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 Ryo Michigami driving the No. 16 CastrolMugenHonda 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).
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2000, japan, grand, touring, championship, gt500, drivers, champion, michigami, gt500, teams, champion, mugen, dome, project, gt300, drivers, champion, hideo, fukuyama, gt300, teams, champion, team, taisan, with, advan, previous, 1999, next, 2001, eighth, seas. 2000 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship GT500 Drivers Champion Ryo Michigami GT500 Teams Champion Mugen x Dome Project GT300 Drivers Champion Hideo Fukuyama GT300 Teams Champion Team Taisan JR with ADVAN Previous 1999 Next 2001 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 Ryo 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 Contents 1 Drivers and teams 1 1 GT500 1 2 GT300 2 Schedule 3 Season results 4 Standings 4 1 GT500 class 4 1 1 Drivers standings 4 1 2 Teams standings 4 2 GT300 class Top 5 4 2 1 Drivers 5 References 6 External linksDrivers and teams editGT500 edit Team Make Car Engine No Drivers Tyre Rounds Nismo Nissan Nissan Skyline GT R Nissan RB26DETT 2 7 L Twin Turbo I6 1 nbsp Erik Comas B All nbsp Masami Kageyama All 2 nbsp Michael Krumm All nbsp Yuji Ide 1 nbsp Ukyo Katayama 2 7 NC Hasemi Motorsport Nissan Nissan Skyline GT R Nissan RB26DETT 2 7 L Twin Turbo I6 3 nbsp Masahiro Hasemi B All nbsp Tetsuya Tanaka All Esso Toyota Team LeMans Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S GT 2 0 L Turbo I4 6 nbsp Wayne Gardner B All nbsp Hideki Noda All Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3 5 L V6 8 nbsp Aguri Suzuki B All nbsp Keiichi Tsuchiya All Calsonic Team Impul Nissan Nissan Skyline GT R Nissan RB26DETT 2 7 L Twin Turbo I6 12 nbsp Kazuyoshi Hoshino B All nbsp Satoshi Motoyama All Team Sri Lanka RGS RGS Mirage GT1 Chevrolet LS1 6 7 L V8 15 nbsp Dilantha Malagamuwa Y 4 6 nbsp Hideyuki Tamamoto 4 6 69 nbsp Dilantha Malagamuwa 2 3 nbsp Steve Young 2 nbsp Hideyuki Tamamoto 3 Mugen x Dome Project Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3 5 L V6 16 nbsp Ryo Michigami B All nbsp Osamu Nakako 1 4 NC nbsp Hidetoshi Mitsusada 5 7 18 nbsp Katsutomo Kaneishi All nbsp Juichi Wakisaka All Hitotsuyama Racing McLaren McLaren F1 GTR BMW S70 2 6 0 L V12 21 nbsp Akihiko Nakaya D 1 7 nbsp Mikio Hitotsuyama 1 3 5 7 nbsp Yasushi Hitotsuyama 4 Tsuchiya Engineering Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S GT 2 0 L Turbo I4 25 nbsp Mitsuhiro Kinoshita Y All nbsp Manabu Orido All Team Take One McLaren McLaren F1 GTR BMW S70 2 6 0 L V12 30 nbsp Hideki Okada B 1 7 nbsp Yoji Yamada 1 4 nbsp Tsugio Matsuda 5 7 Toyota Team Cerumo Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S GT 2 0 L Turbo I4 32 nbsp Masahiko Kondo B All nbsp Takayuki Kinoshita 1 7 nbsp Yuji Tachikawa NC 38 nbsp Yuji Tachikawa 1 7 nbsp Hironori Takeuchi 1 7 Toyota Team TOM S Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S GT 2 0 L Turbo I4 35 nbsp Shinichi Yamaji M 1 7 nbsp Pierre Henri Raphanel 1 7 36 nbsp Masanori Sekiya All nbsp Takeshi Tsuchiya All 37 nbsp Seiji Ara All nbsp Toshio Suzuki 1 7 nbsp Shinichi Yamaji NC Denso Toyota Team SARD Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S GT 2 0 L Turbo I4 39 nbsp Ralph Firman Y All nbsp Masahiko Kageyama All Team Taisan Advan Chrysler Chrysler Viper GTS R Chrysler 356 T6 8 0 L V10 55 nbsp Hiroaki Suga Y 1 2 nbsp Shinsuke Shibahara 1 2 nbsp Eiji Yamada 4 5 NC nbsp Takahide Tasaki 4 5 nbsp Dilantha Malagamuwa NC Mobil 1 Nakajima Racing Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3 5 L V6 64 nbsp Daisuke Ito B All nbsp Dominik Schwager All JLOC Lamborghini Lamborghini Diablo GT 1 Lamborghini L532 6 0 L V12 88 nbsp Naohiro Furuya D All nbsp Tsuyoshi Takahashi All Raybrig Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3 5 L V6 100 nbsp Akira Iida B All nbsp Naoki Hattori All GT300 edit Team Make Car Engine No Drivers Tyre Rounds Porsche Club Malaysia Porsche Porsche 993 RS Porsche M64 60 3 6 L Turbo F6 5 nbsp Key Soon Yue M NC nbsp Ila Ridak NC RE Amemiya Racing Mazda Mazda RX 7 Mazda RE20B 2 0 L 3 rotor 7 nbsp Tetsuya Yamano Y All nbsp Haruhiko Matsumoto All Team Daikokuya Porsche Porsche 993 RSR Porsche M64 80 3 8 L F6 9 nbsp Tsunefumi Hioki D 1 2 4 5 7 nbsp Shuroku Sasaki 1 nbsp Yukihiro Hane 2 5 nbsp Akira Watanabe 4 7 27 nbsp Kota Sasaki 1 nbsp Seigo Nishizawa 1 nbsp Akira Hirakawa 5 nbsp Toshihide Hashimura 5 Ability Motorsport Porsche Porsche 993 GT2 Porsche M64 82 3 6 L Turbo F6 10 nbsp Yasutaka Hinoi Y 1 4 nbsp Yutaka Yamagishi 1 4 11 nbsp Kengo Kitaura 1 5 7 nbsp Hikaru Miyagi 1 4 nbsp Yasutaka Hinoi 5 7 nbsp Jun Kinoshita 6 Racing Project Bandoh Toyota Toyota Celica Toyota 3S GE 2 0 L I4 19 nbsp Shigekazu Wakisaka Y All nbsp Takahiro Hara All TOM S Spirit Toyota Toyota MR S Toyota 3S GTE 2 0 L Turbo I4 20 nbsp Masahiro Matsunaga Y 4 7 nbsp Kumi Sato 4 7 MTCI Racing Team Porsche Porsche 986 Boxster Porsche M64 75 3 6 L F6 24 nbsp Kazuyuki Nishizawa Y All nbsp Marco Apicella All Team Taisan Porsche Porsche 996 GT3 R Porsche M64 75 3 6 L F6 26 nbsp Hideshi Matsuda Y All nbsp Hideo Fukuyama All nbsp Atsushi Yogo NC 28 nbsp Hiroaki Suga All nbsp Shinsuke Shibahara All Chrysler Chrysler Viper GTS R Chrysler Viper 8 0 L V10 55 nbsp Eiji Yamada 6 7 nbsp Takahide Tasaki 6 7 Super Autobacs Racing with A PEX Toyota Toyota MR S Toyota 3S GTE 2 0 L Turbo I4 31 nbsp Morio Nitta Y All nbsp Yudai Igarashi 1 3 nbsp Shinichi Takagi 4 7 Auto Staff Racing Nissan Nissan Silvia S15 Nissan SR20DET 2 1 L Turbo I4 51 nbsp Seiichi Sodeyama Y 2 7 nbsp Eiji Yamada 2 3 nbsp Naofumi Omoto 4 7 Team Gaikokuya Porsche Porsche 993 Turbo Porsche M64 60 3 6 L Turbo F6 70 nbsp Yoshimi Ishibashi D All nbsp Patrick van Schoote 1 2 NC 4 7 nbsp Nobuo Komiya 3 5 6 SigmaTec Racing Team Porsche Porsche 993 GT2 Porsche M64 82 3 6 L Turbo F6 71 nbsp Guts Jyonai Y 2 7 nbsp Naohiro Kawano 2 4 nbsp Masanobu Takenaka 5 7 Cusco Racing Subaru Subaru Impreza WRX STI Subaru EJ20 2 0 L Turbo F4 77 nbsp Katsuo Kobayashi Y All nbsp Tatsuya Tanigawa All Team Daishin Nissan Nissan Silvia S15 Nissan SR20DET 2 1 L Turbo I4 81 nbsp Nobuyuki Ohyagi Y All nbsp Takayuki Aoki All KRAFT Toyota Toyota Corolla Sprinter Trueno AE86 Toyota 3S GTE 2 0 L Turbo I4 86 nbsp Minoru Tanaka D 2 7 nbsp Koji Matsuda 2 7 Team Mind Toyota Toyota Corolla AE101 Toyota 3S GE 2 0 L I4 101 nbsp Hiroshi Sasaki Y 4 nbsp Mamoru Suzuki 4 Team Gainer Ferrari Ferrari F355 Ferrari F129B 3 5 L V8 111 nbsp Junichi Ikura Y 1 2 4 5 7 nbsp Yusei Maki 1 2 4 5 7 Dentaire ProJet Racing Porsche Porsche 993 RSR Porsche M64 80 3 8 L F6 360 nbsp Seigo Nishizawa Y 4 5 7 nbsp Kota Sasaki 4 5 7 910 Racing Porsche Porsche 996 GT3 RS Porsche M64 75 3 6 L F6 910 nbsp Hisashi Wada Y All nbsp Atsushi Yogo All 911 nbsp Masamitsu Ishihara 1 4 7 nbsp Jukuchou Sunako 1 4 7Schedule editRound Race Circuit Date 1 Motegi GT Championship Race nbsp Twin Ring Motegi April 2 2 All Japan Fuji GT Race nbsp Fuji Speedway May 4 3 SUGO GT Championship nbsp Sportsland SUGO May 28 NC Tmtouch Japan GT Championship Malaysia nbsp Sepang Circuit June 25 4 Japan Special GT Cup nbsp Fuji Speedway August 6 5 GT Championship in TI nbsp TI Circuit September 10 6 CP Mine GT Race nbsp Mine Circuit October 1 7 Suzuka GT 300 km nbsp Suzuka Circuit October 22Season results editRound 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 nbsp Masami Kageyama nbsp Erik Comas nbsp Hideo Fukuyama nbsp Hideshi Matsuda 2 Mt Fuji 18 Takata Dome Honda NSX 26 Advan Team Taisan Jr Porsche 996 nbsp Katsutomo Kaneishi nbsp Juichi Wakisaka nbsp Hideo Fukuyama nbsp Hideshi Matsuda 3 Sportsland SUGO 64 Mobil 1 Honda NSX 19 Racing Project Bandoh Toyota Celica nbsp Daisuke Ito nbsp Dominik Schwager nbsp Shigekazu Wakisaka nbsp Takahiko Hara NC Sepang Circuit 2 Castrol NISMO Nissan Skyline GT R 7 RE Amemiya Mazda RX 7 nbsp Ukyo Katayama nbsp Michael Krumm nbsp Tetsuya Yamano nbsp Haruhiko Matsumoto 4 Mt Fuji 8 ARTA Honda NSX 28 Team Taisan Jr Porsche 996 nbsp Keiichi Tsuchiya nbsp Aguri Suzuki nbsp Shinsuke Shibahara nbsp Hiroaki Suga 5 TI Circuit 38 FK Massimo Cerumo Toyota Supra 910 Racing Porsche 996 nbsp Hironori Takeuchi nbsp Yuji Tachikawa nbsp Hisashi Wada nbsp Atsushi Yogo 6 Mine Circuit 12 Calsonic Impul Nissan Skyline GT R 26 Advan Team Taisan Jr Porsche 996 nbsp Kazuyoshi Hoshino nbsp Satoshi Motoyama nbsp Hideo Fukuyama nbsp Hideshi Matsuda 7 Suzuka Circuit 64 Mobil 1 Honda NSX 31 Super Autobacs A PEX Toyota MR S nbsp Daisuke Ito nbsp Dominik Schwager nbsp Morio Nitta nbsp Shinichi TakagiStandings editGT500 class edit Drivers standings edit Scoring system Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Points 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1 Rank Driver MOT nbsp FUJ nbsp SUG nbsp FUJ nbsp TAI nbsp MIN nbsp SUZ nbsp PTS 1 nbsp Ryo Michigami 2 8 2 10 2 4 2 74 2 nbsp Erik Comas nbsp Masami Kageyama 1 6 Ret 4 3 3 5 68 3 nbsp Kazuyoshi Hoshino nbsp Satoshi Motoyama 17 5 5 3 6 1 3 66 4 nbsp Daisuke Ito nbsp Dominik Schwager 3 7 1 9 16 Ret 1 58 5 nbsp Hironori Takeuchi nbsp Yuji Tachikawa 4 3 12 Ret 1 6 11 48 6 nbsp Katsutomo Kaneishi nbsp Juichi Wakisaka Ret 1 4 17 10 2 15 46 7 nbsp Hidetoshi Mitsusada 2 4 2 40 8 nbsp Michael Krumm 6 2 11 6 11 Ret 4 37 9 nbsp Hideki Noda nbsp Wayne Gardner 8 4 7 15 7 5 6 35 10 nbsp Osamu Nakako 2 8 2 10 34 11 nbsp Ukyo Katayama 2 11 6 11 Ret 4 31 12 nbsp Masahiko Kageyama nbsp Ralph Firman 10 Ret 6 2 Ret 8 16 25 13 nbsp Aguri Suzuki nbsp Keiichi Tsuchiya 7 Ret 15 1 Ret Ret DSQ 24 14 nbsp Pierre Henri Raphanel nbsp Shinichi Yamaji 12 Ret 3 13 9 Ret 7 18 15 nbsp Akira Iida nbsp Naoki Hattori Ret 14 10 7 5 Ret DSQ 13 16 nbsp Masahiro Hasemi nbsp Tetsuya Tanaka 5 9 Ret 11 15 11 8 13 17 nbsp Masanori Sekiya nbsp Takeshi Tsuchiya Ret 12 9 5 14 Ret 9 12 18 nbsp Mitsuhiro Kinoshita nbsp Manabu Orido 13 10 14 8 8 7 13 11 19 nbsp Hideki Okada Ret Ret 13 12 4 Ret Ret 10 nbsp Tsugio Matsuda 21 nbsp Seiji Ara nbsp Toshio Suzuki 9 Ret 8 14 12 9 12 7 22 nbsp Yuji Ide 6 6 23 nbsp Akihiko Nakaya 14 11 Ret Ret 17 10 Ret 1 nbsp Mikio Hitotsuyama 23 nbsp Takayuki Kinoshita nbsp Masahiko Kondo 11 Ret 16 19 13 Ret 10 1 Rank Driver MOT nbsp FUJ nbsp SUG nbsp FUJ nbsp TAI nbsp MIN nbsp SUZ nbsp PTS Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non points finish Non classified finish NC Purple Retired 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 edit For teams that entered multiple cars only the best result from each round counted towards the teams championship 1 Rank Team No MOT nbsp FUJ nbsp SUG nbsp FUJ nbsp TAI nbsp MIN nbsp SUZ nbsp PTS 1 Mugen x Dome Project 16 2 8 2 10 2 4 2 96 18 19 Ret 1 4 17 10 2 15 2 Nismo 1 1 6 20 Ret 4 3 3 5 79 2 6 2 11 6 11 16 Ret 4 3 Team Impul 12 17 5 5 3 6 1 3 66 4 Mobil 1 Nakajima Racing 64 3 7 1 9 16 20 Ret 1 58 5 Toyota Team Cerumo 38 4 3 12 20 Ret 1 6 11 48 6 Esso Ultron Toyota Team LeMans 6 8 4 7 15 7 5 6 35 7 Toyota Team SARD 39 10 21 Ret 6 2 19 Ret 8 16 25 8 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri 8 7 15 Ret 15 1 20 Ret 17 Ret 19 DSQ 24 9 MatsumotoKiyoshi Team TOM S 35 12 19 Ret 3 13 9 14 Ret 7 18 10 Toyota Castrol Team TOM S 36 21 Ret 12 9 5 14 19 Ret 9 17 37 9 20 Ret 8 14 12 9 12 11 Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft 100 18 Ret 14 10 7 5 13 Ret 20 DSQ 13 11 Hasemi Motorsports 3 5 9 18 Ret 11 15 11 8 13 13 Endless Tsuchiya Engineering 25 13 10 14 8 8 7 13 11 14 Team Take One 30 20 Ret 16 Ret 13 12 4 18 Ret 17 Ret 10 15 Hitotsuyama Racing 21 14 11 19 Ret 21 Ret 17 10 18 Ret 1 15 cdma One Toyota Team Cerumo with Key s 32 11 17 Ret 16 19 13 15 Ret 10 1 JLOC 88 15 13 17 16 18 12 14 0 Team Taisan Advan 55 16 18 Ret 18 21 PO 0 Team Sri Lanka 15 29 28 29 DNS 21 DNR 29 0 69 28 21 DNS 21 DNQ 29 28 Rank Team No MOT nbsp FUJ nbsp SUG nbsp FUJ nbsp TAI nbsp MIN nbsp SUZ nbsp PTS GT300 class Top 5 edit Drivers edit Rank Drivers Number Team Points Wins 1 nbsp Hideo Fukuyama 26 Advan Team Taisan Jr Porsche 996 85 3 2 nbsp Hideshi Matsuda 26 Advan Team Taisan Jr Porsche 996 83 3 3 nbsp Hisashi Wada nbsp Atsushi Yogo 910 Racing Porsche 996 80 1 4 nbsp Takayuki Aoki nbsp Noboyuki Oyagi 81 Team Daishin Nissan Silvia 64 0 5 nbsp Tetsuya Yamano nbsp Haruhiko Matsumoto 7 RE Amemiya Mazda RX 7 57 0References edit 2000 AUTOBACS CUP ALL JAPAN GT CHAMPIONSHIP Point Ranking supergt net Retrieved 2021 10 16 External links editSuper GT JGTC official race archive 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