# 2008 D1 Grand Prix series

The 2008 Gran Turismo D1 Grand Prix series was the eighth season for the D1 Grand Prix series and the third for the D1 Street Legal spinoff series. The US series was proposed for a second season in November 2007, but in February 2008, due to commitments, the series was cancelled, leaving the 2007 as the only year the US series ever took place, despite being exhibition rounds. The series began March 29, 2008 for the D1SL and March 30 for D1GP at Ebisu Circuit. The series ended with a non-point scoring World All-Star event held at Irwindale Speedway on November 30, 2008 and concluded altogether on December 14 as a D1SL point scoring round.

## Schedule

| Round | Round | Venue | Location | Date | Winner | Car |
| D1GP | D1SL | Venue | Location | Date | Winner | Car |
| 1 | | Ebisu Circuit | Fukushima Prefecture | March 30 | Masato Kawabata | Nissan Silvia S15 |
| | 1 | Ebisu Circuit | Fukushima Prefecture | April 13 | Naoto Suenaga | Nissan Silvia PS13 |
| 2 | | Fuji Speedway | Shizuoka Prefecture | April 27 | Yoshinori Koguchi | Nissan 180SX RSP13 |
| 3 | | Suzuka Circuit | Mie Prefecture | May 24–25 | Tsuyoshi Tezuka | Nissan Skyline BNR32 |
| | 2 | Suzuka Circuit | Mie Prefecture | May 24–25 | Naoto Suenaga | Nissan Silvia PS13 |
| Tokyo Drift in Odaiba (exhibition) | Tokyo Drift in Odaiba (exhibition) | Odaiba Metropolitan Car Park | Tokyo Bay | June 7 June 8 | Nobushige Kumakubo Youichi Imamura | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX CT9A Nissan Silvia S15 |
| 4 | | Okayama International Circuit | Okayama Prefecture | June 27–29 | Youichi Imamura | Nissan Silvia S15 |
| | 3 | Okayama International Circuit | Okayama Prefecture | June 27–29 | Naoki Nakamura | Nissan Silvia S15 |
| 5 | | Autopolis | Ōita Prefecture | August 3 | Daigo Saito | Toyota Mark II JZX100 |
| 6 | | Ebisu Circuit | Fukushima Prefecture | August 29–31 | Nobushige Kumakubo | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX CT9A |
| | 4 | Ebisu Circuit | Fukushima Prefecture | August 29–31 | Naoto Suenaga | Nissan Silvia PS13 |
| | 5 | Nihonkai Maze Circuit | Niigata Prefecture | September 21 | Kiyofumi Jikuya | Nissan Silvia S15 |
| 7 | | Fuji Speedway | Shizuoka Prefecture | October 26 | Masao Suenaga | Mazda RX-7 FD3S |
| | 6 | Sekia Hills | Kumamoto Prefecture | November 16 | Naoto Suenaga | Nissan Silvia PS13 |
| World All-Star (non-championship) | World All-Star (non-championship) | Irwindale Speedway | California | November 30 | Event Cancelled | Event Cancelled |
| | 7 | Tsukuba Circuit | Ibaraki Prefecture | December 14 | Naoto Suenaga | Nissan Silvia PS13 |

### Round 1

| Position | Driver | Car | Points |
| 1st | Masato Kawabata | Nissan Silvia S15 | 26 |
| 2nd | Ken Nomura | Nissan Skyline ER34 | 22 |
| 3rd | Kazuhiro Tanaka | Subaru Impreza GDB | 18 |
| 4th | Masao Suenaga | Mazda RX-7 FD3S | 17 |
| 5th | Takahiro Ueno | Toyota Soarer JZZ30 | 13 |
| 6th | Kuniaki Takahashi | Toyota Chaser JZX100 | 12 |
| 7th | Youichi Imamura | Nissan Silvia S15 | 11 |
| 8th | Tetsuya Hibino | Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 | 11 |
| 9th | Kazuyoshi Okamura | Nissan Silvia S15 | 9 |
| 10th | Toshiki Yoshioka | Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 | 7 |
| 11th | Tsuyoshi Tezuka | Nissan Skyline BNR32 | 7 |
| 12th | Nobushige Kumakubo | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX CT9A | 5 |
| 13th | Masayoshi Tokita | Toyota Crown GRS180 | 4 |
| 14th | Daigo Saito | Toyota Mark II JZX100 | 3 |
| 15th | Hiroshi Fukuda | Nissan 180SX RPS13 | 2 |
| 16th | Drift Samurai | Mazda RX-7 FC3S | 1 |

### Round 2

| Position | Driver | Car | Points |
| 1st | Yoshinori Koguchi | Nissan 180SX RPS13 | 25 |
| 2nd | Daigo Saito | Toyota Mark II JZX100 | 22 |
| 3rd | Tsuyoshi Tezuka | Nissan Skyline BNR32 | 19 |
| 4th | Masao Suenaga | Mazda RX-7 FD3S | 17 |
| 5th | Toshiki Yoshioka | Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 | 13 |
| 6th | Atsushi Kuroi | Nissan Silvia PS13 | 13 |
| 7th | Chikara Mizuhata | Nissan Silvia S15 | 12 |
| 8th | Ken Nomura | Nissan Skyline ER34 | 10 |
| 9th | Nobuteru Taniguchi | Toyota Altezza SXE10 | 8 |
| 10th | Takahiro Ueno | Toyota Soarer JZZ30 | 8 |
| 11th | Hisashi Oginome | Nissan Silvia S15 | 6 |
| 12th | Kazuyoshi Okamura | Nissan Silvia S13 | 6 |
| 13th | Tomokazu Hirota | Toyota Verossa JZX110 | 4 |
| 14th | Youichi Imamura | Nissan Silvia S15 | 3 |
| 15th | Tatsuya Sakuma | Nissan Silvia S15 | 2 |
| 16th | Akinori Utsumi | Nissan Silvia PS13 | 1 |

### Round 3

| Position | Driver | Car | Points |
| 1st | Tsuyoshi Tezuka | Nissan Skyline BNR32 | 26 |
| 2nd | Atsushi Kuroi | Nissan Silvia PS13 | 22 |
| 3rd | Toshiki Yoshioka | Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 | 19 |
| 4th | Daigo Saito | Toyota Mark II JZX100 | 17 |
| 5th | Youichi Imamura | Nissan Silvia S15 | 13 |
| 6th | Ken Nomura | Nissan Skyline ER34 | 13 |
| 7th | Takahiro Ueno | Toyota Soarer JZZ30 | 11 |
| 8th | Nobushige Kumakubo | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX CT9A | 11 |
| 9th | Akinori Utsumi | Nissan Silvia PS13 | 8 |
| 10th | Kazuhiro Tanaka | Subaru Impreza GDB | 7 |
| 11th | Hideo Hiraoka | Subaru Impreza GDB | 6 |
| 12th | Tatsuya Sakuma | Nissan Silvia S15 | 5 |
| 13th | Masao Suenaga | Mazda RX-7 FD3S | 4 |
| 14th | Kazuto Ichiyanagi | Nissan Silvia S13 | 4 |
| 15th | Masato Kawabata | Nissan 180SX RPS13 | 2 |
| 16th | Tetsuya Hibino | Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 | 1 |

### Round 4

| Position | Driver | Car | Points |
| 1st | Youichi Imamura | Nissan Silvia S15 | 26 |
| 2nd | Tomokazu Hirota | Toyota Verossa JZX110 | 21 |
| 3rd | Tetsuya Hibino | Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 | 18 |
| 4th | Daigo Saito | Toyota Mark II JZX100 | 17 |
| 5th | Masao Suenaga | Mazda RX-7 FD3S | 13 |
| 6th | Ken Nomura | Nissan Skyline ER34 | 12 |
| 7th | Akinori Utsumi | Nissan Silvia PS13 | 11 |
| 8th | Yoshinori Koguchi | Nissan 180SX RPS13 | 10 |
| 9th | Kazuhiro Tanaka | Subaru Impreza GDB | 9 |
| 10th | Takahiro Ueno | Toyota Soarer JZZ30 | 7 |
| 11th | Masato Kawabata | Nissan 180SX RPS13 | 7 |
| 12th | Hisashi Oginome | Nissan Silvia S15 | 5 |
| 13th | Chikara Mizuhata | Nissan Silvia S15 | 4 |
| 14th | Masayoshi Tokita | Toyota Crown GRS180 | 3 |
| 15th | Naoki Nakamura | Nissan Silvia S15 | 2 |
| 16th | Nobushige Kumakubo | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX CT9A | 2 |

### Round 5

| Position | Driver | Car | Points |
| 1st | Daigo Saito | Toyota Mark II JZX100 | 26 |
| 2nd | Ken Nomura | Nissan Skyline ER34 | 21 |
| 3rd | Masato Kawabata | Nissan 180SX RPS13 | 19 |
| 4th | Youichi Imamura | Nissan Silvia S15 | 17 |
| 5th | Kazuhiro Tanaka | Subaru Impreza GDB | 13 |
| 6th | Masao Suenaga | Mazda RX-7 FD3S | 13 |
| 7th | Kuniaki Takahashi | Toyota Chaser JZX100 | 11 |
| 8th | Nobushige Kumakubo | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX CT9A | 10 |
| 9th | Atsushi Kuroi | Nissan Silvia PS13 | 9 |
| 10th | Tsuyoshi Tezuka | Nissan Skyline BNR32 | 8 |
| 11th | Toru Inose | Nissan Silvia S15 | 6 |
| 12th | Drift Samurai | Mazda RX-7 FC3S | 5 |
| 13th | Takahiro Ueno | Toyota Soarer JZZ30 | 4 |
| 14th | Toshiki Yoshioka | Lexus SC430 UZZ40 | 3 |
| 15th | Hideo Hiraoka | Subaru Impreza GDB | 2 |
| 16th | Yoshinori Koguchi | Nissan 180SX RPS13 | 1 |

### Round 6

| Position | Driver | Car | Points |
| 1st | Nobushige Kumakubo | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX CT9A | 25 |
| 2nd | Youichi Imamura | Nissan Silvia S15 | 21 |
| 3rd | Takahiro Ueno | Toyota Soarer JZZ30 | 18 |
| 4th | Naoki Nakamura | Nissan Silvia S15 | 16 |
| 5th | Tatsuya Sakuma | Nissan Silvia S15 | 13 |
| 6th | Tsuyoshi Tezuka | Nissan Skyline BNR32 | 12 |
| 7th | Daigo Saito | Toyota Mark II JZX100 | 12 |
| 8th | Toshiki Yoshioka | Lexus SC430 UZZ40 | 10 |
| 9th | Kazuyoshi Okamura | Nissan Silvia S15 | 8 |
| 10th | Takumi Nozawa | Nissan Silvia S14 | 7 |
| 11th | Tetsuya Hibino | Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 | 6 |
| 12th | Masato Kawabata | Nissan 180SX RPS13 | 5 |
| 13th | Kazuhiro Tanaka | Subaru Impreza GDB | 4 |
| 14th | Masashi Yokoi | Nissan Silvia S14 | 3 |
| 15th | Ken Nomura | Nissan Skyline ER34 | 2 |
| 16th | Toru Inose | Nissan Silvia S15 | 1 |

### Round 7

| Position | Driver | Car | Points |
| 1st | Masao Suenaga | Mazda RX-7 FD3S | 25 |
| 2nd | Nobushige Kumakubo | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX CT9A | 21 |
| 3rd | Masato Kawabata | Nissan 180SX RPS13 | 19 |
| 4th | Daigo Saito | Toyota Mark II JZX100 | 17 |
| 5th | Yoshinori Koguchi | Nissan 180SX RPS13 | 14 |
| 6th | Youichi Imamura | Nissan Silvia S15 | 13 |
| 7th | Takahiro Ueno | Toyota Soarer JZZ30 | 11 |
| 8th | Tetsuya Hibino | Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 | 10 |
| 9th | Drift Samurai | Mazda RX-7 FC3S | 8 |
| 10th | Tsuyoshi Tezuka | Nissan Skyline BNR32 | 8 |
| 11th | Ken Nomura | Nissan Skyline ER34 | 7 |
| 12th | Tatsuya Sakuma | Nissan Silvia S15 | 6 |
| 13th | Masashi Yokoi | Nissan Silvia S14 | 4 |
| 14th | Junkichi Nagasawa | Nissan Silvia S15 | 3 |
| 15th | Kazuyoshi Okamura | Nissan Silvia S15 | 2 |
| 16th | Toru Inose | Nissan Silvia S15 | 1 |

## Final Championship Results
### D1GP

| Position | Driver | Car | rd.1 | rd.2 | rd.3 | rd.4 | rd.5 | rd.6 | rd.7 | Total |
| 1st | Daigo Saito | Toyota Mark II JZX100 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 17 | 26 | 12 | 17 | 114 |
| 2nd | Youichi Imamura | Nissan Silvia S15 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 26 | 17 | 21 | 13 | 104 |
| 3rd | Masao Suenaga | Mazda RX-7 FD3S | 17 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 25 | 89 |
| 4th | Ken Nomura | Nissan Skyline ER34 | 22 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 87 |
| 5th | Tsuyoshi Tezuka | Nissan Skyline BNR32 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 80 |
| 6th | Masato Kawabata | Nissan Silvia S15 / Nissan 180SX RPS13 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 5 | 19 | 78 |
| 7th | Nobushige Kumakubo | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX CT9A | 5 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 25 | 21 | 74 |
| 8th | Takahiro Ueno | Toyota Soarer JZZ30 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 72 |
| 9th | Toshiki Yoshioka | Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 / Lexus SC430 UZZ40 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 52 |
| 10th | Kazuhiro Tanaka | Subaru Impreza GDB | 18 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 51 |
| 11th | Yoshinori Koguchi | Nissan 180SX RPS13 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 50 |
| 12th | Tetsuya Hibino | Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 46 |
| 13th | Atsushi Kuroi | Nissan Silvia PS13 | 0 | 13 | 22 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
| 14th | Tatsuya Sakuma | Nissan Silvia S15 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 26 |
| 15th | Tomokazu Hirota | Toyota Verossa JZX110 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| 16th | Kazuyoshi Okamura | Nissan Silvia S15 / Nissan Silvia S13 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 24 |
| 17th | Kuniaki Takahashi | Toyota Chaser JZX100 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| 18th | Akinori Utsumi | Nissan Silvia PS13 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 19th | Naoki Nakamura | Nissan Silvia S15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 18 |
| 20th | Chikara Mizuhata | Nissan Silvia S15 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 21st | Drift Samurai | Mazda RX-7 FC3S | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 14 |
| 22nd | Hisashi Oginome | Nissan Silvia S15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 23rd | Nobuteru Taniguchi | Toyota Altezza SXE10 | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| 23rd | Hideo Hiraoka | Subaru Impreza GDB | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 23rd | Toru Inose | Nissan Silvia S15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 26th | Takumi Nozawa | Nissan Silvia S14 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 26th | Masayoshi Tokita | Toyota Crown GRS180 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 26th | Masashi Yokoi | Nissan Silvia S14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 29th | Kazuto Ichiyanagi | Nissan Silvia PS13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 30th | Junkichi Nagasawa | Nissan Silvia S15 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 3 | 3 |
| 31st | Hiroshi Fukuda | Nissan 180SX RPS13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |

### D1SL

| Position | Driver | Car | rd.1 | rd.2 | rd.3 | rd.4 | rd.5 | rd.6 | rd.7 | Total |
| 1st | Naoto Suenaga | Nissan Silvia PS13 | 26 | 25 | 7 | 25 | - | 26 | 25 | 134 |
| 2nd | Naoki Nakamura | Nissan Silvia S15 | 22 | 9 | 25 | 21 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 105 |
| 3rd | Kiyofumi Jikuya | Nissan Silvia S15 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 25 | 21 | 10 | 96 |
| 4th | Yukio Matsui | Toyota Supra JZA80 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 95 |
| 5th | Hideyuki Fujino | Nissan Silvia S15 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 11 | - | 11 | 64 |
| 6th | Masashi Yokoi | Nissan Silvia S14 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 21 | 62 |
| 7th | Tetsuya Hibino | Nissan Silvia S15 / Nissan Silvia PS13 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 59 |
| 8th | Takashi Hagisako | Nissan Silvia S13 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 43 |
| 8th | Masami Mikami | Nissan Skyline ECR33 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 43 |
| 10th | Seimi Tanaka | Nissan Silvia S14 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 41 |
| 11th | Kenji Kiguchi | Nissan Laurel C33 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| 12th | Yukiharu Komagata | Subaru Impreza GDB | 13 | 3 | 0 | - | 18 | - | - | 34 |
| 12th | Kyogo Kitayama | Nissan 180SX RPS13 | 0 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 34 |
| 14th | Hiroshi Fujiki | Nissan 180SX RPS13 | 0 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 26 |
| 14th | Yuji Tanaka | Nissan Silvia S14 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 26 |
| 16th | Hiroyuki Fukuyama | Nissan Silvia PS13 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 24 |
| 16th | Tsuyoshi Tezuka | Nissan Skyline ER34 | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | 6 | 24 |
| 18th | Katsuhiro Ueo | Nissan Silvia S15 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 0 | - | - | - | 21 |
| 19th | Iwajiro Honma | Nissan Skyline ECR32 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 |
| 20th | Tomohiro Murayama | Nissan 180SX RPS13 / Nissan Silvia S14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | - | 8 | 17 |
| 21st | Osamu Yamaguchi | Nissan Silvia S14 | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | - | 16 |
| 21st | Masahiko Mizuno | Nissan Silvia S15 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 23rd | Takahiro Yamamoto | Nissan 180SX RPS13 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 13 | - | 0 | 13 |
| 24th | Daisuke Nakamura | Nissan Silvia S15 | 0 | - | - | 12 | - | - | 0 | 12 |
| 25th | Masami Ochiai | Nissan Silvia S14 | 0 | - | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | 0 | 10 |
| 25th | Kinya Nishio | Toyota Mark II JZX110 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | 0 | 10 |
| 27th | Teruaki Shimoda | Nissan Silvia PS13 | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | 8 |
| 28th | Naoya Yamano | Nissan Silvia S15 | - | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | 3 | 7 |
| 29th | Hidenari Izu | Nissan Silvia S15 | 6 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 6 |
| 30th | Jin Horino | Nissan Silvia S14 | 5 | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | 5 |
| 30th | Junichi Iizuka | Nissan Silvia S14 | 0 | - | - | - | 5 | - | 0 | 5 |
| 30th | Ikuo Saito | Nissan 180SX RPS13 | - | - | 0 | - | - | 5 | - | 5 |
| 30th | Daisuke Hasegawa | Nissan Silvia S14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 4 | 5 |
| 30th | Michinori Ito | Toyota Chaser JZX100 | 0 | - | 3 | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | 5 |
| 35th | Akihiko Hirashima | Nissan Silvia S14 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 36th | Kazuya Otsuka | Nissan Silvia S15 | 0 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 3 |
| 36th | Masaaki Ukita | Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 38th | Shinya Kaneoka | Nissan 180SX RPS13 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| 38th | Keisuke Ichikawa | Nissan Silvia S14 | - | 0 | - | - | 2 | - | 0 | 2 |
| 40th | Kenji Hanaoka | Nissan Silvia S14 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
* Highlighted in blue - 100pt tansou (solo run) bonus
* Source: D1GP Official Site 2008 Championship table

## Sources

* (in Japanese)無題ドキュメント (D1GP.co.jp)