1995 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship

The 1995 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship was the third season of Japan Automobile Federation GT premiere racing, and the second under the promotion of the GT Association (GTA). It was marked as well as the thirteenth season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. Once again, the GT1 class champion was the #1 Calsonic Nissan Skyline GT-R driven by Masahiko Kageyama, and the GT2 class champion was the #70 Gaikokuya Nissan Skyline driven by Yoshimi Ishibashi and Kaoru Hoshino.

1995 saw the Toyota Supra win its first race in the GT1 category, at Sendai Hi-Land Raceway. The victory came just a week after Masanori Sekiya, driver of the winning Castrol TOM's Toyota Supra, became the first Japanese driver to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans overall. The series made its first official visit to Suzuka Circuit on April 2, 1995.

Schedule

Round Race Circuit Date
1 Suzuka GT 300 Japan Suzuka Circuit April 2
2 All Japan Fuji GT Race Japan Fuji Speedway May 4
3 HiLand GT&F3 Race Japan Sendai Hi-Land Raceway June 25
4 Japan Special GT-Cup Japan Fuji Speedway August 13
5 SUGO GT Championship Japan Sportsland SUGO September 10
6 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 (R32) Nissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I6 1 Japan Masahiko Kageyama B 1
Nissan Skyline GT-R (R33) Japan Masahiko Kageyama 2–6
Japan Kazuyoshi Hoshino 3–6
Team Zexel Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R (R32) Nissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I6 2 Japan Kenji Tohira Y 1–2
Japan Hiroyuki Kawai 1–2
Nissan Skyline GT-R (R33) Japan Kenji Tohira 3–6
Japan Hiroyuki Kawai 3–6
Hasemi Motorsport Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R (R32) Nissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I6 3 Japan Masahiro Hasemi B 1
Nissan Skyline GT-R (R33) Japan Masahiro Hasemi 2–6
Racing Team Nakaharu Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R (R32) Nissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I6 4 Japan Hideo Fukuyama B 4–5
Japan Mizunori Fumino 4–5
Rank Up Tomei Sports Porsche Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche M64/81 3.6 L Turbo F6 5 Japan Koichi Kashiwabara Y 1–5
Japan Yukihiro Hane 1–2
Japan Minoru Tanaka 4–5
FET Racing Team Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 8 Japan Naoki Nagasaka B All
Japan Kiyoshi Misaki 1
Nismo Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R (R33) Nissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I6 10 Japan Akira Iida B 3–6
Japan Toshio Suzuki 3
55 Japan Toshio Suzuki B 1–2, 4–6
Japan Akira Iida 1–2
Prova Motorsport Porsche Porsche 964 RS Porsche M64/04 3.8 L F6 15 Japan Naohiro Furuya B All
Japan Hideyuki Tamamoto 4
Japan Hisashi Wada 5
Canada Scott Maxwell 6
Team-Jun Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R (R32) Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 19 Japan Katsuo Kobayashi Y All
Dandelion Racing Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R (R32) Nissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I6 22 Japan Katsuo Mizunuma Y 5
Japan Mitsuo Akimoto 5
Team LeMans Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z LM Nissan VH45DE 4.5 L V8 25 Japan Masami Kageyama Y 1–2, 4–6
Team Take One Porsche Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche M64/81 3.6 L Turbo F6 30 Japan Eiichi Tajima B All
Japan Yoji Yamada 1–2, 4–6
Team Taisan Porsche Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche M64/81 3.6 L Turbo F6 33 Japan Hideshi Matsuda Y 2–3
Japan Kaoru Iida 2, 4
Japan Keiichi Suzuki 3–4
Ferrari Ferrari F40 LM Ferrari F120B 2.9 L Twin Turbo V8 34 United Kingdom Anthony Reid 1–2
Japan Masahiko Kondo 2
Porsche Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche M64/81 3.6 L Turbo F6 Japan Hideshi Matsuda 4–6
Japan Takeshi Tsuchiya 4
Argentina Oscar Larrauri 5
Japan Keiichi Suzuki 6
35 Japan Keiichi Suzuki 1–2
Japan Hideshi Matsuda 1
Japan Takeshi Tsuchiya 2
United Kingdom Anthony Reid 3–6
Japan Masahiko Kondo 3–6
Ferrari Ferrari F40 LM Ferrari F120B 2.9 L Twin Turbo V8 40 Japan Tetsuya Ota 1-2, 4, 6
Argentina Oscar Larrauri 1, 4, 6
Castrol Toyota Team TOM'S Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 36 Japan Masanori Sekiya B All
Germany Michael Krumm All
Toyota Team Cerumo Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 38 France Érik Comas B All
Toyota Team SARD Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 39 United States Jeff Krosnoff D All
Aiwa Racing Project Nissan Nissan Silvia (S13) Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 41 Japan Kunio Date Y 1–2, 4–6
Japan Akira Ishikawa 1–2, 4–6
Team Razo Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R (R32) Nissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I6 66 Japan Takahiko Hara T 2
Japan Hisashi Wada 2
Endless Sports Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R (R33) Nissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I6 81 Japan Mitsuhiro Kinoshita Y 4
Japan Yasushi Kikuchi 4
KEN WOLF with Terai Engineering Lamborghini Lamborghini Diablo Jota Lamborghini BFR1244 5.7 L V12 88 Japan Takao Wada Y 1, 3–6
Japan Satoshi Ikezawa 1, 3–5
Japan Tatsuhiko Kaneumi 6
Team Kunimitsu Porsche Porsche 964 RS Porsche M64/04 3.8 L F6 99 Japan Ryo Michigami Y 4–6
Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche M64/81 3.6 L Turbo F6 100 Japan Kunimitsu Takahashi All
Japan Keiichi Tsuchiya All

GT2

Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Schloss Motorsport Porsche Porsche 964 RS Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6 6 Japan Tsunefumi Hioki D 1
Japan Shunji Yashiro 1
RE Amemiya Racing Mazda Mazda RX-7 (FD3S) Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 7 Japan Hironori Takeuchi D 2–6
Japan Haruhiko Matsumoto 2–6
M Factory Racing Club Nissan Nissan Skyline GTS-R (HR31) Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 11 Japan Hiromoto Ishimori B 2–5
Eimei Auto Mitsubishi Mitsubishi Mirage C53A Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0 L I4 12 Japan Akira Nagai D 4
Amuze Racing Mazda Mazda RX-7 (FC3S) Mazda RE31B 1.3 L 2-rotor 13 Japan Atsushi Hayakawa D 2
Japan Nobuhiro Yoshida 2
Kageisen Racing Team Mazda Mazda RX-7 (FC3S) Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 17 Japan Toshihiko Nogami Y 2–5
Japan Toshiaki Koshimizu 2–5
Elite Racing Corporation Mazda Mazda RX-7 (FC3S) Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 18 Japan Toshio Fukushima Y 2–5
Japan Tetsuya Kawasaki 2–3, 5
Hitotsuyama Racing BMW BMW M3 (E30) BMW S14 2.5 L I4 21 Japan Shoichi Ito Y 5
Japan Yosuke Hitotsuyama 5
B.H. Studio Racing Porsche Porsche 964 RSR Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6 23 Japan Takashi Suzuki Y 3–5
Japan Naoto Sugita 3–5
Team Taisan BMW BMW M3 (E30) BMW S14 2.5 L I4 26 Japan Motoji Sekine Y 1–3
Japan Fumio Mutoh 1–3
Japan Junichi Yamanashi 4–5
Japan Masaoki Nagashima 4–5
28 Japan Motoji Sekine 5–6
Japan Fumio Mutoh 5–6
NAC West Nissan Nissan Skyline GTS-R (HR31) Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 27 Japan Michiaki Hayashi D 2, 4
Japan Toshikazu Kanamori 2
Japan Mamoru Suzuki 4
Cobra Racing Team Porsche Porsche 964 RSR Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6 31 Japan Katsunori Iketani Y 2–5
Japan Masamitsu Ishihara 2–3
Japan Seiichi Sodeyama 5–6
Ohyama Racing Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R Nissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I6 32 Japan Shigeru Ohyama Y 1–2
Japan Jun Okanoya 1–2
S2 Brain Porsche Porsche 964 RSR Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6 54 Japan Seiichi Sodeyama Y 2–3
Japan Masahisa Nakada 2–3
Yoshimi Ishibashi Nissan Nissan Skyline GTS-R (HR31) Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 70 Japan Yoshimi Ishibashi B All
Japan Kaoru Hoshino All
Makiguchi Engineering BMW BMW M3 (E30) BMW S14 2.5 L I4 71 Japan Tsuyoshi Yamagishi Y 2–6
Japan Toshifumi Kurosu 2–5
Japan Kazuhiro Koizumi 6
72 Japan Katsuya Makiguchi 1
Japan Hideo Fukuyama 1
Japan Norio Makiguchi 2–5
Japan Toru Horigome 2–3
Japan Takayuki Kinoshita 4–5

Season results

Round Circuit GT1 Winning Team GT2 Winning Team
GT1 Winning Drivers GT2 Winning Drivers
1 Suzuka Circuit #1 Calsonic Hoshino Racing GT-R #70 Team Gaikokuya Nissan Skyline
Japan Masahiko Kageyama Japan Yoshimi Ishibashi
Japan Kaoru Hoshino
2 Mt. Fuji #33 Team Taisan Porsche 911 GT2 #70 Team Gaikokuya Nissan Skyline
Japan Hideshi Matsuda
Japan Kaoru Iida
Japan Yoshimi Ishibashi
Japan Kaoru Hoshino
3 Sendai #36 Castrol TOM'S Toyota Supra #7 RE Amemiya Mazda RX-7
Japan Masanori Sekiya
Germany Michael Krumm
Japan Hironori Takeuchi
Japan Haruhiko Matsumoto
4 Mt. Fuji #3 Hasemi Motorsports GT-R #72 Makiguchi Engineering BMW M3
Japan Masahiro Hasemi Japan Norio Makiguchi
Japan Takayuki Kinoshita
5 Sportsland SUGO #35 Team Taisan Porsche 911 GT2 #31 Cobra Racing Team Porsche 993
United Kingdom Anthony Reid
Japan Masahiko Kondō[1]
Japan Seiichi Sodeyama
Japan Katsunori Iketani
6 Mine Circuit #34 Team Taisan Porsche 911 GT2 #7 RE Amemiya Mazda RX-7
Japan Hideshi Matsuda
Japan Keiichi Suzuki
Japan Hironori Takeuchi
Japan Haruhiko Matsumoto

Point Ranking

GT1 Drivers' standings[1][2]

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 SUZ
Japan
FUJ
Japan
SEN
Japan
FUJ
Japan
SUG
Japan
MIN
Japan
PTS
1 Japan Masahiko Kageyama 1 10 2 7 2 3 67
2 Japan Masahiro Hasemi 4 2 14 1 4 6 61
3 Japan Toshio Suzuki 2 4 6 2 5 7 58
4 Japan Hideshi Matsuda Ret 1 8 5 6 1 57
5 Germany Michael Krumm 6 6 1 Ret 7 4 46
6 Japan Masanori Sekiya 7 42
7 United Kingdom Anthony Reid 11 Ret 3 9 1 9 36
8 United States Jeff Krosnoff 3 12 5 16 3 11 32
9 Japan Akira Iida 2 4 6 3 9 Ret 35
10 Japan Kunimitsu Takahashi
Japan Keiichi Tsuchiya
14 3 4 8 8 Ret 28
12 Japan Naoki Nagasaka 8 5 10 4 Ret Ret 22
13 Japan Eiichi Tajima 10 Ret 7 10 Ret 2 21
14 Japan Kazuyoshi Hoshino 2 7 2 3 19
15 Japan Masahiko Kondo 11 3 9 1 9 16
16 Japan Kenji Tohira
Japan Hiroyuki Kawai
9 15 11 Ret Ret 5 10
Japan Koichi Kashiwabara 7 8 9 12 10 10
19 France Érik Comas 5 14 15 Ret 11 DSQ 8
20 Japan Keiichi Suzuki Ret 7 8 Ret 1 7
Japan Yukihiro Hane 7 8 7
22 Japan Hideo Fukuyama
Japan Mizunori Fumino
6 Ret 6
24 Japan Takeshi Tsuchiya 7 5 4
25 Japan Kiyoshi Misaki 8 3
Japan Ryo Michigami 14 12 8 3
27 Japan Tetsuya Ota Ret 9 18 12 2
Japan Yoji Yamada 10 Ret 10 Ret 2 2
29 Japan Katsuo Kobayashi Ret 13 12 11 Ret 10 1
Japan Minoru Tanaka 12 10 1
- Japan Kaoru Iida 1 Ret 0
- Argentina Oscar Larrauri Ret 18 6 12 0
- Japan Kunio Date
Japan Akira Ishikawa
Ret 11 Ret Ret 0
- Japan Masami Kageyama 12 DNS Ret Ret Ret 0
- Japan Takao Wada 15 13 13 Ret Ret 0
- Japan Satoshi Ikezawa 0
- Japan Naohiro Furuya 13 DNS Ret DNS Ret 0
- Japan Mitsuhiro Kinoshita
Japan Yasushi Kikuchi
17 0
- Japan Hisashi Wada Ret DNS 0
- Japan Takahiko Hara Ret 0
- Japan Katsuo Mizunuma
Japan Mitsuo Akimoto
DNS Ret 0
- Japan Tatsuhiko Kaneumi Ret 0
- Canada Scott Maxwell Ret 0
Rank Driver SUZ
Japan
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. SUZ
Japan
FUJ
Japan
SEN
Japan
FUJ
Japan
SUG
Japan
MIN
Japan
PTS
1 Team Taisan 33 1 8 Ret 80
34 11 Ret 3 5 6 1
35 Ret 7 9 1 9
40 Ret 9 18 12
2 Hoshino Racing 1 1 10 2 7 2 3 67
3 Hasemi Motorsports 3 4 2 14 1 4 6 61
4 Nismo 10 3 9 Ret 58
55 2 4 6 2 5 7
5 Toyota Castrol Team TOM'S 36 6 6 1 Ret 7 4 46
6 Toyota Team SARD 39 3 12 5 16 3 11 32
7 Team Kunimitsu 99 14 12 8 30
100 14 3 4 8 8 Ret
8 Team Take One 30 10 Ret 7 10 Ret 2 27
9 FET Racing Team 8 8 5 10 4 Ret Ret 14
10 Rank Up Tomei Sports 32 7 8 9 12 10 10
10 Team Zexel 39 9 15 11 Ret Ret 5 10
12 Toyota Team Cerumo 55 5 14 15 Ret 11 DSQ 8
13 Racing Team Nakaharu 30 6 Ret 6
14 Team-Jun 11 Ret 13 12 11 Ret 10 1
- Aiwa Racing Project 88 Ret 11 Ret Ret 0
- Team LeMans 25 12 DNS Ret Ret Ret 0
- JLOC 88 15 13 13 Ret Ret 0
- Prova Motorsport 15 13 DNS Ret DNS Ret 0
- Endless Sports 81 17 0
- Team Razo 66 Ret 0
- Dandelion Racing 22 Ret DNS 0
Rank Team No. SUZ
Japan
FUJ
Japan
SEN
Japan
FUJ
Japan
SUG
Japan
MIN
Japan
PTS

GT2 Drivers' standings

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 SUZ
Japan
FUJ
Japan
SEN
Japan
FUJ
Japan
SUG
Japan
MIN
Japan
PTS
1 Japan Yoshimi Ishibashi
Japan Kaoru Hoshino
1 1 2 3 3 Ret 79
3 Japan Hironori Takeuchi
Japan Haruhiko Matsumoto
9 1 2 Ret 1 57
5 Japan Tsuyoshi Yamagishi 5 3 4 2 5 53
6 Japan Norio Makiguchi 2 Ret 1 Ret 2 50
6 Japan Katsunori Iketani 4 5 Ret 1 3 50
8 Japan Kurosu Toshifumi 5 3 4 2 45
9 Japan Motoji Sekine
Japan Fumio Mutoh
4 11 6 Ret 4 4 36
11 Japan Takayuki Kinoshita 1 Ret 2 35
12 Japan Hiromoto Ishimori 3 4 Ret 8 25
13 Japan Shigeru Ohyama
Japan Jun Okanoya
2 7 19
15 Japan Junichi Yamanashi
Japan Masaoki Nagashima
5 5 Ret 22
17 Japan Toru Horigome 2 Ret 15
17 Japan Seiichi Sodeyama Ret 8 1 3 15
19 Japan Toshihiko Nogami
Japan Toshiaki Koshimizu
8 Ret 6 7 13
21 Japan Tsunefumi Hioki
Japan Shunji Yashiro
3 12
23 Japan Masamitsu Ishihara 4 5 8
23 Japan Takashi Suzuki
Japan Naoto Sugita
7 7 Ret 8
26 Japan Michiaki Hayashi 6 Ret 6
Japan Toshikazu Kanamori
26 Japan Shoichi Ito
Japan Yosuke Hitotsuyama
6 6
30 Japan Masahisa Nakada Ret 8 3
30 Japan Akira Nagai 8 3
32 Japan Atsushi Hayakawa
Japan Nobuhiro Yoshida
10 Ret 1
NC Japan Kazuhiro Koizumi 5 0
NC Japan Toshio Fukushima
Japan Tetsuya Kawasaki
Ret Ret Ret Ret 0
NC Japan Katsuya Makiguchi
Japan Hideo Fukuyama
Ret 0
NC Japan Mamoru Suzuki Ret 0
Rank Driver SUZ
Japan
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. SUZ
Japan
FUJ
Japan
SEN
Japan
FUJ
Japan
SUG
Japan
MIN
Japan
PTS
1 Yoshimi Ishibashi 70 1 1 2 3 3 Ret 79
2 Makiguchi Engineering 71 5 3 4 2 5 77
72 Ret 2 Ret 1 Ret 2
3 RE Amemiya Racing 7 9 1 2 Ret 1 57
4 Cobra Racing Team 31 4 5 Ret 1 3 50
5 Team Taisan 26 4 11 6 5 5 Ret 44
28 Ret 4 4
6 M Factory Racing Club 11 3 4 Ret 8 25
7 Ohyama Racing 32 2 7 19
8 Kageisen Racing Team 17 8 Ret 6 7 13
9 Schloss Motorsport 6 3 12
10 B.H. Studio Racing 23 7 7 Ret 8
11 NAC West 27 6 Ret 6
12 Hitotsuyama Racing 21 6 14
13 S2 Brain 54 Ret 8 3
14 Eimei Auto 12 8 10
15 Amuze Racing 13 10 Ret 1
- Elite Racing Corporation 18 Ret Ret Ret Ret 0
Rank Team No. SUZ
Japan
FUJ
Japan
SEN
Japan
FUJ
Japan
SUG
Japan
MIN
Japan
PTS

Notes

1.^ Masahiko Kondō did not met the requirement for minimum distance driven and was ineligible for championship points.

References

  1. ^ "JGTC.net | 1995 SERIES RANKING".
  2. ^ "World Sports Racing Prototypes - JGTC 1995".