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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.
Drivers and teams [ ]
GT500 [ ]
GT300 [ ]
Team
Make
Car
Drivers
Tyre
Rounds
Cars Tokai Dream28
Mooncraft Shiden -Toyota
2
Y
All
All
Hiroki Yoshimoto
6
Team Uematsu Nova
Vemac
Vemac RD320R -Zytek ZV348
4
Y
All
All
6
-Zytek ZV348
16
1, 3, 9
1, 3, 9
Team Mach
Vemac
Vemac RD320R -HPD C32B
5
Tetsuji Tamanaka
Y
All
1–7, 9
6, 8
RE Amemiya Racing
Mazda
Mazda RX-7
7
Hiroyuki Iiri
Y
All
Ryo Orime
All
6
A&S Racing
Chevrolet
Chevrolet Corvette C6
9
Tatsuya Tanigawa
K
3, 6, 8
3, 6, 8
Takayuki Matsumoto
6
Jim Gainer Racing
Ferrari
Ferrari F430
11
Tetsuya Tanaka
Y
All
All
Racing Project Bandoh
Toyota
Toyota Celica
19
Manabu Orido
Y
1–3
1–3
Lexus
Lexus IS350
Manabu Orido
4–9
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
6
Koji Aoyama
9
apr
Toyota
Toyota MR-S
31
M
1–5, 7–9
1–5, 7–9
95
Kohei Hirate
1–5, 8–9
Keisuke Kunimoto
All
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
M
All
Shinichi Takagi
All
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
-HPD C32B
62
Shinsuke Shibahara
Y
1, 5–9
All
2–4, 6
JLOC
Lamborghini
Lamborghini Murcielago RG-1
66
Koji Yamanishi
Y
All
All
Lamborghini Gallardo RG-3
87
All
All
6
88
Hideshi Matsuda
All
Naohiro Furuya
All
6
Team Gaikokuya
Porsche
Porsche 996 GT3-RS
70
Y
1
1–7, 9
2–3
Yoshimi Ishibashi
4–7
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
All
111
1–6
1
2–6
6
Tomei Sports
Porsche
Porsche 996 GT3-RS
118
Y
1, 3, 6–9
1
3, 6–7
6, 8–9
Avanzza Rosso
Vemac
Vemac RD320R -HPD C32B
666
K
1–3, 5–9
1–3, 5–9
6
Studie & Glad with Asada Racing
BMW
BMW Z4 M Coupe
808
Y
6–7, 9
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 [ ]
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.
Colour
Result
Gold
Winner
Silver
2nd place
Bronze
3rd place
Green
Points finish
Blue
Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple
Retired (Ret)
Red
Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black
Disqualified (DSQ)
White
Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank
Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
Teams [ ]
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
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