The 2024 Japan Cup Series is the third season of the Japan Cup Series, an auto racing series for grand tourer cars in Japan, co-promoted by the SRO Motorsports Group and Team Asia One GT Management. 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

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

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Team Car Engine No. Drivers Class Rounds
GT3
  Comet Racing[2] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 7   Yorikatsu Tsujiko[2] Am All
  Yusuke Yamasaki[2]
  Bingo Racing[3] Corvette C7 GT3-R Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 9   Ukyo Sasahara[3] PA 1
  Shinji Takei[3][4] 1
Am 2–4
  "Motoki"[4] 2–4
  D'station Racing[5] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 47   Kenji Hama[5] Am 1–2
  Tatsuya Hoshino[5]
  Team MACCHINA[6] McLaren 720S GT3 McLaren M840T 4.0L Turbo V8 55   Tadao Uematsu[6] Am All
  Team DAISHIN with GTNET Motorsports[7] Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 81   Nobuyuki Oyagi[7] Am 2, 4
  Ryuichiro Oyagi[7]
  K-tunes Racing[8] Lexus RC F GT3 Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8 96   Morio Nitta[8] PA All
  Kazunori Suenaga[8]
Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 98   Shinichi Takagi[8] PA All
  Daisuke Yamawaki[8]
  RunUp Sports[8] Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 360   Masaaki Nishikawa[8] Am All
  Atsushi Tanaka[8]
  Maezawa Racing[9] Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 555   Yusaku Maezawa[9] PA 4
  Naoki Yokomizo[9]
  ANR with VSR[10] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 563   Akira Mizutani[10] PA 1
  Yuki Nemoto[10]
  Seven x Seven With KFM[11] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 666   "Bankcy"[11] PA 4
  Kiyoto Fujinami[11]
GTC
  ABSSA Motorsport[12] Ferrari 488 Challenge Ferrari F154 4.0 L V8 16   Masataka Inoue[12] PA 3
  Kiwamu Katayama[12]
Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6   Satoshi Konno[11] 4
  Keita Sawa[11]
  GAMA 83 Racing[13] Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 83   Makoto Haga[13] Am 2–4
  Mineki Okura[11] 4
GT4
  ABSSA Motorsport[3] Mercedes-AMG GT4 Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8 16   Takashi Toyoda[3] Am 1–2
  Kiwamu Katayama[3] 1
  Yasuto Fukui[3] 2
  Wakayama Toyota with Hojust Racing[6] Toyota GR Supra GT4 BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 38   Takeshi Suehiro[6] SA All
  Toshiyuki Ochiai[6] 1, 3–4
  Noriyuki Higuchi[6] 2
  Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia[13] Toyota GR Supra GT4 BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 39   Haridarma Manoppo[13] SA All
  Seita Nonaka[13] 1, 3–4
  Kazuhisa Urabe[4] 2
  D'station Racing[5] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 47   Kenji Hama[5] Am 3–4
  Tatsuya Hoshino[5]
  YZ Racing[13] BMW M4 GT4 Gen II BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 50   Yuki Fujii[13] SA All
  Masaki Kano[13]
  JBR[14] McLaren 570S GT4 McLaren M838 3.8 L Turbo V8 64   Yasutaka Ando[4] Am 2
  Osamu Kondo[4]
  "Hiro"[12] 3
  Miou Katayama[12]
  Sunrise BLVD[13] Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Porsche MDG 4.0 L Flat-6 82   Daiki Fujiwara[13] SA All
  Yoshimoto Makino[13]
  K-tunes Racing[8] Toyota GR Supra GT4 BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 97   Yoshichika Nagai[8] SA All
  Masahiko Kageyama[10] 1–3
  Ryohei Sakaguchi[8] 4
Icon Class
Drivers
PA Pro-Am Cup
SA Silver-Am Cup
Am Am Cup

Race results

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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   Sportsland SUGO   No. 98 K-tunes Racing   No. 9 Bingo Racing   No. 55 Team MACCHINA   No. 50 YZ Racing   No. 16 ABSSA Motorsport
  Shinichi Takagi
  Daisuke Yamawaki
  Ukyo Sasahara
  Shinji Takei
  Tadao Uematsu   Yuki Fujii
  Masaki Kano
  Kiwamu Katayama
  Takashi Toyoda
R2   No. 98 K-tunes Racing   No. 9 Bingo Racing   No. 55 Team MACCHINA   No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia   No. 16 ABSSA Motorsport
  Shinichi Takagi
  Daisuke Yamawaki
  Ukyo Sasahara
  Shinji Takei
  Tadao Uematsu   Haridarma Manoppo
  Seita Nonaka
  Kiwamu Katayama
  Takashi Toyoda
2 R1   Fuji Speedway   No. 98 K-tunes Racing   No. 98 K-tunes Racing   No. 55 Team MACCHINA   No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia   No. 64 JBR
  Shinichi Takagi
  Daisuke Yamawaki
  Shinichi Takagi
  Daisuke Yamawaki
  Tadao Uematsu   Haridarma Manoppo
  Kazuhisa Urabe
  Yasutaka Ando
  Osamu Kondo
R2   No. 98 K-tunes Racing   No. 98 K-tunes Racing   No. 55 Team MACCHINA   No. 82 Sunrise BLVD   No. 64 JBR
  Shinichi Takagi
  Daisuke Yamawaki
  Shinichi Takagi
  Daisuke Yamawaki
  Tadao Uematsu   Daiki Fujiwara
  Yoshimoto Makino
  Yasutaka Ando
  Osamu Kondo
3 R1   Suzuka   No. 9 Bingo Racing   No. 96 K-tunes Racing   No. 7 Comet Racing   No. 38 Wakayama Toyota with Hojust Racing   No. 47 D'station Racing
  "Motoki"
  Shinji Takei
  Morio Nitta
  Kazunori Suenaga
  Yorikatsu Tsujiko
  Yusuke Yamasaki
  Toshiyuki Ochiai
  Takeshi Suehiro
  Kenji Hama
  Tatsuya Hoshino
R2   No. 98 K-tunes Racing   No. 98 K-tunes Racing   No. 7 Comet Racing   No. 38 Wakayama Toyota with Hojust Racing   No. 47 D'station Racing
  Shinichi Takagi
  Daisuke Yamawaki
  Shinichi Takagi
  Daisuke Yamawaki
  Yorikatsu Tsujiko
  Yusuke Yamasaki
  Toshiyuki Ochiai
  Takeshi Suehiro
  Kenji Hama
  Tatsuya Hoshino
4 R1   Okayama   No. 666 Seven x Seven With KFM   No. 666 Seven x Seven With KFM   No. 9 Bingo Racing   No. 50 YZ Racing   No. 47 D'station Racing
  "Bankcy"
  Kiyoto Fujinami
  "Bankcy"
  Kiyoto Fujinami
  "Motoki"
  Shinji Takei
  Yuki Fujii
  Masaki Kano
  Kenji Hama
  Tatsuya Hoshino
R2   No. 98 K-tunes Racing   No. 98 K-tunes Racing   No. 9 Bingo Racing   No. 38 Wakayama Toyota with Hojust Racing   No. 47 D'station Racing
  Shinichi Takagi
  Daisuke Yamawaki
  Shinichi Takagi
  Daisuke Yamawaki
  "Motoki"
  Shinji Takei
  Toshiyuki Ochiai
  Takeshi Suehiro
  Kenji Hama
  Tatsuya Hoshino

Championship standings

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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

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Pos. Driver Team SUG
 
FUJ
 
SUZ
 
OKA
 
Points
GT3
1   Shinichi Takagi
  Daisuke Yamawaki
  No. 98 K-tunes Racing 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 169
2   Shinji Takei   No. 9 Bingo Racing 1 1 4 5 Ret DSQ 3 3 108
3   Tadao Uematsu   No. 55 Team MACCHINA 4 3 3 2 4 4 5 8 107
4   Yorikatsu Tsujiko
  Yusuke Yamasaki
  No. 7 Comet Racing 6 4 5 3 3 3 7 4 100
5   Morio Nitta
  Kazunori Suenaga
  No. 96 K-tunes Racing 5 5 2 4 1 2 WD WD 93
6   Atsushi Tanaka   No. 360 RunUp Sports 8 6 8 6 5 5 8 7 62
7   "Motoki"   No. 9 Bingo Racing 4 5 Ret DSQ 3 3 58
8   Masaaki Nishikawa   No. 360 RunUp Sports 8 6 8 WD 5 5 8 7 54
9   Ukyo Sasahara   No. 9 Bingo Racing 1 1 50
10   Nobuyuki Oyagi
  Ryuichiro Oyagi
  No. 81 Team DAISHIN with GTNET Motorsports 7 8 6 5 34
11   Akira Mizutani
  Yuki Nemoto
  No. 563 ANR With VSR 3 7 21
12   Kenji Hama
  Tatsuya Hoshino
  No. 47 D'station Racing 7 Ret 6 7 20
GTC
1   Makoto Haga   No. 83 GAMA 83 Racing 13 13 10 7 9 14 129
2   Masataka Inoue
  Kiwamu Katayama
  No. 16 ABSSA Motorsport 6 6 50
3   Mineki Okura   No. 83 GAMA 83 Racing 9 14 50
4   Satoshi Konno
  Keita Sawa
  No. 16 ABSSA Motorsport 10 16 36
GT4
1   Takeshi Suehiro   No. 38 Wakayama Toyota with Hojust Racing 10 9 11 12 7 8 13 9 153
2   Yuki Fujii
  Masaki Kano
  No. 50 YZ Racing 9 10 12 10 8 9 11 11 146
3   Haridarma Manoppo   No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia 12 8 9 11 9 10 12 10 143
4   Toshiyuki Ochiai   No. 38 Wakayama Toyota with Hojust Racing 10 9 7 8 13 9 126
5   Daiki Fujiwara
  Yoshimoto Makino
  No. 82 Sunrise BLVD 11 11 10 9 11 14 15 12 112
6   Seita Nonaka   No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia 12 8 9 10 12 10 103
7   Yoshichika Nagai   No. 97 K-tunes Racing 13 12 14 14 13 13 14 15 78
8   Masahiko Kageyama   No. 97 K-tunes Racing 13 12 14 14 13 13 56
9   Kazuhisa Urabe   No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia 9 11 40
10   Kenji Hama
  Tatsuya Hoshino
  No. 47 D'station Racing 12 11 16 13 40
11   Takashi Toyoda   No. 16 ABSSA Motorsport 14 13 16 16 28
12   Noriyuki Higuchi   No. 38 Wakayama Toyota with Hojust Racing 11 12 27
13   Kiwamu Katayama   No. 16 ABSSA Motorsport 14 13 16
14   Yasutaka Ando
  Osamu Kondo
  No. 64 JBR 15 15 16
15   Ryohei Sakaguchi   No. 16 K-tunes Racing 14 15 20
16   Yasuto Fukui   No. 16 ABSSA Motorsport 16 16 12
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
GT3
  "Bankcy"
  Kiyoto Fujinami
  No. 666 Seven x Seven With KFM 1 6
  Yusaku Maezawa
  Naoki Yokomizo
  No. 555 Maezawa Racing 4 2
GT4
  "Hiro"
  Miou Katayama
  No. 64 JBR 14 11
Pos. Driver Team SUG
 
FUJ
 
SUZ
 
OKA
 
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

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Pos. Driver Team SUG
 
FUJ
 
SUZ
 
OKA
 
Points
GT3
1   Shinichi Takagi
  Daisuke Yamawaki
  No. 98 K-tunes Racing 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 154
2   Morio Nitta
  Kazunori Suenaga
  No. 96 K-tunes Racing 4 3 2 2 1 2 WD WD 106
3   Ukyo Sasahara
  Shinji Takei
  No. 9 Bingo Racing 1 1 50
4   Akira Mizutani
  Yuki Nemoto
  No. 563 ANR With VSR 3 4 27
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
GT3
  "Bankcy"
  Kiyoto Fujinami
  No. 666 Seven x Seven With KFM 1 3
  Yusaku Maezawa
  Naoki Yokomizo
  No. 555 Maezawa Racing 3 2
Pos. Driver Team SUG
 
FUJ
 
SUZ
 
OKA
 
Points

Silver-Am Cup

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Pos. Driver Team SUG
 
FUJ
 
SUZ
 
OKA
 
Points
GT4
1   Takeshi Suehiro   No. 38 Wakayama Toyota with Hojust Racing 2 2 3 4 1 1 3 1 153
2   Yuki Fujii
  Masaki Kano
  No. 50 YZ Racing 1 3 4 2 2 2 1 3 146
3   Haridarma Manoppo   No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia 4 1 1 3 3 3 2 P 143
4   Daiki Fujiwara
  Yoshimoto Makino
  No. 82 Sunrise BLVD 3 4 2 1 4 5 5 4 114
5   Toshiyuki Ochiai   No. 38 Wakayama Toyota with Hojust Racing 2 2 1 1 3 1 126
6   Seita Nonaka   No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia 4 1 3 3 2 2 103
7   Yoshichika Nagai   No. 97 K-tunes Racing 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 84
8   Masahiko Kageyama   No. 97 K-tunes Racing 5 5 5 5 5 4 62
9   Kazuhisa Urabe   No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia 1 3 40
10   Noriyuki Higuchi   No. 38 Wakayama Toyota with Hojust Racing 3 4 27
11   Ryohei Sakaguchi   No. 16 K-tunes Racing 4 5 22
Pos. Driver Team SUG
 
FUJ
 
SUZ
 
OKA
 
Points

Am Cup

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Pos. Driver Team SUG
 
FUJ
 
SUZ
 
OKA
 
Points
GT3
1   Tadao Uematsu   No. 55 Team MACCHINA 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 5 154
2   Yorikatsu Tsujiko
  Yusuke Yamasaki
  No. 7 Comet Racing 2 2 3 2 1 1 4 2 149
3   Atsushi Tanaka   No. 360 RunUp Sports 4 3 6 4 3 3 5 4 99
4   Masaaki Nishikawa   No. 360 RunUp Sports 4 3 6 WD 3 3 5 4 87
5   "Motoki"
  Shinji Takei
  No. 9 Bingo Racing 2 3 Ret DSQ 1 1 83
6   Nobuyuki Oyagi
  Ryuichiro Oyagi
  No. 81 Team DAISHIN with GTNET Motorsports 5 6 3 3 48
7   Kenji Hama
  Tatsuya Hoshino
  No. 47 D'station Racing 3 Ret 4 5 37
GT4
1   Kenji Hama
  Tatsuya Hoshino
  No. 47 D'station Racing 1 1 1 1 100
2   Takashi Toyoda   No. 16 ABSSA Motorsport 1 1 2 2 86
3   Kiwamu Katayama   No. 16 ABSSA Motorsport 1 1 50
4   Yasutaka Ando
  Osamu Kondo
  No. 64 JBR 1 1 50
5   Yasuto Fukui   No. 16 ABSSA Motorsport 2 2 36
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
GT4
  "Hiro"
  Miou Katayama
  No. 64 JBR 2 2
Pos. Driver Team SUG
 
FUJ
 
SUZ
 
OKA
 
Points

Teams' Championship

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Pos. Team SUG
 
FUJ
 
SUZ
 
OKA
 
Points
GT3
1   K-tunes Racing 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 272
5 5 2 4 2 2 WD WD
2   Team MACCHINA 4 3 3 2 4 4 5 8 115
3   Bingo Racing 1 1 4 5 Ret DSQ 3 3 105
4   Comet Racing 6 4 5 3 3 3 7 4 100
5   RunUp Sports 8 7 8 6 5 5 8 7 62
6   Team DAISHIN with GTNET Motorsports 7 8 6 5 34
7   ANR With VSR 3 7 21
8   D'station Racing 7 Ret 6 7 20
GT4
1   Wakayama Toyota with Hojust Racing 10 9 11 12 7 8 13 9 153
2   YZ Racing 9 10 12 10 8 9 11 11 146
3   Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia 12 8 9 11 9 10 12 10 143
4   Sunrise BLVD 11 11 10 9 11 14 15 12 112
5   K-tunes Racing 13 12 14 14 13 13 14 15 78
6   D'station Racing 12 12 16 13 38
7   ABSSA Motorsport 14 13 16 16 28
8   JBR 15 15 16
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
GT3
  Seven x Seven With KFM 1 6
  Maezawa Racing 4 2
GT4
  JBR 14 13
Pos. Team SUG
 
FUJ
 
SUZ
 
OKA
 
Points

See also

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References

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