ret 13 12 3 10 31
13   Hiroki Katoh
  Shinji Nakano
Ret 8 15 10 9 10 9 9
14   Ryo Michigami
  Sébastien Philippe
12 12 8 8 15 14 12 6
15   Katsutomo Kaneishi
  Daisuke Ito
13 9 11 12 11 13 11 2
  Genji Hashimoto
  Norman Simon
12 15 0
  Hidetoshi Mitsusada
  Tadao Uematsu
15 DNQ 13 16 14 15 14 0
  Shogo Mitsuyama
  Shinsuke Shibahara
13 0
  Hisashi Wada
  Koji Yamanishi
DNQ Ret DNQ Ret Ret 15 0
Rank Driver TAI
 
SUG
 
SEP
 
TOK
 
MOT
 
AUT
 
SUZ
 
PTS
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
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

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For teams that entered multiple cars, only the best result from each round counted towards the teams' championship.[1]

Rank Driver No. TAI
 
SUG
 
SEP
 
TOK
 
MOT
 
AUT
 
SUZ
 
PTS
1 Nismo 1 1 15DNS 3 17Ret 3 1 7 98
22 9 14Ret 6 1 8 9 18Ret
2 Toyota Team SARD 39 3 13Ret 1 7 6 2 8 61
3 Toyota Team TOM'S 36 7 7 10 4 5 7 2 60
37 11 3 5 5 4 6 6
4 Esso Toyota Team LeMans 6 2 11 14 2 2 4 17Ret 57
5 Hasemi Motorsport 3 6 6 4 3 7 17Ret 3 50
6 Toyota Team Cerumo 38 5 1 7 14 10 11 4 45
7 Epson Nakajima Racing 32 10 4 9 6 1 12 5 42
8 Kraft 35 4 5 2 9 13 8 16 37
9 Team Impul 12 8 10 17Ret 11 16Ret 5 1 35
10 Team Advan Tsuchiya 25 14 2 16Ret 13 12 3 10 31
11 Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft 100 16Ret 8 15 10 9 10 9 9
12 Dome Racing Team 18 12 12 8 8 15 14 12 6
13 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri 8 13 9 11 12 11 13 11 2
- Amprex Motorsports 15 12 15 0
- Hitotsuyama Racing 21 15 16DNQ 13 16 14 15 14 0
- R&D Sport 62 13 0
- JLOC 88 17DNQ 18Ret 18DNQ 17Ret 16Ret 15 0
Rank Driver No. TAI
 
SUG
 
SEP
 
TOK
 
MOT
 
AUT
 
SUZ
 
PTS

GT300 class (Top 5)

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Drivers

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Rank Drivers Number/Team Points Wins
1   Tetsuya Yamano
  Hiroyuki Yagi
#16 M-TEC Honda NSX 93 1
2   Morio Nitta
  Shinichi Takagi
#43 ARTA ASL Garaiya 92 2
3   Atsushi Yogo
  Tetsuya Tanaka
#10 Team Gainer Ferrari F360 64 1
4   Shinichi Yamaji
  Hiroyuki Iiri
#7 RE Amemiya Mazda RX-7 55 2
5   Takayuki Aoki
  Nobuteru Taniguchi
#19 WedsSport Toyota Celica 48 1

References

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  1. ^ "JGTC.net | 2004 Series Point Ranking | Team". supergt.net. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
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