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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