All Japan GT Championship Rd.2   May 3-4, 1996
Fuji International Speedway(4.470km) 
Weather Conditions: Overcast, mild

Pos #  Class Drivers                                   Car                 Laps  Time
 1  61 GT500 David Brabham(AUS)    John Nielsen(DK)      Lark McLaren F1 GTR 67    1:45'20.666(170.578km/h)
 2  36 GT500 Masanori Sekiya(J)    Pedro de la Rosa(E)   Castrol Tom's Supra 67         -2.932
 3  39 GT500 Wayne Gardner(AUS)    Alain Ferte(F)        Sard Supra GT       67      -1'02.223
 4  37 GT500 Eric Comas(F)         Hidetoshi Mitsusada(J)Castrol Cerumo Supra66         -1 lap  
 5   1 GT500 Kazuyoshi Hoshino(J)  Masahiko Kageyama(J)  Calsonic Skyline    66         -1 lap
 6   3 GT500 Masahiro Hasemi(J)    Tetsuya Tanaka(J)     UJ Skyline          66         -1 lap
 7  35 GT500 Oscar Larrauri(RA)    Takeshi Tsuchiya(J)   Taisan Porsche GT2  66         -1 lap
 8 100 GT500 Kunimitsu Takahashi(J) Keiichi Tsuchiya(J)  ADVAN BP NSX        66         -1 lap
 9  34 GT500 Hideshi Matsuda(J)    Osamu Nakako(J)       STP Taisan PorscheGT2  65      -2 laps
10  55 GT500 Kenji Tohira(J)       Hiroyuki Kawai(J)     WISE Skyline GTR    65         -2 laps
11  30 GT500 Yoji Yamada(J)        Eiichi Tajima(J)      Sogo Keibi Porsche  65         -2 laps
12  43 GT500 Yukio Okamoto(J)      Yasutaka Hinoi(J)     BMB Mini Juke Porsche 63       -4 laps
13 910 GT300 Seiichi Sodeyama(J)   Naoki Nagasaka(J)     Nine Ten Porsche    63         -4 laps
14  26 GT300 Keiichi Suzuki(J)     Morio Nitta(J)        Taisan Porsche RSR  63         -4 laps
15   6 GT300 Tetsuya Kawasaki(J)   Kazuteru Wakita(J)    imuraya BP MR-2     62         -5 laps
16  72 GT300 Takayuki Kinoshita(J) Norio Makiguchi(J)    WAKO'S BMW M3       61         -6 laps
17   8 GT500 Tom Kristensen(DK)    Tetsuya Tanigawa(J)   FET SPORTS SUPRA    60   -7 laps
18  70 GT300 Yoshimi Ishibashi(J)  Kaoru Hoshino(J)      Gaikokuya Porsche   60         -7 laps
19  51 GT300 Masamitsu Ishihara(J) Hiroyuki Noji(J)      Cobra Porsche       60         -7 laps
20   5 GT500 Kaoru Iida(J)         Tetsuya Ota(J)        Chatrese Porsche GT2 59        -8 laps
21  69 GT500 Kenji Kawagoe(J)      Shunji Kasuya(J)      TCRC Comtech GT2    58         -9 laps
22  31 GT300 Katsunori Iketani(J)  Kazuo Mogi(J)         Caltex Porsche      54        -13 laps
23  15 GT500 Motoji Sekine(J)      Taro Kono(J)          Prova 964 Twin Turbo 53       -14 laps
24  19 GT500 Katsuo Kobayashi(J)   Naohiro Furuya(J)     Jun Trust Skyline   51        -16 laps
25  11 GT300 Hiromoto Ishimori(J)  Masuo Saito(J)        Murauchi Kamei GTS-R 49       -18 laps
26   7 GT300 Shinichi Yamaji(J)    Hisashi Wada(J)       RE Amemiya SuperG RX7 47      -20 laps
DNF
   556 GT500 Toshio Suzuki(J)      Masahiko Kondo(J)     KURE R33            21        -46 laps
    95 GT300 Nobuyuki Oyagi(J)     Tsuneaki Mankumo(J)   Daihin Sylvia       19        -48 laps
     2 GT500 Aguri Suzuki(J)       Hideaki Fukuyama(J)   ZEXEL Skyline       12        -55 laps
    17 GT300 Toshihiko Nogami(J)   Koshimizu Toshiaki(J) Tokagei RX7         12        -55 laps
    25 GT500 Masami Kageyama(J)    Yuji Tachikawa(J)     FEDEX 300ZX-GTS      8        -59 laps
    20 GT300 Kenji Takahashi(J)    Hiroaki Suga(J)       Ai Auto GAB Porsche  8        -59 laps
    14 GT300 Akira Nagai(J)        Takashige Kogayu(J)   Paul Ricard Eimei Mirage 7    -60 laps
    88 GT500 Takao Wada(J)         Satoshi Ikezawa(J)    Tamura Diablo Iota   6        -61 laps
    60 GT500 Naoki Hattori(J)      Ralf Schumacher(D)    Lark McLaren F1 GTR  3        -64 laps
    21 GT300 Fuminori Mizuno(J)    Yasushi Hitotsuyama(J)BP ADVAN N3          3        -64 laps

Fastest Lap  61 David Brabham  1'30.822(177.182 km/h) on Lap 2

Starting from pole, Hattori led the race convincingly until lap 4 when
he suddenly lost control under braking for the first corner, veered off
the track and ended the race in a violent way. Badly shaken although
unhurt, Hattori said the McLaren had a brake trouble. The sister car
driven by David Brabham and John Nielsen inherited the lead and went
all the way to the finish. Without the kind of straightline speed that
McLaren has, all Sekiya and de la Rosa could do was to bring their
Toyota Supra home in the second place. Wayne Gardner and Alain Ferte of
the Sard Supra was much happier than in Suzuka to finish third.

Nissan had a race to forget. Two of the Skylines finished fifth and
sixth respectively, both one lap down, while the other two packed up in
the pits.

Championship Standings:
     GT500 Brabham/Nielsen 35, Sekiya/de la Rosa 23, 
	  Hattori/Schumacher 20,
	  Hasemi/Tanaka 18, Hoshino/Kageyama 13, Gardner/Ferte 12, 
	  Comas/Mitsusada/A.Suzuki/Fukuyama 10, etc.

     GT300 K.Suzuki/Nitta 35, Kawasaki/Wakita/Makiguchi/Kinoshita 22, 
	 Sodeyama/Nagasaka 20, etc.


Next Race:  Sendai, June 29-30