1997 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship

1997 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship
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The 1997 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship was the fourth season of the All-Japan Grand Touring Car Championship. The GT500 champion was the #36 Castrol TOM'S Toyota Supra driven by Michael Krumm and Pedro de la Rosa and the GT300 class champion was the #19 Bandoh Racing Nissan Silvia driven by Hideo Fukuyama and Manabu Orido.

Schedule

Round	Race	Circuit	Date
1	Suzuka GT 300	Suzuka Circuit	March 30
2	All Japan Fuji GT Race	Fuji Speedway	May 4
3	HiLand GT Championship	Sendai Hi-Land Raceway	June 29
4	Japan Special GT-Cup	Fuji Speedway	August 10
5	CP Mine GT Race	Mine Circuit	October 5
6	SUGO GT Championship	Sportsland SUGO	October 26
NC	Nicos Cup GT Allstar Race	Twin Ring Motegi	November 16

Round	Circuit	GT500 Winning Team	GT300 Winning Team
Round	Circuit	GT500 Winning Drivers	GT300 Winning Drivers
1	Suzuka Circuit	#2 Zexel NISMO GT-R	#19 Racing Project Bandoh Nissan Silvia
1	Suzuka Circuit	Aguri Suzuki Érik Comas	Hideo Fukuyama Manabu Orido
2	Mt. Fuji	#39 Denso Team SARD Toyota Supra	#26 Team Taisan Jr Porsche 964
2	Mt. Fuji	Masami Kageyama Tatsuya Tanigawa	Keiichi Suzuki Morio Nitta
3	Sendai	#36 Castrol TOM'S Toyota Supra	#25 Tsuchiya Engineering Toyota MR-2
3	Sendai	Michael Krumm Pedro de la Rosa	Takeshi Tsuchiya Masaoki Nagashima
4	Mt. Fuji	#39 Denso Team SARD Toyota Supra	#26 Team Taisan Jr Porsche 964
4	Mt. Fuji	Masami Kageyama Tatsuya Tanigawa	Keiichi Suzuki Morio Nitta
5	Mine Circuit	#36 Castrol TOM'S Toyota Supra	#19 Racing Project Bandoh Nissan Silvia
5	Mine Circuit	Michael Krumm Pedro de la Rosa	Hideo Fukuyama Manabu Orido
6	Sportsland SUGO	#5 Team 5Zigen Toyota Supra	#71 Team Sigmatech Porsche 993
6	Sportsland SUGO	Eiichi Tajima Marc Goossens	Kaoru Hoshino Masaki Jyonai
NC	Twin Ring Motegi	#2 Zexel NISMO GT-R	#27 Ferrari Club Japan Ferrari F355
		Aguri Suzuki Érik Comas	Tetsuya Ota Anders Olofsson
		#2 Zexel NISMO GT-R	#27 Ferrari Club Japan Ferrari F355
		Aguri Suzuki Érik Comas	Tetsuya Ota Anders Olofsson

Rank	Drivers	Number/Team	Points	Wins
1	Michael Krumm Pedro de la Rosa	#36 Castrol TOM'S Toyota Supra	67	2
2	Masami Kageyama	#39 Denso Team SARD Toyota Supra	67	2
3	Toshio Suzuki Masanori Sekiya	#37 Castrol TOM'S Toyota Supra	64	0
4	Aguri Suzuki	#2 Zexel NISMO GT-R	60	1
5	Tatsuya Tanigawa	#39 Denso Team SARD Toyota Supra	52	2

Rank	Drivers	Number/Team	Points	Wins
1	Hideo Fukuyama Manabu Orido	#19 Racing Project Bandoh Nissan Silvia	90	2
2	Keiichi Suzuki Morio Nitta	#26 Team Taisan Jr Porsche 964	89	2
3	Masaoki Nagashima	#25 Tsuchiya Engineering Toyota MR-2	52	1
4	Takeshi Tsuchiya	#25 Tsuchiya Engineering Toyota MR-2	52	1
5	Kaoru Hoshino Masaki Jyonai	#71 Team Sigmatech Porsche 993	51	1

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