1994 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship

1994 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship

GT1 Drivers' Champion:
Masahiko Kageyama
GT1 Teams' Champion:
Calsonic Hoshino Racing
GT2 Drivers' Champion:
Sakae Obata
GT2 Teams' Champion:
Korg Kegama Racing

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1993

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1995

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	Fuji Speedway	May 1
2	HiLand GT&F3 Race	Sendai Hi-Land Raceway	June 12
3	Japan Special GT-Cup	Fuji Speedway	August 14
4	SUGO GT&F3	Sportsland SUGO	September 11
5	Sanyo Shinpan Cup Grand Touring Car Endurance Race	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	Masahiko Kageyama	B	All
Team Zexel Johnson NISMO	Nissan	Nissan Skyline GT-R	Nissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I6	2	Toshio Suzuki	B	All
				10	Akira Iida	B	All
					Eiji Yamada		1-2
Hasemi Motorsport	Nissan	Nissan Skyline GT-R	Nissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I6	3	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	Hideo Fukuyama	D	1-2
					Tom Kristensen		5
acom Racing Team NOVA	Porsche	Porsche 964 RSR	Porsche M64/04 3.8 L F6	9	Mauro Martini	B	All
Hunter Racing	Porsche	Porsche 964 Turbo	Porsche M64/50 3.6 L Turbo F6	11	Hiroyuki Yoshimoto	B	3-4
					Hiroaki Sano		3-4
Mooncraft	Nissan	Nissan Silvia	Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4	14	Naoki Hattori	B	All
					Takashi Ohi		1, 4-5
Racing Team Nakaharu	Nissan	Nissan Skyline GT-R	Nissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I6	24	Seiichi Sodeyama	B	All
					Shinichi Yamaji		All
Team LeMans	Nissan	Nissan Fairlady Z	Nissan VQ30DE 3.0 L V6	25	Masami Kageyama	B	1-2
					Akira Ishikawa		2
		Nissan Fairlady Z LM	Nissan VH45DE 4.5 L V8		Akira Ishikawa		3-4
					Richard Dean		3
					Masami Kageyama		4-5
ROSS Competition	Lancia	Lancia 037	Lancia 232AR4 2.0 L supercharged I4	27	Naohiro Furuya	G	3
Max Try Racing	Nissan	Nissan Skyline GT-R	Nissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I6	32	Shigeru Oyama	Y	3
					Nobuyuki Maehara		3
Team Taisan	Ferrari	Ferrari F40 LM	Ferrari F120B 2.9 L Twin Turbo V8	34	Keiichi Suzuki	Y	5
					Hideshi Matsuda		5
				40	Tetsuya Ota		All
					Keiichi Suzuki		1, 3
					Anthony Reid		2, 4
					Oscar Larrauri		5
	Porsche	Porsche 962C	Porsche 962/83 3.2 L Twin Turbo F6	35	Anthony Reid		3, 5
					Masahiko Kondo		3, 5
				50	Anthony Reid		1
					Kazuo Mogi		1
Shift Point	Toyota	Toyota Supra	Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4	37	Hidehiro Mochizuki	T	1
					Akira Ishikawa		1
Toyota Team SARD	Toyota	Toyota Supra	Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4	39	Jeff Krosnoff	M	4-5
Belldeer Cooperation	Nissan	Nissan Skyline GT-R	Nissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I6	77	Katsuhiko Okamoto	B	1
					Shinjiro Fukami		1
KEN WOLF with Terai Engineering	Lamborghini	Lamborghini Countach 25th Anniversary	Lamborghini L507 V4 5.2 L V12	88	Satoshi Izekawa	Y	All
					Takao Wada		All
Team Kunimitsu	Porsche	Porsche 993 RSR Turbo	Porsche M64/60 3.8 L Turbo F6	100	Kunimitsu Takahashi	Y	3-5
					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	Hiroyuki Yoshimoto	B	1
					Masahiro Hayashi		1
KK Scuderia	Mazda	Mazda RX-7 (FC3S)	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	12	Tetsuya Kawasaki	D	2, 4
					Toshio Fukushima		3-4
Dandelion Racing	Nissan	Nissan Skyline GTS-R (R32)	Nissan RB20DET 2.0 L Turbo I6	22	Katsuo Mizunuma	Y	3-5
					Tsuyoshi Sunaga		3-4
					Mitsuo Akimoto		5
NAC WEST	Nissan	Nissan Skyline RS (R30)	Nissan FJ20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4	26	Masanori Sugiyama	Y	3
					Takuya Kurosawa		3
Korg Kegani Racing	Porsche	Porsche 964 Carrera RS	Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6	29	Sakae Obata	B	All
					Hideo Uehara		All
Amuze Racing	Mazda	Mazda RX-7 (FC3S)	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	33	Atsushi Hayakawa	D	1, 3
					Tetsuji Shiratori		1, 3
Osuka Racing	Porsche	Porsche 964 Turbo	Porsche M64/50 3.6 L Turbo F6	52	Morio Nitta	B	4
					Tsugutoshi Goto		4
Tomei Sports	Porsche	Porsche 964	Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6	55	Kohichi Kashiwabara	B	3-5
					Masahiro Hayashi		3-4
Yoshimi Ishibashi	Nissan	Nissan Skyline GTS-R (HR31)	Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4	70	Yoshimi Ishibashi	Y	All
					Hiroyasu Aoyagi		1
					Fuminori Mizuno		2-5
Makiguchi Engineering	BMW	BMW M3 (E30)	BMW S14 2.5 L I4	72	Norio Makiguchi	Y	4-5
					Hideshi Matsuda		4
					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
		Masahiko Kageyama	Sakae Obata Hideo Uehara
2	Sendai	#3 Hasemi Motorsports GT-R	#29 Korg Kegani Racing Porsche 964
		Masahiro Hasemi	Sakae Obata Hideo Uehara
3	Mt. Fuji	#35 Team Taisan Porsche 962C	#70 Yoshimi Ishibashi Nissan Skyline
		Anthony Reid Masahiko Kondo	Yoshimi Ishibashi Fumimori Mizuno
4	Sportsland SUGO	#100 Team Kunimitsu Porsche 993	#12 KK Scuderia Mazda RX-7
		Keiichi Tsuchiya Kunimitsu Takahashi	Toshihiro Fukushima Tetsuya Kawasaki
5	Mine Circuit	#40 Team Taisan Ferrari F40	#72 Makiguchi Engineering BMW M3
		Tetsuya Ota[1] Oscar Larrauri	Norio Makiguchi Yukio Okamoto

Point Ranking

Source:

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

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

Rank	Team	No.	FUJ	SEN	FUJ	SUG	MIN	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	SEN	FUJ	SUG	MIN	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 SEN FUJ SUG MIN PTS 1 Sakae Obata 1 1 2 5 2 80 2 Yoshimo Ishibashi 2 3 1 3 4 69 3 Hideo Uehara 1 1 2 5 2 65 4 Mizuno Fuminori 3 1 3 4 54 5 Tetsuya Kawasaki 2 1 35 5 Norio Makiguchi 2 1 35 7 Koichi Kashiwabara 3 7 3 30 7 Masahiro Hayashi 3 3 7 30 9 Toshihiro Fukushima 5 1 28 10 Yukihiro Yoshimoto 3 ? 27 11 Yukio Okamoto 1 20 12 Hiroaki Aoyagi 2 15 12 Hideshi Matsuda 2 15 14 Tetsuji Shiratori Atsushi Hayakawa 4 Ret 9 13 16 Masanori Sugiyama Takuya Kurosawa 4 10 18 Morio Nitta Goto Tsugutoshi 6 8 20 Katsuo Mizunuma Ret 8 Ret 4 20 Tsuyoshi Sunaga Ret 8 4 Rank Driver 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

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

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

Notes

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

See also

• Super GT
• Japanese Touring Car Championship

References

• Super GT/JGTC official race archive (in Japanese) (archived from the original)
• 1994 season results