The 1998 Japanese Touring Car Championship was the 14th and final edition of the series. It began at Fuji Speedway on 5 April and finished after seven events, also at Fuji Speedway on 8 November. Masanori Sekiya won the championship for the second time, driving for Toyota Team TOM's.
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Teams & Drivers Team Car No. Drivers Rounds Object T Toyota Corona EXiV 11 Tatsuya Tanigawa 1 Akihiko Nakaya 3–7 Racing Project Bandoh Toyota Corona EXiV 19 Katsutomo Kaneishi All Tsuchiya Engineering Toyota Corona EXiV 24 Takeshi Tsuchiya All Toyota Chaser 25 Keiichi Tsuchiya All Toyota Team TOM's Toyota Chaser 36 Kelvin Burt All 37 Masanori Sekiya All Toyota Team Cerumo Toyota Chaser 38 Yuji Tachikawa All 39 Hironori Takeuchi All SYMS Racing Subaru Impreza Sport Wagon 66 Hideshi Matsuda 1 Sebastián Martino 2–3 Dandelion Racing Toyota Corona EXiV 68 Rubén Derfler All
Calendar Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning teamRef 1 R1 Fuji Speedway, Shizuoka 5 April Katsutomo Kaneishi Masanori Sekiya Hironori Takeuchi Toyota Team Cerumo R2 Katsutomo Kaneishi Katsutomo Kaneishi Racing Project Bandoh 2 R3 Twin Ring Motegi, Tochigi 10 May Masanori Sekiya Hironori Takeuchi Masanori Sekiya Toyota Team TOM's 3 R4 Sportsland SUGO, Miyagi 24 May Masanori Sekiya Masanori Sekiya Masanori Sekiya Toyota Team TOM's R5 Kelvin Burt Kelvin Burt Toyota Team TOM's 4 R6 Suzuka Circuit, Mie 21 June Hironori Takeuchi Masanori Sekiya Katsutomo Kaneishi Racing Project Bandoh R7 Kelvin Burt Masanori Sekiya Toyota Team TOM's 5 R8 Mine Central Circuit, Yamaguchi 26 July Masanori Sekiya Masanori Sekiya Masanori Sekiya Toyota Team TOM's R9 Yuji Tachikawa Masanori Sekiya Toyota Team TOM's 6 R10 TI Circuit Aida, Okayama 16 August Masanori Sekiya Katsutomo Kaneishi Masanori Sekiya Toyota Team TOM's 7 R11 Fuji Speedway, Shizuoka 8 November Katsutomo Kaneishi Katsutomo Kaneishi Katsutomo Kaneishi Racing Project Bandoh
Championship Standings Pos Driver FUJ MOT SUG SUZ MIN AID FUJ Pts 1 Masanori Sekiya 8 2 1 1 3 4 1 1 1 1 7 128 2 Katsutomo Kaneishi Ret 1 6 3 Ret 1 2 3 2 Ret 1 108 3 Hironori Takeuchi 1 6 4 2 2 3 3 2 Ret 7 5 100 4 Yuji Tachikawa 7 3 2 6 4 2 Ret 5 3 3 4 100 5 Kelvin Burt 6 4 5 4 1 Ret Ret 9 4 2 Ret 86 6 Takeshi Tsuchiya 2 5 3 Ret 7 5 5 4 Ret 5 Ret 78 7 Keiichi Tsuchiya 3 8 7 5 6 Ret 4 8 5 4 3 63 8 Rubén Derfler 4 Ret 8 Ret 5 6 Ret 6 6 5 2 62 9 Akihiko Nakaya Ret Ret Ret 6 7 Ret 8 6 32 10 Tatsuya Tanigawa 5 7 14 11 Hideshi Matsuda 9 9 5 12 Sebastián Martino 9 DNS DNS 4 Pos Driver FUJ MOT SUG SUZ MIN AID FUJ PtsBold - Pole Italics - Fastest lap
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