1994 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship

The 1994 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship was the first full season of premier class GT racing in Japan to be promoted by the new GT Association (GTA). It was marked as well as the twelfth season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship, dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. Recognized as the first season of what is now the Super GT series, the 1994 season introduced the familiar dual-class structure, and the Success Ballast handicap system that would become staples of the series in the years to come.

The premier class, GT1, featured an eclectic mix of Japanese-built GT cars such as the fleet of factory-operated Nissan Skyline GT-Rs, and later, the Toyota Supra GT from Team SARD - as well as foreign-made GT cars like the Porsche 911 RSR, the Lamborghini Countach, and the Ferrari F40 - mixed in with the Porsche 962C that was a holdover from the previous Group C era, and even a former WRC-spec Lancia 037 that entered as a one-off. The secondary class, GT2, featured privately built sports cars such as the ones used in the former Japan Super Sport Sedan Championship.

The GT1 class champion was the #1 Calsonic Skyline GT-R driven by Masahiko Kageyama, and the GT2 class champion was the #29 Korg Kegani Porsche 964 driven by Sakae Obata.

Schedule

Round Race Circuit Date
1 All Japan Fuji GT Race Japan Fuji Speedway May 1
2 HiLand GT&F3 Race Japan Sendai Hi-Land Raceway June 12
3 Japan Special GT-Cup Japan Fuji Speedway August 14
4 SUGO GT&F3 Japan Sportsland SUGO September 11
5 Sanyo Shinpan Cup Grand Touring Car Endurance Race Japan Mine Circuit October 1

Teams & Drivers

GT1

Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Calsonic Hoshino Racing Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R Nissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I6 1 Japan Masahiko Kageyama B All
Team Zexel
Johnson NISMO
Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R Nissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I6 2 Japan Toshio Suzuki B All
10 Japan Akira Iida B All
Japan Eiji Yamada 1-2
Hasemi Motorsport Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R Nissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I6 3 Japan Masahiro Hasemi B All
BLITZ Racing Team Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 2JZ-GTE 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 (Rd. 1-2)
Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 (Rd. 5)
5 Japan Hideo Fukuyama D 1-2
Denmark Tom Kristensen 5
acom Racing Team NOVA Porsche Porsche 964 RSR Porsche M64/04 3.8 L F6 9 Italy Mauro Martini B All
Hunter Racing Porsche Porsche 964 Turbo Porsche M64/50 3.6 L Turbo F6 11 Japan Hiroyuki Yoshimoto B 3-4
Japan Hiroaki Sano 3-4
Mooncraft Nissan Nissan Silvia Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 14 Japan Naoki Hattori B All
Japan Takashi Ohi 1, 4-5
Racing Team Nakaharu Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R Nissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I6 24 Japan Seiichi Sodeyama B All
Japan Shinichi Yamaji All
Team LeMans Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z Nissan VQ30DE 3.0 L V6 25 Japan Masami Kageyama B 1-2
Japan Akira Ishikawa 2
Nissan Fairlady Z LM Nissan VH45DE 4.5 L V8 Japan Akira Ishikawa 3-4
United Kingdom Richard Dean 3
Japan Masami Kageyama 4-5
ROSS Competition Lancia Lancia 037 Lancia 232AR4 2.0 L supercharged I4 27 Japan Naohiro Furuya G 3
Max Try Racing Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R Nissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I6 32 Japan Shigeru Oyama Y 3
Japan Nobuyuki Maehara 3
Team Taisan Ferrari Ferrari F40 LM Ferrari F120B 2.9 L Twin Turbo V8 34 Japan Keiichi Suzuki Y 5
Japan Hideshi Matsuda 5
40 Japan Tetsuya Ota All
Japan Keiichi Suzuki 1, 3
United Kingdom Anthony Reid 2, 4
Argentina Oscar Larrauri 5
Porsche Porsche 962C Porsche 962/83 3.2 L Twin Turbo F6 35 United Kingdom Anthony Reid 3, 5
Japan Masahiko Kondo 3, 5
50 United Kingdom Anthony Reid 1
Japan Kazuo Mogi 1
Shift Point Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 37 Japan Hidehiro Mochizuki T 1
Japan Akira Ishikawa 1
Toyota Team SARD Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 39 United States Jeff Krosnoff M 4-5
Belldeer Cooperation Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R Nissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I6 77 Japan Katsuhiko Okamoto B 1
Japan Shinjiro Fukami 1
KEN WOLF with Terai Engineering Lamborghini Lamborghini Countach 25th Anniversary Lamborghini L507 V4 5.2 L V12 88 Japan Satoshi Izekawa Y All
Japan Takao Wada All
Team Kunimitsu Porsche Porsche 993 RSR Turbo Porsche M64/60 3.8 L Turbo F6 100 Japan Kunimitsu Takahashi Y 3-5
Japan Keiichi Tsuchiya 3-5

GT2

Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Hunter Racing Porsche Porsche 964 Turbo Porsche M64/50 3.6 L Turbo F6 11 Japan Hiroyuki Yoshimoto B 1
Japan Masahiro Hayashi 1
KK Scuderia Mazda Mazda RX-7 (FC3S) Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 12 Japan Tetsuya Kawasaki D 2, 4
Japan Toshio Fukushima 3-4
Dandelion Racing Nissan Nissan Skyline GTS-R (R32) Nissan RB20DET 2.0 L Turbo I6 22 Japan Katsuo Mizunuma Y 3-5
Japan Tsuyoshi Sunaga 3-4
Japan Mitsuo Akimoto 5
NAC WEST Nissan Nissan Skyline RS (R30) Nissan FJ20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 26 Japan Masanori Sugiyama Y 3
Japan Takuya Kurosawa 3
Korg Kegani Racing Porsche Porsche 964 Carrera RS Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6 29 Japan Sakae Obata B All
Japan Hideo Uehara All
Amuze Racing Mazda Mazda RX-7 (FC3S) Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 33 Japan Atsushi Hayakawa D 1, 3
Japan Tetsuji Shiratori 1, 3
Osuka Racing Porsche Porsche 964 Turbo Porsche M64/50 3.6 L Turbo F6 52 Japan Morio Nitta B 4
Japan Tsugutoshi Goto 4
Tomei Sports Porsche Porsche 964 Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6 55 Japan Kohichi Kashiwabara B 3-5
Japan Masahiro Hayashi 3-4
Yoshimi Ishibashi Nissan Nissan Skyline GTS-R (HR31) Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 70 Japan Yoshimi Ishibashi Y All
Japan Hiroyasu Aoyagi 1
Japan Fuminori Mizuno 2-5
Makiguchi Engineering BMW BMW M3 (E30) BMW S14 2.5 L I4 72 Japan Norio Makiguchi Y 4-5
Japan Hideshi Matsuda 4
Japan Yukio Okamoto 5

Season results

Round Circuit GT1 Winning Team GT2 Winning Team
GT1 Winning Drivers GT2 Winning Drivers
1 Mt. Fuji #1 Calsonic Hoshino Racing GT-R #29 Korg Kegani Racing Porsche 964
Japan Masahiko Kageyama Japan Sakae Obata
Japan Hideo Uehara
2 Sendai #3 Hasemi Motorsports GT-R #29 Korg Kegani Racing Porsche 964
Japan Masahiro Hasemi Japan Sakae Obata
Japan Hideo Uehara
3 Mt. Fuji #35 Team Taisan Porsche 962C #70 Yoshimi Ishibashi Nissan Skyline
United Kingdom Anthony Reid
Japan Masahiko Kondo
Japan Yoshimi Ishibashi
Japan Fumimori Mizuno
4 Sportsland SUGO #100 Team Kunimitsu Porsche 993 #12 KK Scuderia Mazda RX-7
Japan Keiichi Tsuchiya
Japan Kunimitsu Takahashi
Japan Toshihiro Fukushima
Japan Tetsuya Kawasaki
5 Mine Circuit #40 Team Taisan Ferrari F40 #72 Makiguchi Engineering BMW M3
Japan Tetsuya Ota[1]
Argentina Oscar Larrauri
Japan Norio Makiguchi
Japan Yukio Okamoto

Point Ranking[1]

GT1 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 FUJ
Japan
SEN
Japan
FUJ
Japan
SUG
Japan
MIN
Japan
PTS
1 Japan Masahiko Kageyama 1 2 2 4 4 70
2 Japan Masahiro Hasemi 6 1 4 3 5 56
3 Japan Seiichi Sodeyama
Japan Shinichi Yamaji
2 4 5 5 6 47
5 United Kingdom Anthony Reid NC 3 1 Ret 3 44
6 Japan Tetsuya Ota 3 3 3 Ret 1 39
7 Japan Keiichi Tsuchiya
Japan Kunimitsu Takahashi
Ret 1 2 35
9 Japan Masahiko Kondo 1 3 32
10 Japan Toshio Suzuki Ret 6 6 2 Ret 27
11 Japan Keiichi Suzuki 3 3 4 27
12 Argentina Oscar Larrauri 1 20
13 Japan Akira Iida Ret 5 8 6 9 19
14 Japan Naoki Hattori 4 10 Ret 8 Ret 14
Japan Takashi Ohi
16 Italy Mauro Martini 5 Ret 7 10 Ret 13
17 Japan Masami Kageyama Ret 9 7 7 10
18 Japan Eiji Yamada Ret 5 8
19 Japan Akira Ishikawa Ret 9 11 7 6
20 Japan Hideo Fukuyama Ret 7 4
21 Japan Satoshi Ikezawa
Japan Takao Wada
NC 8 Ret 11 Ret 3
21 Japan Hideshi Matsuda 8 3
24 Japan Naohiro Furuya 9 2
24 Japan Hiroyuki Yoshimoto
Japan Hiroaki Sano
Ret 9 2
27 Japan Shigeru Ohyama
Japan Nobufumi Maehara
10 1
27 United States Jeff Krosnoff Ret 10 1
NC United Kingdom Richard Dean 11 0
NC Denmark Tom Kristensen 11 0
NC Japan Kazuo Mogi NC 0
NC Japan Hidehiro Mochizuki Ret 0
NC Japan Katsuhiko Okamoto
Japan Shinjiro Fukami
DNS 0
Rank Driver FUJ
Japan
SEN
Japan
FUJ
Japan
SUG
Japan
MIN
Japan
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)

GT1 Teams' standings

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

Rank Team No. FUJ
Japan
SEN
Japan
FUJ
Japan
SUG
Japan
MIN
Japan
PTS
1 Calsonic Hoshino Racing 1 1 2 2 4 4 70
2 Team Taisan 34 8 64
40 3 3 3 Ret 1
50/35 NC 1 3
3 Hasemi Motorsports 3 6 1 4 3 5 56
4 Racing Team Nakaharu 24 2 4 5 5 6 47
5 Team Kunimitsu 100 Ret 1 2 35
5 Team Zexel 2 Ret 6 6 2 Ret 27
6 Johnson NISMO 10 Ret 5 8 6 9 19
7 Mooncraft 14 4 10 Ret 8 Ret 14
8 acom Racing Team NOVA 9 5 Ret 7 10 Ret 13
9 Team LeMans 25 Ret 9 11 7 7 10
10 BLITZ Racing Team 5 Ret 7 11 4
11 KEN WOLF with Terai Engineering 88 NC 8 Ret 11 Ret 3
12 ROSS Competition 27 9 2
13 Hunter Racing 11 Ret 9 2
14 Max Try Racing 32 10 1
- Toyota Team SARD 39 Ret 10 0
- Shift Point 37 Ret 0
- Belldeer Cooperation 77 DNS 0
Rank Team No. FUJ
Japan
SEN
Japan
FUJ
Japan
SUG
Japan
MIN
Japan
PTS

GT2 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 FUJ
Japan
SEN
Japan
FUJ
Japan
SUG
Japan
MIN
Japan
PTS
1 Japan Sakae Obata 1 1 2 5 2 80
2 Japan Yoshimo Ishibashi 2 3 1 3 4 69
3 Japan Hideo Uehara 1 1 2 5 2 65
4 Japan Mizuno Fuminori 3 1 3 4 54
5 Japan Tetsuya Kawasaki 2 1 35
5 Japan Norio Makiguchi 2 1 35
7 Japan Koichi Kashiwabara 3 7 3 30
7 Japan Masahiro Hayashi 3 3 7 30
9 Japan Toshihiro Fukushima 5 1 28
10 Japan Yukihiro Yoshimoto 3 ? 27
11 Japan Yukio Okamoto 1 20
12 Japan Hiroaki Aoyagi 2 15
12 Japan Hideshi Matsuda 2 15
14 Japan Tetsuji Shiratori
Japan Atsushi Hayakawa
4 Ret 9 13
16 Japan Masanori Sugiyama
Japan Takuya Kurosawa
4 10
18 Japan Morio Nitta
Japan Goto Tsugutoshi
6 8
20 Japan Katsuo Mizunuma Ret 8 Ret 4
20 Japan Tsuyoshi Sunaga Ret 8 4
Rank Driver FUJ
Japan
SEN
Japan
FUJ
Japan
SUG
Japan
MIN
Japan
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)

GT2 Teams' standings

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

Rank Team No. FUJ
Japan
SEN
Japan
FUJ
Japan
SUG
Japan
MIN
Japan
PTS
1 Korg Kegani Racing 29 1 1 2 5 2 80
2 Yoshimi Ishibashi 70 2 3 1 3 4 69
3 KK Scuderia 12 2 5 1 43
4 Makiguchi Engineering 72 2 1 35
5 Tomei Sports 55 3 7 3 30
6 Amuze Racing 33 4 Ret 9 13
7 Hunter Racing 11 3 12
8 NAC WEST 26 4 10
9 Osuka Racing 52 6 8
10 Dandelion Racing 22 Ret 8 Ret 4
Rank Team No. FUJ
Japan
SEN
Japan
FUJ
Japan
SUG
Japan
MIN
Japan
PTS

Notes

1.^ Tetsuya Ota did not drive during the final and was ineligible for championship points.

See also

References

  1. ^ "JGTC.net | 1994 SERIES RANKING".