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. The GT500 class champion of that season was the

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Nismo GT-R driven by

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and

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and the GT300 class champion was the MOMOCORSE A'PEX MR2 driven by Morio Nitta and

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. Both Comas and Nitta won their respective driver's title on their own since Motoyama and Takagi missed a round each; Motoyama skipped the second round at

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because he was participating in the pre-qualifying session of that year's

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while Takagi missed the first round at Suzuka because he was in the

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on a bid to find a seat in

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. The season was marred by the death of reigning GT300 Champion,

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, in a pre-season testing crash at TI Circuit Aida on March 11, 1999. Tachi was to drive the number 6 Esso Toyota Supra for Toyota

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retired from his racing career at the end of the season at aged 59.

Schedule

Season results

Point Ranking

GT500

Drivers

GT300 Class (Top 5)

Drivers

References

External links

Super GT/JGTC official race archive
{{Super GT seasons Super GT seasons

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