2000 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship
Motorsport championship
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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 Ryō 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
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 | M | NC | |
| NC | |||||||
| RE Amemiya Racing | Mazda | Mazda RX-7 | Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor | 7 | Y | All | |
| All | |||||||
| Team Daikokuya | Porsche | Porsche 993 RSR | Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6 | 9 | D | 1–2, 4–5, 7 | |
| 1 | |||||||
| 2, 5 | |||||||
| 4, 7 | |||||||
| 27 | 1 | ||||||
| 1 | |||||||
| 5 | |||||||
| 5 | |||||||
| Ability Motorsport | Porsche | Porsche 993 GT2 | Porsche M64/82 3.6 L Turbo F6 | 10 | Y | 1–4 | |
| 1–4 | |||||||
| 11 | 1–5, 7 | ||||||
| 1–4 | |||||||
| 5–7 | |||||||
| 6 | |||||||
| Racing Project Bandoh | Toyota | Toyota Celica | Toyota 3S-GE 2.0 L I4 | 19 | Y | All | |
| All | |||||||
| TOM'S Spirit | Toyota | Toyota MR-S | Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 20 | Y | 4–7 | |
| 4–7 | |||||||
| MTCI Racing Team | Porsche | Porsche 986 Boxster | Porsche M64/75 3.6 L F6 | 24 | Y | All | |
| All | |||||||
| Team Taisan | Porsche | Porsche 996 GT3-R | Porsche M64/75 3.6 L F6 | 26 | Y | All | |
| All | |||||||
| NC | |||||||
| 28 | All | ||||||
| All | |||||||
| Chrysler | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Chrysler EWB 8.0 L V10 | 55 | 6–7 | |||
| 6–7 | |||||||
| Super Autobacs Racing with A'PEX | Toyota | Toyota MR-S | Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 31 | Y | All | |
| 1–3 | |||||||
| 4–7 | |||||||
| Auto Staff Racing | Nissan | Nissan Silvia (S15) | Nissan SR20DET 2.1 L Turbo I4 | 51 | Y | 2–7 | |
| 2–3 | |||||||
| 4–7 | |||||||
| Team Gaikokuya | Porsche | Porsche 993 Turbo | Porsche M64/60 3.6 L Turbo F6 | 70 | D | All | |
| 1–2, NC, 4, 7 | |||||||
| 3, 5–6 | |||||||
| SigmaTec Racing Team | Porsche | Porsche 993 GT2 | Porsche M64/82 3.6 L Turbo F6 | 71 | Y | 2–7 | |
| 2–4 | |||||||
| 5–7 | |||||||
| Cusco Racing | Subaru | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4 | 77 | Y | All | |
| All | |||||||
| Team Daishin | Nissan | Nissan Silvia (S15) | Nissan SR20DET 2.1 L Turbo I4 | 81 | Y | All | |
| All | |||||||
| KRAFT | Toyota | Toyota Corolla Sprinter Trueno (AE86) | Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 86 | D | 2–7 | |
| 2–7 | |||||||
| Team Mind | Toyota | Toyota Corolla (AE101) | Toyota 3S-GE 2.0 L I4 | 101 | Y | 4 | |
| 4 | |||||||
| Team Gainer | Ferrari | Ferrari F355 | Ferrari F129B 3.5 L V8 | 111 | Y | 1, 2, 4–5, 7 | |
| 1, 2, 4–5, 7 | |||||||
| Dentaire ProJet Racing | Porsche | Porsche 993 RSR | Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6 | 360 | Y | 4–5, 7 | |
| 4–5, 7 | |||||||
| 910 Racing | Porsche | Porsche 996 GT3 RS | Porsche M64/75 3.6 L F6 | 910 | Y | All | |
| All | |||||||
| 911 | 1–4, 7 | ||||||
| 1–4, 7 | |||||||
Schedule
| Round | Race | Circuit | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Motegi GT Championship Race | April 2 | |
| 2 | All Japan Fuji GT Race | May 4 | |
| 3 | SUGO GT Championship | May 28 | |
| NC | Tmtouch Japan GT Championship Malaysia | June 25 | |
| 4 | Japan Special GT Cup | August 6 | |
| 5 | GT Championship in TI | September 10 | |
| 6 | CP Mine GT Race | October 1 | |
| 7 | Suzuka GT 300 km | October 22 |
Season results
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 |
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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 |
SEP |
FUJ |
TAI |
MIN |
SUZ |
Pts. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mugen x Dome Project | 16 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 96 | ||
| 18 | Ret | 1 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 15 | |||||
| 2 | Nismo | 1 | 1 | 6 | Ret | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 79 | ||
| 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 11 | Ret | 4 | |||||
| 3 | Team Impul | 12 | 17 | 5 | 5 | Ret | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 66 | ||
| 4 | Mobil 1 Nakajima Racing | 64 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 16 | Ret | 1 | 58 | ||
| 5 | Toyota Team Cerumo | 38 | 4 | 3 | 12 | Ret | 1 | 6 | 11 | 48 | |||
| 6 | Esso Ultron Toyota Team LeMans | 6 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 35 | ||
| 7 | Toyota Team SARD | 39 | 10 | Ret | 6 | 13 | 2 | Ret | 8 | 16 | 25 | ||
| 8 | Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | 8 | 7 | Ret | 15 | 5 | 1 | Ret | Ret | DSQ | 24 | ||
| 9 | MatsumotoKiyoshi Team TOM'S | 35 | 12 | Ret | 3 | 13 | 9 | Ret | 7 | 18 | |||
| 10 | Toyota Castrol Team TOM'S | 36 | Ret | 12 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 14 | Ret | 9 | 17 | ||
| 37 | 9 | Ret | 8 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 12 | |||||
| 11 | Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft | 100 | Ret | 14 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 5 | Ret | DSQ | 13 | ||
| 11 | Hasemi Motorsports | 3 | 5 | 9 | Ret | 14 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 13 | ||
| 13 | Endless + Tsuchiya Engineering | 25 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 11 | ||
| 14 | Team Take One | 30 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 12 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 10 | |||
| 15 | Hitotsuyama Racing | 21 | 14 | 11 | Ret | Ret | 17 | 10 | Ret | 1 | |||
| 15 | cdma One Toyota Team Cerumo with Key's | 32 | 11 | Ret | 16 | Ret | 19 | 13 | Ret | 10 | 1 | ||
| - | JLOC | 88 | 15 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 0 | ||
| - | Team Taisan Advan | 55 | 16 | Ret | Ret | 18 | PO | 0 | |||||
| - | Team Sri Lanka | 15 | DNS | DNR | 0 | ||||||||
| 69 | DNS | DNQ | |||||||||||
| Rank | Team | No. | MOT |
FUJ |
SUG |
SEP |
FUJ |
TAI |
MIN |
SUZ |
Pts. |
GT300 Drivers' championship
| Rank | No. | Driver | MOT |
FUJ |
SUG |
SEP |
FUJ |
TAI |
MIN |
SUZ |
Pts. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 85 | |||
| 2 | 26 | WD | 83 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 910 | 4 | 2 | Ret | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 80 | ||||
| 4 | 81 | 5 | 3 | Ret | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 64 | ||||
| 5 | 7 | 2 | 5 | Ret | 1 | 3 | Ret | 4 | 3 | 57 | |||
| 6 | 19 | 3 | Ret | 1 | 2 | Ret | 3 | 14 | 17 | 44 | |||
| 7 | 31 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 6 | Ret | 13 | 1 | 39 | |||
| 8 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 3 | Ret | 36 | ||||||
| 9 | 77 | DNA | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Ret | 6 | Ret | 36 | |||
| 10 | 10/11 | 7 | 7 | 2 | Ret | 5 | Ret | 8 | 34 | ||||
| 11 | 71 | DNA | 12 | 4 | Ret | 4 | 7 | 5 | 32 | ||||
| 12 | 72/31 | DNA | 3 | 6 | Ret | 13 | 1 | 26 | |||||
| 13 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 2 | Ret | 23 | |||||||
| 14 | 71 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 22 | ||||||||
| 15 | 24 | 11 | Ret | 5 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 13 | ||||
| 16 | 31 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 13 | ||||||||
| 17 | 20 | Ret | 6 | 9 | 7 | 12 | |||||||
| 18 | 11 | DNS | DNS | 14 | 5 | 8 | 11 | ||||||
| 19 | 70 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 11 | |||
| 20 | 71 | DNA | 12 | 4 | Ret | 10 | |||||||
| 21 | 86 | DNA | 6 | DNS | 12 | 9 | 13 | Ret | 8 | ||||
| 22 | 51 | Ret | 8 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 6 | |||||
| 23 | 70 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 6 | |||||||
| 24 | 70 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 5 | |||||||
| 25 | 911 | Ret | 8 | Ret | 9 | 12 | 5 | ||||||
| 26 | 51/55 | Ret | 8 | 10 | 15 | 4 | |||||||
| 27 | 51 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 3 | |||||||
| 28 | 111 | 9 | Ret | 15 | 11 | 14 | 2 | ||||||
| 28 | 911 | Ret | 8* | Ret | 9 | 12 | 2 | ||||||
| 30 | 27/360 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 1 | |||||||
| 30 | 55 | 10 | 15 | 1 | |||||||||
| 30 | 9 | NC | 11 | Ret | Ret | 10 | 1 | ||||||
| 30 | 9 | 1 | |||||||||||
| NC | 26 | 9* | 0 | ||||||||||
| NC | 9 | 11 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||
| NC | 11 | DNS | DNS | 14 | 0 | ||||||||
| NC | 27 | 14 | 0 | ||||||||||
| NC | 9 | NC | 0 | ||||||||||
| NC | 11 | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||
| NC | 101 | DNS | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||
| NC | 26 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||
| NC | 5 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||||
| NC | 72 | DNA | DNP | DNA | DNA | 0 | |||||||
| NC | 72 | 0 | |||||||||||
| NC | 888 | DNA | 0 | ||||||||||
| Rank | No. | Driver | MOT |
FUJ |
SUG |
SEP |
FUJ |
TAI |
MIN |
SUZ |
Pts. |
GT300 Teams' standings
For teams that entered multiple cars, only the best result from each round counted towards the teams' championship.
| Rank | Team | No. | MOT |
FUJ |
SUG |
SEP |
FUJ |
TAI |
MIN |
SUZ |
Pts. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Team Taisan Jr. with Advan | 26 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 101 | ||
| 28 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 3 | Ret | ||||||||
| 2 | 910 Racing | 910 | 4 | 2 | Ret | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 80 | |||
| 911 | Ret | 8 | Ret | 9 | 12 | ||||||||
| 3 | Team Daishin | 81 | 5 | 3 | Ret | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 64 | |||
| 4 | RE Amemiya Racing | 7 | 2 | 5 | Ret | 1 | 3 | Ret | 4 | 3 | 57 | ||
| 5 | Racing Project Bandoh | 19 | 3 | Ret | 1 | 2 | Ret | 3 | 14 | 17 | 44 | ||
| 6 | Super Autobacs Racing with A'PEX | 31 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 6 | Ret | 13 | 1 | 39 | ||
| 7 | Cusco Racing | 77 | DNA | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Ret | 6 | Ret | 36 | ||
| 8 | Ability Motorsport | 10 | 7 | 7 | 2 | Ret | 34 | ||||||
| 11 | DNS | Ret | 14 | 5 | Ret | 8 | |||||||
| 9 | SigmaTec Racing Team | 71 | DNA | 12 | 4 | Ret | 4 | 7 | 5 | 32 | |||
| 10 | MTCI Racing Team | 24 | 11 | Ret | 5 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 11 | TOM'S Spirit | 20 | Ret | 6 | 9 | 7 | 12 | ||||||
| 12 | Team Gaikokuya | 70 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 11 | ||
| 13 | KRAFT | 86 | DNA | 6 | DNS | 12 | 9 | 13 | Ret | 8 | |||
| 14 | Auto Staff Racing | 51 | Ret | 8 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 6 | ||||
| 15 | Team Gainer | 111 | 9 | Ret | 15 | 11 | 14 | 2 | |||||
| 16 | Team Daikokuya | 9 | NC | 11 | Ret | Ret | 10 | 2 | |||||
| 27 | 10 | 14 | |||||||||||
| 17 | Team Taisan Advan | 55 | 10 | 15 | 1 | ||||||||
| NC | Dentaire ProJet Racing | 360 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 0 | |||||||
| NC | Team Mind | 101 | DNS | DNQ | 0 | ||||||||
| NC | Porsche Club Malaysia | 5 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||
| NC | Okura Rotary Racing | 72 | DNA | DNP | DNA | DNA | 0 | ||||||
| NC | Team KKD Japan With MTG | 888 | DNA | 0 | |||||||||
| Rank | Team | No. | MOT |
FUJ |
SUG |
SEP |
FUJ |
TAI |
MIN |
SUZ |
Pts. |