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| Category | GT3,GT4,TCR,Group N |
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| Country | Japan |
| Inaugural season | 1991 |
| Classes | ST-X,ST-Z,ST-TCR, ST-Q, ST-1, ST-2, ST-3, ST-4, ST-5 |
| Tyre suppliers | Bridgestone |
| Official website | SuperTaikyu.com |
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Super Taikyu (スーパー耐久,Super Endurance), formerly known as theSuper N1 Taikyu Series prior to 2005 andN1 Endurance Series prior to 1995, and currently named theEneos Super Taikyu Series Empowered by Bridgestone for sponsorship reasons, is a Japaneseendurance racing series that began in 1991. In contrast to theSuper GT series, Super Taikyu is apro-am racing series for commercially available racing vehicles such asGT3,GT4, andTCR cars, and minimally-modified production vehicles mainly from theJapanese domestic market.
Super Taikyu races are held across all of Japan's major motor racing circuits, with formats including a single five-hour race, and a double-header format of two three-hour races. The series' largest event is theFuji Super TEC 24 Hours, which is held annually atFuji Speedway since its revival in 2018. Prior to that, theTokachi 24 Hours was the series' largest event, held annually from 1994 until 2008.
In 2022,Eneos became the new title sponsor of the series.[1]
The series has five domestic classes of vehicles originally based on the FIAGroup N regulations and four international classes, two based onSRO Motorsports Group and one class each from regulations ofWSC Group andADAC.
The original Group N-basedST-1 toST-4 classes are the four original classes, with a fifth production class,ST-5, launched in 2010. As is the case with the original Group N, displacement and drivetrain layouts distinguish theses classes.
In 2011, the series began adding cars from SRO Motorsports Group's internationally recognisedGroup GT3, originally called ST-GT3 but currently labeled asST-X. In 2017, two other international classes,ST-Z for theSRO GT4 andST-TCR for touring cars class homologated for the international TCR class. In 2021, theADAC-basedST-Q was added.
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In 2021, theST-Q class was introduced for manufacturer-developed, non-homologated special racing vehicles, following with rules based on theADAC NLS SP-X class.[2]Toyota andROOKIE Racing entered a modified Corolla Sport (GR Corolla) hatchback, equipped with ahydrogen-powered internal combustion engine, in ST-Q beginning in 2021.[3] In the 2021 season finale, Mazda entered a modified version of theirDemio (Mazda2) subcompact, powered by biofuel.[4]
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In 2022, Toyota andSubaru entered special versions of theirGR86 andBRZ sports cars, adapted to run on carbon-neutral synthetic fuel.[5] That same year,Nissan entered a "Racing Concept" version of their newFairlady Z (RZ34) sports car, which served as the prototype for the Nissan Z GT4.[6] Mazda introduced a new biodiesel concept, theMazda3 Bio Concept, at the end of 2022.[7]
The hydrogen GR Corolla will adopt the use of liquid hydrogen in 2023 - the first race car in the world to do so.[8] Honda introduced a carbon-neutral fuel compatible version of the Civic Type R in 2023.[9]
NOTE: GT3, GT4, and TCR classes require homologation be current. GT4 and TCR classes must have had an FIA member club approved Balance of Performance test.
Yokohama was the series' official tyre supplier until the end of 2017. In 2018,Pirelli became the series' new tyre supplier as part of a three-year contract. In 2021,Hankook became the series' new tyre supplier. Their contract was to last for three years, ending in 2023, with the option to extend the contract through the end of the 2025 season.[11]
Due to the fire at Hankook's manufacturing plant inDaejeon on 12 March 2023,Bridgestone signed a new three-year contract to take over as the tyre supplier of Super Taikyu beginning in 2024. On 24 April, it was announced that Bridgestone would take over as the series' tyre supplier with immediate effect on 24 April, prior to the second round of the 2023 season.[12]
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Bold drivers indicate a driver that entered scored every possible point for their respective teams. Drivers listed initalics competed in a select number of rounds for their respective team.
Bold drivers indicate a driver that was entered in every race for their respective team. Drivers listed initalics competed in a select number of rounds for their respective team.
| Year | Team | Vehicle | Drivers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 |  Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave | Toyota GR Supra GT4 | Rin Arakawa (Rd. 2, 7)Naoki HattoriSeita Nonaka (Rd. 1–6) Manabu YamazakiHiroki Yoshida |
| 2023 | Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave | Toyota GR Supra GT4 | Naoki HattoriKohta Kawaai Manabu YamazakiHiroki YoshidaSeita Nonaka (Rd. 2) |
| 2022 | Team 5Zigen(Rd. 1-6) | Mercedes-AMG GT4 | Ryūichirō OtsukaKakunoshin OhtaToshihiro KaneishiIori Kimura (Rd. 2) |
| 2021 | Endless Sports | Mercedes-AMG GT4 | Yūdai UchidaHideki YamauchiTogo SuganamiRyō Ogawa [ja] (Rd. 1, 3–5) |
| 2020 | Endless Sports | Mercedes-AMG GT4 | Yūdai UchidaHideki Yamauchi Tsubasa TakahashiShinnosuke Yamada (Rd. 1)Ryūichirō Tomita (Rd. 1)Togo Suganami (Rd. 4-5) |
| 2019 | Endless Sports | Mercedes-AMG GT4 | Yūdai UchidaHideki Yamauchi Tsubasa TakahashiShinnosuke Yamada (Rd. 3) |
| 2018 | BEND(Rd. 3, 5) | Porsche Cayman GT4 | Masamitsu IshiharaDaisuke Ikeda [ja] Yūya SakamotoShinya Hosokawa [ja] (Rd. 3)Atsushi Yogō [ja] (Rd. 3) |
| 2017 | No entries | ||
| Year | Team | Vehicle | Drivers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | M&K Racing | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) |  Lee Jung Woo"Kizuna"Sena Yamamoto |
| 2023 | M&K Racing | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) | Mitsuhiro EndōYūsuke Mitsui (Rd. 4)Tōsei Moriyama (Rd. 4–5)Shinji Nakano (Rd. 5–7)Takashi Kobayashi (Rd. 7) |
| 2022 | Team Noah(Rd. 1-2, 4-5, 7) | Honda Civic Type R TCR | Yoshikazu SobuToshiro Tsukada (Rd. 1-2, 4)Shigetomo Shimono (Rd. 1, 7)Shingo Wada (Rd. 1, 7)Yu Kanamaru (Rd. 2)Koji Miura (Rd. 2)"J" Antonio (Rd. 2, 5, 7)Yuji Kiyotaki (Rd. 2, 4-5)Yasuhiro Ogushi (Rd. 4)Kuniyuki Haga (Rd. 5) |
| 2021 | Team Noah | Honda Civic Type R TCR | Yoshikazu Sobu Shigetomo ShimonoKuniyuki Haga (Rd. 1, 3, 5)Riki Tanioka (Rd. 1, 3)Toshiro Tsukada (Rd. 2–4, 6)Yuji Kiyotaki (Rd. 2–4, 6)Shingo Wada (Rd. 5) |
| 2020 | Floral Racing with Uematsu | Honda Civic Type R TCR | Tadao Uematsu [ja]Yuji Ide Shintaro KawabataTomoki Nojiri (Rd. 1) |
| 2019 | Birth Racing Project | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | Takeshi MatsumotoTakuro Shinohara"Hirobon" (Rd.1)Yuya Ohta (Rd. 2–6)Kouichi Okumura (Rd. 3) |
| 2018 | Modulo Racing withDome | Honda Civic Type R TCR | Tadao UematsuShinji NakanoHiroki OtsuTakashi Kobayashi (Rd. 1, 3–6)Keishi Ishikawa (Rd. 3) |
| 2017 | MotulDome Racing Project | Honda Civic Type R TCR | Takuya KurosawaKeishi IshikawaHiroki KatohHiroki Yoshida (Rd. 5) |
Bold drivers indicate a driver that entered scored every possible point for their respective teams. Drivers listed initalics competed in a select number of rounds for their respective team.
Bold drivers indicate a driver that entered scored every possible point for their respective teams. Drivers listed initalics competed in a select number of rounds for their respective team.
| Year | Team | Vehicle | Drivers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | TRACYSPORTS with DELTA | Lexus RC 350 | Shunsuke Ozaki Yoshiyuki TsurugaToshiki IshimoriTakanobu Ishizuka (Rd. 2, 4–7)Sesshū Kondō (Rd. 2) |
| 2022 | TRACYSPORTS with DELTA | Lexus RC 350 | Yūsuke Tomibayashi Takashi ItōHirotaka IshiiTakuya Ōtaki (Rd. 1–2, 4)Dai Mizuno (Rd. 2)Gento Miyashita (Rd. 2) |
| 2021 | TRACY SPORTS with Delta | Lexus RC 350 | Yūsuke TomibayashiKazuya ŌshimaHirotaka Ishii (Rd. 2–6)Yoshiyuki Tsuruga (Rd. 3)Ryūta Ukai (Rd. 3)
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| 2020 | TRACY SPORTS | Lexus RC 350 | Kazuya ŌshimaYūsuke TomibayashiHirotaka IshiiSesshū Kondō (Rd. 1)Hirohito Itō (Rd. 1)Yoshihiro Itō (Rd. 4) |
| 2019 | TECHNO FIRST | Lexus RC 350 | Yūya TezukaRiki ŌkusaShūji MaejimaTakao Ohnishi (Rd. 3) |
| 2018 | TRACY SPORTS | Lexus RC 350 | Makoto HottaRyohei SakaguchiMorio Nitta (Rd. 3–4) |
| 2017 | TRACYSPORTS | Lexus IS 350 | Yūya Tezuka Shūji MaejimaAkira SuzukiTaketoshi Matsui (Rd. 5) |
| 2016 | TRACYSPORTS | Lexus IS 350 | Makoto HottaRyohei SakaguchiYūhi Sekiguchi (Rd. 4) |
| 2015 | OKABEJIDOSHA motorsport | Nissan Fairlady Z (Z34) | Masaaki Nagashima Tooru TanakaTetsuya TanakaDaisuke Imamura (Rd. 3) |
| 2014 | Techno First Racing Team | Nissan Fairlady Z (Z34) | Shūji MaejimaMasahiro Sasaki [ja] Kazuki HirokawaHironobu Yasuda (Rd. 3) |
| 2013 | OTG Motor Sports | Lexus GS 350 (GRS191) | Shinya SatōHiroki Yoshimoto (Rd. 1–2, 4–7)Shigekazu Wakisaka (Rd. 3–7) |
| 2012 | OKABE JIDOSHA motor sport | Mazda RX-7 (FD3S) | Kazuomi KomatsuKenichi SugibayashiYoshinobu Masuda |
| 2011 | KOTA RACING | Honda NSX (NA2) | Kōta SasakiHiromasa KitanoTatsuya Hashimoto (Rd. 1, 3–4)Tohjirō Azuma (Rd. 2, 5–6) |
| 2010 | MAKIGUCHI ENGINEERING | BMW M3 (E46) | Isao Ihashi [ja] Hideki HirotaYoshihisa Namekata (Rd. 1–2)Shinsuke Misawa (Rd. 3–7) |
| 2009 | TEAM 5ZIGEN | Honda NSX (NA2) | Katsuyuki HiranakaKōsuke MatsuuraHiroki Yoshimoto |
| 2008 | EXEDY H.I.S. ings | Nissan Fairlady Z (Z33) | Shūji MaejimaMasahiro Sasaki [ja]Subaru Yamamoto (Rd. 4) |
During a 2012 race atSuzuka Circuit (a support event for the2012 FIA WTCC Race of Japan),Osamu Nakajima, driving aNissan Fairlady Z (Z33), died after crashing into a barrier at the first corner of the circuit.[13]
