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 , abbreviated as JSPC, formed by the Japan Automobile Federation, was a domestic championship which took place in Japan for Group C and IMSA GTP Sports prototype, prototype cars and also featured cars that were eligible for touring car racin ...
. The GT500 class drivers' champions of 2002 were
Juichi Wakisaka
is a former Japanese racing driver who was a 2002, 2006 and 2009 champion in Japan's Super GT series in the Super GT#GT500, GT500 category. Prior to the 1998 Formula One World Championship , 1998 Formula One season he tested for the Jordan Grand ...
and
Akira Iida
is a Japanese racing driver currently competing in the Super GT series in GT300 class with LM corsa, one of the teams under Toyota Motorsport's GAZOO racing arm. Iida won the 2002 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship GT500 class with Ess ...
driving the No. 6
Esso
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Team LeMans
Toyota Supra
is a sports car and grand tourer manufactured and developed by the Toyota Motor Corporation beginning in 1978. The name " supra" is a definition from the Latin prefix, meaning "above", "to surpass" or "go beyond".
The initial four generations ...
, and the teams' champion was Honda team
Mugen x
Dome
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Project with their No. 16 Mugen
NSX and No. 18
Takata Dome NSX. 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
GT500
GT300
Schedule
Season results
Standings
GT500 class
Drivers' standings
;Scoring system:
Teams' standings
For teams that entered multiple cars, only the best result from each round counted towards the teams' championship.
GT300 Drivers' championship
GT300 Teams' standings
For teams that entered multiple cars, only the best result from each round counted towards the teams' championship.
References
External links
Super GT/JGTC official race archive
{{Super GT seasons
Super GT seasons
JGTC