2008 International Pokka 1000km explained

The 2008 International Pokka 1000 km was the 6th round of the 2008 Super GT season and the 37th running of the 1000 km Suzuka. It took place on August 24, 2008.

Race results

Results are as follows:^[1]

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
1	GT500	12	Calsonic Team Impul	Sebastien Philippe Tsugio Matsuda	Nissan GT-R		173
2	GT500	100	Raybrig Team Kunimitsu	Shinya Hosokawa Yuji Ide Kosuke Matsuura	Honda NSX		173
3	GT500	36	Petronas Team TOM'S	Juichi Wakisaka André Lotterer Carlo van Dam	Lexus SC430		173
4	GT500	22	Motul NISMO		Nissan GT-R		173
5	GT500	3	Yellowhat Hasemi Motorsport	Naoki Yokomizo Ronnie Quintarelli	Nissan GT-R		173
6	GT500	6	ENEOS Team LeMans		Lexus SC430		173
7	GT500	24	Woodone Kondo Racing		Nissan GT-R		173
8	GT500	23	Xanavi NISMO	Satoshi Motoyama Benoît Tréluyer Fabio Carbone	Nissan GT-R		173
9	GT500	38	ZENT Team Cerumo	Yuji Tachikawa Richard Lyons	Lexus SC430		172
10	GT500	35	Houzan Team Kraft	Tatsuya Kataoka Peter Dumbreck	Lexus SC430		172
11	GT500	32	EPSON Nakajima Racing	Katsuyuki Hiranaka Loïc Duval	Honda NSX		171
12	GT500	18	Takata Dome	Takashi Kogure Ryo Michigami	Honda NSX		169
13	GT500	1	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	Takuya Izawa Ralph Firman	Honda NSX		167
14	GT300	46	Leopalace MOLA	Kazuki Hoshino Hironobu Yasuda	Nissan Z		160
15	GT300	95	Lightning McQueen apr	Kazuya Oshima Keisuke Kunimoto Yuya Sakamoto	Toyota MR-S		159
16	GT300	7	RE Amemiya	Ryo Orime Hiroyuki Iiri Hiroyuki Matsumura	Mazda RX-7		159
17	GT300	62	Willcom R&D Sport	Shinsuke Shibahara Haruki Kurosawa Shogo Mitsuyama	Vemac RD408R		159
18	GT300	26	Yunkerpower Team Taisan		Porsche 996 GT3-RS		159
19	GT300	81	Team Daishin		Nissan Z		158
20	GT300	11	JIM Gainer Racing		Ferrari F430 GT2		157
21	GT300	111	Arktech Motorsports	Takuya Kurosawa Hiroshi Koizumi	Porsche Boxster		155
22	GT300	27	Team Shadow		Porsche 996 GT3-RSR		155
23	GT300	5	Team Mach	Tetsuji Tamanaka Naoya Yamano Katsuhiko Tsutsui	Vemac RD320R		154
24	GT300	170	Team Gaikokuya	Yoshimi Ishibashi Yutaka Yamagishi Kazuyoshi Takamizawa	Porsche 911 GT3-RS		151
25	GT300	88	triple a JLOC	Hideshi Matsuda Naohiro Furuya Yuya Sakamoto	Lamborghini Gallardo RG-3		151
26	GT300	666	Bomex Rosso		Vemac RD320R		150
27	GT300	87	AKTIO JLOC		Lamborghini Gallardo RG-3		145
28	GT500	25	Eclipse Team Tsuchiya	Hiroaki Ishiura Takeshi Tsuchiya	Lexus SC430		138
29	GT300	66	triple a JLOC		Lamborghini Murcielago RG-1		136
30	GT500	39	Denso Team SARD		Lexus SC430		133
31	GT300	118	Tomei Sports		Porsche 997 GT3-RS		132
32	GT300	77	Cusco Racing	Tetsuya Yamano Kota Sasaki	Subaru Impreza		127
33	GT300	52	Green Tec Team Shift		Lexus IS350		125
34	GT300	19	WedsSport Racing Project Bandoh	Manabu Orido Yuhi Sekiguchi Tsubasa Abe	Toyota Celica		118
DNF	GT500	17	Real Racing	Koudai Tsukakoshi Toshihiro Kaneishi Katsutomo Kaneishi	Honda NSX		119
DNF	GT300	2	Privee Cars Tokai Dream28	Kazuho Takahashi Hiroki Kato Hiroki Yoshimoto	Mooncraft Shiden		91
DNF	GT300	33	Hankook KTR	Mitsuhiro Kinoshita Masami Kageyama	Porsche 911 GT3R		78
DNF	GT300	43	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	Shinichi Takagi Morio Nitta Kyosuke Mineo	ASL Garaiya		41
DNF	GT300	4	EBBRO Team Uematsu NOVA	Ryohei Sakaguchi Masaki Matsushita Tadao Uematsu	Vemac RD320R		31
DNF	GT300	111	Arktech Motorsports	Daisuke Ikeda Hidetoshi Mitsusada	Porsche Boxster		4

Statistics

• GT500 Pole Position – #100 Raybrig NSX – 2:27.474
• GT300 Pole Position – #77 Cusco Impreza – 2:22.432
• GT500 Fastest Lap – #1 ARTA NSX – 1:57.897
• GT300 Fastest Lap – #19 WedsSport IS350 – 2:09.340
• Winner's Race Time – 5:56:31.327

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2008 Round 6 Result. supergt.net. 24 August 2008. 26 November 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121031140057/http://supergt.net:8080/ftp/classic/supergt.net/supergt/2008/0806/0806race.htm. 31 October 2012. dead. dmy-all.