The 2002 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship was the tenth season of Japan Automobile Federation GT premiere racing. It was marked as well as the twentieth season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The GT500 class drivers' champions of 2002 were Juichi Wakisaka and Akira Iida driving the No. 6 Esso Team LeMans Toyota Supra, and the teams' champion was Honda team Mugen x Dome Project with their No. 16 Mugen NSX and No. 18 Takata Dome NSX.[1] The GT300 class drivers' champions were the No. 31 ARTA with A'PEX Toyota MR-S driven by Morio Nitta and Shinichi Takagi.
Drivers and teams
GT300
| Team |
Make |
Car |
Engine |
|
Drivers |
Tyre |
Rounds |
| Verno Tokai Dream28 |
Honda |
Honda NSX |
Honda C32B 3.4 L V6 |
2 |
Kazuho Takahashi |
Y |
All |
Akira Watanabe |
All |
| Hasemi Motorsport |
Nissan |
Nissan Silvia (S15) |
Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 |
3 |
Tetsuya Yamano |
Y |
All |
Masataka Yanagida |
All |
| Zipspeed |
Chevrolet |
Chevrolet Corvette C4 |
Chevrolet L98 5.7 L V8 |
4 |
Izumi Yoshida |
D |
All |
Toshiyuki Yamamoto |
2 |
Naohiro Furuya |
2–3, 5–6, 8 |
| A&S Racing |
Mosler |
Mosler MT900R |
Chevrolet LS1 5.7 L V8 |
5 |
Tetsuji Tamanaka |
Y |
All |
"Gō Mifune" |
All |
| RE Amemiya Racing |
Mazda |
Mazda RX-7 |
Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor |
7 |
Haruhiko Matsumoto |
Y |
All |
Nobuteru Taniguchi |
1–7 |
Takayuki Kinoshita |
8 |
| Team Daikokuya |
Porsche |
Porsche 911 GT3-R |
Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 |
9 |
Yosuke Shimoshima |
Y |
1–4, 8 |
Tsunefumi Hiki |
1 |
Masanobu Takenaka |
2–5, 8 |
Akihiko Tsutsumi |
5 |
| Amprex Motorsports |
BMW |
BMW M3 (E46) |
BMW M52 3.2 L I6 |
15 |
Genji Hashimoto |
BF |
All |
Charles Kwan |
All |
| TOM'S Spirit |
Toyota |
Toyota MR-S |
Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 |
17 |
Masahiro Matsunaga |
Y |
1–3, 5–8 |
Ken Namekawa |
1–3, 5–8 |
| Racing Project Bandoh |
Toyota |
Toyota MR-S |
Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 |
19 |
Minoru Tanaka |
Y |
All |
Satoshi Goto |
All |
| Hitotsuyama Racing |
BMW |
BMW M3 CSL |
BMW S50B32 3.2 L I6 |
21 |
Yasushi Kikuchi |
D |
All |
Mikio Hitotsuyama |
1, 7 |
Yasushi Hitotsuyama |
2–6, 8 |
| Team Taisan |
Porsche |
Porsche 911 GT3-R |
Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 |
24 |
Hideo Fukuyama |
Y |
All |
Mitsuhiro Kinoshita |
All |
| 26 |
Atsushi Yogo |
All |
Kazuyushi Nishizawa |
All |
| 28 |
Yutaka Yamagishi |
All |
Yukihiro Hane |
1, 3–8 |
Jukuchou Sunako |
2 |
| Chrysler |
Chrysler Viper GTS-R |
Chrysler EWB 8.0 L V10 |
55 |
Eiji Yamada |
All |
Takashi Shimizu |
1–2, 5–8 |
Takayuki Kinoshita |
3–4 |
| ARTA with A'PEX |
Toyota |
Toyota MR-S |
Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 |
31 |
Morio Nitta |
BF |
All |
Shinichi Takagi |
All |
| Auto Staff Racing |
Nissan |
Nissan Silvia (S15) |
Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 |
51 |
Naofumi Omoto |
Y |
3–5, 7–8 |
Masanobu Kato |
3–5, 7 |
Akira Ishikawa |
8 |
| R&D Sport |
Porsche |
Porsche 911 GT3-R |
Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 |
61 |
Yasuo Miyagawa |
D |
1–5 |
Hiroaki Suga |
1, 3 |
Tsubasa Kurosawa |
2 |
Atsushi Katsumasa |
4–5 |
| 62 |
Shinsuke Shibahara |
1 |
Shogo Mitsuyama |
1 |
| Vemac |
Vemac RD320R |
Honda C32B 3.4 L V6 |
Shinsuke Shibahara |
2–8 |
Shogo Mitsuyama |
2–8 |
| Porsche |
Porsche 911 GT3-R |
Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 |
63 |
"OSAMU" |
All |
Takamasa Nakagawa |
All |
| Team Revolution |
Mazda |
Mazda RX-7 |
Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor |
66 |
Tetsuya Shimizu |
Y |
5, 6, 8 |
Shinji Abe |
5 |
Mutsumi Shiono |
6, 8 |
| Team Gaikokuya |
Porsche |
Porsche 996 GT3-RS |
Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 |
70 |
Yoshimi Ishibashi |
D |
All |
Patrick van Schoote |
1–5 |
Seiichi Sodeyama |
6 |
Nobuo Komiya |
7–8 |
| SigmaTec Racing Team |
Toyota |
Toyota MR-S |
Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 |
71 |
Keita Sawa |
D |
All |
Guts Jyonai |
All |
| Cusco Racing |
Subaru |
Subaru Impreza WRX STI |
Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4 |
77 |
Katsuo Kobayashi |
Y |
All |
Tatsuya Tanigawa |
All |
| Team Daishin |
Nissan |
Nissan Silvia (S15) |
Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 |
81 |
Nobuyuki Ohyagi |
Y |
All |
Takayuki Aoki |
All |
| KRAFT |
Toyota |
Toyota MR-S |
Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 |
86 |
Masaoki Nagashima |
D |
All |
Koji Matsuda |
All |
| Dentaire ProJet Racing |
Ferrari |
Ferrari 360 |
Ferrari F131B 3.6 L V8 |
360 |
Seigo Nishizawa |
Y |
1–3, 5, 7–8 |
Kota Sasaki |
1–3, 5, 7–8 |
| 910 Racing |
Porsche |
Porsche 996 GT3 RS |
Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 |
910 |
Hideshi Matsuda |
Y |
All |
Yasuo Miyagawa |
1 |
Adam Wilcox |
2–8 |
| 911 |
Akira Hirakawa |
All |
Toshihide Hashimura |
1 |
Shigemitsu Haga |
2–3, 6, 8 |
Jukuchou Sunako |
5, 7 |
Standings
GT500 class
Drivers' standings
- Scoring system
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
| Points | 20 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Qualifying | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Fastest lap | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | |
|
|
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points classification |
| Blue | Non-points classification |
| Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired, not classified (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' standings
For teams that entered multiple cars, only the best result from each round counted towards the teams' championship.[2]