The 2000 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship was the eighth season of Japan Automobile Federation GT premiere racing. It was marked as well as the eighteenth season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The GT500 class drivers' champion of 2000 was Ryō Michigami driving the No. 16 Castrol Mugen Honda NSX, with Mugen x Dome Project winning the teams' championship. The GT300 class drivers' champion was the No. 26 Advan Team Taisan Jr Porsche 996 driven by Hideo Fukuyama.
This season marked the first of several instances where the series champion had not won a single race throughout the season, with Michigami scoring four second places as the season champion's best finish. This phenomenon would occur again in 2001 (in GT500 only) and 2003 (in both GT500 and GT300).
Drivers and teams
GT500 Team Make Car Engine Drivers Tyre Rounds Nismo Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R Nissan RB26DETT 2.7 L Twin Turbo I6 1 Érik Comas All Masami Kageyama All 2 Michael Krumm All Yuji Ide 1 Ukyo Katayama 2–7, NC Hasemi Motorsport Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R 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 All Hideki Noda All Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 8 Aguri Suzuki All Keiichi Tsuchiya All Calsonic Team Impul Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R Nissan RB26DETT 2.7 L Twin Turbo I6 12 Kazuyoshi Hoshino All Satoshi Motoyama All Team Sri Lanka RGS RGS Mirage GT1 Chevrolet LS1 6.7 L V8 15 Dilantha Malagamuwa 4, 6 Hideyuki Tamamoto 4, 6 69 Dilantha Malagamuwa 2–3 Steve Young 2 Hideyuki Tamamoto 3 Mugen x Dome Project Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 16 Ryō Michigami All Osamu Nakako 1–4, NC Hidetoshi Mitsusada 5–7 18 Katsutomo Kaneishi All Juichi Wakisaka All Hitotsuyama Racing McLaren McLaren F1 GTR BMW S70/2 6.0 L V12 21 Akihiko Nakaya 1–7 Mikio Hitotsuyama 1–3, 5–7 Yasushi Hitotsuyama 4 Tsuchiya Engineering Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 25 Mitsuhiro Kinoshita All Manabu Orido All Team Take One McLaren McLaren F1 GTR BMW S70/2 6.0 L V12 30 Hideki Okada 1–7 Yoji Yamada 1–4 Tsugio Matsuda 5–7 Toyota Team Cerumo Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 32 Masahiko Kondo All Takayuki Kinoshita 1–7 Yuji Tachikawa NC 38 Yuji Tachikawa 1–7 Hironori Takeuchi 1–7 Toyota Team TOM'S Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 35 Shinichi Yamaji 1–7 Pierre-Henri Raphanel 1–7 36 Masanori Sekiya All Takeshi Tsuchiya All 37 Seiji Ara All Toshio Suzuki 1–7 Shinichi Yamaji NC Denso Toyota Team SARD Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 39 Ralph Firman All Masahiko Kageyama All Team Taisan Advan Chrysler Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler EWB 8.0 L V10 55 Hiroaki Suga 1–2 Shinsuke Shibahara 1–2 Eiji Yamada 4–5, NC Takahide Tasaki 4–5 Dilantha Malagamuwa NC Mobil 1 Nakajima Racing Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 64 Daisuke Ito All Dominik Schwager All JLOC Lamborghini Lamborghini Diablo GT-1 Lamborghini L532 6.0 L V12 88 Naohiro Furuya All Tsuyoshi Takahashi All Raybrig Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 100 Akira Iida All Naoki Hattori All
GT300 Team Make Car Engine Drivers Tyre Rounds Porsche Club Malaysia Porsche Porsche 993 RS Porsche M64/60 3.6 L Turbo F6 5 Key Soon Yue NC Ila Ridak NC 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 Tsunefumi Hioki 1–2, 4–5, 7 Shuroku Sasaki 1 Yukihiro Hane 2, 5 Akira Watanabe 4, 7 27 Kota Sasaki 1 Seigo Nishizawa 1 Akira Hirakawa 5 Toshihide Hashimura 5 Ability Motorsport Porsche Porsche 993 GT2 Porsche M64/82 3.6 L Turbo F6 10 Yasutaka Hinoi 1–4 Yutaka Yamagishi 1–4 11 Kengo Kitaura 1–5, 7 Hikaru Miyagi 1–4 Yasutaka Hinoi 5–7 Jun Kinoshita 6 Racing Project Bandoh Toyota Toyota Celica Toyota 3S-GE 2.0 L I4 19 Shigekazu Wakisaka All Takahiro Hara All TOM'S Spirit Toyota Toyota MR-S Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 20 Masahiro Matsunaga 4–7 Kumi Sato 4–7 MTCI Racing Team Porsche Porsche 986 Boxster Porsche M64/75 3.6 L F6 24 Kazuyuki Nishizawa All Marco Apicella All Team Taisan Porsche Porsche 996 GT3-R Porsche M64/75 3.6 L F6 26 Hideshi Matsuda All Hideo Fukuyama All Atsushi Yogo NC 28 Hiroaki Suga All Shinsuke Shibahara All Chrysler Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler EWB 8.0 L V10 55 Eiji Yamada 6–7 Takahide Tasaki 6–7 Super Autobacs Racing with A'PEX Toyota Toyota MR-S Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 31 Morio Nitta All Yudai Igarashi 1–3 Shinichi Takagi 4–7 Auto Staff Racing Nissan Nissan Silvia (S15) Nissan SR20DET 2.1 L Turbo I4 51 Seiichi Sodeyama 2–7 Eiji Yamada 2–3 Naofumi Omoto 4–7 Team Gaikokuya Porsche Porsche 993 Turbo Porsche M64/60 3.6 L Turbo F6 70 Yoshimi Ishibashi All Patrick van Schoote 1–2, NC, 4, 7 Nobuo Komiya 3, 5–6 SigmaTec Racing Team Porsche Porsche 993 GT2 Porsche M64/82 3.6 L Turbo F6 71 Guts Jyonai 2–7 Naohiro Kawano 2–4 Masanobu Takenaka 5–7 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 2.1 L Turbo I4 81 Nobuyuki Ohyagi All Takayuki Aoki All KRAFT Toyota Toyota Corolla Sprinter Trueno (AE86) Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 86 Minoru Tanaka 2–7 Koji Matsuda 2–7 Team Mind Toyota Toyota Corolla (AE101) Toyota 3S-GE 2.0 L I4 101 Hiroshi Sasaki 4 Mamoru Suzuki 4 Team Gainer Ferrari Ferrari F355 Ferrari F129B 3.5 L V8 111 Junichi Ikura 1, 2, 4–5, 7 Yusei Maki 1, 2, 4–5, 7 Dentaire ProJet Racing Porsche Porsche 993 RSR Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6 360 Seigo Nishizawa 4–5, 7 Kota Sasaki 4–5, 7 910 Racing Porsche Porsche 996 GT3 RS Porsche M64/75 3.6 L F6 910 Hisashi Wada All Atsushi Yogo All 911 Masamitsu Ishihara 1–4, 7 Jukuchou Sunako 1–4, 7
Schedule Round Race Circuit Date 1 Motegi GT Championship Race Twin Ring Motegi April 2 2 All Japan Fuji GT Race Fuji Speedway May 4 3 SUGO GT Championship Sportsland SUGO May 28 NC Tmtouch Japan GT Championship Malaysia Sepang Circuit June 25 4 Japan Special GT Cup Fuji Speedway August 6 5 GT Championship in TI TI Circuit September 10 6 CP Mine GT Race Mine Circuit October 1 7 Suzuka GT 300 km Suzuka Circuit October 22
Season results
Round Circuit GT500 Winning Team GT300 Winning Team GT500 Winning Drivers GT300 Winning Drivers 1 Twin Ring Motegi #1 Loctite NISMO Nissan Skyline GT-R #26 Advan Team Taisan Jr Porsche 996 Masami Kageyama Érik Comas Hideo Fukuyama Hideshi Matsuda 2 Mt. Fuji #18 Takata Dome Honda NSX #26 Advan Team Taisan Jr Porsche 996 Katsutomo Kaneishi Juichi Wakisaka Hideo Fukuyama Hideshi Matsuda 3 Sportsland SUGO #64 Mobil 1 Honda NSX #19 Racing Project Bandoh Toyota Celica Daisuke Ito Dominik Schwager Shigekazu Wakisaka Takahiko Hara NC Sepang Circuit #2 Castrol NISMO Nissan Skyline GT-R #7 RE Amemiya Mazda RX-7 Ukyo Katayama Michael Krumm Tetsuya Yamano Haruhiko Matsumoto 4 Mt. Fuji #8 ARTA Honda NSX #28 Team Taisan Jr Porsche 996 Keiichi Tsuchiya Aguri Suzuki Shinsuke Shibahara Hiroaki Suga 5 TI Circuit #38 FK/Massimo Cerumo Toyota Supra #910 Racing Porsche 996 Hironori Takeuchi Yuji Tachikawa Hisashi Wada Atsushi Yogo 6 Mine Circuit #12 Calsonic Impul Nissan Skyline GT-R #26 Advan Team Taisan Jr Porsche 996 Kazuyoshi Hoshino Satoshi Motoyama Hideo Fukuyama Hideshi Matsuda 7 Suzuka Circuit #64 Mobil 1 Honda NSX #31 Super Autobacs A'PEX Toyota MR-S Daisuke Ito Dominik Schwager Morio Nitta Shinichi Takagi
Standings
GT500 class 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
RankNo.DriverMOTFUJSUGSEPFUJTAIMINSUZPts.116 Ryō Michigami28210102427421 Érik Comas Masami Kageyama16Ret7433568312 Kazuyoshi Hoshino Satoshi Motoyama1755Ret361366464 Daisuke Ito Dominik Schwager3713916Ret158538/32 Yuji Tachikawa4312RetRet16114838 Hironori Takeuchi618 Katsutomo Kaneishi Juichi WakisakaRet142171021546716 Hidetoshi Mitsusada2424082 Michael Krumm62111611Ret43796 Hideki Noda Wayne Gardner847915756351016 Osamu Nakako282101034112 Ukyo Katayama2111611Ret4311239 Masahiko Kageyama Ralph Firman10Ret6 132Ret81625138 Aguri Suzuki Keiichi Tsuchiya7Ret1581RetRetDSQ241435/37 Shinichi Yamaji12Ret311139Ret71835 Pierre-Henri Raphanel15100 Akira Iida Naoki HattoriRet1410675RetDSQ13163 Masahiro Hasemi Tetsuya Tanaka59Ret141115118131736 Masanori Sekiya Takeshi TsuchiyaRet1294514Ret9121825 Mitsuhiro Kinoshita Manabu Orido131014888713111930 Hideki OkadaRetRet13124RetRet1030 Tsugio Matsuda2137 Seiji Ara 9Ret8111412912737 Toshio Suzuki222 Yuji Ide662321 Akihiko Nakaya1411RetRet1710Ret121 Mikio Hitotsuyama2332 Masahiko Kondo11Ret16Ret1913Ret10132 Takayuki Kinoshita-21 Yasushi Hitotsuyama11Ret0-30 Yoji YamadaRetRet13120-88 Naohiro Furuya Tsuyoshi Takahashi15131712161812140-55 Hiroaki Suga Shinsuke Shibahara16Ret0-55 Eiji YamadaRet18PO0-55 Takahide Tasaki0-69/55/15 Dilantha MalagamuwaDNSDNQWDDNADNR0-69 Steve YoungDNS0-69/15 Hideyuki TamamotoDNQDNADNR0-55 Atsushi YogoRet0RankDriverMOTFUJSUGSEPFUJTAIMINSUZPts.
Teams' standings For teams that entered multiple cars, only the best result from each round counted towards the teams' championship. RankTeamNo.MOTFUJSUGSEPFUJTAIMINSUZPts. 1 Mugen x Dome Project 16 2 8 2 10 10 2 4 2 96 1819Ret 1 4 2 17 10 2 15 2 Nismo 1 1 620Ret 7 4 3 3 5 79 2 6 2 11 1 6 1116Ret 4 3 Team Impul 12 17 5 5Ret 3 6 1 3 66 4 Mobil 1 Nakajima Racing 64 3 7 1 3 9 1620Ret 1 58 5 Toyota Team Cerumo 38 4 3 1220Ret 1 6 11 48 6 Esso Ultron Toyota Team LeMans 6 8 4 7 9 15 7 5 6 35 7 Toyota Team SARD 39 1021Ret 6 13 219Ret 8 16 25 8 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri 8 715Ret 15 5 120Ret17Ret19DSQ 24 9 MatsumotoKiyoshi Team TOM'S 35 1219Ret 3 13 914Ret 7 18 10 Toyota Castrol Team TOM'S 3621Ret 12 9 4 5 1419Ret 9 17 37 920Ret 8 11 14 12 9 12 11 Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft 10018Ret 14 10 6 7 513Ret20DSQ 13 11 Hasemi Motorsports 3 5 918Ret 14 11 15 11 8 13 13 Endless + Tsuchiya Engineering 25 13 10 14 8 8 8 7 13 11 14 Team Take One 3020Ret16Ret 13 12 418Ret17Ret 10 15 Hitotsuyama Racing 21 14 1119Ret21Ret 17 1018Ret 1 15 cdma One Toyota Team Cerumo with Key's 32 1117Ret 16Ret 19 1315Ret 10 1- JLOC 88 15 13 17 12 16 18 12 14 0- Team Taisan Advan 55 1618RetRet 1821PO 0- Team Sri Lanka 15292829DNS21DNR29 0 692821DNS21DNQ2928RankTeamNo.MOTFUJSUGSEPFUJTAIMINSUZPts.
GT300 Drivers' championship