2024 Super Taikyu Series Explained

The 2024 Eneos Super Taikyu Series Empowered by Bridgestone was the thirty-fourth season of the Super Taikyu endurance racing championship. It began on 20-21 April at Sportsland Sugo and finished on 17 November at Fuji Speedway.

This season marked the beginning of a new three-year contract with Bridgestone to be the series' official tyre supplier. Bridgestone had taken over the supply of tyres from Hankook during the 2023 season after a fire at the Hankook manufacturing plant in Daejeon, South Korea forced them to abandon its supply.[1]

Calendar

The Super Taikyu Series announced its provisional 2024 calendar on 3 October 2023, with seven rounds held at Japan's six major motor racing circuits.[2] Sportsland Sugo hosted the opening round of the championship on 21 April, while the five-hour race at Suzuka Circuit was moved to late September. Fuji Speedway again hosted two rounds, including the series' showcase event, the Fuji SUPER TEC 24 Hours on 25-26 May, and the season finale on 17 November.

RoundEventRace LengthRace FormatClassesCircuitDate
1SUGO Super Taikyu 4 Hour Race4 hours2 racesST-X / Z / Q / 1 / 2 / 4 / 5Sportsland Sugo20–21 April
2NAPAC Fuji SUPER TEC 24 Hours Race24 hours1 raceAllFuji Speedway24–26 May
3Super Taikyu Race in Autopolis5 hours1 raceST-X / Z / TCR / 1 / 2 / 4Autopolis27–28 July
4Motegi Super Taikyu 5 Hours Race5 hours1 raceST-X / Z / TCR / 1 / 3 / 4 / 5Mobility Resort Motegi7 September
5Suzuka S-Tai5 hours1 raceST-X / Z / TCR / 1 / 2 / 3 / 5Suzuka Circuit28–29 September
6Super Taikyu Race in Okayama3 hours2 racesAllOkayama International Circuit26–27 October
7S-Tai Final Fuji4 hours1 raceAllFuji Speedway16–17 November

Teams and drivers

On 2 April, the Super Taikyu Series published its provisional full-season entry list, featuring 69 entries.[3]

ST-X (FIA GT3)

TeamCarEngineNo.DriversRounds
Zhongsheng ROOKIE Racing[4] Mercedes-AMG GT3 EvoMercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V81 Ryuta Ukai1–2, 5–7
Giuliano Alesi
Naoya Gamou
Tatsuya Kataoka1–2, 5, 7
TKRIMercedes-AMG GT3 EvoMercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V823All
Yuya Motojima
Yuhki Nakayama
Kosuke Matsuura[5] 2
Team Handwork Challenge[6] Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3Nissan 3.8 L twin-turbocharged V630 "Dragon"6
Daiki Sasaki
Rin Arakawa
aprLexus RC F GT3Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V831 Kazuto KotakaAll
Koki Saga
Miki Koyama1–6
Hideki Nagai1–2
Hiroaki Nagai2–7
Yuichi Nakayama2
Craft-Bamboo Racing[7] Mercedes-AMG GT3 EvoMercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V833 Dean Chen 2–6
Kakunoshin Ohta
Jeffrey Lee2–5, 7
Liang Jiatong2–5
Jayden Ojeda2, 6–7
João Paulo de Oliveira[8] 7
GTNET MotorSports[9] Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3Nissan 3.8 L twin-turbocharged V681 Kiyoto Fujinami1–5, 7
Nobuyuki Oyagi1–3, 5–6
Takayuki Aoki1–2, 6
Nobuhiro Imada1, 3–5, 7
Natsu Sakaguchi2–5, 7
Ryuichiro Oyagi2, 6
Taichi Watarai[10] 3

ST-Z (SRO GT4)

TeamCarEngineNo.DriversRounds
Team Noah[11] Toyota GR Supra GT4BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I65 Yu Kanamaru2–7
Kokoro Morita
Aruga Tomita
Toshiro Tsukada2–4
Riki Tanioka2
Yuji Kiyotaki
Kazuya Shimogaki5, 7
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Birth Racing Project 【BRP】[12] Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS ClubsportPorsche 4.0 L Flat-619 Takeshi SuehiroAll
Anna Inotsume
Yuki Fujii1–5
Kenji Suzuki2, 4, 6
Koichi Okumura2
Team ImpulNissan Z Nismo GT4Nissan VR30DDTT 3.0 L Twin-Turbo V620 Yuki TanakaAll
Kazuki Oki
Keishi Ishikawa1–2
Kazuki Hiramine2–7
Bertrand Baguette2
Hitotsuyama RacingMercedes-AMG GT4Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V821 Daisuke YamawakiAll
Sean Walkinshaw
James Pull
Shintaro Kawabata
Mako Hirakawa2
Sota Ogawa
Porsche Team EBIPorsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS ClubsportPorsche 4.0 L Flat-622 Shota KitazonoAll
Rintaro Kubo
Naoya Yamano
Yugo Iwasawa
Tsubasa Kondo2
Team ZeroOneNissan Z Nismo GT4Nissan VR30DDTT 3.0 L Twin-Turbo V625 Tadao UematsuAll
Tsugio Matsuda
Kimiya Sato
Teppei Natori
26 Ryuichiro OtsukaAll
Ryuichiro Tomita
Takuro Shinohara
Seiji Ara
Masataka Yanagida2
Techno FirstAudi R8 LMS GT4 EvoAudi 5.2 L V1034 Ryoma HenzanAll
Hironobu Yasuda
Riki Okusa
Masaki Kano1–3, 5, 7
Tadasuke Makino2
Saitama Green BraveToyota GR Supra GT4BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I652 Manabu YamazakiAll
Hiroki Yoshida
Naoki Hattori
Seita Nonaka1–6
Rin Arakawa2, 7
2W Zoomies x GR Garage Yamaguchi-ShunanToyota GR Supra GT4BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I659 Kachorn Chiaravanont2, 5, 7
Kazuhisa Urabe
Yuji Tachikawa
Andrew Adulayavichitr2
Warren Adulayavichitr
Hibiki Taira
Nanin Indra-Payoong[13] 5
Buzz Progress RacingMercedes-AMG GT4Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V81111, 3–7
Taiga Imoto
Nagayasu Miyagi1, 3–4
Sota Ogawa1
Sami-Matti Trogen5–7
Ryosuke Moroi5
Masaki Ano
Takashi Kochiya7
AutofactoryMercedes-AMG GT4Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8555 Jun Tashiro1–2, 5–7
Shigehiro Ikemoto
Kazutaka Tokufuji
Go Nagata
SHADE RacingToyota GR Supra GT4BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6885 Hiro HayashiAll
Katsuyuki Hiranaka
Eijiro Shimizu
Morio Nitta2

ST-TCR

TeamCarNo.DriversRounds
KMSA Motorsport NHyundai Elantra N TCR24 Choi Jeong Weon6
Masanobu Kato
M&K RacingHonda Civic Type R TCR (FL5)97 Mitsuhiro Endo3–7
Shinji Nakano
Ryusuke Masumoto3–5
Shion Tsujimoto3, 5–7
Thanasiwanat Phongsinnatchaachun7
983–7
Lee Jung Woo
Sena Yamamoto
Audi Team Show ApexAudi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017)430 Yoshinari Fujiwara3–7
Shigetomo Shimono3–6
Genki Nishimura3, 5
Ryosuke Kagami3, 7
Shozo Tagahara4, 5–7
Ayasuke Kagami6
Takayoshi Kimura7
Team Select Hotels GroupHonda Civic Type R TCR (FK7)888 Toshiro Tsukada7
Kenta Harada
Hiroshi Nakamura
Osamu Kondo

ST-Q

The ST-Q class uses development vehicles approved by the STO.

TeamCarNo.DriversRounds
Mazda Spirit Racing12 Hiroshi Kawata1–2, 5–7
Ryohei Sakaguchi
Yuui Tsutsumi
Tatsuya Minowa2
Ikuo Maeda7
Mazda3 Bio Concept55 Kazuhiro Terakawa1–3, 5, 7
Yutaka Seki
Kaoru Ijiri
Ikuo Maeda2–3
Takahiro Sato2
ORC ROOKIE Racing[14] Toyota GR86 CNF Concept28 Eisuke Sasaki1–3, 5, 7
Sho Tsuboi
Kazuya Oshima
Daisuke Toyoda
Nirei Fukuzumi2
Toyota GR Yaris DAT Concept (Rd. 1)
Toyota GR Corolla H2 Concept (Rd. 2–3)
32 "Morizo"1–3, 5–7
Masahiro Sasaki
Yasuhiro Ogura
Hiroaki Ishiura1–3, 5
Masahiko Kondo2
Jari-Matti Latvala
Daisuke Toyoda6–7
Team SDA EngineeringSubaru BRZ CNF Concept (Rd. 2)Subaru High Performance X Future Concept (Rd. 3)[15] 61 Kazuhiro Ito2–7
Hideki Yamauchi
Takuto Iguchi
Masafumi Hanazawa
Koichi Hirota2
GR Team Spirit[16] Toyota GR Supra Racing Concept92 Keizo Kato1–5, 7
Shunsuke Kohno
Kenta Yamashita
Takamitsu Matsui1–3, 5, 7
Kazuki Nakajima2
Yuhi Sekiguchi4
Nissan Z Racing Concept230 Kohei Hirate2, 7
Daiki Sasaki
Katsumasa Chiyo2
Mitsunori Takaboshi
Ronnie Quintarelli
Satoshi Motoyama
Atsushi Miyake7
Team HRC[17] Honda Civic Type R CNF Concept271 Hiroki Otsu1–2, 4–7
Hideki Mutoh[18] 1–2, 7
Tomoki Nojiri1
Shion Tsujimoto2
Yohei Hashimoto
Masamichi Ishii
Shinichi Katsura2, 4–5
Yusuke Mitsui[19] 4
Souta Arao5
Ren Sato6
Takuya Izawa7

ST-1

TeamCarNo.DriversRounds
K's Frontier KTM CarsKTM X-Bow GTX2 Taiyo IdaAll
Hiroki Katoh
Kazuho Takahashi
Hiroki Yoshimoto
Takashi Kobayashi2

ST-2

2,400–3,500cc, front-wheel and all-wheel drive vehicles

TeamCarNo.DriversRounds
Shinryo Racing TeamMitsubishi Lancer Evolution X (CZ4A)6 Tomohiro Tomimasu1–3, 5–7
Yasushi Kikuchi
Masazumi Ohashi
Turbo Asahi2
Takahiro Matsuzawa
7 Hitoshi Gotoh1–3, 5–7
Keisuke Anzai
Kazunari Yoshioka
Hisahiko Usui
Kazuaki Kimura2
Tatsuya Okahara
Endless SportsToyota GR Yaris (GXPA16)13 Masaya Hanazato1–3, 5–7
Mizuki Ishizaka
Hitoshi Okada
Reimei Ito2–3, 5–7
HCM Uchino RacingHonda Civic Type R (FL5)36 Koichi Iwama2, 5–7
Toshijiro Akutsu
Jun Doi
Noriaki Uchino2, 5–6
Yasunori Matsumoto2, 7
Takuto Sakai2
Nihon Automobile CollegeHonda Civic Type R (FL5)72 Makoto Kanai1–3, 5–7
Tetsuya Yamano
Toshiya Nojima
Kenta Kawafuku2
Shinichi Morimoto
Takumi Minamisawa
Team SpoonHonda Civic Type R (FL5)95 Eiji Yamada1–3, 5–7
Syun Koide
Piston Nishizawa1–2, 5–7
Yusuke Mitsui[20] 2–3, 5–7
Taketoshi Matsui2
Yasunori Nakajima
KTMSToyota GR Yaris (GXPA16)225 Kengo Ichijo1–3, 5–7
Shunji Okumoto
Rikuto Kobayashi1–3, 5–6
Jin Nakamura1–3
Hibiki Taira7
Honda R&D ChallengeHonda Civic Type R (FL5)743 Hiroki Ishigaki1–3, 5–7
Junichi Kidachi
Tensho Kobayashi1–3
Hideki Kakinuma2, 7
Tomoki Nojiri2
Akira Bitoh3, 5–7

ST-3

2,400–3,500cc, rear-wheel drive vehicles

TeamCarNo.DriversRounds
Okabe Jidosha MotorsportNissan Fairlady Z (Z34)15 Shuji Maejima1–2, 4–7
Masaaki Nagashima
Seiya Motojima
Nozomi Udaka1
Tsubasa Mekaru2, 4–7
Ai Miura2
Max Salo
16 Toru Tanaka1–2, 4–7
Kazuomi Komatsu
Tetsuya Tanaka
Tsubasa Mekaru1
Masaya Kono2, 4–7
Yuya Nakajima2
Tracy Sports with DeltaLexus RC 350 (GSC10)38 Toshiki Ishimori1–2, 4–7
Takanobu Ishizuka1–2
Shunsuke Ozaki1
Yuma Shoji2, 4–7
Sesshu Kondo2
Takumi Shima
Takumi Sanada5
Toshiki Komura7
39 Shinya Fujita1–2, 4–7
Takashi Ito
Yuma Shoji1
Dai Mizuno2, 4–7
Takumi Sanada2, 4–5, 7
Takuya Otaki2
Yusuke Tomibayashi5

ST-4

1,500–2,500cc vehicles

TeamCarNo.DriversRounds
Endless SportsToyota GR86 (ZN8)3 Hiroyuki Saka1–4, 6–7
Togo Suganami
Reimei Ito1
Ryo Ogawa2–4, 6–7
Miku Ikejima2
Asano Racing ServiceToyota GR86 (ZN8)18 Takeo Asano1–4, 6–7
Shinnosuke Ito
Kazumi Mikami1–2, 4, 6–7
Shoya Suzuki1, 3
Yuta Kamimura2–4, 6–7
Tokazu Shiba2
Naohisa Kondo
Tracy Sports with DeltaToyota GR86 (ZN8)41 Hirotaka Ishii1–4, 6–7
Yusuke Tomibayashi
Dai Mizuno1
Shunsuke Ozaki2–4, 6–7
Yuki Ohta2
Team G/Motion'Toyota GR86 (ZN8)60 Resshu Shioya1–4, 6–7
Masayuki Minato
Keisuke Ohara
Takumi Umehara
Over DriveMazda Roadster RF (NDERC)66 Kyosuke Inomata1–4, 6–7
Kohei Tokumasu
Takahisa Ohno
Hirohito Ito
Tatsuya Osaki2
Takayuki Takechi
HMR RacingToyota GR86 (ZN8)2161–4, 6–7
Kota Sasaki
Tomomitsu Senoo
1–2, 4, 6
2–3
Ryunosuke Yoshida7
SHADE RacingToyota GR86 (ZN8)884 Masahiko Kageyama1–4, 6–7
Yuji Kunimoto
Shinnosuke Yamada
Teppei Tsuruta

ST-5

1,500cc and below

TeamCarNo.DriversRounds
Team BrideHonda Fit4 RS (GS4)4 Yuya Ohta1–2, 4–7
Kaoru Arai
Takao Seto
Hiroshi Ito
Soichi Kurosu2
Shunya Ito
D.R.C EZOHonda Fit3 RS (GK5)11 Hajime Omono1–2, 4–7
Ryohei Oshima
Ryoji Tashiro
Masaharu Nishioka1–2, 4, 6
Motoharu Sato2, 5, 7
Ryuichi Furuido2
Team NOPROMazda2 Diesel Turbo (DJ5FS)17 Hideyoshi Nishizawa1–2, 4–7
Tobio Ohtani
Misaki Konishi
Toshihiko Nogami
Hiroaki Yamamoto2
Junichi Agematsu
Mazda Demio (DE5FS)37 Johnny Ogura1–2, 4–7
Suguru Kawana
Yoshihiro Kato
Kazuhito Ishii1–2
Tatsuya Tanigawa2
Tatsuya Nogami2, 6
Hiroaki Yamamoto4, 7
Yuichi Shimizu7
Maple Hiroshima Racing TeamMazda Roadster (ND5RC)27 Haruhiko Sugino1, 5–7
Yuga Furutani
Noriyuki Higuchi
Lovedrive RacingMazda Roadster (ND5RC)50 Junko Fujii2, 5, 7
Shui Sato
Shoya Suzuki2, 5
Ryoko Nakamura
Yoshikazu Sobu5, 7
Over DriveMazda Roadster (ND5RC)65 Tatsuya Ota1–2, 4, 5–7
Shuichiro Hokazono
Sena Kuronuma
Takuma Ikeda
Eiji Niwa2
Mitsuru Nomura
Team YamatoHonda Fit3 RS (GK5)67 Shinya Uchiyama1–2, 4–7
Ryohei Yasui
Ryo Mukumoto
Yoshihiko Nakamura4–5, 7
Buzz Progress RacingMazda Roadster (ND5RC)76 Junpei Kato1–2, 4–7
Hitoshi Sakai
Masaki Ano1–2, 4–5
Takashi Nara1, 5–7
2, 4
Masakazu Sakai2
Yuki Ano
Ryosuke Moroi7
Murakami MotorsMazda Roadster (ND5RC)88 Hiroyuki Murakami 1–7
Daichi Okamoto
Soichiro Yoshida
Shinichi Uemura1
Ryohei Arioka2, 4–7
Keiji Amemiya2
89 Shinichi Uemura2, 4–7
Marie Iwaoka
Takeshi Wakitani2, 4–7
Akira Nakamura2, 6
Yoshitsugu Kondo2
Keiji Amemiya4, 7
Ryotaro Sawai5
"Makoto"6
Access Racing TeamToyota Vitz (NCP131)110 Toshiyuki Matsuda1, 4–7
Shingo Wada
Taiga Kabaki2
Sota Muto4, 7
"Akita"
Takahisa Ohno5
Mazda Spirit RacingMazda Roadster (ND5RC)120 Junji Ueda1–2, 4–7
Shohei Oda
Subaru Kumeta1–2, 4
Tatsuya Minowa1, 4–7
Taisei Matsubara2, 5, 7
Eiichi Honda2, 6
Ryoto Kikuchi2
Honda Cars TokaiHonda Fit4 RS (GS4)222 Toshiki Takeuchi1–2, 4, 6–7
Masayuki Sumi
Masaki Nishihata
Ryoji Matsumoto2
AutoLaboToyota Yaris (MXPA10)290 Yuuma Murata1–2, 4–7
Takeshi Kitagawa1–2, 4–6
Daimu Yasuda1–2
Atsuhito Otomo1
Yuichi Yoko 2, 4–7
Daisuke Itō2, 7
Toshiyuki Takahashi
Ayaka Takano 4
Natsuki Obi 5
Yuya Yasuhara 7
Team Select Hotels GroupHonda Fit3 RS (GK5)888 Takuya Shiga1–2, 4
Taro Matsunami
Hiroshi Nakamura
Takaya Kusano
Yasuhiro Kishima2
Yuya Ohta

Race results

Bold indicates overall winner for the race.

RoundCircuitRaceOverall Pole PositionST-X WinnersST-Z WinnersST-TCR WinnersST-Q Winners
1SugoGroup 1nowrap No. 1 Zhongsheng Rookie Racingnowrap No. 1 Zhongsheng Rookie Racingdid not participatedid not participatenowrap No. 32 ORC Rookie Racing
Ryuta Ukai
Giuliano Alesi
Naoya Gamou
Tatsuya Kataoka
Ryuta Ukai
Giuliano Alesi
Naoya Gamou
Tatsuya Kataoka
Morizo
Masahiro Sasaki
Hiroaki Ishiura
Yasuhiro Ogura
Group 2 No. 26 Team ZeroOnedid not participatenowrap No. 52 Saitama Green Brave No. 92 GR Team Spirit
Ryuichiro Otsuka
Ryuichiro Tomita
Takuro Shinohara
Seiji Ara
Manabu Yamazaki
Hiroki Yoshida
Naoki Hattori
Seita Nonaka
Keizo Kato
Takamitsu Matsui
Shunsuke Kohno
Kenta Yamashita
2Fuji 24h[21] No. 33 Craft-Bamboo Racing No. 1 Zhongsheng Rookie Racing No. 885 SHADE Racing No. 92 GR Team Spirit
Jeffrey Lee
Kakunoshin Ohta
Dean Chen
Liang Jiatong
Jayden Ojeda
Ryuta Ukai
Giuliano Alesi
Naoya Gamou
Tatsuya Kataoka
Hiro Hayashi
Katsuyuki Hiranaka
Eijiro Shimizu
Morio Nitta
Keizo Kato
Takamitsu Matsui
Shunsuke Kohno
Kenta Yamashita
3Autopolis No. 81 GTNET MotorSports No. 33 Craft-Bamboo Racing No. 52 Saitama Green Brave No. 97 M&K Racing No. 92 GR Team Spirit
Nobuhiro Imada
Kiyoto Fujinami
Natsu Sakaguchi
Nobuyuki Oyagi
Taichi Watarai
Jeffrey Lee
Kakunoshin Ohta
Dean Chen
Liang Jiatong
Manabu Yamazaki
Hiroki Yoshida
Naoki Hattori
Seita Nonaka
nowrap Mitsuhiro Endo
Shinji Nakano
Shion Tsujimoto
Ryusuke Masumoto
Keizo Kato
Takamitsu Matsui
Shunsuke Kohno
Kenta Yamashita
4Motegi No. 81 GTNET MotorSports No. 81 GTNET MotorSports No. 25 Team ZeroOne No. 430 Audi Team Show Apex No. 92 GR Team Spirit
Nobuhiro Imada
Kiyoto Fujinami
Natsu Sakaguchi
Nobuhiro Imada
Kiyoto Fujinami
Natsu Sakaguchi
Tadao Uematsu
Tsugio Matsuda
Kimiya Sato
Teppei Natori
Yoshinari Fujiwara
Shigetomo Shimono
Shozo Tagahara
Keizo Kato
Shunsuke Kohno
Kenta Yamashita
Yuhi Sekiguchi
5Suzuka No. 31 apr No. 31 apr No. 22 Porsche Team EBI No. 98 M&K Racing No. 92 GR Team Spirit
Hiroaki Nagai
Kazuto Kotaka
Miki Koyama
Koki Saga
Hiroaki Nagai
Kazuto Kotaka
Miki Koyama
Koki Saga
Shota Kitazono
Rintaro Kubo
Naoya Yamano
Yugo Iwasawa

Lee Jung Woo
Sena Yamamoto
Keizo Kato
Takamitsu Matsui
Shunsuke Kohno
Kenta Yamashita
6OkayamaGroup 1 No. 33 Craft-Bamboo Racing No. 33 Craft-Bamboo Racing No. 34 Techno First No. 97 M&K Racing No. 32 ORC ROOKIE Racing
Dean Chen
Kakunoshin Ohta
Jayden Ojeda
Dean Chen
Kakunoshin Ohta
Jayden Ojeda
Masaki Kano
Ryoma Henzan
Hironobu Yasuda
Riki Okusa
Mitsuhiro Endo
Shinji Nakano
Shion Tsujimoto
"Morizo"
Masahiro Sasaki
Yasuhiro Ogura
Daisuke Toyoda
Group 2 No. 15 Okabe Jidosha Motorsportdid not participate No. 12 Mazda Spirit Racing
Shuji Maejima
Masaaki Nagashima
Seiya Motojima
Tsubasa Mekaru
Hiroshi Kawata
Ryohei Sakaguchi
Yuui Tsutsumi
7Fuji 4h No. 33 Craft-Bamboo Racing No. 1 Zhongsheng Rookie Racing No. 59 2W Zoomies x GR Garage Yamaguchi-Shunan No. 98 M&K Racing No. 92 GR Team Spirit
Jeffrey Lee
João Paulo de Oliveira
Jayden Ojeda
Ryuta Ukai
Giuliano Alesi
Naoya Gamou
Tatsuya Kataoka
Kachorn Chiaravanont
Yuji Tachikawa
Kazuhisa Urabe

Lee Jung Woo
Sena Yamamoto
Keizo Kato
Takamitsu Matsui
Shunsuke Kohno
Kenta Yamashita
RoundCircuitRaceST-1 WinnersST-2 WinnersST-3 WinnersST-4 WinnersST-5 Winners
1SugoGroup 1[22] [23] did not participate No. 225 Kobe Toyopet Motorsportsnowrap No. 38 Tracy Sports with Delta No. 3 Endless Sportsdid not participate
Kengo Ichijo
Shunji Okumoto
Rikuto Kobayashi
Jin Nakamura
Takanobu Ishizuka
Toshiki Ichimori
Shunsuke Ozaki
Hiroyuki Saka
Togo Suganami
Reimei Ito
Group 2[24] nowrap No. 2 K's Frontier KTM Carsdid not participatenowrap No. 88 Murakami Motors
Taiyo Ida
Hiroki Katoh
Kazuho Takahashi
Hiroki Yoshimoto
Hiroyuki Murakami
Daichi Okamoto
Soichiro Yoshida
Shinichi Uemura
2Fuji 24h[25] No. 2 K's Frontier KTM Cars No. 13 Endless Sports No. 39 Tracy Sports with Delta No. 884 SHADE Racing No. 17 Team NOPRO
Taiyo Ida
Hiroki Katoh
Kazuho Takahashi
Hiroki Yoshimoto
Takashi Kobayashi
Masaya Hanazato
Mizuki Ishizaka
Hitoshi Okada
Reimei Ito
Shinya Fujita
Takashi Itoh
Dai Mizuno
Takumi Sanada
Takuya Otaki
Masahiko Kageyama
Yuji Kunimoto
Shinosuke Yamada
Teppei Tsuruta
Hideyoshi Nishizawa
Tobio Ohtani
Misaki Konishi
Toshihiko Nogami
Hiroaki Yamamoto
Junichi Agematsu
3Autopolis No. 2 K's Frontier KTM Cars No. 225 Kobe Toyopet Motorsportsdid not participatenowrap No. 41 Tracy Sports with Deltadid not participate
Taiyo Ida
Hiroki Katoh
Kazuho Takahashi
Hiroki Yoshimoto
Kengo Ichijo
Shunji Okumoto
Rikuto Kobayashi
Jin Nakamura
Hirotaka Ishii
Yusuke Tomibayashi
Shunsuke Ozaki
4Motegi No. 2 K's Frontier KTM Carsdid not participate No. 16 Okabe Jidosha Motorsport No. 3 Endless Sports No. 88 Murakami Motors
Taiyo Ida
Hiroki Katoh
Kazuho Takahashi
Hiroki Yoshimoto
Toru Tanaka
Kazuomi Komatsu
Tetsuya Tanaka
Masaya Kono
Hiroyuki Saka
Togo Suganami
Ryo Ogawa
Hiroyuki Murakami
Daichi Okamoto
Soichiro Yoshida
Ryohei Arioka
5Suzuka No. 2 K's Frontier KTM Cars No. 225 Kobe Toyopet Motorsports No. 39 Tracy Sports with Deltadid not participate No. 65 Over Drive
Taiyo Ida
Hiroki Katoh
Kazuho Takahashi
Hiroki Yoshimoto
Kengo Ichijo
Shunji Okumoto
Rikuto Kobayashi
Shinya Fujita
Takashi Ito
Dai Mizuno
Yusuke Tomibayashi
Tatsuya Ota
Shuichiro Hokazono
Sena Kuronuma
Takuma Ikeda
6OkayamaGroup 1 No. 2 K's Frontier KTM Cars No. 6 Shinryo Racing Teamdid not participate
Taiyo Ida
Hiroki Katoh
Kazuho Takahashi
Hiroki Yoshimoto
Tomohiro Tomimasu
Yasushi Kikuchi
Masazumi Ohashi
Group 2did not participate No. 15 Okabe Jidosha Motorsport No. 66 Over Drive No. 88 Murakami Motors
Shuji Maejima
Masaaki Nagashima
Seiya Motojima
Tsubasa Mekaru
Kyosuke Inomata
Kohei Tokumasu
Takahisa Ohno
Hirohito Ito
Hiroyuki Murakami
Daichi Okamoto
Soichiro Yoshida
Ryohei Arioka
7Fuji 4h No. 2 K's Frontier KTM Cars No. 95 Team Spoon No. 15 Okabe Jidosha Motorsport No. 884 SHADE Racing No. 17 Team NOPRO
Taiyo Ida
Hiroki Katoh
Kazuho Takahashi
Hiroki Yoshimoto
Eiji Yamada
Syun Koide
Piston Nishizawa
Yusuke Mitsui
Shuji Maejima
Masaaki Nagashima
Seiya Motojima
Tsubasa Mekaru
Masahiko Kageyama
Yuji Kunimoto
Shinosuke Yamada
Teppei Tsuruta
Hideyoshi Nishizawa
Tobio Ohtani
Misaki Konishi
Toshihiko Nogami

Championship standings

Championship points are awarded in every class with the exception of ST-Q at the end of each event.

For the ST-X, ST-Z, and ST-TCR championships, each team's six highest scoring rounds are validated in the final championship standings.

Points systems[26] !Duration!1st!2nd!3rd!4th!5th!6th!7th!8th!9th!10th!≤11th!Pole
3–4 Hours / 500km2015121086432102
5 Hours / 700km3022.5181512964.531.512
≥12 Hours / 1400km453527231813975312
Notes

Teams' Championship standings

ST-X

PosTeamsSUG24HAUTMRMSUZOICFSWPts
G1G2G1G2
1 No. 1 Zhongsheng ROOKIE Racing11221134.5
2 No. 33 Craft-Bamboo Racing413413130
3 No. 23 TKRI2222345
4 No. 31 apr333Ret134116
5 No. 81 GTNET MotorSports4541Ret52107.5
No. 30 Team Handwork ChallengeRet
PosTeamsG1G224HAUTMRMSUZG1G2FSWPts
SUGOIC

ST-Z

PosTeamsSUG24HAUTMRMSUZOICFSWPts
G1G2G1G2
1 No. 52 Saitama Green Brave1217427
2 No. 885 SHADE Racing9158686
2 No. 22 Porsche Team EBI5575169
3 No. 34 Techno First3WD8221Ret81.5
5 No. 26 Team ZeroOne2NC26119275
6 No. 21 Hitotsuyama Racing67445DSQ375
7 No. 20 Team ImpulRet4Ret3103471.5
8 No. 25 Team ZeroOne10NCRet134863.5
9 No. 19 Birth Racing Project【BRP】436RetRet61053.5
10 No. 5 Team Noah63997553
11 No. 59 2W Zoomies x GR Garage Yamaguchi-Shunan88141.5
12 No. 111 Buzz Progress Racing89Ret7WD1213
13 No. 555 Autofactory7NCRetRet115
PosTeamsG1G224HAUTMRMSUZG1G2FSWPts
SUGOIC

ST-TCR

PosTeamsSUG24HAUTMRMSUZOICFSWPts
G1G2G1G2
1 No. 98 M&K Racing22121122
2 No. 97 M&K Racing1Ret212103
3 No. 430 Audi Team Show ApexRet134376
4 No. 24 KMSA Motorsport N312
No. 888 Team Select Hotels GroupRet
PosTeamsG1G224HAUTMRMSUZG1G2FSWPts
SUGOIC

ST-Q

PosTeamsSUG24HAUTMRMSUZOICFSWPts
G1G2G1G2
No. 92 GR Spirit Racing111111
No. 32 ORC ROOKIE Racing18Ret517
No. 12 Mazda Spirit Racing24415
No. 61 Team SDA Engineering3Ret2324
No. 271 Team HRCRet63226
No. 230 NISMO22
No. 28 ORC ROOKIE Racing25RetRetRet
37Ret63
PosTeamsG1G224HAUTMRMSUZG1G2FSWPts
SUGOIC

ST-2

PosTeamsSUG24HAUTMRMSUZOICFSWPts
G1G2G1G2
1 No. 225 KTMS151126124
2 No. 13 Endless Sports412344120.5
3 No. 72 Nihon Automobile College24325598.5
4 No. 6 Shinryo Racing Team72RetRet1387
5 No. 743 Honda R&D Challenge5363284.5
6 No. 95 Team Spoon3Ret457173
7 No. 7 Shinryo Racing Team66546758
8 No. 36 HCM Uchino Racing76Ret822.5
PosTeamsG1G224HAUTMRMSUZG1G2FSWPts
SUGOIC

ST-3

PosTeamsSUG24HAUTMRMSUZOICFSWPts
G1G2G1G2
1 No. 39 Tracy Sports with Delta213132142.5
2 No. 38 Tracy Sports with Delta132223129
3 No. 15 Okabe Jidosha Motorsport32RetRet11105
4 No. 16 Okabe Jidosha MotorsportRet4134Ret81
PosTeamsG1G224HAUTMRMSUZG1G2FSWPts
SUGOIC

ST-4

PosTeamsSUG24HAUTMRMSUZOICFSWPts
G1G2G1G2
1 No. 3 Endless Sports132132134
2 No. 884 SHADE Racing213651118
3 No. 41 Tracy Sports with Delta52122Ret116.5
4 No. 66 Over Drive3Ret431678
5 No. 18 Asano Racing Service64Ret46465
6 No. 216 HMR RacingRet5557558
7 No. 60 Team G/Motion4Ret74347
PosTeamsG1G224HAUTMRMSUZG1G2FSWPts
SUGOIC

ST-5

PosTeamsSUG24HAUTMRMSUZOICFSWPts
G1G2G1G2
1 No. 17 Team NOPRO312241142
2 No. 88 Murakami Motors131315135
3 No. 65 Over Drive 228162117
4 No. 4 Team Bride6 43471467
5 No. 222 Honda Cars Tokai9567Ret938
6 No. 27 Maple Hiroshima Racing Team5Ret3338
7 No. 120 Mazda Spirit Racing12†9952Ret36
8 No. 76 Buzz Progress Racing412RetRet5434
9 No. 11 D.R.C EZO10658101033
10 No. 37 Team NOPRO8134691231
11 No. 67 Team Yamato710RetRet8619
12 No. 89 Murakami Motors8711111315
13 No. 888 Select Hotels Group1171110
14 No. 110 Access Racing TeamRet10Ret1286
15 No. 50 Lovedrive RacingNC93
16 No. 290 AutoLaboNC11Ret1013112.5
PosTeamsG1G224HAUTMRMSUZG1G2FSWPts
SUGOIC

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2023-04-24 . Plant fire forces Hankook to give up Super Taikyu tyre supply . 2023-11-24 . us.motorsport.com . en.
  2. Web site: 2024 Super Taikyu Series Provisional Calendar Announced . 2023-11-24 . www.dailysportscar.com.
  3. Web site: Super Taikyu Series Reveals 69 Car Entry List For 2024. 4 April 2024. dailysportscar.com. O'Connell. RJ. 4 April 2024.
  4. News: Tokyo Auto Salon News Notebook. 16 January 2024. dailysportscar.com. O'Connell. RJ. 16 January 2024.
  5. News: 59 Cars, Notable Names On Fuji 24H Provisional Entry List. 17 May 2024. dailysportscar.com. O'Connell. RJ. 17 May 2024.
  6. News: 第6戦 スーパー耐久レースin岡山(3h×2レース). 16 October 2024. staikyu. 16 October 2024.
  7. News: Craft-Bamboo Racing Set To Debut In Fuji 24 Hours. 22 May 2024. 22 May 2024. O'Connell . RJ. dailysportscar.com.
  8. News: Craft-Bamboo Racing Set To Debut In Fuji 24 Hours. 22 May 2024. 22 May 2024. O'Connell . RJ. dailysportscar.com.
  9. News: Nissan/NMC announces 2024 motorsports programs. 15 February 2024. nismo.co.jp. 15 February 2024.
  10. News: 38 Entries For Super Taikyu Race In Autopolis. 25 July 2024. 25 July 2024. O'Connell . RJ. dailysportscar.com.
  11. Web site: Fuji 24 Hours Grid Beginning To Take Shape After Test . 2024-05-13 . www.dailysportscar.com. O'Connell. RJ.
  12. News: Asian News Notebook: Super GT, Japan Cup & GT World Challenge Asia. 21 March 2024. dailysportscar.com. 21 March 2024. O'Connell. RJ.
  13. News: 56 Entries For Super Taikyu Suzuka 5 Hours. 26 September 2024. dailysportscar.com. 26 September 2024.
  14. News: Kalle Rovanperä To Make Sportscar Racing Debut At Super Taikyu Fuji 24 Hours. 15 January 2024. dailysportscar.com. 15 January 2024.
  15. Web site: 38 Entries For Super Taikyu Race In Autopolis . 2024-07-25 . www.dailysportscar.com.
  16. News: Toyota Gazoo Racing Announces 2024 GT300 & Super Taikyu Programmes. 10 January 2024. dailysportscar.com. O'Connell. RJ. 10 January 2024.
  17. Web site: 19 January 2024 . Honda 2024 Motorsports Program Overview . 19 January 2024 . Honda Racing.
  18. Web site: 56 Car Capacity Grid For Super Taikyu Sugo 4H . 2024-04-15 . www.dailysportscar.com.
  19. Web site: 47 Entries For Motegi Super Taikyu 5 Hours. 6 September 2024. dailysportscar.com.
  20. News: Asian News Notebook: Super GT, Japan Cup & GT World Challenge Asia. 21 March 2024. dailysportscar.com. 21 March 2024.
  21. Web site: 24 May 2024 . 2024 Eneos Super Taikyu Series Empowered by Bridgestone Round 2: Fuji Super TEC 24 Hours Qualifying Results . 28 May 2024 . Official Eneos Super Taikyu Series Empowered by Bridgestone.
  22. Web site: 21 April 2024 . Eneos Super Taikyu Series Empowered by Bridgestone Round 1: Sugo Super Taikyu Sugo 4 Hours, Group 1 Race Results . 25 April 2024 . Official Eneos Super Taikyu Series Empowered by Bridgestone.
  23. Web site: Sugo 4 Hours Victories For ROOKIE, Saitama Green Brave . 2024-04-25 . www.dailysportscar.com.
  24. Web site: 20 April 2024 . Eneos Super Taikyu Series Empowered by Bridgestone Round 1: Sugo Super Taikyu 4 Hours Race, Group 2 Race Results . 25 April 2024 . Official Eneos Super Taikyu Series Empowered by Bridgestone.
  25. Web site: 26 May 2024 . 2024 Eneos Super Taikyu Series Empowered by Bridgestone Round 2: Fuji Super TEC 24 Hours Race Results . 28 May 2024 . Official Eneos Super Taikyu Series Empowered by Bridgestone.
  26. Web site: Super Taikyu 2023 Sporting Regulations . 24 March 2023 . Official Eneos Super Taikyu Series powered by Hankook . 37–38 . Japanese.