The third round of the season on Sunday was red-flagged and not resumed following the horror crash involving Nissan driver Tsugio Matsuda and the JLOC Lamborghini of Kosuke Matsuura at 130R on lap 59 of 77.
At the time of the stoppage, the only car in the GT500 field that had not completed both of its mandatory refuelling stops was the NISMO-run #3 NDDP Racing Nissan of Katsumasa Chiyo and Mitsunori Takaboshi, which was provisionally declared the winner.
