2024 Japan Cup Series

Motor racing competition season
2024 Japan Cup Series
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The 2024 Japan Cup Series is the third season of SRO Motorsports Group and Team Asia One GT Management's GT World Challenge Asia, an auto racing series for grand tourer cars in Japan. The races are contested with GT3-spec and GT4-spec cars. The season began on 8 June at the Sportsland SUGO in Miyagi and is scheduled to end on 25 August at Okayama International Circuit in Okayama.[1]

Starting from this season, the Japan Cup had separated from the main GTWCA race, and would run as a stand-alone race.[1]

Calendar

Japan Cup Calendar

Round Circuit Date
1 Japan Sportsland SUGO, Murata, Miyagi 8–9 June
2 Japan Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Shizuoka 22–23 June
3 Japan Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka, Mie 6–7 July
4 Japan Okayama International Circuit, Mimasaka, Okayama 24–25 August
Sources:[1]

Entry list

Japan Cup

Team Car Engine No. Drivers Class Rounds
GT3
Japan Comet Racing[2] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 7 Japan Yorikatsu Tsujiko[2] Am 1–3
Japan Yusuke Yamasaki[2]
Japan Bingo Racing[3] Corvette C7 GT3-R Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 9 Japan Ukyo Sasahara[3] PA 1
Japan Shinji Takei[3][4] 1
Am 2–3
Japan "Motoki"[4] 2–3
Japan D'station Racing[5] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 47 Japan Kenji Hama[5] Am 1–2
Japan Tatsuya Hoshino[5]
Japan Team Macchina[6] McLaren 720S GT3 McLaren M840T 4.0L Turbo V8 55 Japan Tadao Uematsu[6] Am 1–3
Japan GTNET Motorsports[7] Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L twin-turbocharged V6 81 Japan Nobuyuki Oyagi[7] Am 2
Japan Ryuichiro Oyagi[7]
Japan K-tunes Racing[8] Lexus RC F GT3 Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8 96 Japan Morio Nitta[8] PA 1–3
Japan Kazunori Suenaga[8]
Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 98 Japan Shinichi Takagi[8] PA 1–3
Japan Daisuke Yamawaki[8]
Japan RunUp Sports[8] Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L twin-turbocharged V6 360 Japan Masaaki Nishikawa[8] Am 1–3
Japan Atsushi Tanaka[8]
Japan ANR with VSR[9] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 563 Japan Akira Mizutani[9] PA 1
Japan Yuki Nemoto[9]
GTC
Japan ABSSA Motorsport[10] Ferrari 488 Challenge Ferrari F154 4.0 L V8 16 Japan Masataka Inoue[10] PA 3
Japan Kiwamu Katayama[10]
Japan GAMA 83 Racing[11] Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 83 Japan Makoto Haga[11] Am 2–3
GT4
Japan ABSSA Motorsport[3] Mercedes-AMG GT4 Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8 16 Japan Takashi Toyoda[3] Am 1–2
Japan Kiwamu Katayama[3] 1, 3
Japan Yasuto Fukui[3] 2–3
Japan Masataka Inoue[3] TBC
Japan Wakayama Toyota with Hojust Racing[6] Toyota GR Supra GT4 BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 38 Japan Takeshi Suehiro[6] SA 1–3
Japan Toshiyuki Ochiai[6] 1, 3
Japan Noriyuki Higuchi[6] 2
Japan Kiyohide Shirakihara[6] TBC
Malaysia Afiq Yazid[6] TBC
Indonesia Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia[11] Toyota GR Supra GT4 BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 39 Indonesia Haridarma Manoppo[11] SA 1–3
Japan Seita Nonaka[11] 1, 3
Japan Kazuhisa Urabe[4] 2
Japan D'station Racing[5] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 47 Japan Kenji Hama[5] Am 3
Japan Tatsuya Hoshino[5]
Japan YZ Racing[11] BMW M4 GT4 Gen II BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 50 Japan Yuki Fujii[11] SA 1–3
Japan Masaki Kano[11]
Japan JBR[12] McLaren 570S GT4 McLaren M838 3.8 L Turbo V8 64 Japan Yasutaka Ando[4] Am 2
Japan Osamu Kondo[4]
Japan "Hiro"[10] 3
Japan Miou Katayama[10]
TBA TBA Am TBC
TBA
Japan Sunrise BLVD[11] Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Porsche MDG 4.0 L Flat-6 82 Japan Daiki Fujiwara[11] SA 1–3
Japan Yoshimoto Makino[11]
TBA TBA TBC
TBA
Japan K-tunes Racing[8] Toyota GR Supra GT4 BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 97 Japan Masahiko Kageyama[9] SA 1–3
Japan Yoshichika Nagai[8]
Japan Checkshop Caymania Racing[2] Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Porsche MDG 4.0 L Flat-6 718 Japan Naohiko Otsuka[2] Am TBC
TBA
Japan Buzz Racing[13] McLaren 570S GT4 McLaren M838 3.8 L Turbo V8 TBA Japan "Ken Alex"[13] SA TBC
China Lin Chenghua[13]
Icon Class
Drivers
PA Pro-Am Cup
SA Silver-Am Cup
Am Am Cup

Race results

Bold indicates overall winner for each car class (GT3 and GT4).

Round Circuit Pole Position Pro/Am Winners Am Winners GT4 Silver-Am Winner GT4 Am Winner
1 R1 Japan Sportsland SUGO Japan No. 98 K-tunes Racing Japan No. 9 Bingo Racing Japan No. 55 Team Macchina Japan No. 50 YZ Racing Japan No. 16 ABSSA Motorsport
Japan Shinichi Takagi
Japan Daisuke Yamawaki 		Japan Ukyo Sasahara
Japan Shinji Takei 		Japan Tadao Uematsu Japan Yuki Fujii
Japan Masaki Kano 		Japan Kiwamu Katayama
Japan Takashi Toyoda
R2 Japan No. 98 K-tunes Racing Japan No. 9 Bingo Racing Japan No. 55 Team Macchina Indonesia No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia Japan No. 16 ABSSA Motorsport
Japan Shinichi Takagi
Japan Daisuke Yamawaki 		Japan Ukyo Sasahara
Japan Shinji Takei 		Japan Tadao Uematsu Indonesia Haridarma Manoppo
Japan Seita Nonaka 		Japan Kiwamu Katayama
Japan Takashi Toyoda
2 R1 Japan Fuji Speedway Japan No. 98 K-tunes Racing Japan No. 98 K-tunes Racing Japan No. 55 Team Macchina Indonesia No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia Japan No. 64 JBR
Japan Shinichi Takagi
Japan Daisuke Yamawaki 		Japan Shinichi Takagi
Japan Daisuke Yamawaki 		Japan Tadao Uematsu Indonesia Haridarma Manoppo
Japan Kazuhisa Urabe 		Japan Yasutaka Ando
Japan Osamu Kondo
R2 Japan No. 98 K-tunes Racing Japan No. 98 K-tunes Racing Japan No. 55 Team Macchina Japan No. 82 Sunrise BLVD Japan No. 64 JBR
Japan Shinichi Takagi
Japan Daisuke Yamawaki 		Japan Shinichi Takagi
Japan Daisuke Yamawaki 		Japan Tadao Uematsu Japan Daiki Fujiwara
Japan Yoshimoto Makino 		Japan Yasutaka Ando
Japan Osamu Kondo
3 R1 Japan Suzuka Japan No. 9 Bingo Racing Japan No. 96 K-tunes Racing Japan No. 7 Comet Racing Japan No. 38 Wakayama Toyota with Hojust Racing Japan No. 47 D'station Racing
Japan "Motoki"
Japan Shinji Takei 		Japan Morio Nitta
Japan Kazunori Suenaga 		Japan Yorikatsu Tsujiko
Japan Yusuke Yamasaki 		Japan Toshiyuki Ochiai
Japan Takeshi Suehiro 		Japan Kenji Hama
Japan Tatsuya Hoshino
R2 Japan No. 98 K-tunes Racing Japan No. 98 K-tunes Racing Japan No. 7 Comet Racing Japan No. 38 Wakayama Toyota with Hojust Racing Japan No. 47 D'station Racing
Japan Shinichi Takagi
Japan Daisuke Yamawaki 		Japan Shinichi Takagi
Japan Daisuke Yamawaki 		Japan Yorikatsu Tsujiko
Japan Yusuke Yamasaki 		Japan Toshiyuki Ochiai
Japan Takeshi Suehiro 		Japan Kenji Hama
Japan Tatsuya Hoshino
4 R1 Japan Okayama
R2

Championship standings

Scoring system

Championship points are awarded for the first ten positions in each race. Entries are required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Individual drivers are required to participate for a minimum of 25 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

Drivers' championships

Pos. Driver Team SUG
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		SUZ
Japan 		OKA
Japan 		Points
GT3
1 Japan Shinichi Takagi
Japan Daisuke Yamawaki 		Japan No. 98 K-tunes Racing 2 2 1 1 2 1 129
2 Japan Morio Nitta
Japan Kazunori Suenaga 		Japan No. 96 K-tunes Racing 5 5 2 4 1 2 93
3 Japan Tadao Uematsu Japan No. 55 Team Macchina 4 3 3 2 4 4 84
4 Japan Yorikatsu Tsujiko
Japan Yusuke Yamasaki 		Japan No. 7 Comet Racing 6 4 5 3 3 3 75
5 Japan Shinji Takei Japan No. 9 Bingo Racing 1 1 4 5 Ret DSQ 72
6 Japan Ukyo Sasahara Japan No. 9 Bingo Racing 1 1 50
7 Japan Atsushi Tanaka Japan No. 360 RunUp Sports 8 6 8 6 5 5 54
8 Japan Masaaki Nishikawa Japan No. 360 RunUp Sports 8 6 8 WD 5 5 36
9 Japan "Motoki" Japan No. 9 Bingo Racing 4 5 Ret DSQ 22
10 Japan Akira Mizutani
Japan Yuki Nemoto 		Japan No. 563 ANR With VSR 3 7 21
11 Japan Kenji Hama
Japan Tatsuya Hoshino 		Japan No. 47 D'station Racing 7 Ret 6 7 20
12 Japan Nobuyuki Oyagi
Japan Ryuichiro Oyagi 		Japan No. 81 GTNET Motorsports 7 8 10
GTC
1 Japan Makoto Haga Japan No. 83 GAMA 83 Racing 13 13 10 7 86
2 Japan Masataka Inoue
Japan Kiwamu Katayama 		Japan No. 16 ABSSA Motorsport 6 6 50
GT4
1 Japan Takeshi Suehiro Japan No. 38 Wakayama Toyota with Hojust Racing 10 9 11 12 7 8 113
2 Indonesia Haridarma Manoppo Indonesia No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia 12 8 9 11 9 10 107
3 Japan Yuki Fujii
Japan Masaki Kano 		Japan No. 50 YZ Racing 9 10 12 10 8 9 106
4 Japan Toshiyuki Ochiai Japan No. 38 Wakayama Toyota with Hojust Racing 10 9 7 8 86
5 Japan Daiki Fujiwara
Japan Yoshimoto Makino 		Japan No. 82 Sunrise BLVD 11 11 10 9 11 14 86
6 Japan Seita Nonaka Indonesia No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia 12 8 9 10 67
7 Japan Masahiko Kageyama
Japan Yoshichika Nagai 		Japan No. 97 K-tunes Racing 13 12 14 14 13 13 56
8 Japan Kazuhisa Urabe Indonesia No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia 9 11 40
9 Japan Takashi Toyoda Japan No. 16 ABSSA Motorsport 14 13 16 16 28
10 Japan Noriyuki Higuchi Japan No. 38 Wakayama Toyota with Hojust Racing 11 12 27
11 Japan Kenji Hama
Japan Tatsuya Hoshino 		Japan No. 47 D'station Racing 12 11 22
12 Japan "Hiro"
Japan Miou Katayama 		Japan No. 64 JBR 14 11 16
13 Japan Kiwamu Katayama Japan No. 16 ABSSA Motorsport 14 13 16
14 Japan Yasutaka Ando
Japan Osamu Kondo 		Japan No. 64 JBR 15 15 16
15 Japan Yasuto Fukui Japan No. 16 ABSSA Motorsport 16 16 12
Pos. Driver Team SUG
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		SUZ
Japan 		OKA
Japan 		Points
Key
Colour Result
Gold Race winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
Blank Did not participate
Bold – Pole

Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes:

  • † – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.
Pro-Am Cup
Pos. Driver Team SUG
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		SUZ
Japan 		OKA
Japan 		Points
GT3
1 Japan Shinichi Takagi
Japan Daisuke Yamawaki 		Japan No. 98 K-tunes Racing 2 2 1 1 2 1 129
2 Japan Morio Nitta
Japan Kazunori Suenaga 		Japan No. 96 K-tunes Racing 4 3 2 2 1 2 116
3 Japan Ukyo Sasahara
Japan Shinji Takei 		Japan No. 9 Bingo Racing 1 1 50
4 Japan Akira Mizutani
Japan Yuki Nemoto 		Japan No. 563 ANR With VSR 3 4 27
Pos. Driver Team SUG
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		SUZ
Japan 		OKA
Japan 		Points
Silver-Am Cup
Pos. Driver Team SUG
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		SUZ
Japan 		OKA
Japan 		Points
GT4
1 Japan Takeshi Suehiro Japan No. 38 Wakayama Toyota with Hojust Racing 2 2 3 4 1 1 113
2 Indonesia Haridarma Manoppo Indonesia No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia 4 1 1 3 3 3 107
3 Japan Yuki Fujii
Japan Masaki Kano 		Japan No. 50 YZ Racing 1 3 4 2 2 2 106
4 Japan Toshiyuki Ochiai Japan No. 38 Wakayama Toyota with Hojust Racing 2 2 1 1 86
5 Japan Daiki Fujiwara
Japan Yoshimoto Makino 		Japan No. 82 Sunrise BLVD 3 4 2 1 4 70
6 Japan Seita Nonaka Indonesia No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia 4 1 3 3 67
7 Japan Masahiko Kageyama
Japan Yoshichika Nagai 		Japan No. 97 K-tunes Racing 5 5 5 5 5 50
8 Japan Kazuhisa Urabe Indonesia No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia 1 3 40
9 Japan Noriyuki Higuchi Japan No. 38 Wakayama Toyota with Hojust Racing 3 4 27
Pos. Driver Team SUG
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		SUZ
Japan 		OKA
Japan 		Points
Am Cup
Pos. Driver Team SUG
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		SUZ
Japan 		OKA
Japan 		Points
GT3
1 Japan Tadao Uematsu Japan No. 55 Team Macchina 1 1 1 1 2 2 136
2 Japan Yorikatsu Tsujiko
Japan Yusuke Yamasaki 		Japan No. 7 Comet Racing 2 2 3 2 1 1 119
3 Japan Atsushi Tanaka Japan No. 360 RunUp Sports 4 3 6 4 3 3 77
4 Japan Masaaki Nishikawa Japan No. 360 RunUp Sports 4 3 6 WD 3 3 65
5 Japan Kenji Hama
Japan Tatsuya Hoshino 		Japan No. 47 D'station Racing 3 Ret 4 5 37
6 Japan "Motoki"
Japan Shinji Takei 		Japan No. 9 Bingo Racing 2 3 Ret DSQ 33
7 Japan Nobuyuki Oyagi
Japan Ryuichiro Oyagi 		Japan No. 81 GTNET Motorsports 5 6 18
GT4
1 Japan Takashi Toyoda Japan No. 16 ABSSA Motorsport 1 1 2 2 86
2 Japan Kiwamu Katayama Japan No. 16 ABSSA Motorsport 1 1 50
3 Japan Yasutaka Ando
Japan Osamu Kondo 		Japan No. 64 JBR 1 1 50
4 Japan Kenji Hama
Japan Tatsuya Hoshino 		Japan No. 47 D'station Racing 1 1 50
5 Japan Yasuto Fukui Japan No. 16 ABSSA Motorsport 2 2 36
6 Japan "Hiro"
Japan Miou Katayama 		Japan No. 64 JBR 2 2 36
Pos. Driver Team SUG
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		SUZ
Japan 		OKA
Japan 		Points

Teams' Championship

Pos. Team SUG
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		SUZ
Japan 		OKA
Japan 		Points
GT3
1 Japan K-tunes Racing 2 2 1 1 1 1 222
5 5 2 4 2 2
2 Japan Team Macchina 4 3 3 2 4 4 84
4 Japan Comet Racing 6 4 5 3 3 3 75
5 Japan Bingo Racing 1 1 4 5 Ret DSQ 72
5 Japan RunUp Sports 8 7 8 6 5 5 42
6 Japan ANR With VSR 3 7 21
7 Japan D'station Racing 7 Ret 6 7 20
8 Japan GTNET Motorsports 7 8 10
GT4
1 Japan Wakayama Toyota with Hojust Racing 10 9 11 12 7 9 113
2 Indonesia Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia 12 8 9 11 9 11 107
3 Japan YZ Racing 9 10 12 10 8 10 106
4 Japan Sunrise BLVD 11 11 10 9 11 15 76
5 Japan K-tunes Racing 13 12 14 14 13 14 56
6 Japan JBR 15 15 14 13 32
7 Japan ABSSA Motorsport 14 13 16 16 28
8 Japan D'station Racing 12 12 22
Pos. Team SUG
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		SUZ
Japan 		OKA
Japan 		Points

See also

References

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