2022 Super Taikyu Series

The 2022 Eneos Super Taikyu Series Powered by Hankook was the thirty-second season of the Super Taikyu Series endurance racing championship. The season started on 20 March and ended on 27 November at Suzuka Circuit.

HELM Motorsports' Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 won the ST-X class championship.

HELM Motorsports won the championship in the series' GT3 category, known as ST-X, in its first year in the category with a Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3.

Eneos became the series' title sponsor in a multi-year agreement announced before the start of the season. In the ST-Q class, Toyota and Subaru debuted versions of their new Toyota GR86 and Subaru BRZ sports cars, adapted to run on carbon-neutral fuel. Nissan also debuted a racing concept version of the new Nissan Z, which served as the prototype to the Nissan Z GT4.

Calendar edit

The Super Taikyu Series announced their 2022 calendar on 14 November 2021.[1] The calendar featured a seventh round at Suzuka Circuit on 27 November which served as the season finale. Suzuka would also host the opening round on 20 March, while the newly rechristened Mobility Resort Motegi had its date moved to September. The double-header round at Sportsland Sugo was moved from April to early July, in between the Fuji Super TEC 24 Hours and the Autopolis round.

Round Event Race Length Race Format Classes Circuit Date
1 Suzuka Super Taikyu 5 Hour Race 5 hours 1 race ST-X / Z / TCR / Q / 1 / 2 / 3 / 5 Suzuka Circuit 19–20 March
2 NAPAC Fuji SUPER TEC 24 Hours Race 24 hours 1 race All Fuji Speedway 3–5 June
3 SUGO Super Taikyu 3 Hours Race 3 hours 2 races ST-X / Z / TCR / Q / 1 / 3 / 4 / 5 Sportsland Sugo 9–10 July
4 Super Taikyu Race in Autopolis 5 hours 1 race ST-X / Z / TCR / Q / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 Autopolis 30–31 July
5 Motegi Super Taikyu 5 Hours Race 5 hours 1 race ST-X / Z / TCR / Q / 1 / 2 / 4 / 5 Mobility Resort Motegi 3–4 September
6 Super Taikyu Race in Okayama 3 hours x 2 2 races ST-X / Z / TCR / Q / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 Okayama International Circuit 15–16 October
7 Suzuka 5 Hour Endurance Race 5 hours 1 race All Suzuka Circuit 26–27 November

Teams and drivers edit

59 different cars entered throughout the course of the 2022 season. All teams competed under a Japanese license.

No. Entrant Vehicle Engine Drivers
ST-X (FIA GT3 homologated vehicles)
9 MP Racing (Rd. 2-4) Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Nissan 3.8 L twin-turbocharged V6   Joe Shindo
  Yusaku Shibata
  Masami Kageyama
  Takuro Shinohara
  Hiroshi Koizumi (Rd. 2)
  Keiichi Inoue (Rd. 2)
16 Porsche Center Okazaki (Rd. 1, 3-7) Porsche 911 GT3 R (991.2) Porsche 4.0L Flat-6   Hiroaki Nagai
  Yuta Kamimura
  Daisuke Ito
23 TKRI (Rd.1, 3-7) Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8   Daisuke
  Yuya Motojima
  Yuhki Nakayama
31 apr Lexus RC F GT3 Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8   Hideki Nagai
  Koki Saga
  Kazuto Kotaka
  Hiroaki Nagai (Rd. 2)
  Yuta Kamimura (Rd. 2)
62 HELM Motorsports Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Nissan 3.8 L twin-turbocharged V6   Yutaka Toriba
  Yuya Hiraki
  Reiji Hiraki
  Shaun Thong (Rd. 2)
81 GTNET Motor Sports Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Nissan 3.8 L twin-turbocharged V6   Noboyuki Oyagi
  Takayuki Aoki
  Kiyoto Fujinami
  Natsu Sakaguchi (Rd. 1-3, 5, 7)
555 PLUS Racing (Rd. 4) BMW M4 GT3 BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6   Tomohide Yamaguchi
  Seiji Ara
  Yuya Sakamoto
777 D'station Racing (Rd. 4-7) Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8   Satoshi Hoshino
  Tomonobu Fujii
  Tsubasa Kondo
888 Grid Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8   Daisuke Yamawaki
  Shinichi Takagi
  Haruki Kurosawa (Rd. 1-4)
  Martin Berry (Rd. 2-7)
  Shaun Thong (Rd. 5-7)
ST-Z (RACB GT4 homologated vehicles)
19 Birth Racing Project Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6   Kenji Suzuki
  Takeshi Suehiro
  Koichi Okumura (Rd. 1-3)
  Takahisa Ohno (Rd. 1-2)
  Kohei Fukuda (Rd. 2-7)
  Hirobon (Rd. 2)
  Tatsuya Tanigawa (Rd. 4-7)
21 Audi Team Hitotsuyama (Rd. 2-5, 7) Audi R8 LMS GT4 Audi 5.2 L V10   Ritomo Miyata
  Seiya Jin
  Yuki Ano
  Hideo Honda (Rd. 2)
  Yuki Fujii (Rd. 2)
  Masaki Ano (Rd. 3-5, 7)
22 Porsche Team EBI Waimarama (Rd. 1-5, 7) Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6   Naoya Yamano
  Riki Okusa
  Kizuna (Rd. 1-5)
  Katsumasa Chiyo (Rd. 1-5)
  Giuliano Alesi (Rd. 2)
  Lee Jung Woo (Rd. 2)
33 Audi Driving Experience Japan (Rd. 6) Audi R8 LMS GT4 Audi 5.2 L V10   Hideki Nakahara
  Ritomo Miyata
  Seiya Jin
  Shota Takegawa
34 Techno First (Rd. 1, 3-6) Ginetta G55 GT4 Ford 3.7 L V6   Hironobu Yasuda
  Kazuki Oki
  Yuki Tanaka (Rd. 1)
  Masaki Kano (Rd. 3-5)
  Naozumi Saka (Rd. 6)
  Ryosuke Ogawa (Rd. 6)
111 Hiroshima Toyopet Racing (Rd. 1, 3-7) Toyota GR Supra GT4 BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6   Toshiyuki Matsuda
  Yuga Furutani
  Yoshiaki Nakamura
  Yasutaka Hinoi (Rd. 1, 3-6)
310 Corolla Shin-Ibaraki CSIRacing (Rd. 1-5)
My Cars CSIRacing (Rd. 6-7)
Toyota GR Supra GT4 BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6   Manabu Yamazaki
  Sho Tsuboi
  Seita Nonaka
  Shinya Hosokawa (Rd. 1-3, 5-6)
  Takumi Sanada (Rd. 2)
  Yuya Sakamoto (Rd. 2)
500 Team 5Zigen (Rd. 1-6) Mercedes-AMG GT4 Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8   Ryuichiro Otsuka
  Kakunoshin Ohta
  Toshihiro Kaneishi
  Iori Kimura (Rd. 2)
505 Audi Team AS Sport (Rd. 2, 4, 6-7) Audi R8 LMS GT4 Audi 5.2 L V10   Takeshi Okamoto
  Ryosuke Kagami
  Shozo Tagahara
  Takahiro Kimura (Rd. 2)
  Genki Nishimura (Rd. 2)
  Yoshinari Fujiwara (Rd. 2)
885 SHADE Racing Toyota GR Supra GT4 BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6   Hiro Hayashi
  Eijiro Shimizu
  Katsuyuki Hiranaka (Rd. 1-3, 5-7)
  Morio Nitta (Rd. 2)
  Yuhki Nakayama (Rd. 2)
  Shinnosuke Yamada (Rd. 4)
ST-TCR (TCR homologated vehicles)
No. Entrant Vehicle Drivers
75 Team Noah (Rd. 1-2, 4-5, 7) Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK7)   Yoshikazu Sobu
  Toshiro Tsukada (Rd. 1-2, 4)
  Shigetomo Shimono (Rd. 1, 7)
  Shingo Wada (Rd. 1, 7)
  Yuji Kiyotaki (Rd. 2, 4-5)
  "J" Antonio (Rd. 2, 5, 7)
  Yu Kanamaru (Rd. 2)
  Koji Miura (Rd. 2)
  Yasuhiro Ogushi (Rd. 4)
  Kuniyuki Haga (Rd. 5)
97 M&K Honda Cars Okegawa Racing (Rd. 1-2, 4-5, 7) Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK7)   Mitsuhiro Endo
  Shinji Nakano
  Kazuma Nishimura (Rd. 1-2, 4-5)
  Yusuke Mitsui (Rd. 1-2, 4, 7)
  Syun Koide (Rd. 2)
ST-Q (development vehicles approved by the STO)
3 Endless Sports Mercedes-AMG GT4   Ryo Ogawa
  Shintaro Kawabata
  Togo Suganami (Rd. 1-2, 4-5, 7)
  Riki Tanioka (Rd. 2-3, 5-7)
28 ORC ROOKIE Racing Toyota GR86 CNF Concept (Rd. 1-2, 4-7)   Naoya Gamou
  Daisuke Toyoda
  Kazuya Oshima (Rd. 1-2, 4-5, 7)
  Ryuta Ukai (Rd. 1-2, 4, 6-7)
  Yuhi Sekiguchi (Rd. 2)
32 Toyota Corolla Sport H2 Concept (Rd. 1-2)
Toyota GR Corolla H2 Concept (Rd. 3-7)
  Masahiro Sasaki
  Morizo
  Yasuhiro Ogura
  Hiroaki Ishiura (Rd. 1-2, 4-7)
  Jari-Matti Latvala (Rd. 2)
  Norihiko Katsuta (Rd. 2)
55 Mazda Spirit Racing Mazda2 Bio Concept (Rd. 1-6)
Mazda3 Bio Concept (Rd. 7)
  Kazuhiro Terakawa
  Kaoru Ijiri
  Yutaka Seki
  Ikuo Maeda (Rd. 1-5, 7)
  Tetsuya Kato (Rd. 2)
  Yuya Tezuka (Rd. 2)
61 Team SDA Engineering Subaru BRZ CNF Concept   Takuto Iguchi
  Hideki Yamauchi
  Koichi Hirota
  Takuma Kamada (Rd. 2)
  Toshihiro Yoshida (Rd. 2)
230 NISMO (Rd. 2) Nissan Z Racing Concept   Kohei Hirate
  Tsugio Matsuda
  Ronnie Quintarelli
  Daiki Sasaki
  Kazuki Hoshino
244 Max Racing (Rd. 2-7) Nissan Z Racing Concept   Toru Tanaka
  Atsushi Miyake
  Tetsuya Tanaka (Rd. 2-4, 6-7)
  Mitsunori Takaboshi (Rd. 2)
  Hironobu Yasuda (Rd. 2)
  Teppei Natori (Rd. 5)
ST-1 - Rounds 1-5, 7
2 K's Frontier KTM Cars KTM X-Bow GTX   Taiyo Ida
  Kazuho Takahashi
  Hiroki Katoh
  Hiroki Yoshimoto
  Takashi Kobayashi (Rd. 2)
8 BMW Team Studie (Rd. 2) BMW M2 CS Racing   Takayuki Kinoshita
  Jukuchou Sunako
  Takashi Ohi
  Kouki Yamada
  Takashi Kochiya
38 Tracy Sports Toyota GR Supra (DB42)   Yuui Tsutsumi
  Yuichi Nakayama
  Kota Matsui
  Rintaro Kubo (Rd. 2)
47 D'station Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT8R   Manabu Orido
  Kenji Hama
  Tatsuya Hoshino (Rd. 1, 4)
  Jake Parsons (Rd. 2, 4-5, 7)
  Tsubasa Kondo (Rd. 2)
  Kosuke Matsuura (Rd. 2)
ST-2 (2,401-3,500cc, front-wheel and all-wheel drive) - Rounds 1-2, 4-7
6 Shinryo Racing Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X (CZ4A)   Tomohiro Tomimasu
  Yasushi Kikuchi
  Masazumi Ohashi
  Turbo Asahi (Rd. 2)
7   Yoshiki Fujii
  Mamoru Okada
  Keisuke Anzai
  Masato Narisawa (Rd. 1-2, 4-5, 7)
  Takuya Shiga (Rd. 2)
  Shingo Imai (Rd. 2)
13 Endless Sports Toyota GR Yaris (GXPA16)   Reimei Ito
  Mizuki Ishizaka
  Masaya Hanazato
  Hitoshi Okada (Rd. 2, 5-7)
56 Claris Racing (Rd. 1-2, 4-5) Toyota GR Yaris (GXPA16)   Kizuku Hirota
  Ryo Yamada (Rd. 1-2, 4)
  Anna Inotsume (Rd. 1-2, 4)
  Tatsuya Ota (Rd. 1-2, 5)
  Riku Hashimoto (Rd. 2, 4-5)
  Tomoki Iida (Rd. 2)
59 TOWAINTEC Racing Subaru WRX STI (VAB)   Manabu Osawa
  Hitoshi Gotoh
  Hideto Yasuoka
  Shunsuke Sato (Rd. 2)
  Yoshiyuki Tsuruga (Rd. 2)
225 KTMS Kobe Toyopet Motor Sports Toyota GR Yaris (GXPA16)   Hibiki Taira
  Rin Arakawa
  Jiei Okuzumi
743 Honda R&D Challenge Honda Civic Type R (FK8) (Rd. 1-6)
Honda Civic Type R (FL5) (Rd. 7)
  Hiroaki Ishigaki
  Junichi Kidachi
  Hideki Kakinuma
  Kengo Yamamoto (Rd. 1-2, 4-5)
  Shinichi Katsura (Rd. 2)
  Tomoko Fujishima (Rd. 2)
  Hideki Mutoh (Rd. 7)
ST-3 (2,401-3,500cc, rear-wheel drive) - Rounds 1-4, 6-7
15 Okabe Jidosha Motorsport Nissan Fairlady Z (Z34)   Masaaki Nagashima
  Kazuomi Komatsu
  Aruga Tomita
  Yuga Katsumata (Rd. 1-3)
  Seiya Motojima (Rd. 2, 4, 6-7)
  Masaya Kohno (Rd. 2)
25 Team ZeroOne Nissan Fairlady Z (Z34)   Teppei Natori
  Takuya Shirasaka
  Ryuichiro Tomita (Rd. 1, 3, 6-7)
  Tsubasa Mekaru (Rd. 2)
  Yuya Nakajima (Rd. 2)
  Masataka Inoue (Rd. 2)
  Kimiya Sato (Rd. 4, 7)
39 Tracy Sports with Delta Lexus RC 350 (GSC10)   Yusuke Tomibayashi
  Takashi Ito
  Hirotaka Ishii
  Takuya Otaki (Rd. 1-4)
  Dai Mizuno (Rd. 2)
  Gento Miyashita (Rd. 2)
52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave Toyota Crown RS (ARS220)   Naoki Hattori
  Hiroki Yoshida
  Kohta Kawaai
  Hikaru Jitosho (Rd. 2)
63 Tracy Sports (Rd. 1-3, 6-7) Lexus RC 350 (GSC10)   Ryohei Sakaguchi
  Makoto Hotta (Rd. 1-3)
  Sena Sakaguchi (Rd. 2)
  Rintaro Kubo (Rd. 6-7)
  Dai Mizuno (Rd. 6-7)
311 FKS Team Fukushima (Rd. 1-4) Nissan Fairlady Z (Z34)   Yusuke Shiotsu
  Ai Miura
  Kazuki Hiramine
  Tsugio Matsuda (Rd. 1, 3-4)
  Kimiya Sato (Rd. 2)
  Hirokazu Suzuki (Rd. 2)
ST-4 (1,500-2,400cc) - Rounds 2-7
18 Asano Racing Service Toyota GR86 (ZN8)   Takeo Asano
  Daiki Fujiwara
  Toshiki Ishimori
  Takafumi Katsuki (Rd. 2, 4)
  Toshikazu Shiba (Rd. 2)
  Ryo Fukatsu (Rd. 2)
  Tsuyoshi Ito (Rd. 5)
  Shinnosuke Ito (Rd. 7)
60 Team G/Motion' Honda Integra Type R (DC5) (Rd. 2-4)
Toyota GR86 (ZN8) (Rd. 5-7)
  Takao Seto
  Resshu Shioya
  Taro Matsunami (Rd. 2)
  Hikaru Nakamura (Rd. 2)
  Piston Nishikawa (Rd. 5)
  Kengo Yamamoto (Rd. 7)
86 TOM'S Spirit Toyota GR86 (ZN8)   Takamitsu Matsui
  Kenta Yamashita
  Shunsuke Kohno (Rd. 2-4, 6-7)
  Ryuta Ukai (Rd. 5)
216 HMR Racing (Rd. 3, 5, 7) Toyota 86 (ZN6)   Kenji Ishikawa
  Hammer Izawa (Rd. 2)
  Yuki Kawahara (Rd. 5, 7)
  Yuga Katsumata (Rd. 5)
  Taku Ohsumi (Rd. 7)
884 SHADE Racing Toyota 86 (ZN6) (Rd. 2)
Toyota GR86 (ZN8) (Rd. 3-7)
  Keishi Ishikawa
  Yuji Kunimoto
  Shinnosuke Yamada (Rd. 2-3, 5-7)
  Masahiko Kageyama (Rd. 2)
ST-5 (up to 1,500cc) - Rounds 1-3, 5-7
4 Team Bride Honda Fit3 RS (GK5)
  Hiroshi Ito
  Yuya Ohta (Rd. 1-3, 5, 7)
  Hiroki Kokuzawa (Rd. 1-2, 5, 7)
  Takuji Okada (Rd. 1-2, 6)
  Rina Ito (Rd. 2, 5, 7)
  Soichi Kurosu (Rd. 2)
  Seijiro Aihara (Rd. 3)
  Hidefumi Minami (Rd. 6)
5 Toyota Yaris (MXPA10) (Rd. 3, 6)   Hiroki Kokuzawa
  Rina Ito
  Hidefumi Minami (Rd. 5)
  Shunsuke Sato (Rd. 5)
  Carlos Honda (Rd. 6)
11 Ambitious Racing Honda Fit3 RS (GK5)   Masaki Baba
  Katsuhiro Sato
  Teppei Tsuruta
  Hajime Omono (Rd. 2, 5)
  Motoharu Sato (Rd. 2)
12 Mazda Spirit Racing (Rd. 5-7) Mazda Roadster (ND5RC)   Haruhiko Sugino
  Noriyuki Higuchi
  Ryohei Sakaguchi (Rd. 5)
  Tomoko Fujishima (Rd. 5)
  Ikuo Maeda (Rd. 6)
  Yasutaka Hinoi (Rd. 7)
  Teruaki Kato (Rd. 7)
17 Team NOPRO Mazda Demio Diesel Turbo (DJ5FS)   Kazunari Yoshioka
  Tobio Ohtani
  Yuya Tezuka (Rd. 1, 3, 5-7)
  Yoshihiro Kato (Rd. 1)
  Toshihiko Nogami (Rd. 2-3, 5-7)
  Hideyoshi Nishizawa (Rd. 2)
  Junichi Agematsu (Rd. 2)
  Hiroaki Yamamoto (Rd. 2)
37 Mazda Demio (DE5FS)   Tatsuya Nogami
  Toshihiko Nogami (Rd. 1)
  Yoshihiro Kato (Rd. 2-3, 5-7)
  Shunsuke Ozaki (Rd. 2, 5-7)
  Toshihiro Kubota (Rd. 2)
  Tatsuya Tanigawa (Rd. 3)
  Hiroaki Yamamoto (Rd. 5, 7)
50 Love Drive Racing Mazda Roadster (ND5RC)   Hiroyuki Matsumura
  Koji Yamanishi (Rd. 1-3)
  Yoshihito Shinoda (Rd. 1-2, 6-7)
  Yuhi Sekiguchi (Rd. 1)
  Junko Fujii (Rd. 2-3, 5-7)
  Takashi Hata (Rd. 2)
  Kotaro Matsubuchi (Rd. 2)
  Hirobon (Rd. 3)
  Isao Ihashi (Rd. 5-7)
65 Over Drive Mazda Roadster (ND5RC)   Shuichiro Hokazono
  Eiji Niwa (Rd. 1-2, 5, 7)
  Masahiro Aoai (Rd. 1-2, 6)
  Ryohei Arioka (Rd. 1, 6)
  Hirohito Ito (Rd. 2-3, 7)
  Takaya Kusano (Rd. 2)
  Koji Obara (Rd. 2)
  Hiroki Wako (Rd. 3)
  Tatsuya Ota (Rd. 3)
  Ryota Kikuchi (Rd. 5)
  Yoshihiro Murooka (Rd. 5)
  Shunji Okumoto (Rd. 7)
66 Mazda Roadster (ND5RC)   Takayuki Takechi
  Kousei Kanto
  Kyosuke Inomata
  Daichi Okamoto (Rd. 1-2, 5, 7)
  Yasuhiro Takasaki (Rd. 2)
  Daitetsu Ueno (Rd. 2)
  Yoshiyuki Uesugi (Rd. 3)
67 Team Yamato (Rd. 1-3, 5, 7) Honda Fit3 RS (GK5)   Ryohei Yasui
  Shinya Uchiyama
  Ryo Mukumoto (Rd. 1-3, 5)
  Hideaki Ito (Rd. 2-3, 5, 7)
72 Nihon Automobile College Mazda Roadster (ND5RC)   Tetsuya Yamano
  Makoto Kanai
  Tatsuya Nojima
  Tatsuya Ishii (Rd. 2)
  Takumi Minamisawa (Rd. 2)
88 Murakami Motors Mazda Roadster (ND5RC)   Hiroyuki Murakami (Rd. 1-2, 5-7)
  Masanobu Kato (Rd. 1-3, 5)
  Tatsuya Tanigawa (Rd. 1-2)
  Keiji Amemiya (Rd. 2-3, 5, 7)
  Tatsuya Ota (Rd. 6-7)
  Naoya Yamano (Rd. 6-7)
104 Hiroshima Mazda HMRacers Mazda Demio (DJLFS)   Soichiro Yoshida
  Kota Sasaki
  Tomomitsu Senoo
  Ryunosuke Yoshida (Rd. 2, 5, 7)
  Yugo Osaki (Rd. 2)
110 Hiroshima Toyopet Racing (Rd. 1-3, 7) Toyota Vitz (NCP131)   Hiroyuki Saka
  Takao Onishi
  Ryo Kuboguchi (Rd. 1)
  Satoshi Matsubara (Rd. 1)
  Sota Muto (Rd. 2-3)
  Yuga Furutani (Rd. 2)
  Yoshiaki Nakamura (Rd. 2)
  Toshiyuki Matsuda (Rd. 2)
222 Honda Cars Tokai Honda Fit3 RS (GK5)   Toshiki Takeuchi
  Masanori Tanaka
  Masayuki Sumi
  Hajime Saimen (Rd. 1-3, 5)
  Masaki Nishihata (Rd. 2)
290 AutoLabo (Rd. 1-3, 6-7) Toyota Yaris (MXPA10)   Yuichi Yokoo
  Satoshi Nitaka (Rd. 1-2)
  Kohei Matsumoto (Rd. 1)
  Kazunari Yoshimura (Rd. 1)
  Takeshi Kitagawa (Rd. 2, 6-7)
  Daisuke Ito (Rd. 2)
  Naozumi Saka (Rd. 2)
  Akira Kitagawa (Rd. 2)
  Tatsuya Watanabe (Rd. 3, 6)
  Atsuhito Otomo (Rd. 3, 7)
  Kazuhisa Shimoyama (Rd. 7)

Race results edit

Round Circuit Race ST-X Winners ST-Z Winners ST-TCR Winners ST-Q Winners ST-1 Winners ST-2 Winners ST-3 Winners ST-4 Winners ST-5 Winners
1 Suzuka I [2][3] No.81 GTNET Motor Sports No.885 SHADE Racing No.75 Team Noah No.3 Endless Sports No.2 K's Frontier KTM Cars No.225 Kobe Toyopet Motorsports No.52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave did not participate No.72 Nihon Automobile College
  Noboyuki Oyagi
  Takayuki Aoki
  Kiyoto Fujinami
  Natsu Sakaguchi
  Hiro Hayashi
  Katsuyuki Hiranaka
  Eijiro Shimizu
  Toshiro Tsukada
  Yoshikazu Sobu
  Shigetomo Shimono
  Shingo Wada
  Ryo Ogawa
  Togo Suganami
  Shintaro Kawabata
  Taiyo Ida
  Hiroki Katoh
  Kazuho Takahashi
  Hiroki Yoshimoto
  Hibiki Taira
  Rin Arakawa
  Jiei Okuzumi
  Naoki Hattori
  Hiroki Yoshida
  Kohta Kawaai
  Tetsuya Yamano
  Makoto Kanai
  Tatsuya Nojima
2 Fuji 24h [4][5] No.62 HELM Motorsports No.500 Team 5Zigen No.75 Team Noah No.3 Endless Sports No.2 K's Frontier KTM Cars No.225 Kobe Toyopet Motorsports No.52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave No.86 TOM'S Spirit No.17 Team NOPRO
  Yutaka Toriba
  Yuya Hiraki
  Reiji Hiraki
  Shaun Thong
  Ryuichiro Otsuka
  Kakunoshin Ohta
  Toshihiro Kaneishi
  Iori Kimura
  Toshiro Tsukada
  Yoshikazu Sobu
  Yu Kanamaru
  Koji Miura
  "J" Antonio
  Yuji Kiyotaki
  Ryo Ogawa
  Togo Suganami
  Shintaro Kawabata
  Riki Tanioka
  Taiyo Ida
  Hiroki Katoh
  Kazuho Takahashi
  Hiroki Yoshimoto
  Takashi Kobayashi
  Hibiki Taira
  Rin Arakawa
  Jiei Okuzumi
  Naoki Hattori
  Hiroki Yoshida
  Kohta Kawaai
  Hikaru Jitosho
  Shunsuke Kohno
  Takamitsu Matsui
  Kenta Yamashita
  Kazunari Yoshioka
  Tobio Ohtani
  Junichi Agematsu
  Hideyoshi Nishizawa
  Hiroaki Yamamoto
  Toshihiko Nogami
3 Sugo Group 1[6][7] No.888 Grid Motorsport No.310 Corolla Shin-Ibaraki CSIRacing did not participate No.244 Max Racing No.38 Tracy Sports did not participate
  Martin Berry
  Shinichi Takagi
  Haruki Kurosawa
  Daisuke Yamawaki
  Manabu Yamazaki
  Sho Tsuboi
  Seita Nonaka
  Shinya Hosokawa
  Tetsuya Tanaka
  Toru Tanaka
  Atsushi Miyake
  Yuui Tsutsumi
  Yuichi Nakayama
  Kota Matsui
Group 2[8][7] did not participate No.61 Team SDA Engineering did not participate No.39 Tracy Sports with Delta No.86 TOM'S Spirit No.72 Nihon Automobile College
  Takuto Iguchi
  Hideki Yamauchi
  Koichi Hirota
  Yusuke Tomibayashi
  Takashi Ito
  Hirotaka Ishii
  Takuya Otaki
  Shunsuke Kohno
  Takamitsu Matsui
  Kenta Yamashita
  Tetsuya Yamano
  Makoto Kanai
  Tatsuya Nojima
4 Autopolis [9][10] No.62 HELM Motorsports No.500 Team 5Zigen No.75 Team Noah No.3 Endless Sports No.47 D'station Racing No.225 Kobe Toyopet Motorsports No.52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave No.86 TOM'S Spirit did not participate
  Yutaka Toriba
  Yuya Hiraki
  Reiji Hiraki
  Ryuichiro Otsuka
  Kakunoshin Ohta
  Toshihiro Kaneishi
  Toshiro Tsukada
  Yoshikazu Sobu
  Yasuhiro Ogushi
  Yuji Kiyotaki
  Ryo Ogawa
  Togo Suganami
  Shintaro Kawabata
  Tatsuya Hoshino
  Manabu Orido
  Kenji Hama
  Jake Parsons
  Hibiki Taira
  Rin Arakawa
  Jiei Okuzumi
  Naoki Hattori
  Hiroki Yoshida
  Kohta Kawaai
  Shunsuke Kohno
  Takamitsu Matsui
  Kenta Yamashita
5 Motegi [11][12] No.888 Grid Motorsport No.34 Techno First No.75 Team Noah No.3 Endless Sports No.47 D'station Racing No.13 Endless Sports did not participate No.884 SHADE Racing No.4 Team Bride
  Martin Berry
  Shaun Thong
  Shinichi Takagi
  Daisuke Yamawaki
  Masaki Kano
  Kazuki Oki
  Hironobu Yasuda
  Yuji Kiyotaki
  Yoshikazu Sobu
  "J" Antonio
  Kuniyuki Haga
  Ryo Ogawa
  Togo Suganami
  Shintaro Kawabata
  Riki Tanioka
  Kenji Hama
  Manabu Orido
  Jake Parsons
  Reimei Ito
  Mizuki Ishizaka
  Masaya Hanazato
  Hitoshi Okada
  Keishi Ishikawa
  Yuji Kunimoto
  Shinnosuke Yamada
  Yuya Ohta
  Hiroshi Ito
  Hiroki Kokuzawa
  Rina Ito
6 Okayama Group 1[13][14] No.16 Porsche Center Okazaki No.885 SHADE Racing did not participate No.3 Endless Sports did not participate No.225 Kobe Toyopet Motorsports did not participate
  Hiroaki Nagai
  Yuta Kamimura
  Daisuke Ito
  Hiro Hayashi
  Katsuyuki Hiranaka
  Eijiro Shimizu
  Ryo Ogawa
  Shintaro Kawabata
  Riki Tanioka
  Hibiki Taira
  Rin Arakawa
  Jiei Okuzumi
Group 2[15][16] did not participate No.61 Team SDA Engineering did not participate No.63 Tracy Sports No.86 TOM'S Spirit No.88 Murakami Motors
  Takuto Iguchi
  Hideki Yamauchi
  Koichi Hirota
  Ryohei Sakaguchi
  Rintaro Kubo
  Dai MIzuno
  Shunsuke Kohno
  Takamitsu Matsui
  Kenta Yamashita
  Hiroyuki Murakami
  Tatsuya Ota
  Naoki Yamaya
7 Suzuka II [17][18] No.16 Porsche Center Okazaki No.22 Porsche Team EBI Waimarama No.97 M&K Honda Cars Okegawa Racing No.3 Endless Sports No.2 K's Frontier KTM Cars No.225 Kobe Toyopet Motorsports No.63 Tracy Sports No.86 TOM'S Spirit No.4 Team Bride
  Hiroaki Nagai
  Yuta Kamimura
  Daisuke Ito
  Naoya Yamano
  Riki Okusa
  Mitsuhiro Endo
  Shinji Nakano
  Yusuke Mitsui
  Ryo Ogawa
  Togo Suganami
  Shintaro Kawabata
  Riki Tanioka
  Taiyo Ida
  Hiroki Katoh
  Kazuho Takahashi
  Hiroki Yoshimoto
  Hibiki Taira
  Rin Arakawa
  Jiei Okuzumi
  Ryohei Sakaguchi
  Rintaro Kubo
  Dai MIzuno
  Shunsuke Kohno
  Takamitsu Matsui
  Kenta Yamashita
  Yuya Ohta
  Hiroshi Ito
  Hiroki Kokuzawa
  Rina Ito

Championship standings edit

Championship points are awarded in every class with the exception of ST-Q at the end of each event.

For the ST-X, ST-Z, and ST-TCR championships, each team's six highest scoring rounds are validated in the final championship standings.

Points systems[19]
Duration 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th ≤11th Pole
3 Hours / 500km 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1 0 2
5 Hours / 700km 30 22.5 18 15 12 9 6 4.5 3 1.5 1 2
≥12 Hours / 1400km 45 35 27 23 18 13 9 7 5 3 1 2

Teams' Championship standings edit

Pos. Car Team SUZ FSW SUG AUT MRM OIC SUZ Total
ST-X
1 62 HELM Motorsports 5 1 7 1 4 5 2 134.5
2 888 Grid Motorsport 4 2 1 8 1 4 4 127
3 16 Porsche Center Okazaki Ret 2 3 3 1 1 111
4 81 GTNET Motor Sports 1 3 6 7 2 NC 7 97.5
5 23 TKRI 2 4 5 6 2 3 86.5
6 31 apr 3 4 3 Ret 5 6 5 83
7 777 D'station Racing 2 7 3 6 49.5
8 9 MP Racing 5 5 6 35
9 555 PLUS Racing 4 15
ST-Z
1 500 Team 5Zigen 3 1 Ret 1 2 4 131.5
2 885 SHADE Racing 1 2 6 Ret 8 1 3 115.5
3 310 My Cars CSIRacing 2 6 1 7 4 3 2 107
4 19 Birth Racing Project 7 4 4 2 5 6 4 88.5
5 22 Porsche Team EBI Waimarama 4 Ret 2 5 7 1 80
6 111 Hiroshima Toyopet Racing 5 3 3 6 2 5 78
7 21 Audi Team Hitotsuyama 3 5 4 3 6 77
8 34 Techno First 6 7 Ret 1 5 53
9 505 Audi Team AS Sport 5 6 7 7 37
10 33 Audi Driving Experience Japan 8 3
ST-TCR
1 75 Team Noah 1 1 1 1 Ret 139
2 97 M&K Honda Cars Okegawa Racing 2 2 2 1 116
ST-1
1 2 K's Frontier KTM Cars 1 1 2 2 3 1 164.5
2 47 D'station Racing 3 2 3 1 1 2 151.5
3 38 Tracy Sports 2 4 1 3 2 3 128
4 8 BMW Team Studie 3 27
ST-2
1 225 KTMS Kobe Toyopet Motor Sports 1 1 1 3 1 1 173
2 13 Endless Sports 2 2 2 1 2 4 140
3 6 Shinryo Racing Team Ret 5 3 2 3 5 92.5
4 743 Honda R&D Challenge 5 4 6 4 5 2 89.5
5 59 TOWAINTEC Racing 3 3 4 Ret 4 3 88
6 7 Shinryo Racing Team 4 Ret 5 Ret Ret Ret 29
7 56 Claris Racing 6 Ret 7 5 27
ST-3
1 39 Tracy Sports with Delta 2 2 1 2 3 2 136.5
2 52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave 1 1 4 1 2 Ret 134
3 63 Tracy Sports 5 3 6 1 1 99
4 311 FKS Team Fukushima 3 4 2 3 76
5 25 Team ZeroOne 6 NC 3 Ret 4 3 49
6 15 Okabe Jidosha Motorsport 4 5 5 NC Ret Ret 41
ST-4
1 86 TOM'S Spirit 1 1 1 2 1 1 177.5
2 884 SHADE Racing 2 2 2 1 2 2 142
3 18 Asano Racing Service 4 3 3 3 3 4 98
4 60 Team G/Motion' 3 Ret 4 5 4 3 82
5 216 HMR Racing 4 4 Ret 25
ST-5
1 4 Team Bride 5 5 4 1 3 1 114
2 17 Team NOPRO 3 1 3 9 7 3 100
3 66 Over Drive 2 3 2 Ret 4 2 97
4 72 Nihon Automobile College 1 12 1 2 2 Ret 92.5
5 104 Hiroshima Mazda HMRacers 4 2 5 3 13 5 88
6 88 Murakami Motors 6 4 7 5 1 8 74.5
7 65 Over Drive 11 7 6 11 5 4 42
8 11 Ambitious Racing 7 10 9 6 12 6 29
9 67 Team Yamato Ret 9 Ret 4 7 26
10 50 Love Drive Racing Ret 6 8 8 DNS Ret 22.5
11 222 Honda Cars Tokai 9 8 11 7 6 Ret 22
12 110 Hiroshima Toyopet Racing 8 Ret 10 9 8.5
13 12 Mazda Spirit Racing 12 8 10 5.5
14 290 AutoLabo 10 11 13 9 Ret 4.5
15 37 Team NOPRO NC Ret 12 10 11 11 2.5
16 5 Team Bride 14 10 1
Pos. Car Team SUZ FSW SUG AUT MRM OIC SUZ Total
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third 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)

Bold - Pole position

Italics - Fastest lap

References edit

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