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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 25px Japan Suzuka Circuit March 22
2 All Japan Fuji GT Race 25px Japan Fuji Speedway May 3
3 HiLand GT Championship 25px Japan Sendai Hi-Land Raceway June 28
4 Japan Special GT-Cup 25px Japan Fuji Speedway August 9
5 Motegi GT Championship Race 25px Japan Twin Ring Motegi September 13
6 CP Mine GT Race 25px Japan Mine Circuit October 11
7 SUGO GT Championship 25px Japan Sportsland SUGO October 25
NC Nicos Cup GT Allstar Race 25px Japan 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
25px Japan Erik Comas
25px France Masami Kageyama
25px Japan Keiichi Suzuki
25px Japan Shingo Tachi
2 Mt. Fuji Cancelled[1]
3 Sendai #23 Pennzoil NISMO GT-R #25 Team Taisan Jr with Tsuchiya MR-2
25px Japan Erik Comas
25px France Masami Kageyama
25px Japan Keiichi Suzuki
25px Japan Shingo Tachi
4 Mt. Fuji #64 Mobil 1 Nakajima Racing Honda NSX #25 Team Taisan Jr with Tsuchiya MR-2
25px Netherlands Tom Coronel
25px Japan Koji Yamanishi
25px Japan Keiichi Suzuki
25px Japan Shingo Tachi
5 Twin Ring Motegi #16 Castrol Mugen Honda NSX #77 Cusco Subaru Impreza
25px Japan Ryo Michigami
25px Japan Osamu Nakako
25px Japan Katsuo Kobayashi
25px Japan Hideyuki Tamamoto
6 Mine Circuit #100 Team Kunimitsu Honda NSX #25 Team Taisan Jr with Tsuchiya MR-2
25px Japan Kunimitsu Takahashi
25px Japan Akira Iida
25px Japan Keiichi Suzuki
25px Japan Shingo Tachi
7 Sportsland SUGO #16 Castrol Mugen Honda NSX #25 Team Taisan Jr with Tsuchiya MR-2
25px Japan Ryo Michigami
25px Japan Osamu Nakako
25px Japan Keiichi Suzuki
25px Japan Shingo Tachi
NC TI Circuit #64 Mobil 1 Nakajima Racing Honda NSX #25 Team Taisan Jr with Tsuchiya MR-2
25px Netherlands Tom Coronel
25px Japan Koji Yamanishi
25px Japan Keiichi Suzuki
25px Japan Shingo Tachi

Point Ranking[]

GT500 Class (Top 5)[]

Drivers[]

Rank Drivers Number/Team Points Wins
1 25px France Erik Comas
25px Japan Masami Kageyama
#23 Pennzoil NISMO GT-R 67 2
2 25px Netherlands Tom Coronel
25px Japan Koji Yamanishi
#64 Mobil 1 Nakajima Racing Honda NSX 50 1
3 25px Japan Takuya Kurosawa
25px Japan Kazuyoshi Hoshino
#12 Calsonic Impul GT-R 49 0
4 25px Japan Ryo Michigami
25px Japan Osamu Nakako
#16 Castrol Mugen Honda NSX 48 2
5 25px Japan Masahiro Hasemi
25px Japan Tetsuya Tanaka
#3 Hasemi Motorsports GT-R 37 0

GT300 Class (Top 5)[]

Drivers[]

Rank Drivers Number/Team Points Wins
1 25px Japan Keiichi Suzuki
25px Japan Shingo Tachi
#25 Team Taisan Jr with Tsuchiya MR-2 106 5
2 25px Japan Manabu Orido #19 Bandoh Racing Toyota Celica 46 0
3 25px Japan Morio Nitta #44 MOMOCORSE A'PEX MR-2 45 0
4 25px Japan Hiroki Kato #21 Hitotsuyama Racing BMW M3 44 0
5 25px Japan Akihiko Nakaya
25px Japan Takahiko Hara
#61 Team Taeivon Ralliart Mitsubishi FTO 37 0

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