The 1999 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship was the seventh season of Japan Automobile Federation GT premiere racing. It was marked as well as the seventeenth season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The GT500 class champion of that season was the Pennzoil Nismo GT-R driven by Érik Comas and Satoshi Motoyama and the GT300 class champion was the MOMOCORSE A'PEX MR2 driven by Morio Nitta and Shinichi Takagi. Both Comas and Nitta won their respective driver's title on their own since Motoyama and Takagi missed a round each; Motoyama skipped the second round at Fuji because he was participating in the pre-qualifying session of that year's 24 Hours of Le Mans while Takagi missed the first round at Suzuka because he was in the United States on a bid to find a seat in Indy Lights.
The season was marred by the death of reigning GT300 Champion, Shingo Tachi, in a pre-season testing crash at TI Circuit Aida on March 11, 1999. Tachi was to drive the number 6 Esso Toyota Supra for Toyota Team LeMans. Kunimitsu Takahashi retired from his racing career at the end of the season at aged 59.
Drivers and teams GT500 Team Make Car Engine Drivers Tyre Rounds Pennzoil Nismo GT-R Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R (R34) Nissan RB26DETT 2.7 L Twin Turbo I6 1 Érik Comas All Satoshi Motoyama 1, 3–7, NC Anders Olofsson 2ARTA Zexel Skyline/NismoNissanNissan Skyline GT-R (R34)Nissan RB26DETT 2.7 L Twin Turbo I6 2 Aguri Suzuki All Michael Krumm 1, 3–7, NC Armin Hahne 2 Hasemi Motorsport Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R (R33) Nissan RB26DETT 2.7 L Twin Turbo I6 3 Masahiro Hasemi All Tetsuya Tanaka All Esso Toyota Team LeMans Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 6 Wayne Gardner 2–7, NC Hideki Noda 2–7, NC Endless Sports Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R (R33) Nissan RB26DETT 2.7 L Twin Turbo I6 11 Takao Wada 1–3, 5 Mitsuhiro Kinoshita 1–3, 5 Calsonic Team Impul Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R (R34) Nissan RB26DETT 2.7 L Twin Turbo I6 12 Kazuyoshi Hoshino All Masami Kageyama All Castrol Mugen NSX/Mugen x Dome Project Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 16 Ryō Michigami All Osamu Nakako AllTakata Dome NSX/Mugen x Dome ProjectHondaHonda NSXHonda C32B 3.5 L V6 18 Katsutomo Kaneishi All Juichi Wakisaka All Team Take One McLaren McLaren F1 GTR BMW S70/2 6.0 L V12 30 Hideki Okada All Yoji Yamada All Toyota Team Cerumo Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 32 Masahiko Kondo All Takayuki Kinoshita All 38 Yuji Tachikawa All Hironori Takeuchi All Toyota Team TOM'S Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 35 Shinichi Yamaji All Pierre-Henri Raphanel All 36 Masanori Sekiya All Takuya Kurosawa All 37 Toshio Suzuki All Ukyo Katayama 1, 3–7, NC Darren Manning 2 Denso Toyota Team SARD Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 39 Keiichi Tsuchiya All Masahiko Kageyama All Team Taisan Advan Dodge Dodge Viper GTS-R Dodge EWB 8.0 L V10 55 Eiichi Tajima 1–2, 4, NC Hideshi Matsuda 1–2, 4 Dominik Schwager 3 Yasuyuki Honjo NC Mobil 1 Nakajima Racing Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 64 Tom Coronel All Koji Yamanishi 1–4 Hidetoshi Mitsusada 5–7, NC JLOC Lamborghini Lamborghini Diablo GT-1 Lamborghini L532 6.0 L V12 88 Naohiro Furuya All Hisashi Wada All Raybrig Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 100 Kunimitsu Takahashi All Akira Iida All
GT300 Team Make Car Engine Drivers Tyre Rounds RE Amemiya Racing Mazda Mazda RX-7 Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor 7 Tetsuya Yamano All Haruhiko Matsumoto All Team Daikokuya Porsche Porsche 993 RSR Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6 9 Teruyuki Tokada 1, 3, 5 Yukihiro Hane 1, 3, 5 99 Akira Yoshitomi All Tsunefumi Hioki 1–2, 4–7 Kiichi Takahashi 3 Ability Motorsport Porsche Porsche 993 GT2 Porsche M64/82 3.6 L Turbo F6 10 Yasutaka Hinoi All Hidehiko Aso All Alta Racing Team Nissan Nissan Silvia (S14) Nissan SR20DET 2.1 L Turbo I4 14 Tetsuo Kozai 1–3, 5, 7 Nobuo Komiya 1–3, 5, 7 Nismo Nissan Nissan Silvia (S15) Nissan SR20DET 2.1 L Turbo I4 15 Takeshi Tsuchiya All Yuji Ide All Racing Project Bandoh Toyota Toyota Celica Toyota 3S-GE 2.0 L I4 19 Manabu Orido All Takahiro Hara All TOM'S Spirit Toyota Toyota Celica Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 20 Masahiro Matsunaga 2, 4–7 Yasuhisa Fujiwara 2, 4 Kumi Sato 5–7 Hitotsuyama Racing BMW BMW M3 (E36) BMW S14 2.2 L Turbo I4 21 Daisuke Itō All Yasushi Hitotsuyama 1–3, 5 Mikio Hitotsuyama 4, 6–7 Hirano Motorsport Nissan Nissan Skyline GTS-i (R32) Nissan RB20DETT 2.0 L Twin Turbo I6 24 Toshiyuki Hirano 2, 5 Teruhiko Someba 2, 5 Momo Corse Racing Team with Tsuchiya Toyota Toyota MR2 Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 25 Morio Nitta All Yasushi Kikuchi 1 Shinichi Takagi 2–7, NC Team Taisan Porsche Porsche 993 GT3-R (Rd. 1–4)Porsche 996 GT3-R (Rd. 5–7) Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 26 Hiroaki Suga 1–4 Dilantha Malagamuwa 2–3 Dominik Schwager 4–7, NC Hideshi Matsuda 5–7, NC Tomohiko Sunako 1 Porsche 993 GT3-R Porsche M64/75 3.6 L F6 55 Hiroaki Suga 5–7 Eiichi Tajima 5–7 Team Taeivon Ralliart Mitsubishi Mitsubishi FTO Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0 L Turbo I4 61 Ralph Firman All Akihiko Nakaya 1, 3–7 Rubén Derfler 2 Team Gaikokuya Porsche Porsche 993 GT2 Porsche M64/82 3.6 L Turbo F6 70 Yoshimi Ishibashi All Patrick van Schoote 1, 5, 7 Kaoru Hoshino 2, 6 Hiroshi Sakai 3–4 SigmaTec Racing Team Porsche Porsche 993 GT2 Porsche M64/82 3.6 L Turbo F6 71 Masaki Jyonai All Naohiro Kawano All Okura Rotary Racing Mazda Mazda RX-7 Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor 72 Akira Ishikawa All Koh Hirano All Cusco Racing Subaru Subaru Impreza WRX STI Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4 77 Katsuo Kobayashi All Tatsuya Tanigawa All Team Daishin Nissan Nissan Silvia (S15) Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 81 Hideo Fukuyama All Nobuyuki Ohyagi All I.A. Tec Racing Team Nissan Nissan Silvia (S14) Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 84 Seiichi Sodeyama 2, 5–7 Yoshikuni Nakamura 2, 5–7 KRAFT Toyota Toyota Corolla Sprinter Trueno (AE86) Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 86 Minoru Tanaka 2–7 Eiki Amemiya 2–7 Team Gainer Ferrari Ferrari F355 GT Ferrari F129B 3.5 L V8 111 Junichi Ikura 2, 5–7 Yusei Maki 2, 5–7 Club: Yellow Magic Ferrari Ferrari F355 GT Ferrari F129B 3.6 L V8 355 Taki Inoue 2–3, 5, 7 Tsuyoshi Takahashi 2–3, 5, 7 910 Racing Porsche Porsche 993 RSR Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6 910 Atsushi Yogo 1–3, 5–7 Hideyuki Tamamoto 1–3 Dilantha Malagamuwa 5–6 Tomohiko Sunako 7 911 Masamitsu Ishihara 5 Hiroyuki Noji 5
Schedule Round Race Circuit Date 1 Suzuka GT 300 Suzuka Circuit March 21 2 All Japan Fuji GT Race Fuji Speedway May 2 3 SUGO GT Championship Sportsland SUGO May 30 4 CP Mine GT Race Mine Circuit July 11 5 JPN Special GT Cup Fuji Speedway August 8 6 GT Championship in TI TI Circuit September 26 7 Motegi GT Championship Race Twin Ring Motegi October 24 NC Nicos Cup GT AllStar Autopolis November 28
Season results Round Circuit GT500 Winning Team GT300 Winning Team GT500 Winning Drivers GT300 Winning Drivers 1 Suzuka #18 Takata Honda NSX #19 Racing Project Bandoh Toyota Celica Juichi Wakisaka Katsutomo Kaneishi Takahiko Hara Manabu Orido 2 Mt. Fuji #100 Raybrig Honda NSX #25 MOMOCORSE A'PEX Toyota MR2 Kunimitsu Takahashi Akira Iida Shinichi Takagi Morio Nitta 3 Sportsland SUGO #36 Castrol TOM'S Toyota Supra #15 Xanavi ARTA Nissan Silvia Takuya Kurosawa Masanori Sekiya Yuji Ide Takeshi Tsuchiya 4 Mine Circuit #1 Pennzoil Nissan Skyline GT-R #15 Xanavi ARTA Nissan Silvia Satoshi Motoyama Érik Comas Yuji Ide Takeshi Tsuchiya 5 Mt. Fuji #6 ESSO Team LeMans Toyota Supra #26 STP Advan Taisan Porsche 911 GT3 R Hideki Noda Wayne Gardner Hideshi Matsuda Dominik Schwager 6 TI Circuit #64 Mobil 1 Honda NSX #15 Xanavi ARTA Nissan Silvia Hidetoshi Mitsusada Tom Coronel Yuji Ide Takeshi Tsuchiya 7 Twin Ring Motegi #36 Castrol TOM'S Toyota Supra #26 STP Advan Taisan Porsche 911 GT3 R Takuya Kurosawa Masanori Sekiya Hideshi Matsuda Dominik Schwager NC Autopolis #64 Mobil 1 Honda NSX #77 Cusco Subaru Impreza Hidetoshi Mitsusada Tom Coronel Tatsuya Tanigawa Katsuo Kobayashi
Point Ranking
GT500
Drivers Rank No. Driver SUZ FUJ SUG MIN FUJ TAI MOT AUT Pts. 1 1 Érik Comas 2 5 6 1 3 7 3 4 77 2 36 Takuya Kurosawa Masanori Sekiya 4 9 1 10 4 4 1 6 73 3 1 Satoshi Motoyama 2 6 1 3 7 3 4 69 4 18 Juichi Wakisaka Katsutomo Kaneishi 119Ret18Ret 11 2 316Ret Ret 47 5 64 Tom Coronel 11 14 416Ret 8 1 51 41 6 2 Aguri Suzuki 5 11 9 12 12 2 2 3 40 6 2 Michael Krumm 5 9 12 12 2 2 3 40 8 12 Kazuyoshi Hoshino Masami Kageyama 10 3 5 6 5 10 7 11 40 9 37 Toshio Suzuki 3 4 11 2 15 15 10 Ret 38 10 16 Osamu Nakako Ryō Michigami 14 12 3 3 9 16 45 36 11 100 Kunimitsu Takahashi Akira Iida18Ret 1 13 15 7 5 9 2 34 12 6 Hideki Noda Wayne Gardner 8 16 5 1 9 13 15 33 13 64 Hidetoshi Mitsusada 8 1 51 31 14 38 Hironori Takeuchi Yuji Tachikawa 7 217Ret 8 6 8 12 7 31 15 37 Ukyo Katayama 3 11 2 15 15 10 Ret 28 16 35 Pierre-Henri Raphanel Shinichi Yamaji 1316Ret 2 14 13 6 6 27 17 3 Masahiro Hasemi Tetsuya Tanaka 6 7 7 4 11 12 8 9 27 18 32 Takayuki Kinoshita Masahiko Kondo 8 6 817Ret18Ret 11 15 8 12 19 64 Koji Yamanishi 11 14 416Ret 10 19 37 Darren Manning 4 10 21 1 Anders Olofsson 5 8 22 39 Keiichi Tsuchiya Masahiko Kageyama 16 1519Ret 7 10 1317Ret 13 5 23 30 Yoji Yamada Hideki Okada 1718Ret 12 9 14 14 11 14 2 23 55 Eiichi Tajima 9 13 15 13 10 2 23 55 Hideshi Matsuda 9 13 13 2 27 11 Takao Wada Mitsuhiro Kinoshita 12 10 10 16 228 2 Armin Hahne 11 029 88 Hisashi Wada Naohiro Furuya 1517Ret 1418Ret 1717Ret 14 12 030 55 Dominik Schwager 15 031 55 Motoyuki Yasuyuki 10 0RankNo.DriverSUZFUJSUGMINFUJTAIMOTAUTPts.
Teams' standings For teams that entered multiple cars, only the best result from each round counted towards the teams' championship. RankTeamNo.SUZFUJSUGMINFUJTAIMOTAUTPts. 1 Toyota Castrol Team TOM'S 36491104416 97 3734112151510Ret 2 Nismo 125613734 91 251191212223 3 Mugen x Dome Project 1614123391645 81 181RetRet1123RetRet 4 Mobil 1 Nakajima Racing 6411144Ret8151 41 5 Team Impul 1210356510711 40 6 Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft 100Ret113157592 34 7 Esso Ultron Toyota Team LeMans 6DNP8165191315 33 8 Toyota Team Cerumo 3872Ret868127 31 9 MatsumotoKiyoshi Team TOM'S 3513Ret2141366 27 10 Hasemi Motorsports 36774111289 27 11 cdma One Toyota Team Cerumo with Key's 32868RetRet11158 12 12 Toyota Team SARD 391615Ret71013Ret13 513 Team Taisan Advan 55913151310 2 14 Team Take One 3017Ret12914141114 2 15 Endless Sports 1112101016 2 - JLOC 8815Ret14Ret17Ret1412 0RankTeamNo.SUZFUJSUGMINFUJTAIMOTAUTPTS
GT300 Drivers' championship