2009 Suzuka Pokka GT Summer Special explained

The 2009 Suzuka Pokka GT Summer Special was the sixth round of the 2009 Super GT season and was the 38th running of the 1000 km Suzuka event, although for the first time since 1969, the race was not 1000 km in length as in a bid to reduce CO₂ emissions, the race distance was shortented to 700 km.^[1] It took place on August 23, 2009.

Race results

Results are as follows:^[2]

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Laps
1	GT500	35	Team KRAFT		Lexus SC430	121
2	GT500	3	Tomica Hasemi Motorsports		Nissan GT-R	121
3	GT500	38	ZENT Team Cerumo		Lexus SC430	121
4	GT500	18			Honda NSX	121
5	GT500	12	Calsonic Team Impul		Nissan GT-R	121
6	GT500	1	Motul NISMO		Nissan GT-R	121
7	GT500	39	Denso Team SARD		Lexus SC430	121
8	GT500	36	Petronas Team TOM'S		Lexus SC430	121
9	GT500	100	Raybrig Team Kunimitsu		Honda NSX	121
10	GT500	17	Keihin Real Racing	Koudai Tsukakoshi Toshihiro Kaneishi Katsutomo Kaneishi	Honda NSX	120
11	GT500	24	HIS Advan Kondo Racing		Nissan GT-R	119
12	GT300	46	S-Road MOLA		Nissan Z	112
13	GT300	43	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	Shinichi Takagi Morio Nitta	ASL Garaiya	112
14	GT300	2	Apple K-one Cars Tokai Dream28		Mooncraft Shiden	112
15	GT300	74	apr		Toyota Corolla Axio	112
16	GT300	11	JIM Gainer Racing		Ferrari F430 GT2	110
17	GT300	19	WedsSport Team Bandoh		Lexus IS350	112
18	GT300	7	M7 Mutiara RE Amemiya	Nobuteru Taniguchi Ryo Orime	Mazda RX-7	112
19	GT300	81	Team Daishin		Ferrari F430 GT2	112
20	GT300	52	Team Shift		Lexus IS350	111
21	GT300	88	triple a JLOC		Lamborghini Gallardo RG-3	111
22	GT300	55	J-Trust Tomei Sports		Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	110
23	GT300	87	giraffa JLOC		Lamborghini Gallardo RG-3	110
24	GT300	666	FieLDS Bomex Rosso		Vemac RD320R	107
25	GT300	4	Lian Bomex Rosso		Porsche Boxster	104
26	GT300	10	JIM Gainer Racing		Ferrari 360	103
27	GT300	26	UpStart Team Taisan		Porsche 996 GT3-RS	100
28	GT300	66	triple a JLOC		Lamborghini Murcielago RG-1	94
29	GT300	31	Avex apr		Toyota Corolla Axio	93
30	GT500	8	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	Takuya Izawa Ralph Firman	Honda NSX	84
DNF	GT500	6	ENEOS Team LeMans		Lexus SC430	64
DNF	GT300	808	Hatsune Miku Studie GLAD Racing		BMW Z4	60
DNF	GT300	5	Team Mach		Vemac RD320R	27
DNF	GT500	32	EPSON Nakajima Racing		Honda NSX	12

Statistics

GT500 Pole Position – #35 KRAFT SC430 – 1:55.724
GT300 Pole Position – #81 Daishin F430 – 2:07.439
GT500 Fastest Lap – #35 KRAFT SC430 – 1:58.093
GT300 Fastest Lap – #5 Team Mach Vemac – 2:09.282
Winner's Race Time – 4:16:02.744

Notes and References

Web site: Decision on race distances for race 3, race 6 and the final race of Super GT. as-web.jp. 22 March 2009.
Web site: 2009 Round6 Race Result. supergt.net. 23 August 2009. 25 November 2012. https://archive.today/20130222094424/http://supergt.net:8080/ftp/classic/supergt.net/supergt/2009/0906/0906race.htm. 22 February 2013. dead. dmy-all.