2008 Super GT Series
The 2008 Autobacs Super GT Series was the sixteenth season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era and the fourth season as the Super GT series. It marked as well as the twenty-sixth season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. It is a series for Grand Touring race cars divided into two categories: GT500 and GT300. This was the first season for the new R35 GT-R, replacing the 350Z which had been used for all GT500 Nissan teams from 2004-2007. The season began on March 15 and ended on November 9, 2008 after 9 races.
2008 Xanavi Nismo GT-R (R35).
| 2008 Super GT Series | |||
| Previous: | 2007 | Next: | 2009 |
Drivers and teams
GT500
GT300
| Team | Make | Car | No. | Drivers | Tyre | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cars Tokai Dream28 | Mooncraft | Mooncraft Shiden-Toyota | 2 |  Kazuho Takahashi |
Y | All |
| Hiroki Katoh |
All | |||||
| Hiroki Yoshimoto |
6 | |||||
| Team Uematsu Nova | Vemac | Vemac RD320R-Zytek ZV348 | 4 | Ryohei Sakaguchi |
Y | All |
| Masaki Matsushita |
All | |||||
| Tadao Uematsu |
6 | |||||
| Vemac RD350R-Zytek ZV348 | 16 | Tadao Uematsu |
1, 3, 9 | |||
| Katsuhiko Tsutsui |
1, 3, 9 | |||||
| Team Mach | Vemac | Vemac RD320R-HPD C32B | 5 | Tetsuji Tamanaka |
Y | All |
| Naoya Yamano |
1–7, 9 | |||||
| Katsuhiko Tsutsui |
6, 8 | |||||
| RE Amemiya Racing | Mazda | Mazda RX-7 | 7 | Hiroyuki Iiri |
Y | All |
| Ryo Orime |
All | |||||
| Hiroyuki Matsumura |
6 | |||||
| A&S Racing | Chevrolet | Chevrolet Corvette C6 | 9 | Tatsuya Tanigawa |
K | 3, 6, 8 |
| Hirofumi Takei |
3, 6, 8 | |||||
| Takayuki Matsumoto |
6 | |||||
| Jim Gainer Racing | Ferrari | Ferrari F430 | 11 | Tetsuya Tanaka |
Y | All |
| Masayuki Ueda |
All | |||||
| Racing Project Bandoh | Toyota | Toyota Celica | 19 | Manabu Orido |
Y | 1–3 |
| Tsubasa Abe |
1–3 | |||||
| Lexus | Lexus IS350 | Manabu Orido |
4–9 | |||
| Tsubasa Abe |
4–9 | |||||
| Yuhi Sekiguchi |
6 | |||||
| Team Taisan with Nishizawa | Porsche | Porsche 996 GT3-RS | 26 | Nobuteru Taniguchi |
Y | All |
| Shinichi Yamaji |
1–8 | |||||
| Keita Sawa |
6 | |||||
 Dominik Farnbacher |
9 | |||||
| Team Shadow | Porsche | Porsche 996 GT3-RSR | 27 | Takashi Inoue |
H | 1, 3, 6–7, 9 |
 Hwang Jin Woo |
1, 3, 6–7 | |||||
| Yasuhiro Takasaki |
6 | |||||
| Koji Aoyama |
9 | |||||
| apr | Toyota | Toyota MR-S | 31 | Kyosuke Mineo |
M | 1–5, 7–9 |
| Yuya Sakamoto |
1–5, 7–9 | |||||
| 95 | Kohei Hirate |
1–5, 8–9 | ||||
| Keisuke Kunimoto |
All | |||||
| Yuya Sakamoto |
6 | |||||
| Kazuya Oshima |
6 | |||||
| Hideki Yamauchi |
7 | |||||
| Hankook KTR | Porsche | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | 33 | Mitsuhiro Kinoshita |
H | All |
| Masami Kageyama |
All | |||||
| Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | ASL | ASL Garaiya | 43 | Morio Nitta |
M | All |
| Shinichi Takagi |
All | |||||
| Kyosuke Mineo |
6 | |||||
| MOLA | Nissan | Nissan Fairlady Z | 46 | Kazuki Hoshino |
M | All |
| Hironobu Yasuda |
All | |||||
| Team Takeuchi with Shift | Lexus | Lexus IS350 | 52 | Takuya Kurosawa |
K | 3–9 |
| Takuto Iguchi |
3–9 | |||||
| Hideki Yamauchi |
6 | |||||
| Willcom R&D Sport | Vemac | Vemac RD408R-HPD C32B | 62 | Shinsuke Shibahara |
Y | 1, 5–9 |
| Haruki Kurosawa |
All | |||||
| Shogo Mitsuyama |
2–4, 6 | |||||
| JLOC | Lamborghini | Lamborghini Murcielago RG-1 | 66 | Koji Yamanishi |
Y | All |
| Atsushi Yogo |
All | |||||
| Lamborghini Gallardo RG-3 | 87 | Hisashi Wada |
All | |||
| Muneyuki Kurihara |
All | |||||
| Yoshihisa Namekata |
6 | |||||
| 88 | Hideshi Matsuda |
All | ||||
| Naohiro Furuya |
All | |||||
| Yuya Sakamoto |
6 | |||||
| Team Gaikokuya | Porsche | Porsche 996 GT3-RS | 70 | Takehide Maeda |
Y | 1 |
| Yutaka Yamagishi |
1–7, 9 | |||||
| Akazame Oyaji |
2–3 | |||||
| Yoshimi Ishibashi |
4–7 | |||||
| Kazuyoshi Takamizawa |
6, 9 | |||||
| Cusco Racing | Subaru | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | 77 | Tetsuya Yamano |
D | All |
| Kota Sasaki |
1–7 | |||||
 Carlo van Dam |
8–9 | |||||
| Team Daishin | Nissan | Nissan Fairlady Z | 81 | Takayuki Aoki |
Y | All |
| Tomonobu Fujii |
All | |||||
| Arktech Motorsports | Porsche | Porsche 986 Boxster | 110 | Hidetoshi Mitsusada |
K | All |
| Daisuke Ikeda |
All | |||||
| 111 | Hiroshi Koizumi |
1–6 | ||||
| Guts Jyonai |
1 | |||||
| Tsubasa Kurosawa |
2–6 | |||||
 Paul Ip |
6 | |||||
| Tomei Sports | Porsche | Porsche 996 GT3-RS | 118 | Takashi Miyamoto |
Y | 1, 3, 6–9 |
| Takashi Ohi |
1 | |||||
| Masayuki Kurihara |
3, 6–7 | |||||
| Guts Jyonai |
6, 8–9 | |||||
| Avanzza Rosso | Vemac | Vemac RD320R-HPD C32B | 666 | Shogo Suho |
K | 1–3, 5–9 |
| Junichiro Yamashita |
1–3, 5–9 | |||||
| Takamori.com |
6 | |||||
| Studie & Glad with Asada Racing | BMW | BMW Z4 M Coupe | 808 | Yasushi Kikuchi |
Y | 6–7, 9 |
| Shozo Tagahara |
6–7, 9 | |||||
Schedule
| Round | Race | Circuit | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suzuka GT 300 km |
Suzuka Circuit | March 16 |
| 2 | Okayama GT 300 km |
Okayama International Circuit | April 13 |
| 3 | Fuji GT 500 km |
Fuji Speedway | May 4 |
| 4 |  Super GT International Series Malaysia |
Sepang International Circuit | June 22 |
| 5 | SUGO GT 300 km |
Sportsland SUGO | July 27 |
| 6 | International POKKA 1000km |
Suzuka Circuit | August 24 |
| 7 | Motegi GT 300 km |
Twin Ring Motegi | September 14 |
| 8 | Autopolis GT 300 km |
Autopolis | October 19 |
| 9 | Fuji GT 300 km |
Fuji Speedway | November 9 |
Season Winners
| Rd | Circuit | GT500 Winning Team | GT300 Winning Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| GT500 Winning Drivers | GT300 Winning Drivers | ||
| 1 | Suzuka | #23 Xanavi Nismo GT-R |
#7 ORC Amemiya SGC-7 |
Satoshi Motoyama Benoît Tréluyer |
Hiroyuki Iiri Ryo Orime | ||
| 2 | Okayama | #23 Xanavi Nismo GT-R |
#43 ARTA Garaiya |
| Satoshi Motoyama Benoît Tréluyer |
Morio Nitta Shinichi Takagi | ||
| 3 | Mt. Fuji | #38 ZENT Cerumo SC430 |
#95 Lightning McQueen apr MR-S |
Yuji Tachikawa Richard Lyons |
Kohei Hirate Keisuke Kunimoto | ||
| 4 | Kuala Lumpur | #24 Woodone ADVAN Clarion GT-R |
#77 Cusco Dunlop Subaru Impreza |
 João Paulo de Oliveira Seiji Ara |
Tetsuya Yamano Kouta Sasaki | ||
| 5 | Sportsland SUGO | #18 Takata DOME NSX |
#43 ARTA Garaiya |
| Ryo Michigami Takashi Kogure |
Morio Nitta Shinichi Takagi | ||
| 6 | Suzuka Report |
#12 Calsonic IMPUL GT-R |
#46 MOLA LEOPALACE Z |
| Tsugio Matsuda Sebastien Philippe |
Kazuki Hoshino Hironobu Yasuda | ||
| 7 | Motegi | #3 Yellow Hat YMS Tomica GT-R |
#19 WedsSport IS350 |
 Ronnie Quintarelli Naoki Yokomizo |
Manabu Orido Tsubasa Abe | ||
| 8 | Autopolis | #23 Xanavi Nismo GT-R |
#81 Daishin Advan Z |
| Satoshi Motoyama Benoît Tréluyer |
Takayuki Aoki Tomonobu Fujii | ||
| 9 | Mt. Fuji | #12 Calsonic IMPUL GT-R |
#26 Yunker-Power Taisan Porsche 996 GT3 |
| Tsugio Matsuda Sebastien Philippe |
Nobuteru Taniguchi Dominik Farnbacher |
Standings
GT500 Drivers
- Scoring system
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 20 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Qualifying | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| Fastest Lap | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
- Only the best four results in the first six races would be counted for the championship.
- There were no points awarded for pole position and fastest lap in the final race.
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Teams
| Rank | Number/Team | Car | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #36 Petronas Toyota Team TOM's | Petronas TOM's SC430 | 94 |
| 2 | #38 ZENT Toyota Team Cerumo | ZENT Cerumo SC430 | 93 |
| 3 | #23 Nismo | Xanavi Nismo GT-R | 86 |
| 4 | #12 Team Impul | Calsonic Impul GT-R | 78 |
| 5 | #18 Dome Racing Team | Takata Dome NSX | 75 |
Drivers
| Rank | Drivers | Number/Team | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kazuki Hoshino Hironobu Yasuda |
#46 MOLA LEOPALACE Z | 78 | 1 |
| 2 | Morio Nitta Shinichi Takagi |
#43 ARTA Garaiya | 77 | 2 |
| 3 | Nobuteru Taniguchi |
#26 Yunker-Power Taisan Porsche | 71 | 1 |
Teams
| Rank | Number/Team | Car | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #46 MOLA | MOLA Leopalace Z | 104 |
| 2 | #43 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | ARTA Garaiya | 89 |
| 3 | #81 Team Daishin | Daishin ADVAN Z | 85 |
Footnotes
External links
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