1998 JGTC season
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| 1998 JGTC season | |||
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The 1998 JGTC season was the fifth season of the All-Japan Grand Touring Car Championship. The GT500 champion was the #23 Pennzoil NISMO Nissan Skyline GT-R driven by Erik Comas and Masami Kageyama and the GT300 class champion was the #25 Team Taisan Jr with Tsuchiya MR-2 driven by Keiichi Suzuki and Shingo Tachi.
Schedule
| Round | Race | Circuit | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suzuka GT 300 |  Suzuka Circuit |
March 22 |
| 2 | All Japan Fuji GT Race | Fuji Speedway |
May 3 |
| 3 | HiLand GT Championship | Sendai Hi-Land Raceway |
June 28 |
| 4 | Japan Special GT-Cup | Fuji Speedway |
August 9 |
| 5 | Motegi GT Championship Race | Twin Ring Motegi |
September 13 |
| 6 | CP Mine GT Race | Mine Circuit |
October 11 |
| 7 | SUGO GT Championship | Sportsland SUGO |
October 25 |
| NC | Nicos Cup GT Allstar Race | TI Circuit |
November 15 |
Season results
| Round | Circuit | GT500 Winning Team | GT300 Winning Team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GT500 Winning Drivers | GT300 Winning Drivers | |||
| 1 | Suzuka Circuit | #23 Pennzoil NISMO GT-R | #25 Team Taisan Jr with Tsuchiya MR-2 | |
Masami Kageyama Erik Comas |
Keiichi Suzuki Shingo Tachi | |||
| 2 | Mt. Fuji | Cancelled[1] | ||
| 3 | Sendai | #23 Pennzoil NISMO GT-R | #25 Team Taisan Jr with Tsuchiya MR-2 | |
| Masami Kageyama Erik Comas |
Keiichi Suzuki Shingo Tachi | |||
| 4 | Mt. Fuji | #64 Mobil 1 Nakajima Racing Honda NSX | #25 Team Taisan Jr with Tsuchiya MR-2 | |
 Tom Coronel Koji Yamanishi |
Keiichi Suzuki Shingo Tachi | |||
| 5 | Twin Ring Motegi | #16 Castrol Mugen Honda NSX | #77 Cusco Subaru Impreza | |
| Ryo Michigami Osamu Nakako |
Katsuo Kobayashi Hideyuki Tamamoto | |||
| 6 | Mine Circuit | #100 Team Kunimitsu Honda NSX | #25 Team Taisan Jr with Tsuchiya MR-2 | |
| Kunimitsu Takahashi Akira Iida |
Keiichi Suzuki Shingo Tachi | |||
| 7 | Sportsland SUGO | #16 Castrol Mugen Honda NSX | #25 Team Taisan Jr with Tsuchiya MR-2 | |
| Ryo Michigami Osamu Nakako |
Keiichi Suzuki Shingo Tachi | |||
| NC | TI Circuit | #64 Mobil 1 Nakajima Racing Honda NSX | #25 Team Taisan Jr with Tsuchiya MR-2 | |
| Tom Coronel Koji Yamanishi |
Keiichi Suzuki Shingo Tachi | |||
Point Ranking
GT500 Class (Top 5)
Drivers
| Rank | Drivers | Number/Team | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Erik Comas Masami Kageyama |
#23 Pennzoil NISMO GT-R | 67 | 2 |
| 2 | Tom Coronel Koji Yamanishi |
#64 Mobil 1 Nakajima Racing Honda NSX | 50 | 1 |
| 3 | Takuya Kurosawa Kazuyoshi Hoshino |
#12 Calsonic Impul GT-R | 49 | 0 |
| 4 | Ryo Michigami Osamu Nakako |
#16 Castrol Mugen Honda NSX | 48 | 2 |
| 5 | Masahiro Hasemi Tetsuya Tanaka |
#3 Hasemi Motorsports GT-R | 37 | 0 |
GT300 Class (Top 5)
Drivers
| Rank | Drivers | Number/Team | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keiichi Suzuki Shingo Tachi |
#25 Team Taisan Jr with Tsuchiya MR-2 | 106 | 5 |
| 2 | Manabu Orido |
#19 Bandoh Racing Toyota Celica | 46 | 0 |
| 3 | Morio Nitta |
#44 MOMOCORSE A'PEX MR-2 | 45 | 0 |
| 4 | Hiroki Kato |
#21 Hitotsuyama Racing BMW M3 | 44 | 0 |
| 5 | Akihiko Nakaya Takahiko Hara |
#61 Team Taeivon Ralliart Mitsubishi FTO | 37 | 0 |
References
- ↑ "JGTC Fog Bank Ends 2nd Round of GTC". Archived from the original on 5 June 2011.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1998 in Super GT. |
- Super GT/JGTC official race archive (Japanese)
- 1998 season results (English)
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