The 2002 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship was the tenth season of Japan Automobile Federation GT premiere racing. It was marked as well as the twentieth season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The GT500 class drivers' champions of 2002 were Juichi Wakisaka and Akira Iida driving the No. 6 Esso Team LeMans Toyota Supra, and the teams' champion was Honda team Mugen x Dome Project with their No. 16 Mugen NSX and No. 18 Takata Dome NSX.[1] The GT300 class drivers' champions were the No. 31 ARTA with A'PEX Toyota MR-S driven by Morio Nitta and Shinichi Takagi.
Drivers and teams
GT500
GT300
| Team | Make | Car | Engine | | Drivers | Tyre | Rounds |
| Verno Tokai Dream28 | Honda | Honda NSX | Honda C32B 3.4 L V6 | 2 | Kazuho Takahashi | Y | All |
Akira Watanabe | All |
| Hasemi Motorsport | Nissan | Nissan Silvia (S15) | Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 3 | Tetsuya Yamano | Y | All |
Masataka Yanagida | All |
| Zipspeed | Chevrolet | Chevrolet Corvette C4 | Chevrolet L98 5.7 L V8 | 4 | Izumi Yoshida | D | All |
Toshiyuki Yamamoto | 2 |
Naohiro Furuya | 2–3, 5–6, 8 |
| A&S Racing | Mosler | Mosler MT900R | Chevrolet LS1 5.7 L V8 | 5 | Tetsuji Tamanaka | Y | All |
"Gō Mifune" | All |
| RE Amemiya Racing | Mazda | Mazda RX-7 | Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor | 7 | Haruhiko Matsumoto | Y | All |
Nobuteru Taniguchi | 1–7 |
Takayuki Kinoshita | 8 |
| Team Daikokuya | Porsche | Porsche 911 GT3-R | Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 | 9 | Yosuke Shimoshima | Y | 1–4, 8 |
Tsunefumi Hiki | 1 |
Masanobu Takenaka | 2–5, 8 |
Akihiko Tsutsumi | 5 |
| Amprex Motorsports | BMW | BMW M3 (E46) | BMW M52 3.2 L I6 | 15 | Genji Hashimoto | BF | All |
Charles Kwan | All |
| TOM'S Spirit | Toyota | Toyota MR-S | Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 17 | Masahiro Matsunaga | Y | 1–3, 5–8 |
Ken Namekawa | 1–3, 5–8 |
| Racing Project Bandoh | Toyota | Toyota MR-S | Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 19 | Minoru Tanaka | Y | All |
Satoshi Goto | All |
| Hitotsuyama Racing | BMW | BMW M3 CSL | BMW S50B32 3.2 L I6 | 21 | Yasushi Kikuchi | D | All |
Mikio Hitotsuyama | 1, 7 |
Yasushi Hitotsuyama | 2–6, 8 |
| Team Taisan | Porsche | Porsche 911 GT3-R | Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 | 24 | Hideo Fukuyama | Y | All |
Mitsuhiro Kinoshita | All |
| 26 | Atsushi Yogo | All |
Kazuyushi Nishizawa | All |
| 28 | Yutaka Yamagishi | All |
Yukihiro Hane | 1, 3–8 |
Jukuchou Sunako | 2 |
| Chrysler | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Chrysler Viper 8.0 L V10 | 55 | Eiji Yamada | All |
Takashi Shimizu | 1–2, 5–8 |
Takayuki Kinoshita | 3–4 |
| ARTA with A'PEX | Toyota | Toyota MR-S | Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 31 | Morio Nitta | BF | All |
Shinichi Takagi | All |
| Auto Staff Racing | Nissan | Nissan Silvia (S15) | Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 51 | Naofumi Omoto | Y | 3–5, 7–8 |
Masanobu Kato | 3–5, 7 |
Akira Ishikawa | 8 |
| R&D Sport | Porsche | Porsche 911 GT3-R | Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 | 61 | Yasuo Miyagawa | D | 1–5 |
Hiroaki Suga | 1, 3 |
Tsubasa Kurosawa | 2 |
Atsushi Katsumasa | 4–5 |
| 62 |
Shinsuke Shibahara | 1 |
Shogo Mitsuyama | 1 |
| Vemac | Vemac RD320R | Honda C32B 3.4 L V6 |
Shinsuke Shibahara | 2–8 |
Shogo Mitsuyama | 2–8 |
| Porsche | Porsche 911 GT3-R | Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 | 63 | "OSAMU" | All |
Takamasa Nakagawa | All |
| Team Revolution | Mazda | Mazda RX-7 | Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor | 66 | Tetsuya Shimizu | Y | 5, 6, 8 |
Shinji Abe | 5 |
Mutsumi Shiono | 6, 8 |
| Team Gaikokuya | Porsche | Porsche 996 GT3-RS | Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 | 70 | Yoshimi Ishibashi | D | All |
Patrick van Schoote | 1–5 |
Seiichi Sodeyama | 6 |
Nobuo Komiya | 7–8 |
| SigmaTec Racing Team | Toyota | Toyota MR-S | Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 71 | Keita Sawa | D | All |
Guts Jyonai | All |
| Cusco Racing | Subaru | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4 | 77 | Katsuo Kobayashi | Y | All |
Tatsuya Tanigawa | All |
| Team Daishin | Nissan | Nissan Silvia (S15) | Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 81 | Nobuyuki Ohyagi | Y | All |
Takayuki Aoki | All |
| KRAFT | Toyota | Toyota MR-S | Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 86 | Masaoki Nagashima | D | All |
Koji Matsuda | All |
| Dentaire ProJet Racing | Ferrari | Ferrari 360 | Ferrari F131B 3.6 L V8 | 360 | Seigo Nishizawa | Y | 1–3, 5, 7–8 |
Kota Sasaki | 1–3, 5, 7–8 |
| 910 Racing | Porsche | Porsche 996 GT3 RS | Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 | 910 | Hideshi Matsuda | Y | All |
Yasuo Miyagawa | 1 |
Adam Wilcox | 2–8 |
| 911 | Akira Hirakawa | All |
Toshihide Hashimura | 1 |
Shigemitsu Haga | 2–3, 6, 8 |
Jukuchou Sunako | 5, 7 |
Schedule
Season results
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 |
| Qualifying | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Fastest Lap | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | | Colour | Result | | Gold | Winner | | Silver | Second place | | Bronze | Third place | | Green | Points classification | | Blue | Non-points classification | | Non-classified finish (NC) | | Purple | Retired, not classified (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) | |
Teams' standings
For teams that entered multiple cars, only the best result from each round counted towards the teams' championship.[2]
GT300 Drivers' championship
| Rank | No. | Driver | TAI
| FUJ
| SUG
| SEP
| FUJ
| MOT
| MIN
| SUZ
| Pts. |
| 1 | 31 | Morio Nitta
Shinichi Takagi | 1 | Ret | 17 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 75 |
| 2 | 62 | Shinsuke Shibahara
Shogo Mitsuyama | Ret | 1 | 15 | Ret | 13 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 73 |
| 3 | 3 | Tetsuya Yamano
Masataka Yanagida | 4 | Ret | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 70 |
| 4 | 24 | Hideo Fukuyama
Mitsuhiro Kinoshita | 2 | Ret | 16 | 5 | 1 | 7 | Ret | 2 | 65 |
| 5 | 81 | Nobuyuki Ohyagi
Takayuki Aoki | 3 | Ret | 12 | 7 | 2 | Ret | 12 | 1 | 56 |
| 6 | 910 | Hideshi Matsuda
Adam Wilcox | 8 | 4 | Ret | 4 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 55 |
| 7 | 26 | Kazuyushi Nishizawa | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 54 |
| 8 | 77 | Katsuo Kobayashi
Tatsuya Tanigawa | 7 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 7 | Ret | 53 |
| 9 | 26 | Atsushi Yogo | 5 | | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 42 |
| 10 | 7 | Haruhiko Matsumoto | 6 | 12 | Ret | 1 | 12 | Ret | Ret | 3 | 41 |
| 11 | 26/55/7 | Takayuki Kinoshita | | 3 | 5 | 9 | | | | 3 | 34 |
| 12 | 19 | Satoshi Goto
Minoru Tanaka | 18 | 5 | Ret | 6 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 31 |
| 13 | 7 | Nobuteru Taniguchi | 6 | 12 | Ret | 1 | 12 | Ret | Ret | | 29 |
| 14 | 55 | Eiji Yamada | 10 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 26 |
| 15 | 71 | Guts Jyonai
Keita Sawa | 14 | 2 | Ret | | Ret | 10 | 13 | 6 | 24 |
| 16 | 2 | Kazuho Takahashi
Akira Watanabe | 9 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 9 | 22 |
| 17 | 55 | Takashi Shimizu | 10 | 16 | | | 8 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 16 |
| 18 | 63 | "OSAMU"
Takamasa Nakagawa | 17 | Ret | 3 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 10 | DNS | 13 |
| 18 | 28 | Yutaka Yamagishi | 11 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 17 | Ret | 8 | 13 |
| 20 | 28 | Yukihiro Hane | 11 | | 6 | 11 | 11 | 17 | Ret | 8 | 9 |
| 21 | 28/911 | Jukuchou Sunako | | 7 | | | 14 | | 8 | | 7 |
| 22 | 21 | Yasushi Kikuchi | 16 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 20 | 14 | Ret | Ret | 6 |
| 22 | 21 | Yasushi Hitotsuyama | | 8 | 8 | 19 | 20 | | | Ret | 6 |
| 22 | 911 | Akira Hirakawa | 15 | DSQ | 9 | | 14 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 6 |
| 22 | 5 | Tetsuji Tamanaka
"Gō Mifune" | Ret | 9 | 18 | 18 | 24 | 16 | Ret | 13 | 6 |
| 26 | 70 | Yoshimi Ishibashi | Ret | 15 | 10 | Ret | 16 | 15 | 9 | 20 | 3 |
| 26 | 911 | Shigemitsu Haga | | DSQ | 9 | | | 12 | | 10 | 3 |
| 28 | 15 | Genji Hashimoto
Charles Kwan | 15 | 19 | Ret | 12 | 9 | 11 | Ret | 16 | 2 |
| 28 | 70 | Nobuo Komiya | | | | | | | 9 | 20 | 2 |
| 30 | 61 | Yasuo Miyagawa | 20 | 10 | DNA | 17 | 21 | | | | 1 |
| 30 | 61 | Tsubasa Kurosawa | | 10 | | | | | | | 1 |
| 30 | 70 | Patrick van Schoote | Ret | 15 | 10 | Ret | 16 | 15 | | | 1 |
| 30 | 86 | Masaoki Nagashima
Koji Matsuda | 19 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 18 | Ret | Ret | 19 | 1 |
| - | 17 | Masahiro Matsunaga | 12 | 11 | 14 | | 23 | | Ret | 11 | 0 |
| - | 17 | Ken Namekawa | 12 | 11 | 14 | | 23 | | Ret | | 0 |
| - | 51 | Naofumi Omoto | | | 13 | | Ret | | 11 | 14 | 0 |
| - | 51 | Takeshi Shirai | | | | | | | 11 | | 0 |
| - | 17 | Takahiro Fujita | | | | | | | | 11 | 0 |
| - | 360 | Seigo Nishizawa
Kota Sasaki | 13 | 13 | | | DNA | | Ret | 15 | 0 |
| - | 51 | Masanobu Kato | | | 13 | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| - | 9 | Masanobu Takenaka | | 18 | | 14 | 15 | | | 18 | 0 |
| - | 9 | Yosuke Shimoshima | DNQ | 18 | | 14 | | | | 18 | 0 |
| - | 21 | Mikio Hitotsuyama | 16 | | | | | 14 | Ret | | 0 |
| - | 51 | Akira Ishikawa | | | | | | | | 14 | 0 |
| - | 911 | Toshihide Hashimura | 15 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | 9 | Akihiko Tsutsumi | | | | | 15 | | | | 0 |
| - | 70 | Seiichi Sodeyama | | | | | | 15 | | | 0 |
| - | 61 | Atsushi Katsumasa | | | | 17 | 21 | | | | 0 |
| - | 66 | Tetsuya Shimizu | | | | | 19 | Ret | | Ret | 0 |
| - | 66 | Shinji Abe | | | | | 19 | | | | 0 |
| - | 61 | Hiroaki Suga | 20 | | DNA | | | | | | 0 |
| - | 66 | Mutsumi Shiono | | | | | | Ret | | Ret | 0 |
| - | 4 | Izumi Yoshida | | DNQ | DNQ | | DNS | DNQ | | DNQ | 0 |
| - | 4 | Naohiro Furuya | | | DNQ | | DNS | DNQ | | DNQ | 0 |
| - | 9 | Tsunefumi Hioki | DNQ | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | 4 | Toshiyuki Yamamoto | | DNQ | | | | | | | 0 |
| Rank | No. | Driver | TAI
| FUJ
| SUG
| SEP
| FUJ
| MOT
| MIN
| SUZ
| Pts. |
GT300 Teams' standings
For teams that entered multiple cars, only the best result from each round counted towards the teams' championship.
| Rank | Team | No. | TAI
| FUJ
| SUG
| SEP
| FUJ
| MOT
| MIN
| SUZ
| Pts. |
| 1 | Team Taisan with Advan | 24 | 2 | Ret | 16 | 5 | 1 | 7 | Ret | 2 | 102 |
| 26 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 |
| 2 | R&D Sport | 62 | Ret | 1 | 15 | Ret | 13 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 85 |
| 63 | 17 | Ret | 3 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 10 | DNS |
| 3 | ARTA with A'PEX | 31 | 1 | Ret | 17 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 75 |
| 4 | Hasemi Motorsport | 3 | 4 | Ret | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 70 |
| 5 | 910 Racing | 910 | 8 | 4 | Ret | 4 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 57 |
| 911 | 15 | DSQ | 9 | | 14 | 12 | 8 | 10 |
| 6 | Team Daishin | 81 | 3 | Ret | 12 | 7 | 2 | Ret | 12 | 1 | 56 |
| 7 | Cusco Racing | 77 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 7 | Ret | 53 |
| 8 | RE Amemiya Racing | 7 | 6 | 12 | Ret | 1 | 12 | Ret | Ret | 3 | 41 |
| 9 | Team Taisan Advan jr. | 28 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 17 | Ret | 8 | 33 |
| 55 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 21 |
| 10 | Racing Project Bandoh | 19 | 18 | 5 | Ret | 6 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 31 |
| 11 | Sigma Tech Racing Team | 71 | 14 | 2 | Ret | | Ret | 10 | 13 | 6 | 24 |
| 12 | Verno Tokai Dream28 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 9 | 22 |
| 13 | Hitotsuyama Racing | 21 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 20 | 14 | Ret | Ret | 6 |
| 14 | A&S Racing | 5 | Ret | 9 | 18 | 18 | 24 | 16 | Ret | 13 | 6 |
| 15 | Team Gaikokuya | 70 | Ret | 15 | 10 | Ret | 16 | 15 | 9 | 20 | 3 |
| 16 | Amprex Motorsports | 15 | 15 | 19 | Ret | 12 | 9 | 11 | Ret | 16 | 2 |
| 17 | R&D Sport Ex | 61 | 20 | 10 | DNA | 17 | 21 | | | | 1 |
| 18 | KRAFT | 86 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 18 | Ret | Ret | 19 | 1 |
| - | TOM'S Spirit | 17 | 12 | 11 | 14 | | 23 | | Ret | 11 | 0 |
| - | Auto Staff Racing | 51 | | | 13 | | Ret | | 11 | 14 | 0 |
| - | Team Daikokuya | 9 | DNQ | 18 | | 14 | 15 | | | 18 | 0 |
| - | Dentaire ProJet Racing | 360 | 13 | 13 | | | DNA | | Ret | 15 | 0 |
| - | Team Revolution | 66 | | | | | 19 | Ret | | Ret | 0 |
| - | Zipspeed | 4 | | DNQ | DNQ | | DNS | DNQ | | DNQ | 0 |
| Rank | Team | No. | TAI
| FUJ
| SUG
| SEP
| FUJ
| MOT
| MIN
| SUZ
| Pts. |
References
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