# 2008 International Pokka 1000km

The 2008 International Pokka 1000 km was the 6th round of the 2008 Super GT season and the 37th running of the 1000 km Suzuka. It took place on August 24, 2008.

## Race results

Results are as follows:
| Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Chassis | Tyre | Laps |
| 1 | GT500 | 12 | Calsonic Team Impul | Sebastien Philippe Tsugio Matsuda | Nissan GT-R | B | 173 |
| 2 | GT500 | 100 | Raybrig Team Kunimitsu | Shinya Hosokawa Yuji Ide Kosuke Matsuura | Honda NSX | B | 173 |
| 3 | GT500 | 36 | Petronas Team TOM'S | Juichi Wakisaka André Lotterer Carlo van Dam | Lexus SC430 | B | 173 |
| 4 | GT500 | 22 | Motul NISMO | Masataka Yanagida Michael Krumm Dominik Schwager | Nissan GT-R | B | 173 |
| 5 | GT500 | 3 | Yellowhat Hasemi Motorsport | Naoki Yokomizo Ronnie Quintarelli | Nissan GT-R | B | 173 |
| 6 | GT500 | 6 | ENEOS Team LeMans | Akira Iida Björn Wirdheim Roberto Streit | Lexus SC430 | B | 173 |
| 7 | GT500 | 24 | Woodone Kondo Racing | Seiji Ara João Paulo de Oliveira | Nissan GT-R | Y | 173 |
| 8 | GT500 | 23 | Xanavi NISMO | Satoshi Motoyama Benoît Tréluyer Fabio Carbone | Nissan GT-R | B | 173 |
| 9 | GT500 | 38 | ZENT Team Cerumo | Yuji Tachikawa Richard Lyons | Lexus SC430 | B | 172 |
| 10 | GT500 | 35 | Houzan Team Kraft | Tatsuya Kataoka Peter Dumbreck | Lexus SC430 | B | 172 |
| 11 | GT500 | 32 | EPSON Nakajima Racing | Katsuyuki Hiranaka Loïc Duval | Honda NSX | D | 171 |
| 12 | GT500 | 18 | Takata Dome | Takashi Kogure Ryo Michigami | Honda NSX | B | 169 |
| 13 | GT500 | 1 | Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | Takuya Izawa Ralph Firman | Honda NSX | B | 167 |
| 14 | GT300 | 46 | Leopalace MOLA | Kazuki Hoshino Hironobu Yasuda | Nissan Z | M | 160 |
| 15 | GT300 | 95 | Lightning McQueen apr | Kazuya Oshima Keisuke Kunimoto Yuya Sakamoto | Toyota MR-S | M | 159 |
| 16 | GT300 | 7 | RE Amemiya | Ryo Orime Hiroyuki Iiri Hiroyuki Matsumura | Mazda RX-7 | Y | 159 |
| 17 | GT300 | 62 | Willcom R&D Sport | Shinsuke Shibahara Haruki Kurosawa Shogo Mitsuyama | Vemac RD408R | Y | 159 |
| 18 | GT300 | 26 | Yunkerpower Team Taisan | Nobuteru Taniguchi Shinichi Yamaji Keita Sawa | Porsche 996 GT3-RS | Y | 159 |
| 19 | GT300 | 81 | Team Daishin | Takayuki Aoki Tomonobu Fujii | Nissan Z | Y | 158 |
| 20 | GT300 | 11 | JIM Gainer Racing | Tetsuya Tanaka Masayuki Ueda | Ferrari F430 GT2 | Y | 157 |
| 21 | GT300 | 111 | Arktech Motorsports | Takuya Kurosawa Hiroshi Koizumi | Porsche Boxster | K | 155 |
| 22 | GT300 | 27 | Team Shadow | Takashi Inoue Hwang Jin Woo Yasuhiro Takasaki | Porsche 996 GT3-RSR | H | 155 |
| 23 | GT300 | 5 | Team Mach | Tetsuji Tamanaka Naoya Yamano Katsuhiko Tsutsui | Vemac RD320R | Y | 154 |
| 24 | GT300 | 170 | Team Gaikokuya | Yoshimi Ishibashi Yutaka Yamagishi Kazuyoshi Takamizawa | Porsche 911 GT3-RS | Y | 151 |
| 25 | GT300 | 88 | triple a JLOC | Hideshi Matsuda Naohiro Furuya Yuya Sakamoto | Lamborghini Gallardo RG-3 | Y | 151 |
| 26 | GT300 | 666 | Bomex Rosso | Junichiro Yamashita Shogo Suho Hiroshi Takamori | Vemac RD320R | K | 150 |
| 27 | GT300 | 87 | AKTIO JLOC | Hisashi Wada Muneyuki Kurihara Yoshihisa Namekata | Lamborghini Gallardo RG-3 | Y | 145 |
| 28 | GT500 | 25 | Eclipse Team Tsuchiya | Hiroaki Ishiura Takeshi Tsuchiya | Lexus SC430 | Y | 138 |
| 29 | GT300 | 66 | triple a JLOC | Koji Yamanishi Atsushi Yogo | Lamborghini Murcielago RG-1 | Y | 136 |
| 30 | GT500 | 39 | Denso Team SARD | André Couto Koki Saga Toranosuke Takagi | Lexus SC430 | B | 133 |
| 31 | GT300 | 118 | Tomei Sports | Takashi Miyamoto Masayuki Kurihara 'Guts' Jyonai | Porsche 997 GT3-RS | Y | 132 |
| 32 | GT300 | 77 | Cusco Racing | Tetsuya Yamano Kota Sasaki | Subaru Impreza | D | 127 |
| 33 | GT300 | 52 | Green Tec Team Shift | Takuya Kurosawa Takuto Iguchi Hideki Yamauchi | Lexus IS350 | K | 125 |
| 34 | GT300 | 19 | WedsSport Racing Project Bandoh | Manabu Orido Yuhi Sekiguchi Tsubasa Abe | Toyota Celica | Y | 118 |
| DNF | GT500 | 17 | Real Racing | Koudai Tsukakoshi Toshihiro Kaneishi Katsutomo Kaneishi | Honda NSX | B | 119 |
| DNF | GT300 | 2 | Privee Cars Tokai Dream28 | Kazuho Takahashi Hiroki Kato Hiroki Yoshimoto | Mooncraft Shiden | Y | 91 |
| DNF | GT300 | 33 | Hankook KTR | Mitsuhiro Kinoshita Masami Kageyama | Porsche 911 GT3R | H | 78 |
| DNF | GT300 | 43 | Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | Shinichi Takagi Morio Nitta Kyosuke Mineo | ASL Garaiya | M | 41 |
| DNF | GT300 | 4 | EBBRO Team Uematsu NOVA | Ryohei Sakaguchi Masaki Matsushita Tadao Uematsu | Vemac RD320R | Y | 31 |
| DNF | GT300 | 111 | Arktech Motorsports | Daisuke Ikeda Hidetoshi Mitsusada | Porsche Boxster | K | 4 |

## Statistics

* GT500 Pole Position – #100 Raybrig NSX – 2:27.474
* GT300 Pole Position – #77 Cusco Impreza – 2:22.432
* GT500 Fastest Lap – #1 ARTA NSX – 1:57.897
* GT300 Fastest Lap – #19 WedsSport IS350 – 2:09.340
* Winner's Race Time – 5:56:31.327