2009 Suzuka Pokka GT Summer Special

Layout of the Suzuka International Racing Course

The 2009 Suzuka Pokka GT Summer Special was the sixth round of the 2009 Super GT season and was the 38th running of the 1000 km Suzuka event, although for the first time since 1969, the race was not 1000 km in length as in a bid to reduce CO2 emissions, the race distance was shortented to 700 km.[1] It took place on August 23, 2009.

Race results

Results are as follows:[2]

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
1 GT500 35 Team KRAFT Japan Hiroaki Ishiura
Japan Kazuya Oshima
Lexus SC430 B 121
2 GT500 3 Tomica Hasemi Motorsports Japan Hironobu Yasuda
Italy Ronnie Quintarelli
Nissan GT-R M 121
3 GT500 38 ZENT Team Cerumo Japan Yuji Tachikawa
United Kingdom Richard Lyons
Lexus SC430 B 121
4 GT500 18 Rockstar Team Yoshiki and Dome Project Japan Takashi Kogure
Japan Ryo Michigami
Honda NSX B 121
5 GT500 12 Calsonic Team Impul Japan Tsugio Matsuda
France Sebastien Philippe
Nissan GT-R B 121
6 GT500 1 Motul NISMO Japan Satoshi Motoyama
Germany Michael Krumm
Nissan GT-R B 121
7 GT500 39 Denso Team SARD Portugal Andre Couto
Japan Kohei Hirate
Lexus SC430 D 121
8 GT500 36 Petronas Team TOM'S Japan Juichi Wakisaka
Germany André Lotterer
Lexus SC430 B 121
9 GT500 100 Raybrig Team Kunimitsu Japan Yuji Ide
Japan Shinya Hosokawa
Honda NSX B 121
10 GT500 17 Keihin Real Racing Japan Koudai Tsukakoshi
Japan Toshihiro Kaneishi
Japan Katsutomo Kaneishi
Honda NSX B 120
11 GT500 24 HIS Advan Kondo Racing Japan Seiji Ara
Brazil João Paulo de Oliveira
Nissan GT-R Y 119
12 GT300 46 S-Road MOLA Japan Kazuki Hoshino
Japan Masataka Yanagida
Nissan Z Y 112
13 GT300 43 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Japan Shinichi Takagi
Japan Morio Nitta
ASL Garaiya M 112
14 GT300 2 Apple K-one Cars Tokai Dream28 Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto
Japan Hiroki Kato
Mooncraft Shiden Y 112
15 GT300 74 apr Japan Yuji Kunimoto
Japan Takuto Iguchi
Toyota Corolla Axio M 112
16 GT300 11 JIM Gainer Racing Japan Tetsuya Tanaka
Japan Katsuyuki Hiranaka
Ferrari F430 GT2 Y 110
17 GT300 19 WedsSport Team Bandoh Japan Manabu Orido
Japan Tatsuya Kataoka
Lexus IS350 Y 112
18 GT300 7 M7 Mutiara RE Amemiya Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi
Japan Ryo Orime
Mazda RX-7 Y 112
19 GT300 81 Team Daishin Japan Takayuki Aoki
Japan Tomonobu Fujii
Japan Koji Aoyama
Ferrari F430 GT2 Y 112
20 GT300 52 Team Shift Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi
Japan Naoya Yamano
Japan Kota Sasaki
Lexus IS350 K 111
21 GT300 88 triple a JLOC Japan Yuya Sakamoto
Japan Hideshi Matsuda
Lamborghini Gallardo RG-3 Y 111
22 GT300 55 J-Trust Tomei Sports Japan Yutaka Yamagishi
Japan Hiroshi Koizumi
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Y 110
23 GT300 87 giraffa JLOC Japan Hisashi Wada
Japan Hiroyuki Iiri
Lamborghini Gallardo RG-3 Y 110
24 GT300 666 FieLDS Bomex Rosso Japan Junichiro Yamashita
Japan Shogo Suho
Japan Takashi Miyamoto
Vemac RD320R K 107
25 GT300 4 Lian Bomex Rosso Japan Yoshihiro Ito
Japan Michihito Uwazumi
Japan Subaru Yamamoto
Porsche Boxster K 104
26 GT300 10 JIM Gainer Racing Japan Masayuki Ueda
Japan Masataka Kawaguchi
Ferrari 360 Y 103
27 GT300 26 UpStart Team Taisan Japan Haruki Kurosawa
Japan Tsubasa Abe
Japan Katsuhiko Tsutsui
Porsche 996 GT3-RS Y 100
28 GT300 66 triple a JLOC Japan Koji Yamanishi
Japan Atsushi Yogo
Lamborghini Murcielago RG-1 Y 94
29 GT300 31 Avex apr Japan Kyosuke Mineo
Japan Hiroshi Takamori
Japan Yuya Sakamoto
Toyota Corolla Axio Y 93
30 GT500 8 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Japan Takuya Izawa
Republic of Ireland Ralph Firman
Honda NSX B 84
DNF GT500 6 ENEOS Team LeMans Japan Daisuke Ito
Sweden Björn Wirdheim
Lexus SC430 B 64
DNF GT300 808 Hatsune Miku Studie GLAD Racing Japan Yasushi Kikuchi
Japan Taku Bamba
Japan Shozo Tagahara
BMW Z4 Y 60
DNF GT300 5 Team Mach Japan Tetsuji Tamanaka
Japan Akazame Oyaji
Vemac RD320R Y 27
DNF GT500 32 EPSON Nakajima Racing France Loïc Duval
Japan Yuhki Nakayama
Honda NSX D 12

Statistics

  • GT500 Pole Position – #35 KRAFT SC430 – 1:55.724
  • GT300 Pole Position – #81 Daishin F430 – 2:07.439
  • GT500 Fastest Lap – #35 KRAFT SC430 – 1:58.093
  • GT300 Fastest Lap – #5 Team Mach Vemac – 2:09.282
  • Winner's Race Time – 4:16:02.744

References

  1. ^ "Decision on race distances for race 3, race 6 and the final race of Super GT". as-web.jp. 22 March 2009.
  2. ^ "2009 Round6 Race Result". supergt.net. 23 August 2009. Archived from the original on 22 February 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2012.