2007 Japan Le Mans Challenge

The 2007 Japan Le Mans Challenge was the second season for the Japan Le Mans Challenge, a series created by the SERO and sanctioned by the ACO. It began at Sportsland SUGO on May 13 and ended at Okayama International Circuit on October 27 after 4 races.

Schedule

On October 29, 2006, during the Okayama 1000 km, SERO announced their schedule for the 2007 season, adding a fourth race at Fuji.

Rnd Race Circuit Date
1 Sportsland Sugo 1000 km Miyagi Prefecture Sportsland SUGO May 13
2 Fuji 1000 km Shizuoka Prefecture Fuji Speedway June 3
3 Motegi 1000 km Tochigi Prefecture Twin Ring Motegi July 22
4 Okayama 1000 km Okayama Prefecture Okayama International Circuit October 27

Entries

LMP1

Team Chassis Engine Tyres No. Drivers Rounds
Japan Team Mugen Courage LC70 Mugen MF458S 4.5 L V8 M 16 Japan Haruki Kurosawa 1, 3–4
Japan Shinji Nakano 1, 3–4
Japan Seiji Ara 2
Japan Daisuke Itō 2
Japan Hitotsuyama Racing Zytek 05S Zytek ZB408 4.0 L V8 D 22 Japan Hideki Noda All
Japan Shinsuke Yamazaki All
Source:[1]

LMP2

Team Chassis Engine Tyres No. Drivers Rounds
Japan Forward Racing Dallara GC21 Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L I4 Y 5 Japan Takeshi Itou 3
Japan Takuya Shirasaka 3
Japan Max Racing Oscar RS.KK-LM Honda K20A 2.0 L I4 Y 15 Japan Toshiya Itou All
Japan Masayuki Ueda All
Japan Hideki Hirota 1, 4
Japan Kazuyoshi Takamizawa 2–3
Japan AIM Sports Dallara GC21 Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L I4 Y 18 Japan Yuuji Asou All
Japan Masaru Tomizawa All
Japan Ken Kurosawa 2, 4
Japan Yoshitaka Kuroda 1
Japan Masaki Matsushita 3
Japan Rs Serizawa Dallara GC21 Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L I4 Y 37 Japan Hiroaki Ishiura 3
Japan Hiroshi Koizumi 3
Japan Tsubasa Kurosawa 3
Japan Jidousya Koubou Myst Oscar SK93 Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L I4 Y 111 Japan Naoki Furuya 4
Japan Tatsuya Hashimoto 4
Japan Tomokuni Waki 4
Source:[1]

LMGT1

Team Chassis Engine Tyres No. Drivers Rounds
Japan Zipspeed Chevrolet Corvette Chevrolet LS1 5.7 V8 D 4 Japan Takaya Tsubobayashi 2
Japan Akira Yoshitomi 2
Japan Scuderia Forme Porsche 996 GT3-RS Porsche M96/73 3.6 L Flat-6 Y 7 Japan Masahiro Fujino 2–4
Japan Tadakazu Kojima 2–4
Japan Kiichirou Nagashiki 4
Japan Hitotsuyama Racing Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello Ferrari F133 A 6.0 L V12 D 21 Japan Tomonobu Fujii All
Japan Akira Iida All
Japan Eiichi Tajima 1
Japan Mikio Hitotsuyama 4
Japan Arktech Motor Sports Porsche Boxster Porsche M96/77 3.6 L Flat-6 K 110 Japan Takuya Kurosawa 1
Japan Hidetoshi Mitsusada 1
Source:[1]

LMGT2

Team Chassis Engine Tyres No. Drivers Rounds
Japan Scuderia Forme Porsche 996 GT3-RS Porsche M96/73 3.6 L Flat-6 Y 7 Japan Masahiro Fujino 1
Japan Tadakazu Kojima 1
Japan Hitotsuyama Racing Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche M97/80 3.8 L Flat-6 D 20 Japan Hideo Fukuyama All
Japan Yukinori Taniguchi All
Japan Yasuo Miyagawa 1–2
Japan Yukihiro Hane 3–4
Japan Team Kawamura Ferrari F430 GT Ferrari F136 GT 4.0 L V8 M 27 Japan Kouji Aoyama All
Japan Morio Nitta All
Japan Shinichi Takagi All
Japan 910 Racing Porsche 996 GT3-R Porsche M96/73 3.6 L Flat-6 Y 910 Japan "Dragon" All
Japan Yoshiaki Nakayama All
Japan Motoyoshi Yoshida All
Source:[1]

Season results

Bold indicates overall winners.

Rnd Circuit LMP1 Winning Team LMP2 Winning Team LMGT1 Winning Team LMGT2 Winning Team Report
LMP1 Winning Drivers LMP2 Winning Drivers LMGT1 Winning Drivers LMGT2 Winning Drivers
1 Sugo Japan No. 22 Hitotsuyama Racing Japan No. 18 AIM Sports Japan No. 21 Hitotsuyama Racing Japan No. 27 Team Kawamura Report
Japan Hideki Noda
Japan Shinsuke Yamazaki		 Japan Yuji Aso
Japan Masaru Tomizawa
Japan Masayuki Yamashita		 Japan Tomonobu Fujii
Japan Akira Iida		 Japan Koji Aoyama
Japan Morio Nitta
Japan Shinichi Takagi
2 Fuji Japan No. 22 Hitotsuyama Racing Japan No. 18 AIM Sports Japan No. 21 Hitotsuyama Racing Japan No. 27 Team Kawamura Report
Japan Hideki Noda
Japan Shinsuke Yamazaki		 Japan Yuji Aso
Japan Yoshitaka Kuroda
Japan Masaru Tomizawa		 Japan Tomonobu Fujii
Japan Akira Iida		 Japan Koji Aoyama
Japan Morio Nitta
Japan Shinichi Takagi
3 Motegi Japan No. 22 Hitotsuyama Racing Japan No. 15 Max Racing Japan No. 21 Hitotsuyama Racing Japan No. 27 Team Kawamura Report
Japan Hideki Noda
Japan Shinsuke Yamazaki		 Japan Toshiya Itou
Japan Kazuyoshi Takamizawa
Japan Masayuki Ueda		 Japan Tomonobu Fujii
Japan Akira Iida		 Japan Koji Aoyama
Japan Morio Nitta
Japan Shinichi Takagi
4 Okayama Japan No. 16 Team Mugen Japan No. 18 AIM Sports Japan No. 21 Hitotsuyama Racing Japan No. 20 Hitotsuyama Racing Report
Japan Haruki Kurosawa
Japan Shinji Nakano		 Japan Yuuji Asou
Japan Tsubasa Kurosawa
Japan Masaru Tomizawa		 Japan Tomonobu Fujii
Japan Mikio Hitotsuyama
Japan Akira Iida		 Japan Hideo Fukuyama
Japan Yukihiro Hane
Japan Yukinori Taniguchi

Championship standings

Points system

Points are awarded to finishers based on how many cars were entered in each class. For team's championships, only the top finishing car in a team scores points towards the championship. For classes with a more than five cars, points are scored as follows:[2]

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th 
Points 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1

For classes with a fewer than five cars, points are scored as follows:

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th 
Points 5 4 3 2.5 2

Drivers' Championship

LMP1 standings

Pos. Drivers Team SUG FUJ MOT OKA Points
1 Japan Hideki Noda
Japan Shinsuke Yamazaki		 Japan Hitotsuyama Racing 1 1 1 2 19
2 Japan Haruki Kurosawa
Japan Shinji Nakano		 Japan Team Mugen 2 NC 1 9
NC Japan Seiji Ara
Japan Daisuke Itō		 Japan Team Mugen NC 0
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints classification
BlueNon-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired, not classified (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
 Italic – Fastest Lap

LMP2 standings

Pos. Drivers Team SUG FUJ MOT OKA Points
1 Japan Yuji Aso
Japan Masaru Tomizawa		 Japan AIM Sports 1 1 2 1 19
2 Japan Toshiya Itou
Japan Masayuki Ueda		 Japan Max Racing 2 2 1 3 16
3 Japan Tsubasa Kurosawa Japan AIM Sports 1 Ret 1 10
4 Japan Kazuyoshi Takamizawa Japan Max Racing 2 1 9
5 Japan Hideki Hirota Japan Max Racing 2 3 7
6 Japan Yoshitaka Kuroda Japan AIM Sports 1 5
7 Japan Masaki Matsushita Japan AIM Sports 2 4
8 Japan Naoki Furuya
Japan Tatsuya Hashimoto
Japan Tomokuni Waki		 Japan Jidousya Koubou Myst 2 4
NC Japan Takeshi Itou
Japan Takuya Shirasaka		 Japan Forward Racing NC 0
NC Japan Hiroaki Ishiura
Japan Hiroshi Koizumi

Japan Tsubasa Kurosawa

 Japan Rs Serizawa Ret 0

LMGT1 standings

Pos. Drivers Team SUG FUJ MOT OKA Points
1 Japan Tomonobu Fujii
Japan Akira Iida		 Japan Hitotsuyama Racing 1 1 1 1 20
2 Japan Eiichi Tajima Japan Hitotsuyama Racing 1 5
3 Japan Mikio Hitotsuyama Japan Hitotsuyama Racing 1 5
4 Japan Masahiro Fujino
Japan Tadakazu Kojima		 Japan Scuderia Forme 2 Ret Ret 4
NC Japan Takuya Kurosawa
Japan Hidetoshi Mitsusada		 Japan Arktech Motor Sports NC 0
NC Japan Takaya Tsubobayashi
Japan Akira Yoshitomi		 Japan Zipspeed Ret 0
NC Japan Kiichirou Nagashiki Japan Scuderia Forme Ret 0

LMGT2 standings

Pos. Drivers Team SUG FUJ MOT OKA Points
1 Japan Kouji Aoyama
Japan Morio Nitta
Japan Shinichi Takagi		 Japan Team Kawamura 1 1 1 2 19
2 Japan Hideo Fukuyama
Japan Yukinori Taniguchi		 Japan Hitotsuyama Racing 2 2 3 1 16
3 Japan Yukihiro Hane Japan Hitotsuyama Racing 3 1 8
4 Japan Yasuo Miyagawa Japan Hitotsuyama Racing 2 2 8
5 Japan "Dragon"
Japan Yoshiaki Nakayama
Japan Motoyoshi Yoshida		 Japan 910 Racing NC 3 2 Ret 7
NC Japan Masahiro Fujino
Japan Tadakazu Kojima		 Japan Scuderia Forme Ret 0

Teams' Championship

LMP1 standings

Pos. Team SUG FUJ MOT OKA Points
1 Japan Hitotsuyama Racing 1 1 1 2 19
2 Japan Team Mugen 1 NC NC 1 9
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints classification
BlueNon-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired, not classified (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
 Italic – Fastest Lap

LMP2 standings

Pos. Team SUG FUJ MOT OKA Points
1 Japan AIM Sports 1 1 2 1 19
2 Japan Max Racing 2 2 1 3 16
3 Japan Jidousya Koubou Myst 2 4
NC Japan Forward Racing NC 0
NC Japan Rs Serizawa Ret 0

LMGT1 standings

Pos. Team SUG FUJ MOT OKA Points
1 Japan Hitotsuyama Racing 1 1 1 1 20
2 Japan Scuderia Forme 2 Ret Ret 4
NC Japan Arktech Motor Sports NC 0
NC Japan Zipspeed Ret 0

LMGT2 standings

Pos. Team SUG FUJ MOT OKA Points
1 Japan Team Kawamura 1 1 1 2 19
2 Japan Hitotsuyama Racing 2 2 3 1 16
3 Japan 910 Racing NC 3 2 Ret 7
NC Japan Scuderia Forme Ret 0

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Final Japan Le Mans Challenge Race This Weekend". archive2.dailysportscar.com. 26 October 2007. Retrieved 9 August 2026.
  2. ↑ "JAPAN LE MANS CHALLENGE/全日本スポーツカー耐久選手権 オフィシャル ウェブサイト". www.lmchallenge.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 10 August 2007. Retrieved 7 August 2026.
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