1997 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship
The 1997 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship was the fifth season of Japan Automobile Federation GT premiere racing. It was marked as well as the fifteenth season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The GT500 class champion was the #36 Castrol TOM'S Toyota Supra driven by Michael Krumm and Pedro de la Rosa and the GT300 class champion was the #19 Bandoh Racing Nissan Silvia driven by Hideo Fukuyama and Manabu Orido.
The GT500 Drivers' Championship was decided on a tiebreaker for the first and, as of the conclusion of the 2019 season, the only time in JGTC/Super GT history. The duo of De la Rosa and Krumm, and Toyota Team SARD driver Masami Kageyama each scored 67 points, with two victories, and one second place finish. But a third-place finish for De la Rosa and Krumm broke the tie, giving them the championship for the Toyota Castrol Team. With this, De la Rosa became the first driver to win both the GT500 Drivers' Championship, and the Japanese Top Formula Championship in Formula Nippon, in the same calendar year.
Schedule
Season results
| Round | Circuit | GT500 Winning Team | GT300 Winning Team |
| Round | Circuit | GT500 Winning Drivers | GT300 Winning Drivers |
| 1 | Suzuka Circuit | #2 Zexel NISMO GT-R | #19 Racing Project Bandoh Nissan Silvia |
| 1 | Suzuka Circuit |  Aguri Suzuki Érik Comas | Hideo Fukuyama Manabu Orido |
| 2 | Mt. Fuji | #39 Denso Team SARD Toyota Supra | #26 Team Taisan Jr Porsche 964 |
| 2 | Mt. Fuji | Masami Kageyama Tatsuya Tanigawa | Keiichi Suzuki Morio Nitta |
| 3 | Sendai | #36 Castrol TOM'S Toyota Supra | #25 Tsuchiya Engineering Toyota MR-2 |
| 3 | Sendai |  Michael Krumm Pedro de la Rosa | Takeshi Tsuchiya Masaoki Nagashima |
| 4 | Mt. Fuji | #39 Denso Team SARD Toyota Supra | #26 Team Taisan Jr Porsche 964 |
| 4 | Mt. Fuji | Masami Kageyama Tatsuya Tanigawa | Keiichi Suzuki Morio Nitta |
| 5 | Mine Circuit | #36 Castrol TOM'S Toyota Supra | #19 Racing Project Bandoh Nissan Silvia |
| 5 | Mine Circuit | Michael Krumm Pedro de la Rosa | Hideo Fukuyama Manabu Orido |
| 6 | Sportsland SUGO | #5 Team 5Zigen Toyota Supra | #71 Team Sigmatech Porsche 993 |
| 6 | Sportsland SUGO | Eiichi Tajima Marc Goossens | Kaoru Hoshino Masaki Jyonai |
| NC | Twin Ring Motegi | #2 Zexel NISMO GT-R | #27 Ferrari Club Japan Ferrari F355 |
| NC | Twin Ring Motegi | Aguri Suzuki Érik Comas | Tetsuya Ota Anders Olofsson |
| NC | Twin Ring Motegi | #2 Zexel NISMO GT-R | #27 Ferrari Club Japan Ferrari F355 |
| NC | Twin Ring Motegi | Aguri Suzuki Érik Comas | Tetsuya Ota Anders Olofsson |