1996 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship
| 1996 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship season | |||
| Previous: | 1995 | Next: | 1997 |
The 1996 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship was the third season of the All-Japan Grand Touring Car Championship. The GT500 champion was the #61 Team Lark McLaren F1 GTR driven by David Brabham and John Nielsen and the GT300 class champion was the #26 Team Taisan Jr Porsche 964 driven by Keiichi Suzuki and Morio Nitta. It marks the only season in Super GT where the GT500 class-winning car is not from a Japanese manufacturer.
Schedule
| Round | Race | Circuit | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suzuka GT 300 |  Suzuka Circuit |
March 31 |
| 2 | All Japan Fuji GT Race | Fuji Speedway |
May 4 |
| 3 | HiLand GT Championship | Sendai Hi-Land Raceway |
June 30 |
| 4 | Japan Special GT-Cup | Fuji Speedway |
August 11 |
| 5 | SUGO GT Championship | Sportsland SUGO |
October 6 |
| 6 | CP Mine GT Race | Mine Circuit |
October 27 |
| NC | Nicos Cup GT Allstar Race | Central Circuit |
November 17 |
Season results
Point Ranking
GT500 Class (Top 5)
Drivers
| Rank | Drivers | Number/Team | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  David Brabham John Nielsen |
#61 Team Lark McLaren F1 GTR | 63 | 1 |
| 2 | Naoki Hattori Ralf Schumacher |
#60 Team Lark McLaren F1 GTR | 60 | 3 |
| 3 |  Érik Comas |
#37 Castrol Cerumo Toyota Supra | 55 | 1 |
| 4 | Masahiko Kageyama Kazuyoshi Hoshino |
#1 Calsonic Hoshino Racing GT-R | 54 | 1 |
| 5 | Masahiro Hasemi Tetsuya Tanaka |
#3 Hasemi Motorsports GT-R | 47 | 0 |
GT300 Class (Top 5)
Drivers
| Rank | Drivers | Number/Team | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keiichi Suzuki Morio Nitta |
#26 Team Taisan Jr Porsche 964 | 90 | 3 |
| 2 | Seiichi Sodeyama |
#910 Racing Porsche 993 | 65 | 2 |
| 3 | Morio Makiguchi Takayuki Kinoshita |
#72 Makiguchi Engineering BMW M3 | 53 | 1 |
| 4 | Naoki Nagasaka |
#910 Racing Porsche 993 | 50 | 2 |
| 5 | Katsunori Iketani Kazuo Mogi |
#31 Cobra Racing Team Porsche 993 | 46 | 0 |
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