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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
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.
GT-R
.
Drivers and teams
GT500
GT300
Schedule
Season Winners
Rd
Circuit
GT500 Winning Team
GT300 Winning Team
Rd
Circuit
GT500 Winning Drivers
GT300 Winning Drivers
1
Suzuka
#23 Xanavi
Nismo
GT-R
#7 ORC
Amemiya
SGC-7
1
Suzuka
Satoshi Motoyama
Benoît Tréluyer
Hiroyuki Iiri
Ryo Orime
2
Okayama
#23 Xanavi Nismo GT-R
#43
ARTA
Garaiya
2
Okayama
Satoshi Motoyama
Benoît Tréluyer
Morio Nitta
Shinichi Takagi
3
Mt. Fuji
#38 ZENT Cerumo
SC430
#95
Lightning McQueen
apr
MR-S
3
Mt. Fuji
Yuji Tachikawa
Richard Lyons
Kohei Hirate
Keisuke Kunimoto
4
Kuala Lumpur
#24 Woodone ADVAN Clarion GT-R
#77 Cusco Dunlop
Subaru Impreza
4
Kuala Lumpur
João Paulo
de Oliveira
Seiji Ara
Tetsuya Yamano
Kouta Sasaki
5
Sportsland SUGO
#18 Takata DOME
NSX
#43 ARTA Garaiya
5
Sportsland SUGO
Ryo Michigami
Takashi Kogure
Morio Nitta
Shinichi Takagi
6
Suzuka
Report
#12 Calsonic
IMPUL
GT-R
#46 MOLA LEOPALACE
Z
6
Suzuka
Report
Tsugio Matsuda
Sebastien Philippe
Kazuki Hoshino
Hironobu Yasuda
7
Motegi
#3
Yellow Hat
YMS
Tomica
GT-R
#19
WedsSport
IS350
7
Motegi
Ronnie Quintarelli
Naoki Yokomizo
Manabu Orido
Tsubasa Abe
8
Autopolis
#23 Xanavi Nismo GT-R
#81 Daishin
Advan
Z
8
Autopolis
Satoshi Motoyama
Benoît Tréluyer
Takayuki Aoki
Tomonobu Fujii
9
Mt. Fuji
#12 Calsonic IMPUL GT-R
#26 Yunker-Power
Taisan
Porsche 996 GT3
9
Mt. Fuji
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
.
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
GT300 Class (Top 3)
Drivers
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