2006 Super GT Series

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The 2006 Autobacs Super GT Series was the fourteenth season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era and the second season as the Super GT series. It was also the twenty-fourth season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The season began on March 19 and ended on November 5, 2006, after 9 races.

Juichi Wakisaka, André Lotterer, and Toyota Team TOM'S won the GT500 drivers' and teams' championships, in the debut season for the new Lexus SC430. Tetsuya Yamano, Hiroyuki Iiri, and RE Amemiya Racing won the GT300 drivers' and teams' championships in their Mazda RX-7. The championship battle was decided on the final lap of the season, with Yamano and Iiri winning the drivers' title on a tiebreaker over Kazuho Takahashi and Hiroki Katoh of Cars Tokai Dream28.

2006 Bandai Direzza SC430.

Drivers and teams

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GT500

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Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Toyota Team Cerumo Lexus Lexus SC430 GT500 Lexus 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8 1   Toranosuke Takagi B All
  Yuji Tachikawa All
  Ronnie Quintarelli 6
Hasemi Motorsport Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z GT500 Nissan VQ30DETT 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6 3   João Paulo de Oliveira B All
  Naoki Yokomizo All
  Darren Manning 6
Mobil 1 Toyota Team LeMans Lexus Lexus SC430 GT500 Lexus 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8 6   Akira Iida B All
  Tatsuya Kataoka All
  Björn Wirdheim 6
Team Honda Racing Honda Honda NSX GT500 Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 8   Ralph Firman B All
  Daisuke Ito All
  Toshihiro Kaneishi 6
Honda Honda NSX GT500 Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 18   Ryo Michigami B All
  Takashi Kogure All
  Katsutomo Kaneishi 6
Team Impul Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z GT500 Nissan VQ30DETT 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6 12   Kazuki Hoshino B All
  Benoît Tréluyer All
  Jérémie Dufour 6
Nismo Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z GT500 Nissan VQ30DETT 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6 22   Michael Krumm B All
  Sakon Yamamoto 1–3
  Richard Lyons 4–9
  Fabio Carbone 6
23   Tsugio Matsuda All
  Satoshi Motoyama All
  Yuji Ide 6
Kondo Racing Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z GT500 Nissan VQ30DETT 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6 24   Masataka Yanagida Y All
  Érik Comas 1–4, 6
  Seiji Ara 5–9
Toyota Team Tsuchiya Toyota Toyota Supra GT500 Toyota 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8 25   Takeshi Tsuchiya Y All
  Manabu Orido All
  Hideki Noda 6
Nakajima Racing Honda Honda NSX GT500 Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 32   Loïc Duval D All
  Hideki Mutoh All
Toyota Team Kraft Lexus Lexus SC430 GT500 Lexus 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8 35   Naoki Hattori D All
  Peter Dumbreck All
  Eiichi Tajima 6
Toyota Team TOM'S Lexus Lexus SC430 GT500 Lexus 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8 36   Juichi Wakisaka B All
  André Lotterer All
  Adrian Sutil 6
Stile Corse Maserati Maserati MC12 GT1 Maserati M144B/2 6.0 L V12 51   Jan Magnussen B None
  Seiji Ara None
Toyota Team SARD Toyota Toyota Supra GT500 Toyota 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8 66   André Couto B All
  Katsuyuki Hiranaka All
  Soheil Ayari 6
Team Kunimitsu Honda Honda NSX GT500 Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 100   Shinya Hosokawa B All
  Sébastien Philippe All

GT300

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Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Cars Tokai Dream28 Mooncraft Mooncraft Shiden Toyota 1UZ-FE 4.2 L V8 2   Kazuho Takahashi Y All
  Hiroki Katoh All
  Hiroki Yoshimoto 6
Team Mach Vemac Vemac RD320R Honda C32B 3.4 L V6 5   Tetsuji Tamanaka Y All
  Katsuhiko Tsutsui All
  Akira Watanabe 6
RE Amemiya Racing Mazda Mazda RX-7 Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor 7   Hiroyuki Iiri Y 1, 3–9
  Tetsuya Yamano 1, 3–9
  Shinichi Yamaji 6
A&S Racing Mosler Mosler MT900R Chevrolet LS1 6.0 L V8 9   Osamu Nakajima Y 1–3, 5–9
  Takaya Tsubobayashi 1
  Masaki Tanaka 2–3, 5–9
JIM Gainer Ferrari Ferrari 360 Ferrari F131B 3.6 L V8 10   Hiromi Kozono D 1–7, 9
  Naofumi Omoto 1–7, 9
  Eiji Yamada 6
11   Tetsuya Tanaka All
  Takayuki Aoki All
Endless Sports Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z Nissan VQ35DE 3.5 L V6 13   Tomonobu Fujii Y All
  Masami Kageyama All
Porsche Porsche 996 GT3-R Porsche M96/73 3.6 L F6 14   Mitsuhiro Kinoshita H All
  Kyosuke Mineo All
  Jukuchou Sunako 6
Racing Project Bandoh Toyota Toyota Celica Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 19   Koji Matsuda Y All
  Shigekazu Wakisaka All
Team Taisan with Nishizawa Porsche Porsche 996 GT3-RS Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 26   Kazuyuki Nishizawa Y 2–3, 9
  Shinichi Yamaji 2–3, 9
Direxiv Motorsport Vemac Vemac RD320R Honda C32B 3.4 L V6 27   Shogo Mitsuyama Y 1–6
  Nobuteru Taniguchi 1–6
MOLA Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z Nissan VQ35DE 3.5 L V6 46   Kota Sasaki D All
  Taku Bamba All
47   Hironobu Yasuda All
  Masaoki Nagashima All
Toyota Team Cerumo Toyota Toyota Celica Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 52   Hironori Takeuchi K 1–3, 5–9
  Koki Saga 1–3, 5–9
  Keita Sawa 6
DHG Racing Ford Ford GT DHG D35806V 3.5 L V8 55   Daisuke Ikeda Y All
  Hidetoshi Mitsusada All
  Hiroaki Ishiura 6
R&D Sport Vemac Vemac RD320R Honda C32B 3.4 L V6 61   Shogo Mitsuyama Y 7–9
  Nobuteru Taniguchi 7–9
Vemac RD408R Mugen MF458S 4.5 L V8 62   Shinsuke Shibahara All
  Hiroyuki Yagi 1–4
  Haruki Kurosawa 5–9
Team Gaikokuya Porsche Porsche 996 GT3-RS Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 70   Yoshimi Ishibashi Y 1–4, 6
  Akira Hirakawa 1–4
  Yutaka Yamagishi 6–7
  Isao Ihashi 6
Cusco Racing Subaru Subaru Impreza WRX STI Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4 77   Katsuo Kobayashi Y 5, 7–9
  Tatsuya Tanigawa 5
  Yasushi Kikuchi 7–9
JLOC Lamborghini Lamborghini Murciélago RG-1 Lamborghini L535 6.0 L V12 87   Koji Yamanishi Y 1–3, 5–9
  Hisashi Wada 1–3, 5–9
  Atsushi Yogo 6
88   Marco Apicella 1–3, 5–9
  Yasutaka Hinoi 1–3, 5–9
  Naohiro Furuya 6
Ebbro Team Nova Vemac Vemac RD350R Zytek ZV348 4.0 L V8 96   Takuya Kurosawa D All
  Tsubasa Kurosawa All
apr Toyota Toyota MR-S Toyota 2GR-FE 3.5 L V6 101   Morio Nitta M All
  Shinichi Takagi All
777   Minoru Tanaka All
  Kazuya Oshima All
  Keiichi Kobayashi 6
Arktech Motorsports Porsche Porsche 986 Boxster Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 110   Hideshi Matsuda Y All
  Ichijo Suga All
  Takaya Tsubobayashi 6
Team LeyJun Porsche Porsche 996 GT3 Cup Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 111   Hiroya Iijima Y 1, 3, 6–7
  Masaki Jyonai 1, 3, 6–7
  Takeshi Namekawa 6
Team Bomex Dream28 Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.4 L V6 666   Shogo Suho Y 1–7, 9
  Junichiro Yamashita 1, 3–7, 9
  Yasuhiro Takasaki 2
910 Racing With Team Ishimatsu Porsche Porsche 996 GT3 RSR Porsche M96/73 3.6 L F6 910   Tadao Uematsu Y 1–4, 6–7, 9
  Yasushi Kikuchi 1–4, 6
  Ryohei Sakaguchi 6, 9
  Shinichi Yamaji 7

Vehicle changes

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GT500

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  • Toyota introduced the Lexus SC 430 as their new GT500 vehicle, replacing the fourth-generation Toyota Supra. This coincided with the introduction of the Lexus nameplate for the Japanese market in July 2005. Four teams (TOM'S, Cerumo, LeMans, and Kraft) would run the new SC430, while SARD and Tsuchiya Engineering continued to use the Supra.
  • Team Goh planned to enter the series with a Maserati MC12 GT1 driven by Seiji Ara and Jan Magnussen. Competing as Stile Corse, they participated in the pre-season test at Suzuka on 3–4 March, but after lacklustre results, the team scrapped their plans to race in GT500.

GT300

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  • Mooncraft Engineering and Cars Tokai Dream28 introduced the Shiden MC/RT-16, a prototype racing car based upon the Riley Mk.XI Daytona Prototype powered by a Toyota 1UZ-FE V8 engine.
  • DHG Racing debuted in the series with a new racing version of the Ford GT supercar. The car was powered by the 3.5 litre DHG D35806V V8 engine, which was derived from the Mugen MF308 engine previously used in the Formula Nippon championship.[1]

Team changes

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GT500

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  • Kondo Racing, owned by Japanese musician and former racing driver Masahiko Kondo, entered Super GT for the first time as a Nissan factory team.
  • Toyota teams TOM'S and Kraft scaled back to single-car teams after running two cars each in 2005.
  • Hitotsuyama Racing and their privately entered Ferrari 550 GTS and McLaren F1 GTR withdrew from the series.

GT300

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  • M-TEC (Mugen) closed their GT300 team to focus on their ongoing technical alliance with Team Kunimitsu in GT500.
  • Autobacs Racing Team Aguri (ARTA) closed their GT300 team. apr, who operated ARTA's GT300 programme, signed ARTA drivers Morio Nitta and Shinichi Takagi to drive their number 101 Toyota MR-S sponsored by Toy Story Racing (through Run'A Entertainment).

Driver changes

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GT500

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Schedule

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Round Race Circuit Date
1   Suzuka GT 300 km Suzuka Circuit March 19
2   Okayama GT 300 km Race Okayama International Circuit April 9
3   Fuji GT 500 km Race Fuji International Speedway May 4
4   Japan GT Championship Malaysia Sepang International Circuit June 25
5   SUGO GT 300 km Race Sportsland Sugo July 23
6   International POKKA 1000km Suzuka Circuit August 20
7   Motegi GT 300 km Race Twin Ring Motegi September 10
8   Super GT in Kyushu GT 300 km Autopolis International Race Course October 15
9   Fuji GT 300 km Race Fuji International Speedway November 5

Results

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Round Circuit Date Class Pole Position Fastest Lap Race Winner
1 Suzuka Circuit 19 March GT500 No. 8 Team Honda Racing No. 12 Team Impul No. 36 Toyota Team TOM'S
  Daisuke Ito
  Ralph Firman
  Benoît Tréluyer
  Kazuki Hoshino
  Juichi Wakisaka
  André Lotterer
GT300 No. 46 MOLA No. 87 JLOC No. 88 JLOC
  Kota Sasaki
  Taku Bamba
  Koji Yamanishi
  Hisashi Wada
  Marco Apicella
  Yasutaka Hinoi
2 Okayama International Circuit 9 April GT500 No. 18 Team Honda Racing No. 18 Team Honda Racing No. 18 Team Honda Racing
  Ryo Michigami
  Takashi Kogure
  Ryo Michigami
  Takashi Kogure
  Ryo Michigami
  Takashi Kogure
GT300 No. 46 MOLA No. 27 direxiv motorsport No. 27 direxiv motorsport
  Kota Sasaki
  Taku Bamba
  Shogo Mitsuyama
  Nobuteru Taniguchi
  Shogo Mitsuyama
  Nobuteru Taniguchi
3 Fuji Speedway 4 May GT500 No. 1 Toyota Team Cerumo No. 1 Toyota Team Cerumo No. 35 Toyota Team Kraft
  Yuji Tachikawa
  Toranosuke Takagi
  Yuji Tachikawa
  Toranosuke Takagi
  Naoki Hattori
  Peter Dumbreck
GT300 No. 2 Cars Tokai Dream28 No. 13 Endless Sports No. 62 Willcom R & D Sport
  Kazuho Takahashi
  Hiroki Katoh
  Masami Kageyama
  Tomonobu Fujii
  Shinsuke Shibahara
  Hiroyuki Yagi
4 Sepang Circuit 25 June GT500 No. 8 Team Honda Racing No. 8 Team Honda Racing No. 8 Team Honda Racing
  Daisuke Ito
  Ralph Firman
  Daisuke Ito
  Ralph Firman
  Daisuke Ito
  Ralph Firman
GT300 No. 2 Cars Tokai Dream28 No. 7 RE Amemiya Racing No. 7 RE Amemiya Racing
  Kazuho Takahashi
  Hiroki Katoh
  Tetsuya Yamano
  Hiroyuki Iiri
  Tetsuya Yamano
  Hiroyuki Iiri
5 Sportsland SUGO 23 July GT500 No. 1 Toyota Team Cerumo No. 18 Team Honda Racing No. 1 Toyota Team Cerumo
  Yuji Tachikawa
  Toranosuke Takagi
  Ryo Michigami
  Takashi Kogure
  Yuji Tachikawa
  Toranosuke Takagi
GT300 No. 88 JLOC No. 11 JIM GAINER No. 46 MOLA
  Marco Apicella
  Yasutaka Hinoi
  Tetsuya Tanaka
  Takayuki Aoki
  Kota Sasaki
  Taku Bamba
6 Suzuka Circuit
Report
20 August GT500 No. 12 Team Impul No. 12 Team Impul No. 12 Team Impul
  Benoît Tréluyer
  Kazuki Hoshino
  Jérémie Dufour
  Benoît Tréluyer
  Kazuki Hoshino
  Jérémie Dufour
  Benoît Tréluyer
  Kazuki Hoshino
  Jérémie Dufour
GT300 No. 52 Toyota Team Cerumo No. 19 Racing Project Bandoh No. 52 Toyota Team Cerumo
  Hironori Takeuchi
  Koki Saga
  Keita Sawa
  Koji Matsuda
  Shigekazu Wakisaka
  Hironori Takeuchi
  Koki Saga
  Keita Sawa
7 Twin Ring Motegi 10 September GT500 No. 100 Team Kunimitsu No. 100 Team Kunimitsu No. 100 Team Kunimitsu
  Sébastien Philippe
  Shinya Hosokawa
  Sébastien Philippe
  Shinya Hosokawa
  Sébastien Philippe
  Shinya Hosokawa
GT300 No. 62 Willcom R & D Sport No. 62 Willcom R & D Sport No. 11 JIM GAINER
  Shinsuke Shibahara
  Haruki Kurosawa
  Shinsuke Shibahara
  Haruki Kurosawa
  Tetsuya Tanaka
  Takayuki Aoki
8 Autopolis 15 October GT500 No. 18 Team Honda Racing No. 23 NISMO No. 23 NISMO
  Ryo Michigami
  Takashi Kogure
  Satoshi Motoyama
  Tsugio Matsuda
  Satoshi Motoyama
  Tsugio Matsuda
GT300 No. 2 Cars Tokai Dream28 No. 2 Cars Tokai Dream28 No. 2 Cars Tokai Dream28
  Kazuho Takahashi
  Hiroki Katoh
  Kazuho Takahashi
  Hiroki Katoh
  Kazuho Takahashi
  Hiroki Katoh
9 Fuji Speedway 5 November GT500 No. 32 Nakajima Racing No. 32 Nakajima Racing No. 32 Nakajima Racing
  Loïc Duval
  Hideki Mutoh
  Loïc Duval
  Hideki Mutoh
  Loïc Duval
  Hideki Mutoh
GT300 No. 777 Ryozanpaku with apr No. 777 Ryozanpaku with apr No. 101 apr
  Minoru Tanaka
  Kazuya Oshima
  Minoru Tanaka
  Kazuya Oshima
  Morio Nitta
  Shinichi Takagi

Standings

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GT500 Drivers

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Scoring system
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th
Points 20 15 11 8 6 5 4 3 2 1
Suzuka 1000 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Qualifying 4 3 2
Fastest Lap 3 2 1
  • Only the best five results in the first six races would be counted for the championship.
  • There were no points awarded for pole position and fastest lap in the final race.
Rank Driver SUZ
 
OKA
 
FUJ
 
SEP
 
SUG
 
SUZ
 
MOT
 
AUT
 
FUJ
 
PTS
1   André Lotterer
  Juichi Wakisaka
1 8 3 15 4 10 2 7 4 80
2   Shinya Hosokawa
  Sébastien Philippe
7 2 Ret 4 11 9 1 3 13 79
3   Takashi Kogure
  Ryo Michigami
4 1 Ret 6 Ret Ret 5 2 7 76
4   Michael Krumm 12 3 9 2 3 2 10 6 6 75
5   Yuji Tachikawa
  Toranosuke Takagi
5 5 Ret 12 1 7 3 5 Ret 71
6   Tsugio Matsuda
  Satoshi Motoyama
2 Ret 4 5 2 DSQ 14 1 11 69
7   Ralph Firman
  Daisuke Ito
3 7 8 1 8 6 15 11 14 68
8   Kazuki Hoshino
  Benoît Tréluyer
13 6 5 3 6 1 13 4 12 67
9   Naoki Hattori
  Peter Dumbreck
14 12 1 11 7 3 7 9 2 64
10   Richard Lyons 2 3 2 10 6 6 62
11   Loïc Duval
  Hideki Mutoh
15 Ret 7 9 5 4 8 12 1 51
12   Akira Iida
  Tatsuya Kataoka
6 11 2 14 9 Ret 4 13 5 41
13   Masataka Yanagida 10 10 10 8 10 5 6 14 3 34
14   Jérémie Dufour 1 32
15   João Paulo de Oliveira
  Naoki Yokomizo
9 4 12 7 13 8 11 8 8 32
16   Seiji Ara 10 5 6 14 3 28
17   Fabio Carbone 2 20
18   Érik Comas 10 10 10 8 5 18
19   Manabu Orido
  Takeshi Tsuchiya
8 9 6 10 12 Ret 12 15 9 18
20   Eiichi Tajima 3 16
21   Sakon Yamamoto 12 3 9 15
22   Toshihiro Kaneishi 6 13
23   André Couto
  Katsuyuki Hiranaka
11 13 11 13 Ret 11 9 10 10 13
24   Ronnie Quintarelli 7 9
25   Darren Manning 8 8
26   Adrian Sutil 10 6
27   Soheil Ayari 11 5
28   Hideki Noda Ret 5
  Björn Wirdheim Ret 0
  Yuji Ide DSQ 0
Rank Driver SUZ
 
OKA
 
FUJ
 
SEP
 
SUG
 
SUZ
 
MOT
 
AUT
 
FUJ
 
PTS
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)

Teams' standings

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Source:[2]

Rank Team No. SUZ
 
OKA
 
FUJ
 
SEP
 
SUG
 
SUZ
 
MOT
 
AUT
 
FUJ
 
Pts.
1 Toyota Team TOM'S 36 1 8 3 15 4 10 2 7 4 75
2 Nismo 22 12 3 9 2 3 2 10 6 6 70
3 Team Kunimitsu 100 7 2 Ret 4 11 9 1 3 13 65
4 Nismo 23 2 Ret 4 5 2 DSQ 14 1 11 64
5 Toyota Team Kraft 35 14 12 1 11 7 3 7 9 2 61
6 Team Impul 12 13 6 5 3 6 1 13 4 12 60
7 Toyota Team Cerumo 1 5 5 Ret 12 1 7 3 5 Ret 58
8 Team Honda Racing 18 4 1 Ret 6 Ret Ret 5 2 7 58
9 Team Honda Racing 8 3 7 8 1 8 6 15 11 14 48
10 Nakajima Racing 32 15 Ret 7 9 5 4 8 12 1 48
11 Mobil 1 Toyota Team LeMans 6 6 11 2 14 9 Ret 4 13 5 36
12 Kondo Racing 24 10 10 10 8 10 5 6 14 3 33
13 Hasemi Motorsport 3 9 4 12 7 13 8 11 8 8 28
14 Toyota Team Tsuchiya 25 8 9 6 10 12 Ret 12 15 9 13
15 Toyota Team SARD 66 11 13 11 13 Ret 11 9 10 10 9
Rank Team No. SUZ
 
OKA
 
FUJ
 
SEP
 
SUG
 
MOT
 
FUJ
 
AUT
 
SUZ
 
Pts.

GT300 Class (Top 3)

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Drivers

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Rank Drivers Number/Team Points Wins
1   Tetsuya Yamano
  Hiroyuki Iiri
#7 Amemiya AsparaDrink RX-7 86 1
2   Kazuho Takahashi
  Hiroki Katoh
#2 Privée Zurich APPLE Shiden 86 1
3   Shogo Mitsuyama
  Nobuteru Taniguchi
#61 enable Advan Vemac 320R 75 0

Teams

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Rank Number/Team Car Points
1 #7 RE Amemiya Racing Amemiya Asparadrink RX-7 78
2 #27 Direxiv Motorsport direxiv Advan 320R 67
3 #2 Verno Tokai Dream 28 Privée Zurich APPLE Shiden 63

References

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  1. ^ "2006年に初めて訪れたスーパーGTと富士で心奪われたフォードGTと紫電【日本のレース通サム・コリンズの忘れられない1戦】 - 2ページ目 (2ページ中) - autosport web". www.as-web.jp. Retrieved 2024-02-23.
  2. ^ "SUPERGT.net | 2006 Point Ranking". supergt.net. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
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