The 2024 SRO Japan Cup was the third season of the SRO Japan Cup, an auto racing series for grand tourer cars in Japan, co-promoted by the SRO Motorsports Group and Team Asia One GT Management. The races are contested with GT3-spec and GT4-spec cars. The season began on 8 June at the Sportsland SUGO in Miyagi and is scheduled to end on 25 August at Okayama International Circuit in Okayama.

Starting from this season, the Japan Cup had separated from the main GTWCA race, and would run as a stand-alone race.

Calendar

Round Circuit Date 1 Sportsland SUGO, Murata, Miyagi 8–9 June 2 Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Shizuoka 22–23 June 3 Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka, Mie 6–7 July 4 Okayama International Circuit, Mimasaka, Okayama 24–25 AugustSources:

Entry list

Team Car Engine Drivers Class Rounds GT3 Comet Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 7 Yorikatsu Tsujiko Am All Yusuke Yamasaki Bingo Racing Callaway Corvette C7 GT3-R Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 9 Ukyo Sasahara PA 1 Shinji Takei 1 Am 2–4 "" 2–4 D'station Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 47 Kenji Hama Am 1–2 Tatsuya Hoshino Team MACCHINA McLaren 720S GT3 McLaren M840T 4.0L Turbo V8 55 Tadao Uematsu Am All Team DAISHIN with GTNET Motorsports Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6 81 Nobuyuki Oyagi Am 2, 4 Ryuichiro Oyagi K-tunes Racing Lexus RC F GT3 Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 96 Morio Nitta PA All Kazunori Suenaga Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 98 Shinichi Takagi PA All Daisuke Yamawaki RunUp Sports Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6 360 Masaaki Nishikawa Am All Atsushi Tanaka Maezawa Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 555 Yusaku Maezawa PA 4 Naoki Yokomizo ANR with VSR Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 563 Akira Mizutani PA 1 Yuki Nemoto Seven x Seven With KFM Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 666 "" PA 4 Kiyoto Fujinami GTC ABSSA Motorsport Ferrari 488 Challenge Ferrari F154 3.9 L V8 16 Masataka Inoue PA 3 Kiwamu Katayama Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 Satoshi Konno 4 Keita Sawa GAMA 83 Racing Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 83 Makoto Haga Am 2–4 Mineki Okura 4 GT4 ABSSA Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT4 Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L Turbo V8 16 Takashi Toyoda Am 1–2 Kiwamu Katayama 1 Yasuto Fukui 2 Wakayama Toyota with Hojust Racing Toyota GR Supra GT4 BMW B58B30 3.0 L Turbo I6 38 Takeshi Suehiro SA All Toshiyuki Ochiai 1, 3–4 Noriyuki Higuchi 2 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia Toyota GR Supra GT4 BMW B58B30 3.0 L Turbo I6 39 Haridarma Manoppo SA All Seita Nonaka 1, 3–4 Kazuhisa Urabe 2 D'station Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 47 Kenji Hama Am 3–4 Tatsuya Hoshino YZ Racing BMW M4 GT4 Gen II BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6 50 Yuki Fujii SA All Masaki Kano JBR McLaren 570S GT4 McLaren M838TE 3.8 L Turbo V8 64 Yasutaka Ando Am 2 Osamu Kondo "" 3 Miou Katayama Sunrise BLVD Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Porsche MDG.GA 4.0 L Flat-6 82 Daiki Fujiwara SA All Yoshimoto Makino K-tunes Racing Toyota GR Supra GT4 BMW B58B30 3.0 L Turbo I6 97 Yoshichika Nagai SA All Masahiko Kageyama 1–3 Ryohei Sakaguchi 4 Icon Class Drivers PA Pro-Am Cup SA Silver-Am Cup Am Am Cup Buzz Racing was scheduled to compete in the series with "Ken Alex" and Lin Chenghua, but did not enter any rounds.

Race results Bold indicates overall winner for each car class (GT3 and GT4).

GT3 & GTC Round Circuit Pole position GT3 Pro/Am Winners GT3 Am Winners GTC Winner 1 1 Sugo No. 98 K-tunes Racing No. 9 Bingo Racing No. 55 Team MACCHINA No Entries Shinichi Takagi Daisuke Yamawaki Ukyo Sasahara Shinji Takei Tadao Uematsu R2 No. 98 K-tunes Racing No. 9 Bingo Racing No. 55 Team MACCHINA Shinichi Takagi Daisuke Yamawaki Ukyo Sasahara Shinji Takei Tadao Uematsu 2 1 Fuji No. 98 K-tunes Racing No. 98 K-tunes Racing No. 55 Team MACCHINA No. 83 GAMA 83 Racing Shinichi Takagi Daisuke Yamawaki Shinichi Takagi Daisuke Yamawaki Tadao Uematsu Makoto Haga R2 No. 98 K-tunes Racing No. 98 K-tunes Racing No. 55 Team MACCHINA No. 83 GAMA 83 Racing Shinichi Takagi Daisuke Yamawaki Shinichi Takagi Daisuke Yamawaki Tadao Uematsu Makoto Haga 3 1 Suzuka No. 9 Bingo Racing No. 96 K-tunes Racing No. 7 Comet Racing No. 16 ABSSA Motorsport "" Shinji Takei Morio Nitta Kazunori Suenaga Yorikatsu Tsujiko Yusuke Yamasaki Masataka Inoue Kiwamu Katayama R2 No. 98 K-tunes Racing No. 98 K-tunes Racing No. 7 Comet Racing No. 16 ABSSA Motorsport Shinichi Takagi Daisuke Yamawaki Shinichi Takagi Daisuke Yamawaki Yorikatsu Tsujiko Yusuke Yamasaki Masataka Inoue Kiwamu Katayama 4 1 Okayama No. 666 Seven x Seven With KFM No. 666 Seven x Seven With KFM No. 9 Bingo Racing No. 83 GAMA 83 Racing "" Kiyoto Fujinami "" Kiyoto Fujinami "" Shinji Takei Makoto Haga Mineki Okura R2 No. 98 K-tunes Racing No. 98 K-tunes Racing No. 9 Bingo Racing No. 83 GAMA 83 Racing Shinichi Takagi Daisuke Yamawaki Shinichi Takagi Daisuke Yamawaki "" Shinji Takei Makoto Haga Mineki Okura

GT4 Round Circuit GT4 Pole Position GT4 Silver-Am winner GT4 Am winner 1 1 Sugo No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia No. 50 YZ Racing No. 16 ABSSA Motorsport Haridarma Manoppo Seita Nonaka Yuki Fujii Masaki Kano Kiwamu Katayama Takashi Toyoda R2 No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia No. 16 ABSSA Motorsport Haridarma Manoppo Seita Nonaka Haridarma Manoppo Seita Nonaka Kiwamu Katayama Takashi Toyoda 2 1 Fuji No. 38 Wakayama Toyota with Hojust Racing No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia No. 64 JBR Noriyuki Higuchi Takeshi Suehiro Haridarma Manoppo Kazuhisa Urabe Yasutaka Ando Osamu Kondo R2 No. 38 Wakayama Toyota with Hojust Racing No. 82 Sunrise BLVD No. 64 JBR Noriyuki Higuchi Takeshi Suehiro Daiki Fujiwara Yoshimoto Makino Yasutaka Ando Osamu Kondo 3 1 Suzuka No. 50 YZ Racing No. 38 Wakayama Toyota with Hojust Racing No. 47 D'station Racing Yuki Fujii Masaki Kano Toshiyuki Ochiai Takeshi Suehiro Kenji Hama Tatsuya Hoshino R2 No. 38 Wakayama Toyota with Hojust Racing No. 38 Wakayama Toyota with Hojust Racing No. 47 D'station Racing Toshiyuki Ochiai Takeshi Suehiro Toshiyuki Ochiai Takeshi Suehiro Kenji Hama Tatsuya Hoshino 4 1 Okayama No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia No. 50 YZ Racing No. 47 D'station Racing Haridarma Manoppo Seita Nonaka Yuki Fujii Masaki Kano Kenji Hama Tatsuya Hoshino R2 No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia No. 38 Wakayama Toyota with Hojust Racing No. 47 D'station Racing Haridarma Manoppo Seita Nonaka Toshiyuki Ochiai Takeshi Suehiro Kenji Hama Tatsuya Hoshino

Championship standings

Scoring system

Championship points are awarded for the first ten positions in each race. Entries are required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Individual drivers are required to participate for a minimum of 25 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race. Position 1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  10th Points251815121086421

Drivers' championships DriverTeamSUGFUJSUZOKAPointsGT3 1 Shinichi Takagi Daisuke Yamawaki No. 98 K-tunes Racing 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 169 2 Shinji Takei No. 9 Bingo Racing 1 1 4 5 Ret DSQ 3 3 108 3 Tadao Uematsu No. 55 Team MACCHINA 4 3 3 2 4 4 5 8 107 4 Yorikatsu Tsujiko Yusuke Yamasaki No. 7 Comet Racing 6 4 5 3 3 3 7 4 100 5 Morio Nitta Kazunori Suenaga No. 96 K-tunes Racing 5 5 2 4 1 2 WD WD 93 6 Atsushi Tanaka No. 360 RunUp Sports 8 6 8 6 5 5 8 7 62 7 "" No. 9 Bingo Racing 4 5 Ret DSQ 3 3 58 8 Masaaki Nishikawa No. 360 RunUp Sports 8 6 8 WD 5 5 8 7 54 9 Ukyo Sasahara No. 9 Bingo Racing 1 1 50 10 Nobuyuki Oyagi Ryuichiro Oyagi No. 81 Team DAISHIN with GTNET Motorsports 7 8 6 5 34 11 Akira Mizutani Yuki Nemoto No. 563 ANR With VSR 3 7 21 12 Kenji Hama Tatsuya Hoshino No. 47 D'station Racing 7 Ret 6 7 20GTC 1 Makoto Haga No. 83 GAMA 83 Racing 13 13 10 7 9 14 129 2 Masataka Inoue Kiwamu Katayama No. 16 ABSSA Motorsport 6 6 50 3 Mineki Okura No. 83 GAMA 83 Racing 9 14 50 4 Satoshi Konno Keita Sawa No. 16 ABSSA Motorsport 10 16 36GT4 1 Takeshi Suehiro No. 38 Wakayama Toyota with Hojust Racing 10 9 11 12 7 8 13 9 153 2 Yuki Fujii Masaki Kano No. 50 YZ Racing 9 10 12 10 8 9 11 11 146 3 Haridarma Manoppo No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia 12 8 9 11 9 10 12 10 143 4 Toshiyuki Ochiai No. 38 Wakayama Toyota with Hojust Racing 10 9 7 8 13 9 126 5 Daiki Fujiwara Yoshimoto Makino No. 82 Sunrise BLVD 11 11 10 9 11 14 15 12 112 6 Seita Nonaka No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia 12 8 9 10 12 10 103 7 Yoshichika Nagai No. 97 K-tunes Racing 13 12 14 14 13 13 14 15 78 8 Masahiko Kageyama No. 97 K-tunes Racing 13 12 14 14 13 13 56 9 Kazuhisa Urabe No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia 9 11 40 10 Kenji Hama Tatsuya Hoshino No. 47 D'station Racing 12 11 16 13 40 11 Takashi Toyoda No. 16 ABSSA Motorsport 14 13 16 16 28 12 Noriyuki Higuchi No. 38 Wakayama Toyota with Hojust Racing 11 12 27 13 Kiwamu Katayama No. 16 ABSSA Motorsport 14 13 16 14 Yasutaka Ando Osamu Kondo No. 64 JBR 15 15 16 15 Ryohei Sakaguchi No. 16 K-tunes Racing 14 15 20 16 Yasuto Fukui No. 16 ABSSA Motorsport 16 16 12Guest drivers ineligible to score pointsGT3 — "" Kiyoto Fujinami No. 666 Seven x Seven With KFM 1 6 — — Yusaku Maezawa Naoki Yokomizo No. 555 Maezawa Racing 4 2 —GT4 — "" Miou Katayama No. 64 JBR 14 11 —DriverTeamSUGFUJSUZOKAPointsBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap Notes:

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Pro-Am Cup

DriverTeamSUGFUJSUZOKAPointsGT3 1 Shinichi Takagi Daisuke Yamawaki No. 98 K-tunes Racing 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 154 2 Morio Nitta Kazunori Suenaga No. 96 K-tunes Racing 4 3 2 2 1 2 WD WD 106 3 Ukyo Sasahara Shinji Takei No. 9 Bingo Racing 1 1 50 4 Akira Mizutani Yuki Nemoto No. 563 ANR With VSR 3 4 27Guest drivers ineligible to score pointsGT3 — "" Kiyoto Fujinami No. 666 Seven x Seven With KFM 1 3 — — Yusaku Maezawa Naoki Yokomizo No. 555 Maezawa Racing 3 2 —DriverTeamSUGFUJSUZOKAPoints

Silver-Am Cup DriverTeamSUGFUJSUZOKAPointsGT4 1 Takeshi Suehiro No. 38 Wakayama Toyota with Hojust Racing 2 2 3 4 1 1 3 1 153 2 Yuki Fujii Masaki Kano No. 50 YZ Racing 1 3 4 2 2 2 1 3 146 3 Haridarma Manoppo No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia 4 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 143 4 Daiki Fujiwara Yoshimoto Makino No. 82 Sunrise BLVD 3 4 2 1 4 5 5 4 114 5 Toshiyuki Ochiai No. 38 Wakayama Toyota with Hojust Racing 2 2 1 1 3 1 126 6 Seita Nonaka No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia 4 1 3 3 2 2 103 7 Yoshichika Nagai No. 97 K-tunes Racing 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 84 8 Masahiko Kageyama No. 97 K-tunes Racing 5 5 5 5 5 4 62 9 Kazuhisa Urabe No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia 1 3 40 10 Noriyuki Higuchi No. 38 Wakayama Toyota with Hojust Racing 3 4 27 11 Ryohei Sakaguchi No. 16 K-tunes Racing 4 5 22DriverTeamSUGFUJSUZOKAPoints

Am Cup

DriverTeamSUGFUJSUZOKAPointsGT3 1 Tadao Uematsu No. 55 Team MACCHINA 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 5 154 2 Yorikatsu Tsujiko Yusuke Yamasaki No. 7 Comet Racing 2 2 3 2 1 1 4 2 149 3 Atsushi Tanaka No. 360 RunUp Sports 4 3 6 4 3 3 5 4 99 4 Masaaki Nishikawa No. 360 RunUp Sports 4 3 6 WD 3 3 5 4 87 5 "" Shinji Takei No. 9 Bingo Racing 2 3 Ret DSQ 1 1 83 6 Nobuyuki Oyagi Ryuichiro Oyagi No. 81 Team DAISHIN with GTNET Motorsports 5 6 3 3 48 7 Kenji Hama Tatsuya Hoshino No. 47 D'station Racing 3 Ret 4 5 37GT4 1 Kenji Hama Tatsuya Hoshino No. 47 D'station Racing 1 1 1 1 100 2 Takashi Toyoda No. 16 ABSSA Motorsport 1 1 2 2 86 3 Kiwamu Katayama No. 16 ABSSA Motorsport 1 1 50 4 Yasutaka Ando Osamu Kondo No. 64 JBR 1 1 50 5 Yasuto Fukui No. 16 ABSSA Motorsport 2 2 36Guest drivers ineligible to score pointsGT4 — "" Miou Katayama No. 64 JBR 2 2 —DriverTeamSUGFUJSUZOKAPoints

Teams' Championship