1994 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship

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 RoundsCalsonic Hoshino RacingNissanNissan Skyline GT-RNissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I61 Masahiko KageyamaAllTeam ZexelJohnson NISMONissanNissan Skyline GT-RNissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I62 Toshio SuzukiAll10 Akira IidaAll Eiji Yamada1-2Hasemi MotorsportNissanNissan Skyline GT-RNissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I63 Masahiro HasemiAllBLITZ Racing TeamToyotaToyota SupraToyota 2JZ-GTE 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 (Rd. 1-2)Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 (Rd. 5)5 Hideo Fukuyama1-2 Tom Kristensen5acom Racing Team NOVAPorschePorsche 964 RSRPorsche M64/04 3.8 L F69 Mauro MartiniAllHunter RacingPorschePorsche 964 Turbo Porsche M64/50 3.6 L Turbo F611 Hiroyuki Yoshimoto3-4 Hiroaki Sano3-4MooncraftNissanNissan SilviaNissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I414 Naoki HattoriAll Takashi Ohi1, 4-5Racing Team NakaharuNissanNissan Skyline GT-RNissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I624 Seiichi SodeyamaAll Shinichi YamajiAllTeam LeMansNissanNissan Fairlady ZNissan VQ30DE 3.0 L V625 Masami Kageyama1-2 Akira Ishikawa2Nissan Fairlady Z LMNissan VH45DE 4.5 L V8 Akira Ishikawa3-4 Richard Dean3 Masami Kageyama4-5ROSS CompetitionLanciaLancia 037Lancia 232AR4 2.0 L supercharged I427 Naohiro Furuya3Max Try RacingNissanNissan Skyline GT-RNissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I632 Shigeru Oyama3 Nobuyuki Maehara3Team TaisanFerrariFerrari F40 LMFerrari F120B 2.9 L Twin Turbo V834 Keiichi Suzuki5 Hideshi Matsuda540 Tetsuya OtaAll Keiichi Suzuki1, 3 Anthony Reid2, 4 Oscar Larrauri5PorschePorsche 962CPorsche 962/83 3.2 L Twin Turbo F635 Anthony Reid3, 5 Masahiko Kondo3, 550 Anthony Reid1 Kazuo Mogi1Shift PointToyotaToyota SupraToyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I437 Hidehiro Mochizuki1 Akira Ishikawa1Toyota Team SARDToyotaToyota SupraToyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I439 Jeff Krosnoff4-5Belldeer CooperationNissanNissan Skyline GT-RNissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I677 Katsuhiko Okamoto1 Shinjiro Fukami1KEN WOLF with Terai EngineeringLamborghiniLamborghini Countach 25th AnniversaryLamborghini L507 V4 5.2 L V1288 Satoshi IzekawaAll Takao WadaAllTeam KunimitsuPorschePorsche 993 RSR TurboPorsche M64/60 3.8 L Turbo F6100 Kunimitsu Takahashi3-5 Keiichi Tsuchiya3-5

GT2 Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre RoundsHunter RacingPorschePorsche 964 TurboPorsche M64/50 3.6 L Turbo F611 Hiroyuki Yoshimoto1 Masahiro Hayashi1KK ScuderiaMazdaMazda RX-7 (FC3S)Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor12 Tetsuya Kawasaki2, 4 Toshio Fukushima3-4Dandelion RacingNissanNissan Skyline GTS-R (R32)Nissan RB20DET 2.0 L Turbo I622 Katsuo Mizunuma3-5 Tsuyoshi Sunaga3-4 Mitsuo Akimoto5NAC WESTNissanNissan Skyline RS (R30)Nissan FJ20DET 2.0 L Turbo I426 Masanori Sugiyama3 Takuya Kurosawa3Korg Kegani RacingPorschePorsche 964 Carrera RS Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F629 Sakae ObataAll Hideo UeharaAllAmuze RacingMazdaMazda RX-7 (FC3S)Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor33 Atsushi Hayakawa1, 3 Tetsuji Shiratori1, 3Osuka RacingPorschePorsche 964 TurboPorsche M64/50 3.6 L Turbo F652 Morio Nitta4 Tsugutoshi Goto4Tomei SportsPorschePorsche 964 Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F655 Kohichi Kashiwabara3-5 Masahiro Hayashi3-4Yoshimi IshibashiNissanNissan Skyline GTS-R (HR31) Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I470 Yoshimi IshibashiAll Hiroyasu Aoyagi1 Fuminori Mizuno2-5Makiguchi EngineeringBMWBMW M3 (E30) BMW S14 2.5 L I472 Norio Makiguchi4-5 Hideshi Matsuda4 Yukio Okamoto5

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 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

RankDriverFUJSENFUJSUGMINPTS1 Masahiko Kageyama12244702 Masahiro Hasemi61435563 Seiichi Sodeyama Shinichi Yamaji24556475 Anthony ReidNC31Ret3446 Tetsuya Ota333Ret1397 Keiichi Tsuchiya Kunimitsu TakahashiRet12359 Masahiko Kondo133210 Toshio SuzukiRet662Ret2711 Keiichi Suzuki3342712 Oscar Larrauri12013 Akira IidaRet58691914 Naoki Hattori410Ret8Ret14 Takashi Ohi16 Mauro Martini5Ret710Ret1317 Masami KageyamaRet9771018 Eiji YamadaRet5819 Akira IshikawaRet9117620 Hideo Fukuyama Ret7421 Satoshi Ikezawa Takao WadaNC8Ret11Ret321 Hideshi Matsuda8324 Naohiro Furuya 9224 Hiroyuki Yoshimoto Hiroaki SanoRet9227 Shigeru Ohyama Nobufumi Maehara10127 Jeff KrosnoffRet101NC Richard Dean110NC Tom Kristensen110NC Kazuo MogiNC0NC Hidehiro MochizukiRet0NC Katsuhiko Okamoto Shinjiro FukamiDNS0RankDriverFUJSENFUJSUGMINPTS

GT1 Teams' standings For teams that entered multiple cars, only the best result from each round counted towards the teams' championship. RankTeamNo.FUJSENFUJSUGMINPTS 1 Calsonic Hoshino Racing 112244 702 Team Taisan 34864 40333Ret1 50/35NC13 3 Hasemi Motorsports 361435 564 Racing Team Nakaharu 242455647 5 Team Kunimitsu 100Ret12 35 5 Team Zexel 2Ret662Ret 27 6 Johnson NISMO 10Ret5869 19 7 Mooncraft 14410Ret8Ret 14 8 acom Racing Team NOVA 95Ret710Ret 13 9 Team LeMans 25Ret91177 10 10 BLITZ Racing Team 5Ret711 4 11 KEN WOLF with Terai Engineering 88NC8Ret11Ret 3 12 ROSS Competition 279 213 Hunter Racing 11Ret9 2 14 Max Try Racing 3210 1 - Toyota Team SARD 39Ret10 0 - Shift Point 37Ret 0- Belldeer Cooperation77 DNS0RankTeamNo.FUJSENFUJSUGMINPTS

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

RankDriverFUJSENFUJSUGMINPTS1 Sakae Obata11252802 Yoshimo Ishibashi23134693 Hideo Uehara11252654 Mizuno Fuminori3134545 Tetsuya Kawasaki21355 Norio Makiguchi21357 Koichi Kashiwabara373307 Masahiro Hayashi337309 Toshihiro Fukushima512810 Yukihiro Yoshimoto3?2711 Yukio Okamoto12012 Hiroaki Aoyagi21512 Hideshi Matsuda2 1514 Tetsuji Shiratori Atsushi Hayakawa4Ret91316 Masanori Sugiyama Takuya Kurosawa41018 Morio Nitta Goto Tsugutoshi6820 Katsuo MizunumaRet8Ret420 Tsuyoshi SunagaRet84RankDriverFUJSENFUJSUGMINPTS

GT2 Teams' standings For teams that entered multiple cars, only the best result from each round counted towards the teams' championship. RankTeamNo.FUJSENFUJSUGMINPTS 1 Korg Kegani Racing 2911252 802 Yoshimi Ishibashi 7023134693 KK Scuderia 12251434 Makiguchi Engineering 722135 5 Tomei Sports 55373 306 Amuze Racing 334Ret913 7 Hunter Racing 113 12 8 NAC WEST 264 10 9 Osuka Racing 526 8 10 Dandelion Racing 22Ret8Ret 4RankTeamNo.FUJSENFUJSUGMINPTS

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 (archived from the original) 1994 season results