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

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Round Race Circuit Date
1 Suzuka GT 300   Suzuka Circuit April 2
2 All Japan Fuji GT Race   Fuji Speedway May 4
3 HiLand GT&F3 Race   Sendai Hi-Land Raceway June 25
4 Japan Special GT-Cup   Fuji Speedway August 13
5 SUGO GT Championship   Sportsland SUGO September 10
6 Sanyo Shinpan Cup Grand Touring Car Endurance Race   Mine Circuit October 1

Teams & Drivers

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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   Masahiko Kageyama B 1
Nissan Skyline GT-R (R33)   Masahiko Kageyama 2–6
  Kazuyoshi Hoshino 3–6
Team Zexel Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R (R32) Nissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I6 2   Kenji Tohira Y 1–2
  Hiroyuki Kawai 1–2
Nissan Skyline GT-R (R33)   Kenji Tohira 3–6
  Hiroyuki Kawai 3–6
Hasemi Motorsport Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R (R32) Nissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I6 3   Masahiro Hasemi B 1
Nissan Skyline GT-R (R33)   Masahiro Hasemi 2–6
Racing Team Nakaharu Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R (R32) Nissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I6 4   Hideo Fukuyama B 4–5
  Mizunori Fumino 4–5
Rank Up Tomei Sports Porsche Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche M64/81 3.6 L Turbo F6 5   Koichi Kashiwabara Y 1–5
  Yukihiro Hane 1–2
  Minoru Tanaka 4–5
FET Racing Team Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 8   Naoki Nagasaka B All
  Kiyoshi Misaki 1
Nismo Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R (R33) Nissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I6 10   Akira Iida B 3–6
  Toshio Suzuki 3
55   Toshio Suzuki B 1–2, 4–6
  Akira Iida 1–2
Prova Motorsport Porsche Porsche 964 RS Porsche M64/04 3.8 L F6 15   Naohiro Furuya B All
  Hideyuki Tamamoto 4
  Hisashi Wada 5
  Scott Maxwell 6
Team-Jun Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R (R32) Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 19   Katsuo Kobayashi Y All
Dandelion Racing Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R (R32) Nissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I6 22   Katsuo Mizunuma Y 5
  Mitsuo Akimoto 5
Team LeMans Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z LM Nissan VH45DE 4.5 L V8 25   Masami Kageyama Y 1–2, 4–6
Team Take One Porsche Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche M64/81 3.6 L Turbo F6 30   Eiichi Tajima B All
  Yoji Yamada 1–2, 4–6
Team Taisan Porsche Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche M64/81 3.6 L Turbo F6 33   Hideshi Matsuda Y 2–3
  Kaoru Iida 2, 4
  Keiichi Suzuki 3–4
Ferrari Ferrari F40 LM Ferrari F120B 2.9 L Twin Turbo V8 34   Anthony Reid 1–2
  Masahiko Kondo 2
Porsche Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche M64/81 3.6 L Turbo F6   Hideshi Matsuda 4–6
  Takeshi Tsuchiya 4
  Oscar Larrauri 5
  Keiichi Suzuki 6
35   Keiichi Suzuki 1–2
  Hideshi Matsuda 1
  Takeshi Tsuchiya 2
  Anthony Reid 3–6
  Masahiko Kondo 3–6
Ferrari Ferrari F40 LM Ferrari F120B 2.9 L Twin Turbo V8 40   Tetsuya Ota 1-2, 4, 6
  Oscar Larrauri 1, 4, 6
Castrol Toyota Team TOM'S Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 36   Masanori Sekiya B All
  Michael Krumm All
Toyota Team Cerumo Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 38   Érik Comas B All
Toyota Team SARD Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 39   Jeff Krosnoff D All
Aiwa Racing Project Nissan Nissan Silvia (S13) Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 41   Kunio Date Y 1–2, 4–6
  Akira Ishikawa 1–2, 4–6
Team Razo Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R (R32) Nissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I6 66   Takahiko Hara T 2
  Hisashi Wada 2
Endless Sports Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R (R33) Nissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I6 81   Mitsuhiro Kinoshita Y 4
  Yasushi Kikuchi 4
KEN WOLF with Terai Engineering Lamborghini Lamborghini Diablo Jota Lamborghini BFR1244 5.7 L V12 88   Takao Wada Y 1, 3–6
  Satoshi Ikezawa 1, 3–5
  Tatsuhiko Kaneumi 6
Team Kunimitsu Porsche Porsche 964 RS Porsche M64/04 3.8 L F6 99   Ryo Michigami Y 4–6
Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche M64/81 3.6 L Turbo F6 100   Kunimitsu Takahashi All
  Keiichi Tsuchiya All
Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Schloss Motorsport Porsche Porsche 964 RS Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6 6   Tsunefumi Hioki D 1
  Shunji Yashiro 1
RE Amemiya Racing Mazda Mazda RX-7 (FD3S) Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 7   Hironori Takeuchi D 2–6
  Haruhiko Matsumoto 2–6
M Factory Racing Club Nissan Nissan Skyline GTS-R (HR31) Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 11   Hiromoto Ishimori B 2–5
Eimei Auto Mitsubishi Mitsubishi Mirage C53A Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0 L I4 12   Akira Nagai D 4
Amuze Racing Mazda Mazda RX-7 (FC3S) Mazda RE31B 1.3 L 2-rotor 13   Atsushi Hayakawa D 2
  Nobuhiro Yoshida 2
Kageisen Racing Team Mazda Mazda RX-7 (FC3S) Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 17   Toshihiko Nogami Y 2–5
  Toshiaki Koshimizu 2–5
Elite Racing Corporation Mazda Mazda RX-7 (FC3S) Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 18   Toshio Fukushima Y 2–5
  Tetsuya Kawasaki 2–3, 5
Hitotsuyama Racing BMW BMW M3 (E30) BMW S14 2.5 L I4 21   Shoichi Ito Y 5
  Yosuke Hitotsuyama 5
B.H. Studio Racing Porsche Porsche 964 RSR Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6 23   Takashi Suzuki Y 3–5
  Naoto Sugita 3–5
Team Taisan BMW BMW M3 (E30) BMW S14 2.5 L I4 26   Motoji Sekine Y 1–3
  Fumio Mutoh 1–3
  Junichi Yamanashi 4–5
  Masaoki Nagashima 4–5
28   Motoji Sekine 5–6
  Fumio Mutoh 5–6
NAC West Nissan Nissan Skyline GTS-R (HR31) Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 27   Michiaki Hayashi D 2, 4
  Toshikazu Kanamori 2
  Mamoru Suzuki 4
Cobra Racing Team Porsche Porsche 964 RSR Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6 31   Katsunori Iketani Y 2–5
  Masamitsu Ishihara 2–3
  Seiichi Sodeyama 5–6
Ohyama Racing Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R Nissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I6 32   Shigeru Ohyama Y 1–2
  Jun Okanoya 1–2
S2 Brain Porsche Porsche 964 RSR Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6 54   Seiichi Sodeyama Y 2–3
  Masahisa Nakada 2–3
Yoshimi Ishibashi Nissan Nissan Skyline GTS-R (HR31) Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 70   Yoshimi Ishibashi B All
  Kaoru Hoshino All
Makiguchi Engineering BMW BMW M3 (E30) BMW S14 2.5 L I4 71   Tsuyoshi Yamagishi Y 2–6
  Toshifumi Kurosu 2–5
  Kazuhiro Koizumi 6
72   Katsuya Makiguchi 1
  Hideo Fukuyama 1
  Norio Makiguchi 2–5
  Toru Horigome 2–3
  Takayuki Kinoshita 4–5

Season results

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

Point Ranking

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GT1 Drivers' standings[1][2]

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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 10 8 6 4 3 2 1
Rank Driver SUZ
 
FUJ
 
SEN
 
FUJ
 
SUG
 
MIN
 
PTS
1   Masahiko Kageyama 1 10 2 7 2 3 67
2   Masahiro Hasemi 4 2 14 1 4 6 61
3   Toshio Suzuki 2 4 6 2 5 7 58
4   Hideshi Matsuda Ret 1 8 5 6 1 57
5   Michael Krumm 6 6 1 Ret 7 4 46
6   Masanori Sekiya 7 42
7   Anthony Reid 11 Ret 3 9 1 9 36
8   Jeff Krosnoff 3 12 5 16 3 11 32
9   Akira Iida 2 4 6 3 9 Ret 35
10   Kunimitsu Takahashi
  Keiichi Tsuchiya
14 3 4 8 8 Ret 28
12   Naoki Nagasaka 8 5 10 4 Ret Ret 22
13   Eiichi Tajima 10 Ret 7 10 Ret 2 21
14   Kazuyoshi Hoshino 2 7 2 3 19
15   Masahiko Kondo 11 3 9 1 9 16
16   Kenji Tohira
  Hiroyuki Kawai
9 15 11 Ret Ret 5 10
  Koichi Kashiwabara 7 8 9 12 10 10
19   Érik Comas 5 14 15 Ret 11 DSQ 8
20   Keiichi Suzuki Ret 7 8 Ret 1 7
  Yukihiro Hane 7 8 7
22   Hideo Fukuyama
  Mizunori Fumino
6 Ret 6
24   Takeshi Tsuchiya 7 5 4
25   Kiyoshi Misaki 8 3
  Ryo Michigami 14 12 8 3
27   Tetsuya Ota Ret 9 18 12 2
  Yoji Yamada 10 Ret 10 Ret 2 2
29   Katsuo Kobayashi Ret 13 12 11 Ret 10 1
  Minoru Tanaka 12 10 1
-   Kaoru Iida 1 Ret 0
-   Oscar Larrauri Ret 18 6 12 0
-   Kunio Date
  Akira Ishikawa
Ret 11 Ret Ret 0
-   Masami Kageyama 12 DNS Ret Ret Ret 0
-   Takao Wada 15 13 13 Ret Ret 0
-   Satoshi Ikezawa 0
-   Naohiro Furuya 13 DNS Ret DNS Ret 0
-   Mitsuhiro Kinoshita
  Yasushi Kikuchi
17 0
-   Hisashi Wada Ret DNS 0
-   Takahiko Hara Ret 0
-   Katsuo Mizunuma
  Mitsuo Akimoto
DNS Ret 0
-   Tatsuhiko Kaneumi Ret 0
-   Scott Maxwell Ret 0
Rank Driver SUZ
 
FUJ
 
SEN
 
FUJ
 
SUG
 
MIN
 
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

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

Rank Team No. SUZ
 
FUJ
 
SEN
 
FUJ
 
SUG
 
MIN
 
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
 
FUJ
 
SEN
 
FUJ
 
SUG
 
MIN
 
PTS

GT2 Drivers' standings

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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 10 8 6 4 3 2 1
Rank Driver SUZ
 
FUJ
 
SEN
 
FUJ
 
SUG
 
MIN
 
PTS
1   Yoshimi Ishibashi
  Kaoru Hoshino
1 1 2 3 3 Ret 79
3   Hironori Takeuchi
  Haruhiko Matsumoto
9 1 2 Ret 1 57
5   Tsuyoshi Yamagishi 5 3 4 2 5 53
6   Norio Makiguchi 2 Ret 1 Ret 2 50
6   Katsunori Iketani 4 5 Ret 1 3 50
8   Kurosu Toshifumi 5 3 4 2 45
9   Motoji Sekine
  Fumio Mutoh
4 11 6 Ret 4 4 36
11   Takayuki Kinoshita 1 Ret 2 35
12   Hiromoto Ishimori 3 4 Ret 8 25
13   Shigeru Ohyama
  Jun Okanoya
2 7 19
15   Junichi Yamanashi
  Masaoki Nagashima
5 5 Ret 22
17   Toru Horigome 2 Ret 15
17   Seiichi Sodeyama Ret 8 1 3 15
19   Toshihiko Nogami
  Toshiaki Koshimizu
8 Ret 6 7 13
21   Tsunefumi Hioki
  Shunji Yashiro
3 12
23   Masamitsu Ishihara 4 5 8
23   Takashi Suzuki
  Naoto Sugita
7 7 Ret 8
26   Michiaki Hayashi 6 Ret 6
  Toshikazu Kanamori
26   Shoichi Ito
  Yosuke Hitotsuyama
6 6
30   Masahisa Nakada Ret 8 3
30   Akira Nagai 8 3
32   Atsushi Hayakawa
  Nobuhiro Yoshida
10 Ret 1
NC   Kazuhiro Koizumi 5 0
NC   Toshio Fukushima
  Tetsuya Kawasaki
Ret Ret Ret Ret 0
NC   Katsuya Makiguchi
  Hideo Fukuyama
Ret 0
NC   Mamoru Suzuki Ret 0
Rank Driver SUZ
 
FUJ
 
SEN
 
FUJ
 
SUG
 
MIN
 
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

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

Rank Team No. SUZ
 
FUJ
 
SEN
 
FUJ
 
SUG
 
MIN
 
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
 
FUJ
 
SEN
 
FUJ
 
SUG
 
MIN
 
PTS

Notes

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

References

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