1995 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship
The 1995 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship was the third season of Japan Automobile Federation GT premiere racing, and the second under the promotion of the GT Association (GTA). It was marked as well as the thirteenth season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. Once again, the GT1 class champion was the #1 Calsonic Nissan Skyline GT-R driven by Masahiko Kageyama, and the GT2 class champion was the #70 Gaikokuya Nissan Skyline driven by Yoshimi Ishibashi and Kaoru Hoshino.
1995 saw the Toyota Supra win its first race in the GT1 category, at Sendai Hi-Land Raceway. The victory came just a week after Masanori Sekiya, driver of the winning Castrol TOM's Toyota Supra, became the first Japanese driver to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans overall. The series made its first official visit to Suzuka Circuit on April 2, 1995.
Schedule
| Round | Race | Circuit | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suzuka GT 300 | Suzuka Circuit | April 2 |
| 2 | All Japan Fuji GT Race | Fuji Speedway | May 4 |
| 3 | HiLand GT&F3 Race | Sendai Hi-Land Raceway | June 25 |
| 4 | Japan Special GT-Cup | Fuji Speedway | August 13 |
| 5 | SUGO GT Championship | Sportsland SUGO | September 10 |
| 6 | Sanyo Shinpan Cup Grand Touring Car Endurance Race | Mine Circuit | October 1 |
Teams & Drivers
GT1
GT2
| Team | Make | Car | Engine | No. | Drivers | Tyre | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schloss Motorsport | Porsche | Porsche 964 RS | Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6 | 6 | Tsunefumi Hioki | D | 1 |
| Shunji Yashiro | 1 | ||||||
| RE Amemiya Racing | Mazda | Mazda RX-7 (FD3S) | Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor | 7 | Hironori Takeuchi | D | 2–6 |
| Haruhiko Matsumoto | 2–6 | ||||||
| M Factory Racing Club | Nissan | Nissan Skyline GTS-R (HR31) | Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 11 | Hiromoto Ishimori | B | 2–5 |
| Eimei Auto | Mitsubishi | Mitsubishi Mirage C53A | Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0 L I4 | 12 | Akira Nagai | D | 4 |
| Amuze Racing | Mazda | Mazda RX-7 (FC3S) | Mazda RE31B 1.3 L 2-rotor | 13 | Atsushi Hayakawa | D | 2 |
| Nobuhiro Yoshida | 2 | ||||||
| Kageisen Racing Team | Mazda | Mazda RX-7 (FC3S) | Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor | 17 | Toshihiko Nogami | Y | 2–5 |
| Toshiaki Koshimizu | 2–5 | ||||||
| Hitotsuyama Racing | BMW | BMW M3 (E30) | BMW S14 2.5 L I4 | 21 | Shoichi Ito | Y | 5 |
| Yosuke Hitotsuyama | 5 | ||||||
| B.H. Studio Racing | Porsche | Porsche 964 RSR | Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6 | 23 | Takashi Suzuki | Y | 3–5 |
| Naoto Sugita | 3–5 | ||||||
| Team Taisan | BMW | BMW M3 (E30) | BMW S14 2.5 L I4 | 26 | Motoji Sekine | Y | 1–3 |
| Fumio Mutoh | 1–3 | ||||||
| Junichi Yamanashi | 4–5 | ||||||
| Masaoki Nagashima | 4–5 | ||||||
| 28 | Motoji Sekine | 5–6 | |||||
| Fumio Mutoh | 5–6 | ||||||
| NAC West | Nissan | Nissan Skyline GTS-R (HR31) | Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 27 | Michiaki Hayashi | D | 2, 4 |
| Toshikazu Kanamori | 2 | ||||||
| Mamoru Suzuki | 4 | ||||||
| Cobra Racing Team | Porsche | Porsche 964 RSR | Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6 | 31 | Katsunori Iketani | Y | 2–5 |
| Masamitsu Ishihara | 2–3 | ||||||
| Seiichi Sodeyama | 5–6 | ||||||
| Ohyama Racing | Nissan | Nissan Skyline GT-R | Nissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I6 | 32 | Shigeru Ohyama | Y | 1–2 |
| Jun Okanoya | 1–2 | ||||||
| S2 Brain | Porsche | Porsche 964 RSR | Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6 | 54 | Seiichi Sodeyama | Y | 2–3 |
| Masahisa Nakada | 2–3 | ||||||
| Yoshimi Ishibashi | Nissan | Nissan Skyline GTS-R (HR31) | Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 70 | Yoshimi Ishibashi | B | All |
| Kaoru Hoshino | All | ||||||
| Makiguchi Engineering | BMW | BMW M3 (E30) | BMW S14 2.5 L I4 | 71 | Tsuyoshi Yamagishi | Y | 2–6 |
| Toshifumi Kurosu | 2–5 | ||||||
| Kazuhiro Koizumi | 6 | ||||||
| 72 | Katsuya Makiguchi | 1 | |||||
| Hideo Fukuyama | 1 | ||||||
| Norio Makiguchi | 2–5 | ||||||
| Toru Horigome | 2–3 | ||||||
| Takayuki Kinoshita | 4–5 |
Season results
| Round | Circuit | GT1 Winning Team | GT2 Winning Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| GT1 Winning Drivers | GT2 Winning Drivers | ||
| 1 | Suzuka Circuit | #1 Calsonic Hoshino Racing GT-R | #70 Team Gaikokuya Nissan Skyline |
| Masahiko Kageyama |
Yoshimi Ishibashi Kaoru Hoshino |
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| 2 | Mt. Fuji | #33 Team Taisan Porsche 911 GT2 | #70 Team Gaikokuya Nissan Skyline |
|
Hideshi Matsuda Kaoru Iida |
Yoshimi Ishibashi Kaoru Hoshino |
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| 3 | Sendai | #36 Castrol TOM'S Toyota Supra | #7 RE Amemiya Mazda RX-7 |
|
Masanori Sekiya Michael Krumm |
Hironori Takeuchi Haruhiko Matsumoto |
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| 4 | Mt. Fuji | #3 Hasemi Motorsports GT-R | #72 Makiguchi Engineering BMW M3 |
| Masahiro Hasemi |
Norio Makiguchi Takayuki Kinoshita |
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| 5 | Sportsland SUGO | #35 Team Taisan Porsche 911 GT2 | #31 Cobra Racing Team Porsche 993 |
|
Anthony Reid Masahiko Kondō |
Seiichi Sodeyama Katsunori Iketani |
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| 6 | Mine Circuit | #34 Team Taisan Porsche 911 GT2 | #7 RE Amemiya Mazda RX-7 |
|
Hideshi Matsuda Keiichi Suzuki |
Hironori Takeuchi Haruhiko Matsumoto |
Point Ranking
GT1 Class (Top 5)
Drivers
| Rank | Drivers | Number/Team | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Masahiko Kageyama | #1 Calsonic Hoshino Racing Skyline GT-R | 67 | 1 |
| 2 | Masahiro Hasemi | #3 Hasemi Motorsports Skyline GT-R | 61 | 1 |
| 3 | Toshio Suzuki | #55 NISMO Skyline GT-R | 58 | 0 |
| 4 | Hideshi Matsuda | #33 Team Taisan Porsche 911 GT2 #34 Team Taisan Porsche 911 GT2 #35 Team Taisan Porsche 911 GT2 |
44 | 1 |
| 5 | Michael Krumm | #36 Castrol TOM'S Toyota Supra | 46 | 1 |
GT2 Class (Top 5)
Drivers
| Rank | Drivers | Number/Team | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Yoshimi Ishibashi Kaoru Hoshino |
#70 Team Gaikokuya Nissan Skyline | 79 | 2 |
| 2 |
Hironori Takeuchi Haruhiko Matsumoto |
#7 RE Amemiya Mazda RX-7 | 57 | 2 |
| 3 | Tsuyoshi Yamagishi | #71 Makiguchi Engineering BMW M3 | 53 | 0 |
| 4 | Norio Makiguchi | #72 Makiguchi Engineering BMW M3 | 50 | 1 |
| 5 | Katsunori Iketani | #31 Cobra Racing Team Porsche 993 | 50 | 1 |