The 2008 Autobacs Super GT Series was the sixteenth season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the
All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship
All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship is a grand touring car racing series that began in 1993. Originally titled as the , generally referred to as either the JGTC the series was renamed to Super GT in 2005. It was the top level of sports car r ...
(JGTC) era and the fourth season as the
Super GT
Super GT (stylized as SUPER GT) is a grand touring car racing series that began in 1993. Launched as the , generally referred to as either the JGTC or the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship, the series was renamed to Super GT in 2005. It is ...
series. It marked as well as the twenty-sixth season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the
All Japan Sports Prototype Championship
The , abbreviated as JSPC, formed by the Japan Automobile Federation, was a domestic championship which took place in Japan for Group C and IMSA GTP prototype cars and also featured cars that were eligible for touring car racing in its earlier yea ...
. It is a series for
Grand Touring
A grand tourer (GT) is a type of car that is designed for high speed and long-distance driving, due to a combination of performance and luxury attributes. The most common format is a front-engine, rear-wheel-drive two-door coupé with either a ...
race cars divided into two categories: GT500 and GT300. This was the first season for the new
R35 GT-R, replacing the
Z which had been used for all GT500 Nissan teams from 2004-2007. The season began on March 15 and ended on November 9, 2008 after 9 races.
Drivers and teams
GT500
GT300
Schedule
Season Winners
Standings
GT500 Drivers
;Scoring system:
*Only the best four results in the first six races would be counted for the championship.
*There were no points awarded for pole position and fastest lap in the final race.
Teams
GT300 Class (Top 3)
Drivers
Teams
Footnotes
External links
Super GT official website
{{Super GT seasons
Super GT seasons
Super GT
Super GT (stylized as SUPER GT) is a grand touring car racing series that began in 1993. Launched as the , generally referred to as either the JGTC or the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship, the series was renamed to Super GT in 2005. It is ...