2009 D1 Grand Prix season

2009 D1 Grand Prix season
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The 2009 Gran Turismo D1 Grand Prix season was the ninth season for the D1 Grand Prix series and the fourth for the D1 Street Legal spinoff series. This year saw the return of the US series after its cancellation last year, its second season. The series began on March 29, 2009 at Ebisu Circuit for the D1GP and April 11 for D1SL at Bihoku Highland Circuit. The USA series consisted of four rounds and the first round was on May 2, 2009. The series concluded on December 5 as a D1SL point scoring round. Youichi Imamura took advantage of a non-score by Tsuyoshi Tezuka at the final round to claim the D1GP title in his Nissan Silvia. Meanwhile in D1SL, Naoki Nakamura claimed that championship, also in a Silvia.

Contents

Schedule

Round Venue Location Date Winner Car
D1GP D1SL USA
1 Ebisu Circuit Fukushima Prefecture March 29 Ken Nomura Nissan Skyline ER34
1 Bihoku Highland Circuit Hiroshima Prefecture April 11, 12 Kiyofumi Jikuya Nissan Silvia S15
2 Autopolis Ōita Prefecture April 26 Youichi Imamura Nissan Silvia S15
1 Anaheim Stadium Anaheim, California May 2 Daigo Saito Toyota Chaser JZX100
Tokyo Drift Exhibition Odaiba Tokyo Prefecture May 23 Yoshinori Koguchi Nissan 180SX RPS13
May 24 Tsuyoshi Tezuka Nissan Skyline BNR32
2 Gulfstream Park Miami, Florida May 30 Daigo Saito Toyota Chaser JZX100
2 Ebisu Circuit Fukushima Prefecture June 13, 14 Naoki Nakamura Nissan Silvia S15
3 Okayama International Circuit Okayama Prefecture June 27 Daigo Saito

Tetsuya Hibino

 Toyota Mark II JZX100

Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86
4 Okayama International Circuit Okayama Prefecture June 28 Tsuyoshi Tezuka Nissan Skyline BNR32
3 Nikkō Circuit Tochigi Prefecture July 11,12 Naoki Nakamura Nissan Silvia S15
3 Soldier Field Chicago, Illinois August 1 Ken Nomura Nissan Skyline ER34
5 Ebisu Circuit Fukushima Prefecture August 29 Masao Suenaga Mazda RX-7 FD3S
6 Ebisu Circuit Fukushima Prefecture August 30 Masao Suenaga Mazda RX-7 FD3S
4 Englishtown Raceway Englishtown, New Jersey September 5 Daigo Saito Toyota Chaser JZX100
4 Nihonkai Maze Circuit Niigata Prefecture September 21, 22 Naoki Nakamura Nissan Silvia S15
7 Fuji Speedway Shizuoka Prefecture October 10 Masato Kawabata Nissan 180SX RPS13
8 Fuji Speedway Shizuoka Prefecture October 11 Masato Kawabata Nissan 180SX RPS13
5 Ebisu Circuit Fukushima Prefecture November 7, 8 Kiyofumi Jikuya Nissan Silvia S15
6 Tsukuba Circuit Ibaraki Prefecture December 5 Masashi Yokoi Nissan Silvia S14

Results

Round 1

Position Driver Car Points
1st Ken Nomura Nissan Skyline ER34 25
2nd Youichi Imamura Nissan Silvia S15 21
3rd Daigo Saito Toyota Mark II JZX100 18
4th Tsuyoshi Tezuka Nissan Skyline BNR32 16
5th Masao Suenaga Mazda RX-7 FD3S 13
6th Atsushi Kuroi Nissan Silvia PS13 12
7th Nobushige Kumakubo Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X CZ4A 11
8th Yoshinori Koguchi Nissan 180SX RPS13 10
9th Tomohiro Murayama Nissan Silvia S14 8
10th Chikara Mizuhata Nissan Silvia S15 7
11th Kenji Takayama Mazda RX-7 FD3S 6
12th Naoto Suenaga Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX CT9A 5
13th Akinori Utsumi Nissan Silvia PS13 4
14th Masato Kawabata Nissan 180SX RPS13 4
15th Masayoshi Tokita Toyota Crown GRS180 2
16th Ken Maeda Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 1

Round 2

Position Driver Car Points
1st Youichi Imamura Nissan Silvia S15 25
2nd Ken Nomura Nissan Skyline ER34 21
3rd Nobushige Kumakubo Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X CZ4A 18
4th Tetsuya Hibino Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 17
5th Tsuyoshi Tezuka Nissan Skyline BNR32 13
6th Koichi Yamashita Toyota Mark II JZX100 12
7th Daigo Saito Toyota Mark II JZX100 11
8th Masao Suenaga Mazda RX-7 FD3S 10
9th Naoki Nakamura Nissan Silvia S15 8
10th Masato Kawabata Nissan 180SX RPS13 7
11th Atsushi Kuroi Nissan Silvia PS13 6
12th Takahiro Imamura Mazda RX-7 FC3S 5
13th Masayoshi Tokita Toyota Crown GRS180 4
14th Manabu Fujinaka Mazda RX-7 FD3S 3
15th Kuniaki Takahashi Toyota Chaser JZX100 2
16th Akinori Utsumi Nissan Silvia PS13 1

Round 3

Position Driver Car Points
1st Daigo Saito Toyota Mark II JZX100 23
1st Tetsuya Hibino Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 23
3rd Ken Nomura Nissan Skyline ER34 18
4th Tsuyoshi Tezuka Nissan Skyline BNR32 16
5th Masato Kawabata Nissan 180SX RPS13 14
6th Youichi Imamura Nissan Silvia S15 12
7th Masayoshi Tokita Toyota Crown GRS180 11
8th Masao Suenaga Mazda RX-7 FD3S 10
9th Atsushi Kuroi Nissan Silvia PS13 8
10th Manabu Orido Toyota Aristo JZS161 7
11th Koichi Yamashita Toyota Mark II JZX100 6
12th Takahiro Imamura Mazda RX-7 FC3S 5
13th Kazuhiro Tanaka Subaru Impreza GDB 4
14th Kuniaki Takahashi Toyota Chaser JZX100 3
15th Kenji Takayama Mazda RX-7 FD3S 2
16th Nobushige Kumakubo Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X CZ4A 1

Round 4

Position Driver Car Points
1st Tsuyoshi Tezuka Nissan Skyline BNR32 25
2nd Masayoshi Tokita Toyota Crown GRS180 21
3rd Tetsuya Hibino Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 19
4th Nobushige Kumakubo Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X CZ4A 16
5th Masato Kawabata Nissan 180SX RPS13 14
6th Kazuyoshi Okamura Nissan Silvia S15 12
7th Atsushi Kuroi Nissan Silvia PS13 11
8th Youichi Imamura Nissan Silvia S15 10
9th Tatsuya Sakuma Nissan Silvia S15 8
10th Ken Nomura Nissan Skyline ER34 7
11th Kuniaki Takahashi Toyota Chaser JZX100 6
12th Daigo Saito Toyota Mark II JZX100 6
13th Hiroshi Fukuda Nissan 180SX RPS13 4
14th Manabu Fujinaka Mazda RX-7 FD3S 3
15th Yukio Matsui Nissan 180SX RPS13 2
16th Chikara Mizuhata Nissan Silvia S15 1

Round 5

Position Driver Car Points
1st Masao Suenaga Mazda RX-7 FD3S 25
2nd Tetsuya Hibino Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 22
3rd Tsuyoshi Tezuka Nissan Skyline BNR32 18
4th Youichi Imamura Nissan Silvia S15 16
5th Ken Nomura Nissan Skyline ER34 14
6th Kazuhiro Tanaka Subaru Impreza GDB 12
7th Nobushige Kumakubo Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X CZ4A 11
8th Atsushi Kuroi Nissan Silvia PS13 10
9th Kenji Takayama Mazda RX-7 FD3S 8
10th Daigo Saito Toyota Mark II JZX100 7
11th Kazuyoshi Okamura Nissan Silvia S15 6
12th Toru Inose Nissan Silvia S15 5
13th Takumi Nozawa Nissan Silvia S14 4
14th Takahiro Imamura Mazda RX-7 FC3S 3
15th Masato Kawabata Nissan 180SX RPS13 2
16th Takanari Kato Nissan Silvia S14 1

Round 6

Position Driver Car Points
1st Masao Suenaga Mazda RX-7 FD3S 25
2nd Tsuyoshi Tezuka Nissan Skyline BNR32 21
3rd Nobushige Kumakubo Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X CZ4A 18
4th Tetsuya Hibino Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 16
5th Tatsuya Sakuma Nissan Silvia S15 13
6th Youichi Imamura Nissan Silvia S15 12
7th Ken Nomura Nissan Skyline ER34 11
8th Kenji Takayama Mazda RX-7 FD3S 10
9th Tomohiro Murayama Nissan Silvia S14 8
10th Yukio Matsui Nissan 180SX RPS13 7
11th Daigo Saito Toyota Mark II JZX100 6
12th Hiroshi Fukuda Nissan 180SX RPS13 5
13th Yoshinori Koguchi Nissan 180SX RPS13 4
14th Takumi Nozawa Nissan Silvia S14 3
15th Masato Kawabata Nissan 180SX RPS13 2
16th Kazuyoshi Okamura Nissan Silvia S15 1

Round 7

Position Driver Car Points
1st Masato Kawabata Nissan 180SX RPS13 25
2nd Tatsuya Sakuma Nissan Silvia S15 21
3rd Youichi Imamura Nissan Silvia S15 18
4th Manabu Orido Toyota Aristo JZS161 16
5th Tsuyoshi Tezuka Nissan Skyline BNR32 13
6th Yoshinori Koguchi Nissan 180SX RPS13 12
7th Ken Nomura Nissan Skyline ER34 11
8th Kuniaki Takahashi Toyota Chaser JZX100 10
9th Atsushi Kuroi Nissan Silvia PS13 8
10th Masao Suenaga Mazda RX-7 FD3S 7
11th Masayoshi Tokita Toyota Crown GRS180 6
12th Chikara Mizuhata Nissan Silvia S15 5
13th Kazuhiro Tanaka Subaru Impreza GDB 4
14th Yukio Matsui Nissan 180SX RPS13 3
15th Daigo Saito Toyota Mark II JZX100 3
16th Kazuyoshi Okamura Nissan Silvia S15 1

Round 8

Position Driver Car Points
1st Masato Kawabata Nissan 180SX RPS13 25
2nd Atsushi Kuroi Nissan Silvia PS13 22
3rd Masayoshi Tokita Toyota Crown GRS180 18
4th Youichi Imamura Nissan Silvia S15 16
5th Nobushige Kumakubo Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X CZ4A 13
6th Masao Suenaga Mazda RX-7 FD3S 12
7th Tatsuya Sakuma Nissan Silvia S15 11
8th Yukio Matsui Nissan 180SX RPS13 10
9th Daigo Saito Toyota Mark II JZX100 8
10th Kuniaki Takahashi Toyota Chaser JZX100 7
11th Toru Inose Nissan Silvia S15 6
12th Koichi Yamashita Toyota Mark II JZX100 5
13th Takahiro Imamura Mazda RX-7 FC3S 4
14th Naoki Nakamura Nissan Silvia S15 3
15th Kenji Takayama Mazda RX-7 FD3S 2
16th Tetsuya Hibino Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 1

Final Championship Results

D1GP

Position Driver Car rd.1 rd.2 rd.3 rd.4 rd.5 rd.6 rd.7 rd.8 Total
1st Youichi Imamura Nissan Silvia S15 21 25 12 10 16 12 18 16 130
2nd Tsuyoshi Tezuka Nissan Skyline BNR32 16 13 16 25 18 21 13 0 122
3rd Ken Nomura Nissan Skyline ER34 25 21 18 7 13 11 11 0 106
4th Masao Suenaga Mazda RX-7 FD3S 13 10 10 0 25 25 7 12 102
5th Tetsuya Hibino Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 0 17 23 19 22 16 0 1 98
6th Masato Kawabata Nissan 180SX RPS13 4 7 14 14 2 2 25 25 93
7th Nobushige Kumakubo Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X CZ4A 11 18 1 16 11 18 0 13 88
8th Daigo Saito Toyota Mark II JZX100 18 11 23 6 7 6 3 8 82
9th Atsushi Kuroi Nissan Silvia PS13 12 6 8 11 10 0 8 22 77
10th Masayoshi Tokita Toyota Crown GRS180 2 4 11 21 0 0 6 18 62
11th Tatsuya Sakuma Nissan Silvia S15 0 0 0 8 0 13 21 11 53
12th Kenji Takayama Mazda RX-7 FD3S 6 0 2 0 8 10 0 2 28
12th Kuniaki Takahashi Toyota Chaser JZX100 0 2 3 6 0 0 10 7 28
14th Yoshinori Koguchi Nissan 180SX RPS13 10 0 0 0 0 4 12 0 26
15th Manabu Orido Toyota Aristo JZS161 0 – 7 0 0 0 16 0 23
15th Koichi Yamashita Toyota Mark II JZX100 0 12 6 0 0 0 0 5 23
17th Yukio Matsui Nissan 180SX RPS13 – – 0 2 0 7 3 10 22
18th Kazuyoshi Okamura Nissan Silvia S15 0 0 0 12 6 1 1 0 20
18th Kazuhiro Tanaka Subaru Impreza GDB 0 0 4 0 12 0 4 0 20
20th Drift Samurai Mazda RX-7 FC3S 0 5 5 0 3 0 0 4 17
21st Tomohiro Murayama Nissan Silvia S14 8 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 16
22nd Chikara Mizuhata Nissan Silvia S15 7 2 0 1 0 0 5 0 15
23rd Naoki Nakamura Nissan Silvia S15 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 3 11
23rd Toru Inose Nissan Silvia S15 – – 0 0 5 0 0 6 11
25th Hiroshi Fukuda Nissan 180SX RPS13 0 – 0 4 0 5 0 0 9
26th Takumi Nozawa Nissan Silvia S14 0 – 0 0 4 3 0 0 7
27th Manabu Fujinaka Mazda RX-7 FD3S – 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 6
28th Naoto Suenaga Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX CT9A 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
28th Akinori Utsumi Nissan Silvia PS13 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
30th Ken Maeda Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
30th Takanari Kato Nissan Silvia S14 0 – 0 0 1 0 0 0 1

D1SL

Position Driver Car rd.1 rd.2 rd.3 rd.4 rd.5 rd.6 Total
1st Naoki Nakamura Nissan Silvia S15 6 26 25 25 16 13 111
2nd Kiyofumi Jikuya Nissan Silvia S15 25 21 8 0 25 18 97
3rd Seimi Tanaka Nissan Silvia PS13 13 12 5 18 13 21 82
4th Masashi Yokoi Nissan Silvia S14 – 4 21 12 18 25 80
5th Kenji Kiguhi Nissan Laurel C33 21 7 0 8 21 12 69
6th Tsuyoshi Tezuka Nissan Skyline ER34 12 11 18 10 1 10 62
7th Kunihiko Teramachi Nissan Silvia PS13 18 10 11 2 3 11 55
8th Masami Mikami Nissan Skyline ECR33 – 18 13 16 0 7 54
9th Hideyuki Fujino Nissan Silvia S15 0 0 16 7 12 16 51
10th Hiroyuki Fukushima Nissan Silvia PS13 12 3 12 1 11 2 41
11th Yuuji Tanaka Nissan Silvia S14 16 5 0 6 7 0 34
12th Yukiharu Komagata Nissan 180SX RPS13 – – – 22 0 – 22
13th Miyuki Kishiume Nissan Silvia PS13 – 16 0 0 0 4 20
14th Yukio Matsui Toyota Supra JZA80 – 0 – 13 – 6 19
15th Kousuke Kamiya Nissan 180SX RPS13 – 13 0 0 0 5 18
16th Michinori Ito Toyota Chaser JZX100 0 0 10 0 6 0 16
17th Yoshiaki Waki Nissan Silvia S14 – 6 2 0 5 0 13
18th Yusuke Kitaoka Toyota Mark II JZX100 – 8 0 0 4 0 12
18th Yuuichi Aokiri Nissan Silvia S15 – 0 0 4 – 8 12
20th Tomohiro Kurashima Nissan Silvia S14 – 0 – 11 0 – 11
20th Kazuya Bai Nissan 180SX RPS13 – – – – 10 1 11
22nd Ikou Saito Nissan 180SX RPS13 10 0 0 0 – 0 10
23rd Takamasa Kuroi Nissan Silvia S15 8 0 0 0 0 0 8
23rd Masanori Kohashi Nissan 180SX RPS13 – 0 0 0 8 0 8
25th Kazuhiro Kubo Nissan 180SX RPS13 7 0 0 0 0 0 7
25th Shiro Deura Nissan Silvia S15 0 – 7 0 – 0 7
27th Akihiko Hirashima Nissan Silvia S14 – – 6 – 0 0 6
27th Kazuki Hayashi Nissan Silvia S14 1 0 0 0 2 3 6
29th Takashi Hagisako Nissan Silvia PS13 5 0 0 0 0 0 5
29th Takashi Onoda Nissan Silvia S15 0 – – 5 0 0 5
29th Satoshi Kajihara Nissan Silvia S15 2 0 3 0 0 0 5
32nd Haruki Nanba Nissan Silvia PS13 4 0 0 – 0 0 4
32nd Unorio Saito Nissan Silvia PS13 – – 4 0 0 0 4
34th Yoshifumi Tadokoro Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 3 – 0 0 – 0 3
34th Masahiro Ochiai Nissan Silvia S14 – 0 0 3 0 0 3
36th Tsutomu Endou Nissan 180SX RPS13 – 2 0 0 0 0 2
37th Yuuki Inaoka Nissan Silvia S15 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
37th Kyogo Kitayama Nissan 180SX RPS13 0 0 1 0 0 0 1

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Seasons
2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010
Personnel
Current staff
Tsuchiya • Suzuki • Kamimoto • Inada • Jenkins (US) • Andretti (US) • Norris (US) • Mattox (US) • Nomura (D1SL) • Kumakubo (D1SL)
Former staff
Orido • Hayama (English)
D1 Gals (past & present)
Kondo (2004-2006) • Sugaya (2004-2005) • Tamashiro (2006) • Kikuchi (2007) • Goto (2007) • Tachiki (2007) • Tashiro (2007) • Mochizuki (2009) • Umeda (2009) • Yamauchi (2009)
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