2004 D1 Grand Prix season
2004 D1 Grand Prix | |||
Previous: | 2003 | Next: | 2005 |
Changes for the 2004 Season
- Autobacs becomes title sponsor.
- Introduction of the D1 Gals who would appear at each event. Previously to that, the series used girls who were represented by other sponsors.
- Cars are now required to bear the D1GP sponsor box, containing the series' sponsors logos, at the side of the car at each event.
- Cars are now required to bear the D1GP orange sunvisor, containing the series logo and the company logo, at each event.
2004 Schedules
n.b. Winning Driver are mentioned on the right
2004 D1 Grand Prix Point Series
Round 1 - February 27/28 - Irwindale Speedway, Irwindale, California, United States - Yasuyuki Kazama (S15)
Round 2 - May 4/5 - Sports Land SUGO (Go-Kart circuit), Miyagi Prefecture, Japan - Yasuyuki Kazama (S15)
Round 3 - July 24/25 - Ebisu South Course, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan - Ken Nomura (ER34)
Round 4 - August 21/22 - Autopolis, Ōita Prefecture, Japan - Nobuteru Taniguchi (S15)
Round 5 - September 18 - Metropolitan Parking, Odaiba, Japan - Ryuji Miki (S15)
Round 6 - October 23/24 - Ebisu South Course, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan - Youichi Imamura (FD3S)
Round 7 - November 25 - Tsukuba Circuit, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan - Youichi Imamura (FD3S)
2004 D1 Grand Prix Exhibition Matches
D1 Pre-Season Match - January 17 - Metropolitan Parking, Odaiba, Japan - Kuniaki Takahashi (JZX100)
D1 Exhibition - Apr. 17 - Metropolitan Parking, Odaiba, Japan - Ken Nomura (ER34)
D1 Odaiba Allstar Match - Apr. 18 - Metropolitan Parking, Odaiba, Japan - Yasuyuki Kazama (S15)
D1 Odaiba Allstar Match - Sep. 19 - Metropolitan Parking, Odaiba, Japan - Youichi Imamura (FD3S)
D1 USA vs Japan Allstar - December 17 - California Speedway, Fontana, California, United States - Nobushige Kumakubo (S15)
Final Championship Results
Position | Driver | Car | rd.1 | rd.2 | rd.3 | rd.4 | rd.5 | rd.6 | rd.7 | Total |
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1st | Ryuji Miki | Nissan Silvia S15 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 110 |
2nd | Nobuteru Taniguchi | Nissan Silvia S15/Toyota Altezza SXE10 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 10 | - | - | 82 |
3rd | Youichi Imamura | Mazda RX-7 FD3S | - | 10 | 10 | - | 18 | 20 | 20 | 78 |
4th | Yasuyuki Kazama | Nissan Silvia S15 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 14 | 6 | - | 6 | 72 |
4th | Ken Nomura | Nissan Skyline ER34 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | - | 72 |
6th | Nobushige Kumakubo | Nissan Silvia S15 | 14 | 12 | 12 | - | - | 4 | 18 | 60 |
7th | Ken Maeda | Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 | - | - | - | 12 | 16 | 14 | - | 42 |
8th | Kazuhiro Tanaka | Nissan Silvia S15 | 10 | - | 8 | - | 4 | 10 | - | 32 |
9th | Tetsuya Hibino | Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 | - | - | 18 | - | - | 12 | - | 30 |
10th | Toyohisa Matsuda | Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 | - | - | - | - | 12 | - | 10 | 22 |
11th | Hideo Hiraoka | Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 | - | 4 | - | 2 | - | - | 14 | 20 |
11th | Takahiro Ueno | Toyota Soarer JZZ30 | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | 12 | 20 |
13th | Toshiki Yoshioka | Toyota Corolla Levin/Sprinter Trueno AE86 | - | - | - | 18 | - | - | - | 18 |
13th | Drift Samurai | Mazda RX-7 FC3S | - | - | - | 2 | - | 16 | - | 18 |
15th | Akinori Utsumi | Mazda RX-7 FD3S | - | 2 | - | - | 14 | - | - | 16 |
16th | Atsushi Kuroi | Nissan Silvia PS13 | 8 | - | 4 | - | - | - | 2 | 14 |
16th | Masao Suenaga | Mazda RX-7 FD3S | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 14 |
18th | Kazunari Hayashida | Nissan Silvia S15 | - | - | - | 10 | - | 2 | - | 12 |
19th | Shinichi Yamada | Toyota Corolla Levin AE86/Nissan Silvia S15 | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | 8 |
19th | Shunichi Tomikuda | Nissan Silvia PS13 | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | 8 |
21st | Gen Terasaki | Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 | 4 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 6 |
21st | Hisashi Kamimoto | Nissan Silvia S15 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
23rd | Masato Kawabata | Nissan Silvia S15 | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | 4 |
23rd | Hiroshi Fukuda | Nissan 180SX RPS13 | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 4 |
23rd | Kuniaki Takahashi | Toyota Chaser JZX100 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 |
26th | Samuel Hubinette | Toyota Supra JZA80 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
- Source: D1GP Official Site 2004 Championship table