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 (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.
2008 Xanavi Nismo GT-R (R35).
| 2008 Super GT Series | |||
| Previous: | 2007 | Next: | 2009 |
Drivers and teams
GT500
GT300
| Team | Make | Car | No. | Drivers | Tyre | Rounds |
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| Cars Tokai Dream28 | Mooncraft | Mooncraft Shiden-Toyota | 2 |  |
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| Team Uematsu Nova | Vemac | Vemac RD320R-Zytek ZV348 | 4 | |
Y | All |
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| Vemac RD350R-Zytek ZV348 | 16 | |
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| Team Mach | Vemac | Vemac RD320R-HPD C32B | 5 | |
Y | All |
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6, 8 | |||||
| RE Amemiya Racing | Mazda | Mazda RX-7 | 7 | |
Y | All |
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6 | |||||
| A&S Racing | Chevrolet | Chevrolet Corvette C6 | 9 | |
K | 3, 6, 8 |
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| Jim Gainer Racing | Ferrari | Ferrari F430 | 11 | |
Y | All |
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| Racing Project Bandoh | Toyota | Toyota Celica | 19 | |
Y | 1–3 |
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| Lexus | Lexus IS350 | |
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6 | |||||
| Team Taisan with Nishizawa | Porsche | Porsche 996 GT3-RS | 26 | |
Y | All |
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6 | |||||
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9 | |||||
| Team Shadow | Porsche | Porsche 996 GT3-RSR | 27 | |
H | 1, 3, 6–7, 9 |
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6 | |||||
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9 | |||||
| apr | Toyota | Toyota MR-S | 31 | |
M | 1–5, 7–9 |
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| 95 | |
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6 | |||||
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7 | |||||
| Hankook KTR | Porsche | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | 33 | |
H | All |
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All | |||||
| Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | ASL | ASL Garaiya | 43 | |
M | All |
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6 | |||||
| MOLA | Nissan | Nissan Fairlady Z | 46 | |
M | All |
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All | |||||
| Team Takeuchi with Shift | Lexus | Lexus IS350 | 52 | |
K | 3–9 |
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6 | |||||
| Willcom R&D Sport | Vemac | Vemac RD408R-HPD C32B | 62 | |
Y | 1, 5–9 |
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2–4, 6 | |||||
| JLOC | Lamborghini | Lamborghini Murcielago RG-1 | 66 | |
Y | All |
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All | |||||
| Lamborghini Gallardo RG-3 | 87 | |
All | |||
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All | |||||
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6 | |||||
| 88 | |
All | ||||
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All | |||||
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6 | |||||
| Team Gaikokuya | Porsche | Porsche 996 GT3-RS | 70 | |
Y | 1 |
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1–7, 9 | |||||
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2–3 | |||||
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4–7 | |||||
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6, 9 | |||||
| Cusco Racing | Subaru | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | 77 | |
D | All |
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1–7 | |||||
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8–9 | |||||
| Team Daishin | Nissan | Nissan Fairlady Z | 81 | |
Y | All |
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All | |||||
| Arktech Motorsports | Porsche | Porsche 986 Boxster | 110 | |
K | All |
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All | |||||
| 111 | |
1–6 | ||||
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1 | |||||
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2–6 | |||||
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6 | |||||
| Tomei Sports | Porsche | Porsche 996 GT3-RS | 118 | |
Y | 1, 3, 6–9 |
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1 | |||||
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3, 6–7 | |||||
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6, 8–9 | |||||
| Avanzza Rosso | Vemac | Vemac RD320R-HPD C32B | 666 | |
K | 1–3, 5–9 |
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1–3, 5–9 | |||||
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6 | |||||
| Studie & Glad with Asada Racing | BMW | BMW Z4 M Coupe | 808 | |
Y | 6–7, 9 |
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6–7, 9 | |||||
Schedule
| Round | Race | Circuit | Date |
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| 1 | |
Suzuka Circuit | March 16 |
| 2 | |
Okayama International Circuit | April 13 |
| 3 | |
Fuji Speedway | May 4 |
| 4 |  |
Sepang International Circuit | June 22 |
| 5 | |
Sportsland SUGO | July 27 |
| 6 | |
Suzuka Circuit | August 24 |
| 7 | |
Twin Ring Motegi | September 14 |
| 8 | |
Autopolis | October 19 |
| 9 | |
Fuji Speedway | November 9 |
Season Winners
| Rd | Circuit | GT500 Winning Team | GT300 Winning Team |
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| 1 | Suzuka | |
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| 2 | Okayama | |
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| 3 | Mt. Fuji | |
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| 4 | Kuala Lumpur | |
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| 5 | Sportsland SUGO | |
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| 6 | Suzuka Report |
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| 7 | Motegi | |
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| 8 | Autopolis | |
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| 9 | Mt. Fuji | |
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Standings
GT500 Drivers
- Scoring system
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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| 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.
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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
| Rank | Drivers | Number/Team | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |
#46 MOLA LEOPALACE Z | 78 | 1 |
| 2 | |
#43 ARTA Garaiya | 77 | 2 |
| 3 | |
#26 Yunker-Power Taisan Porsche | 71 | 1 |
Teams
| Rank | Number/Team | Car | Points |
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| 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
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gollark: If I install a thing, I generally expect it to remain installed.
gollark: This is actually quite bad, then.
gollark: "Expires in 7 days"?
gollark: I don't think the EU has made them allow it yet.
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