2018 Super Taikyu Series Explained

The 2018 Super Taikyu Series was the 27th season of the Super Taikyu Series. The season will start on 31 March at Suzuka Circuit and end on 4 November at Okayama International Circuit. #99 GTNET Motorsports is the Champion and the 4th overall title for a Nissan GTR GT3

Teams and drivers

Entrant	Vehicle	No	Drivers	Rounds
ST–X
Endless Sports	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	3	Yukinori Taniguchi	1–4, 6
		Hideki Yamauchi	All
		Tsubasa Mekaru
		Kyosuke Mineo	3
		Yamada Shinnosuke
		Juku Sunaga
		Tajima Tsuyoshi	5
Kondō Racing	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	24	Tomonobu Fujii	1–2, 4–6
		Kazuki Hiramine
		Yuudai Uchida
J-Fly Racing by Phoenix Racing Asia	Audi R8 LMS	81	Jeffrey Lee	All
		André Couto
		Shintaro Kawabata	1–5
		Alessio Picariello	3, 6
Phoenix Racing Asia		82	Alex Au	1–4
		Shaun Thong
		Alex Yoong
		Philip Ellis	3
		83	Lim Keong Wee	All
		Melvin Moh
		Marchy Lee	1–4
		Max Hofer	3
		Mathias Beche	5–6
GTNET Motor Sports	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	99	Teruhiko Hamano	All
		Kazuki Hoshino
		Kiyoto Fujinami
		Hironobu Yasuda	3
		Sun Zheng	3, 5
R.n. Sports	Mercedes-AMG GT3	112	Atsushi Sato	1, 4, 6
		Ryosei Yamashita
		Nobuo Kubo
MAX Racing	Lexus RC F GT3	244	Tetsuya Tanaka	1, 3–6
		Kimiya Sato
		Takeshi Tsuchiya
		Go Max	1, 3–5
		Toru Tanaka	6
D'station Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-R	777	Satoshi Hoshino	1–4
		Seiji Ara
		Tsubasa Kondo
		Yuya Motoshima	3
CARGUY Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	999	Kei Cozzolino	6
		Takeshi Kimura
		Afiq Yazid
ST–Z
BEND	Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR	51	Daisuke Ikeda	3, 5
		Masamitsu Ishihara
		Yuya Sakamoto
		Shinya Hosokawa	3
		Atsushi Yogō
Monokore	Ginetta G55 GT4	550	"Ryo"	6
		Hideki Hirota
		Hironobu Yasuda
ST–TCR
Adenau	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	10	Philippe Devesa	All
		Shogo Mitsuyama
		Mitsuhiro Endō	3, 5
		Shuichi Wakisaka	3
Birth Racing Project	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	19	“Hirobon”	All
		"Yossy"
		Koichi Okumura	1–5
		Takuro Shinohara	1–2, 6
		Kei Akiyoshi	3
		Komiya Masanobu
		Daisuke Yamawaki	3, 5
		Takeshi Matsumoto	4, 6
Audi driving experience Japan	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	33	Hideki Nakahara	5
		Hiroaki Oiwa
		Ryuichiro Tomita
		Masataka Yanagida
Audi Team DreamDrive	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	45	Naoto Takeda	1–4, 6
		Takuya Shirasaka
		Shozo Tagahara	All
		Yoshiyuki Okumura	3, 5
		46	Toshiro Tsukada	1
		Yoshikazu Sobu
		Atsushi Ishizaki
		Yuji Kiyotaki
Audi Team DreamDrive Noah		75	Yuji Kiyotaki	3–6
		Yoshikazu Sobu
		Toshiro Tsukada
		Tadashi Watanabe	3–5
		Kazuyuki Matsumoto	3
		Yukihiro Yamaji
Audi Team Mars	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	65	Daisuke Imamura	3–6
		Hironori Ishizawa
		Masato Kato
		Toshihiro Yoshida	3
B-Max Engineering with Dome	Honda Civic Type-R TCR (FK2)	96	“Takumi”	1–2, 4
		Motoyoshi Yoshida
		Ryuji “Dragon” Kumita
		“Syuji”	1–2
		Shinichi Takagi	4
	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	“Takumi”	6
		Motoyoshi Yoshida
		Shinichi Takagi
Modulo Racing with Dome	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	97	Tadao Uematsu	All
		Shinji Nakano
		Hiroki Otsu
		Takashi Kobayashi
		Keiko Ishikawa	3
DOME RACING PROJECT		98	Taiyou Iida	All
		Hiroki Katoh
		Hiroshi Hamaguchi	1–3
		Kazuho Takahashi	3–4
		Richard Wee	3
		Keiko Ishikawa	5
		Ryuji “Dragon” Kumita	6
ST–1
apr	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	31	Katsuhito “Jack” Ogawa	1–2
		Masami Kageyama	1–2, 5–6
		Ryuichiro Tomita	1–2, 6
		"T. Stark"	5–6
		Yuta Uemura	5
D'station Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	47	Tatsuya Hoshino	1–4
		Manabu Orido
		Kenji Hama
		Kenji Kobayashi	3
		Li Jung-woo
ST–2
Shinryo Racing Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	6	Tomohiro Tomimasu	All
		Yasushi Kikuchi
		Masazumi Ohashi
		Yoshiki Fujii	3
		Setsuo Furuyama
		Masato Narisawa
		7	Wataru Yamaki	All
		Turbo Asahi
		Zene Okazaki	1–4
		Kizuku Hirota
		Hirofumi Okumura	3
		Atsushi Ishizaki	5
		Masato Narazawa	5–6
Team Nopro	Mazda Axela Sky-D	17	Tatsuya Tanigawa	All
		Tatsuya Nogami
		Toshihiko Nogami
		Yosunari Fujiwara	3, 5
		Hiroki Yamada	3
TOWAINTEC Racing	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	59	Manabu Osawa	All
		Hitoshi Goto
		Takuto Iguchi
		Mizuki Ishizaka
ST–3
MP Racing	Nissan Fairlady Z (Z33)	9	Joe Shindo	All
		Keiichi Inoue
		Yusaku Shibata	1–2, 5–6
		Takahisa Ōno	3
		Takumi Takada
		"Natsu"
		Masami Kageyama	4
Okabe Jidosha Motorsport	Nissan Fairlady (Z34)	14	Masaya Kohno	All
		Tomoaki Ichimori
		Manabu Ohara
		Manabu Yamazaki
		Toshiaki Koshimizu	3
		Takahiko Shimazawa
		15	Masaaki Nagashima	All
		Kazuomi Komatsu
		Makoto Fujiwara	1–5
		Yasutaka Hinoi
		Ataka Mitsunori	3
		Yutaka Katsuyoshi
		Kenichi Sugiyama	6
Techno First Racing Team	Lexus RC350	34	Masaki Kano	All
		Satoshi Matsubara
		Riki Okusa
		Takafumi Ohsaki	3
		Naoshi Osaka
Tracy Sports	Lexus IS350	38	Makoto Hotta	1–4
		Ryohei Sakaguchi
		Morio Nitta
	Lexus RC350	Makoto Hotta	5–6
		Ryohei Sakaguchi
		Morio Nitta
		39	Yuya Tezuka	All
		Kazuya Shimogaki
		Shuji Maejima
		Sesshu Kondo
Le Beausset Motorsports	Lexus RC350	62	Koki Saga	All
		Kenta Yamashita
		Ritomo Miyata
		Hiroaki Ishiura	3
		Hirate Kohei
Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave	Toyota Mark X GR Sport	68	Naoki Hattori	All
		Shigekazu Wakisaka
		Takayuki Hiranuma
		Taku Bamba	3
		Suga Fuwami
ST–4
Endless Sports	Toyota 86	13	Ryo Ogawa	All
		Tsubasa Takahashi
		Masaya Hanazato
		Ryosuke Kure
		Yuki Nakayama	3
		Shinichi Kobayashi
Asano Racing Service	Toyota 86	18	Takeo Asano	All
		Masataka Inoue
		Yoshiyuki Tsuruga	1–2
		Masayuki Mori
		Shiba Toshikazu	3–6
		Kazunori Fumura	3–4
		Genki Usakura	3
		Takashi Tobetsutani
		Susumu Nakamura	5
		Daiki Fujiwara	6
APROS Racing	Toyota GRMN Vitz Turbo	26	Mitsuaki Matsuo	All
		Kazunari Yoshioka
		Takashi Azuma
		Yuichi Yokoo
		Koji Miura	3
		Hideki Kimura
Makiguchi Engineering	Toyota 86	27	Isao Ihashi	All
		Ryuju Fujita	1–4
		Hideki Hirota	1–3
		Yuki Baba	3, 5–6
		Ryo Yamada	5–6
T’s Concept	Toyota 86	28	Tohjiro Azuma	All
		“Daisuke”
		Tetsuya Moriyama	1–4
		Masayuki Ueda	1–2, 4–6
		Takashi Kubo	3
		Shunsuke Kono
		Tatsuya Kataoka
		"Kembow"	5
		29	Masahiro Sasaki	All
		Yasuhiro Ogura
		“Kembow”	1–2
		Kazuya Oshima	3
		Koyama Mihime	3–4
		Daisuke Toyoda	3–6
		Iida Akira	3
TEAM HERO'S	Honda S2000	41	Kensuke Yamamoto	6
		Ryuki Fujita
		Masahiro Aso
TC Corse	Mazda Roadster (NC)	54	Teruaki Kato	1–2, 4–6
		Yuui Tsutsumi
		Yuya Hiraki
		Hiroshi Nakamura	1–2, 4–5
Auto Factory	Toyota 86	55	Jun Tashiro	1–3
		Takashi Ito
		Masayuki Tanaka
		Takayuki Oi	3
		Yuichi Mikasa
		Kenta Hanazawa
Kobayashi Auto Racing Project	Honda Integra Type-R	58	Koichi Kobayashi	All
		Resshu Shioya
		Hiroshi Ito	1–2, 5
		Takao Seto	1–2, 6
		Minoru Seino	3–4
		Takayuki Yamada	3
		Masayuki Sakano
Cusco Racing	Toyota 86	77	Eiji "Tarzan" Yamada	1–3, 5
		Koji Endo
		Yasunori Nakajima
		Yohei Hashimoto	3, 5
		Takeshi Matsui	3
TOM'S Spirit	Toyota 86	86	Takamitsu Matsui	All
		Yuichi Nakayama
		Sho Tsuboi
		Naoya Gamou	3
Tracy Sports with SPV Racing	Toyota 86	100	Hitoshi Matsui	2–3
		Tetsuya Hibino
		Yuya Hira	3
		Ryohei Tanaka
		Kenny Lee
		Shinichi Hyodo	4, 6
		Masafumi Inada
TEAM221 with W.S. Engineering	Honda S2000	116	Yasuhiro Ogushi	4
		Tetsuya Shuto	4, 6
		Yoshida Yasuyuki
		Ryuichiro Otsuka	6
Hayashi Telempu SHADE Racing	Honda Integra Type-R	884	Katsuyuki Hiranaka	1, 3–6
		Hiro Hayashi	1, 3, 5–6
		Shuji Takeuchi	1
		Hiromasa Hayashi
		Hiroki Yoshida	3–5
		Yuji Kunimoto	3
Le Mans 24h Project Team with CARGUY	Honda Civic Type-R Euro	999	Shoki Tenkawa	3
		Yuki Shiraishi
		Hajime Noma
		Shimoyama Kazusu
ST–5
Team221	Mazda Roadster (ND)	2	Katsuhiko Tsutsui	All
		Junichiro Yamashita
		Ryuichiro Otsuka	1–2
		Yamaji Yama	3–6
		Masaki Tanaka	3–4
		Takahiro Tanaka	3
		Shuto Tetsuya
		Yuta Uemura	6
Team Bride	Honda Fit 3 RS	4	Junzo Shibatani	1–2
		Yuya Ota	All
		Hidefumi Minami
		Toshiya Ito	1–3
		Kurosaki Kurosu	3
		Seijiro Aihara
		Carlos Honda	3–4, 6
apr	Mazda Roadster (ND)	32	Akihiro Harashima	1–2
		Junko Takahashi
		Akihiro Matsuda
		Naoya Kawashima
apr with Murakami Motors		Teru Nakamura	6
		Haruhiko Sugino
		Yoshimitsu Kondo
Team Nopro	Mazda Demio Sky-D	37	Yutaka Seki	All
		Kaoru Ijiri
		Tobio Ohtani
		Yoshiaki Kato	3
Dijon Racing	Honda Fit 3 RS	48	Kyosuke Inomata	All
		Hiroshi Takamori
		Shunsuke Sato	1–2
		Takahisa Ohno	1–2, 4–6
		Sho Kawamura	3
		Tetsuya Sasao
		Seiyuki Neno
Love Drive Racing with NATS	Mazda Roadster (ND)	50	Marie Iwaoka	All
		Anna Inotsume
		Hiroko Komatsu	1–5
		Yumiko Sekizaki	1–3
		Kato Sayaka	3, 6
		Tsujita Megumi	3
Over Drive	Mazda Demio 15MB	66	Riku Hashimoto	All
		Takayuki Takechi
		Shigetomo Shimono	1–3
		Takashi Nishiyama	3
		Yasushi Ide
		Ryoku Tanioka
		Makoto Furano	4–6
Team Yamato	Honda Fit 3 RS	67	Ayumu Ikeda	2
		Ryohei Yasui	2, 6
		Ryo Nakagawa	6
J’s Racing	Honda Fit 3 RS	69	Junichi Umemoto	All
		Ifwat Razak
		Masaharu Imuta	1–3
		Tomomitsu Senoo
		Hideo Kubota	3–5
		Hirokazu Takahashi	3
		Masuda Ranmuta	5
		Seiji Imuta	6
		70	Hideo Kubota	6
		Liu Yonglin
		Lv Yangyi
Murakami Motors	Mazda Roadster (ND)	88	Hiroyuki Murakami	3–6
		Keiji Amemiya
		Koichiro Yoshida
		Kununori Nakane
		Takeshi Wakiya	3
		Haruhiko Sugino
FCA Racing	Honda Fit 3 RS	168	Jun Fujii	All
		Toshihiro Kubota
		Shinsuke Umeda
		Yuji Ito	3
Sources:^[1] ^[2] ^[3]

Calendar and results

The 2018 schedule was announced in January 2018.^[4]

	Class	Circuit	Date			Winners
1		Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka City	31 March–1 April	#24 Kondō Racing	#24 Kondō Racing	#99 GTNET Motor Sports
				Tomonobu Fujii Yudai Uchida Kazuki Hiramine	Tomonobu Fujii Yudai Uchida Kazuki Hiramine	Teruhiko Hamano Kazuki Hoshino Kiyoto Fujinami
	ST–TCR			#19 Birth Racing Project	#45 Audi Team DreamDrive	#97 Modulo Racing with Dome
				"Hirobon" "Yossy" Takuro Shinohara Koichi Okumura	Naoto Takeda Takuya Shirasaka Shozo Tagahara	Tadao Uematsu Shinji Nakano Hiroki Otsu Takashi Kobayashi
	ST–1			#31 apr	#31 apr	#47 D’station Racing
				Masami Kageyama Katsuhito “Jack” Ogawa Ryuichiro Tomita	Masami Kageyama Katsuhito “Jack” Ogawa Ryuichiro Tomita	Tatsuya Hoshino Manabu Orido Kenji Hama
	ST–2			#59 TOWAINTEC Racing	#6 Shinryo Racing Team	#59 TOWAINTEC Racing
				Manabu Osawa Hitoshi Gotoh Takuto Iguchi Mizuki Ishizawa	Tomohiro Tomimasu Yasushi Kikuchi Masazumi Ohashi	Manabu Osawa Hitoshi Gotoh Takuto Iguchi Mizuki Ishizawa
	ST–3			#38 Tracy Sports	#38 Tracy Sports	#38 Tracy Sports
				Makoto Hotta Ryohei Sakaguchi	Makoto Hotta Ryohei Sakaguchi	Makoto Hotta Ryohei Sakaguchi
	ST–4			#86 TOM'S Spirit	#55 Auto Factory	#86 TOM'S Spirit
				Takamitsu Matsui Yuichi Nakayama Sho Tsuboi	Jun Tashiro Takashi Ito Masayuki Tanaka	Takamitsu Matsui Yuichi Nakayama Sho Tsuboi
	ST–5			#4 Team Bride	#2 Team221	#2 Team221
				Junzo Shibatani Yuya Ota Toshiya Ito Hidefumi Minami	Katsuhiko Tsutsui Ryuichiro Otsuka Junichiro Yamashita	Katsuhiko Tsutsui Ryuichiro Otsuka Junichiro Yamashita
2	ST–X	Sportsland SUGO, Murata	28–29 April	#777 D'station Racing	#777 D'station Racing	#777 D'station Racing
				Satoshi Hoshino Seiji Ara Tsubasa Kondo	Satoshi Hoshino Seiji Ara Tsubasa Kondo	Satoshi Hoshino Seiji Ara Tsubasa Kondo
	ST–TCR			#98 DOME RACING PROJECT	#19 Birth Racing Project	#97 Modulo Racing with Dome
				Taiyou Iida Hiroki Katoh Hiroshi Hamaguchi	"Hirobon" "Yossy" Takuro Shinohara Koichi Okumura	Tadao Uematsu Shinji Nakano Hiroki Otsu Takashi Kobayashi
	ST–1			#47 D’station Racing	#31 apr	#31 apr
				Tatsuya Hoshino Manabu Orido Kenji Hama	Masami Kageyama Katsuhito “Jack” Ogawa Ryuichiro Tomita	Masami Kageyama Katsuhito “Jack” Ogawa Ryuichiro Tomita
	ST–2			#6 Shinryo Racing Team	#59 TOWAINTEC Racing	#59 TOWAINTEC Racing
				Tomohiro Tomimasu Yasushi Kikuchi Masazumi Ohashi	Manabu Osawa Hitoshi Gotoh Takuto Iguchi Mizuki Ishizawa	Manabu Osawa Hitoshi Gotoh Takuto Iguchi Mizuki Ishizawa
	ST–3			#68 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave	#38 Tracy Sports	#15 Okabe Jidosha Motorsport
				Naoki Hattori Shigekazu Wakisaka Takayuki Hiranuma	Makoto Hotta Ryohei Sakaguchi Morio Nitta	Masaaki Nagashima Kazuomi Komatsu Makoto Fujiwara Yasutaka Hinoi
	ST–4			#86 TOM'S Spirit	#86 TOM'S Spirit	#86 TOM'S Spirit
				Takamitsu Matsui Yuichi Nakayama Sho Tsuboi	Takamitsu Matsui Yuichi Nakayama Sho Tsuboi	Takamitsu Matsui Yuichi Nakayama Sho Tsuboi
	ST–5			#66 Over Drive	#168 FCA Racing	#67 Team Yamato
				Riku Hashimoto Shigetomo Shimono Takayuki Takechi	Jun Fujii Toshihiro Kubota Shinsuke Umeda	Ayumu Ikeda Ryohei Yasui
3	ST–X	Fuji Speedway, Oyama	31 May–3 June	#3 Endless Sports	#83 Phoenix Racing Asia	#99 GTNET Motor Sports
				Yukinori Taniguchi Hideki Yamauchi Tsubasa Mekaru	Lim Keong Wee Marchy Lee Melvin Moh	Teruhiko Hamano Kazuki Hoshino Kiyoto Fujinami
	ST–TCR			#65 Audi Team Mars	#65 Audi Team Mars	#75 Audi Team DreamDrive Noah
				Daisuke Imamura Masato Kato Hiroki Ishizawa	Daisuke Imamura Masato Kato Hiroki Ishizawa	Toshiro Tsukada Yoshikazu Sobu Atsushi Ishizaki Yuji Kiyotaki
	ST–1			#47 D’station Racing	#47 D’station Racing	#47 D’station Racing
				Tatsuya Hoshino Manabu Orido Kenji Hama	Tatsuya Hoshino Manabu Orido Kenji Hama	Tatsuya Hoshino Manabu Orido Kenji Hama
	ST–2			#59 TOWAINTEC Racing	#59 TOWAINTEC Racing	#6 Shinryo Racing Team
				Manabu Osawa Hitoshi Gotoh Takuto Iguchi Mizuki Ishizawa	Manabu Osawa Hitoshi Gotoh Takuto Iguchi Mizuki Ishizawa	Tomohiro Tomimasu Yasushi Kikuchi Masazumi Ohashi
	ST–3			#68 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave	#15 Okabe Jidosha Motorsport	#68 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave
				Naoki Hattori Shigekazu Wakisaka Takayuki Hiranuma	Masaaki Nagashima Kazuomi Komatsu Makoto Fujiwara Yasutaka Hinoi	Naoki Hattori Shigekazu Wakisaka Takayuki Hiranuma
	ST–4			#86 TOM'S Spirit	#29 T’s Concept	#55 Auto Factory
				Takamitsu Matsui Yuichi Nakayama Sho Tsuboi	Masahiro Sasaki Yasuhiro Ogura “Kembow”	Jun Tashiro Takashi Ito Masayuki Tanaka
	ST–5			#66 Over Drive	#168 FCA Racing	#88 Murakami Motors
				Riku Hashimoto Shigetomo Shimono Takayuki Takechi	Jun Fujii Toshihiro Kubota Shinsuke Umeda	Hiroyuki Murakami Takeshi Wakitani Kununori Nakane Masato Kato
4	ST–X	Autopolis, Kamitsue	14–15 July	#24 Kondō Racing	#81 J-Fly Racing by Phoenix Racing Asia	#24 Kondō Racing
				Tomonobu Fujii Yudai Uchida Kazuki Hiramine	Jeffrey Lee André Couto Alessio Picariello	Tomonobu Fujii Yudai Uchida Kazuki Hiramine
	ST–TCR			#98 DOME RACING PROJECT	#45 Audi Team DreamDrive	#98 DOME RACING PROJECT
				Taiyou Iida Hiroki Katoh Hiroshi Hamaguchi	Naoto Takeda Takuya Shirasaka Shozo Tagahara	Taiyou Iida Hiroki Katoh Hiroshi Hamaguchi
	ST–1			#47 D’station Racing	#47 D’station Racing	#47 D’station Racing
				Tatsuya Hoshino Manabu Orido Kenji Hama	Tatsuya Hoshino Manabu Orido Kenji Hama	Tatsuya Hoshino Manabu Orido Kenji Hama
	ST–2			#6 Shinryo Racing Team	#59 TOWAINTEC Racing	#59 TOWAINTEC Racing
				Tomohiro Tomimasu Yasushi Kikuchi Masazumi Ohashi	Manabu Osawa Hitoshi Gotoh Takuto Iguchi Mizuki Ishizawa	Manabu Osawa Hitoshi Gotoh Takuto Iguchi Mizuki Ishizawa
	ST–3			#14 Okabe Jidosha Motorsport	#15 Okabe Jidosha Motorsport	#39 Tracy Sports
				Masaya Kohno Tomoaki Ichimori Manabu Ohara Manabu Yamazaki	Masaaki Nagashima Kazuomi Komatsu Makoto Fujiwara Yasutaka Hinoi	Yuya Tezuka Kazuya Shimogaki Shuji Maejima Sesshu Kondo
	ST–4			#86 TOM'S Spirit	#86 TOM'S Spirit	#86 TOM'S Spirit
				Takamitsu Matsui Yuichi Nakayama Sho Tsuboi	Takamitsu Matsui Yuichi Nakayama Sho Tsuboi	Takamitsu Matsui Yuichi Nakayama Sho Tsuboi
	ST–5			#2 Team221	#2 Team221	#2 Team221
				Katsuhiko Tsutsui Ryuichiro Otsuka Junichiro Yamashita	Katsuhiko Tsutsui Ryuichiro Otsuka Junichiro Yamashita	Katsuhiko Tsutsui Ryuichiro Otsuka Junichiro Yamashita
5	ST–X	Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi	22–23 September	#24 Kondō Racing	#83 Phoenix Racing Asia	#3 Endless Sports
				Tomonobu Fujii Yudai Uchida Kazuki Hiramine	Lim Keong Wee Marchy Lee Melvin Moh	Yukinori Taniguchi Hideki Yamauchi Tsubasa Mekaru
	ST–TCR			#65 Audi Team Mars	#10 Adenau	#98 DOME RACING PROJECT
				Daisuke Imamura Masato Kato Hiroki Ishizawa	Philippe Devesa Shogo Mitsuyama	Taiyou Iida Hiroki Katoh Hiroshi Hamaguchi
	ST–1			#31 apr	#31 apr	#31 apr
				Masami Kageyama Katsuhito “Jack” Ogawa Ryuichiro Tomita	Masami Kageyama Katsuhito “Jack” Ogawa Ryuichiro Tomita	Masami Kageyama Katsuhito “Jack” Ogawa Ryuichiro Tomita
	ST–2			#6 Shinryo Racing Team	#6 Shinryo Racing Team	#59 TOWAINTEC Racing
				Tomohiro Tomimasu Yasushi Kikuchi Masazumi Ohashi	Tomohiro Tomimasu Yasushi Kikuchi Masazumi Ohashi	Manabu Osawa Hitoshi Gotoh Takuto Iguchi Mizuki Ishizawa
	ST–3			#62 Le Beausset Motorsports	#38 Tracy Sports	#62 Le Beausset Motorsports
				Koki Saga Kenta Yamashita Ritomo Miyata	Makoto Hotta Ryohei Sakaguchi Morio Nitta	Koki Saga Kenta Yamashita Ritomo Miyata
	ST–4			#58 Kobayashi Auto Racing Project	#58 Kobayashi Auto Racing Project	#86 TOM'S Spirit
				Koichi Kobayashi Resshu Shioya Hiroshi Ito Takao Seto	Koichi Kobayashi Resshu Shioya Hiroshi Ito Takao Seto	Takamitsu Matsui Yuichi Nakayama Sho Tsuboi
	ST–5			#4 Team Bride	#4 Team Bride	#4 Team Bride
				Junzo Shibatani Yuya Ota Toshiya Ito Hidefumi Minami	Junzo Shibatani Yuya Ota Toshiya Ito Hidefumi Minami	Junzo Shibatani Yuya Ota Toshiya Ito Hidefumi Minami
6	ST–X	Okayama International Circuit, Mimasaka	3–4 November	#83 Phoenix Racing Asia	#81 J-Fly Racing by Phoenix Racing Asia	#24 Kondō Racing
				Lim Keong Wee Marchy Lee Melvin Moh	Jeffrey Lee André Couto Alessio Picariello	Tomonobu Fujii Yudai Uchida Kazuki Hiramine
	ST–TCR			#45 Audi Team DreamDrive	#96 B-Max Engineering with Dome	#97 Modulo Racing with Dome
				Naoto Takeda Takuya Shirasaka Shozo Tagahara	“Takumi” Motoyoshi Yoshida “Syuji” Ryuji “Dragon” Kumita	Tadao Uematsu Shinji Nakano Hiroki Otsu Takashi Kobayashi
	ST–1			#31 apr	#31 apr	#31 apr
				Masami Kageyama Katsuhito “Jack” Ogawa Ryuichiro Tomita	Masami Kageyama Katsuhito “Jack” Ogawa Ryuichiro Tomita	Masami Kageyama Katsuhito “Jack” Ogawa Ryuichiro Tomita
	ST–2			#6 Shinryo Racing Team	#59 TOWAINTEC Racing	#6 Shinryo Racing Team
				Tomohiro Tomimasu Yasushi Kikuchi Masazumi Ohashi	Manabu Osawa Hitoshi Gotoh Takuto Iguchi Mizuki Ishizawa	Tomohiro Tomimasu Yasushi Kikuchi Masazumi Ohashi
	ST–3			#68 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave	#15 Okabe Jidosha Motorsport	#38 Tracy Sports
				Naoki Hattori Shigekazu Wakisaka Takayuki Hiranuma	Masaaki Nagashima Kazuomi Komatsu Makoto Fujiwara Yasutaka Hinoi	Makoto Hotta Ryohei Sakaguchi Morio Nitta
	ST–4			#86 TOM'S Spirit	#58 Kobayashi Auto Racing Project	#13 Endless Sports
				Takamitsu Matsui Yuichi Nakayama Sho Tsuboi	Koichi Kobayashi Resshu Shioya Hiroshi Ito Takao Seto	Ryo Ogawa Tsubasa Takahashi Masaya Hanazato Ryosuke Kure
	ST–5				#168 FCA Racing	#2 Team221
					Jun Fujii Toshihiro Kubota Shinsuke Umeda	Katsuhiko Tsutsui Ryuichiro Otsuka Junichiro Yamashita

Championship standings

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align: center" valign=middle valign=middle Driver SUZ SUG FUJ AUT MOT OKA valign=middle    ST–X 1 No. 99 GTNET Motor Sports 1 5 1 2 3 2 144.5 2 No. 24 Kondo Racing 2 3 1 6 1 101.5 3 No. 3 Endless Sports 9 4 5 5 1 5 88 4 No. 83 Phoenix Racing Asia DSQ DSQ 2 6 2 3 83.5 5 No. 81 J-Fly Racing by Phoenix Racing Asia DSQ DSQ 3 4 4 4 71 6 No. 244 MAX Racing 7 6 4 5 7 56 7 No. 777 D'station Racing 3 1 Ret 8 46.5 8 No. 112 R.n. Sports 6 7 8 21 9 No. 82 Phoenix Racing Asia DSQ DSQ Ret 3 19 10 No. 999 CARGUY Racing 6 7 ST–Z 1 No. 51 BEND 1 1 79 2 No. 550 Monokore 1 22 ST–TCR 1 No. 97 Modulo Racing with Dome 1 1 2 2 2 1 156 2 No. 98 DOME RACING PROJECT 4 5 5 1 1 5 117 3 No. 19 Birth Racing Project Ret 2 3 5 3 3 90 4 No. 45 Audi Team DreamDrive 3 4 4 Ret 5 2 84 5 No. 75 Audi Team DreamDrive Noah Ret 6 1 6 6 6 80 6 No. 65 Audi Team Mars 3 6 4 4 4 72 7 No. 10 Adenau 2 Ret Ret 3 Ret 7 47.5 8 No. 33 Audi driving experience Japan 7 7 9 No. 96 B-Max Engineering with Dome Ret Ret Ret 8 4 ST–1 1 No. 47 D'station Racing 1 2 1 1 1 1 127 2 No. 31 apr Ret 1 76 ST–2 1 No. 59 TOWAINTEC Racing 1 1 4 1 1 2 156 2 No. 6 Shinryo Racing Team 2 3 1 3 3 1 145.5 3 No. 7 Shinryo Racing Team 3 Ret 3 4 2 3 99.5 4 No. 17 Team Nopro 4 2 2 2 Ret Ret 91.5 ST–3 1 No. 38 Tracy Sports 1 2 3 6 2 1 130.5 2 No. 62 Le Beausset Motorsports 3 3 2 4 1 3 129 3 No. 68 Saitama Toyotpet GreenBrave 5 5 1 3 3 4 120 4 No. 15 Okabe Jidosha Motorsport 2 1 7 5 7 2 90.5 5 No. 39 Tracy Sports 4 6 4 1 8 6 90.5 6 No. 34 Techno First Racing Team 6 7 8 2 4 5 71.5 7 No. 14 Okabe Jidosha Motorsport 7 4 5 7 6 7 60 8 No. 9 MP Racing 8 8 6 8 5 8 46 ST–4 1 No. 86 TOM's Spirit 1 1 4 1 1 2 159 2 No. 884 Hayashi Telempu SHADE Racing 5 2 2 2 3 4 102.5 3 No. 13 Endless Sports 2 3 Ret 6 2 1 91 4 No. 55 Auto Factory 4 2 1 78 5 No. 29 T's Concept 11 10 3 5 5 12 58 6 No. 18 Asano Racing Service 8 5 6 7 6 5 54.5 7 No. 58 Kobayashi Auto Racing Project 6 4 Ret 8 Ret 3 40.5 8 No. 54 TC Corse 3 7 Ret 4 Ret 40 9 No. 28 T's Concept 7 6 11 4 8 10 33 10 No. 27 Makiguchi Engineering Ret 8 7 3 Ret Ret 33 11 No. 77 Cusco Racing 9 9 5 Ret 26 12 No. 26 APROS Racing 10 11 9 Ret 7 8 20.5 13 No. 100 Tracy Sports with SPV Racing Ret 10 6 11 14 No. 116 TEAM221 with W.S. Engineering 9 7 9 15 No. 999 Le Mans 24h Project Team with CARGUY 8 8 16 No. 220 Yutsuki Yukari Racing 9 3 17 No. 41 TEAM HERO'S 11 1 ST–5 1 No. 2 Team221 1 2 5 1 5 1 132 2 No. 88 Murakami Motors 3 4 1 2 4 2 131.5 3 No. 37 Team Nopro 4 Ret 2 9 2 3 92.5 4 No. 48 Dijon Racing 2 5 6 5 3 9 81.5 5 No. 4 Team Bride Ret 3 4 7 1 14 77 6 No. 69 J's Racing 5 10 3 3 8 6 74.5 7 No. 66 Over Drive Ret 7 7 4 6 5 52 8 No. 168 FCA Racing 8 6 9 6 9 10 35.5 9 No. 50 Love Drive Racing with NATS 6 Ret 8 8 7 7 35.5 10 No. 67 Team Yamato 1 Ret 21 11 No. 32 apr 7 8 8 15 12 No. 11 Blood Sports 4 13 13 No. 78 Love Drive Racing with NATS 9 12 4 14 No. 70 J's Racing 11 1 15 No. 103 Blood Sports 13 1 valign=middle valign=middle Driver SUZ SUG FUJ AUT MOT OKA valign=middle

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes:

• † – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

External links

• Official website of the Super Taikyu Series

Notes and References

1. News: Suzuka entry list. supertaikyu.com. 9 November 2018.
2. News: SUGO entry list. supertaikyu.com. 9 November 2018.
3. News: Fuji entry list. supertaikyu.com. 9 November 2018.
4. News: 2018年 開催スケジュール. supertaikyu.com. Japanese. 2018 schedule. 15 January 2018. 19 January 2018.