The SUPER GT in Kyushu 300 km, Round 8 of the 2006 AUTOBACS SUPER GT, took place at the Autopolis (one lap 4.674 km) in Oita Pref. on October 14, and in the GT500 class the No. 23 XANAVI NISMO Z driven by Satoshi Motoyama and Tsugio Matsuda won their first victory of the season in the GT500 class. In the GT300 class, the No. 2 Privée Zurich Shiden driven by Kazuho Takahashi and Hiroki Katoh won their long-awaited first GT300 victory

The MOTEGI GT300km race, Round 7 of the 2006 AUTOBACS SUPER GT, took place at Twin Ring Motegi (one lap 4.801 km) in Tochigi Pref. on September 10, and the No.100 RAYBRIG NSX driven by Sebastien Philippe and Shinya Hosokawa raced to their first victory of the season in the GT500 class. In the GT300 class, the No.11 JIM CENTER FERRARI DUNLOP (Tetsuya Tanaka and Takayuki Aoki) claimed the class victory.

Round 6 of the 2006 AUTOBACS SUPER GT series, the 35th International Pokka 1000km race, was held at the Suzuka Circuit (Mie Pref.) on August 20, and scoring their first win of the season were the No.12 CALSONIC IMPUL Z team (drivers Benoit Treluyer, Jeremie Dufour and Kazuki Hoshino). In the GT300 class, the Proľ TAIYO OIL KUMHO CELICA team (drivers Hironori Takeuchi, Koki Saga and Keita Sawa) also won their first GT victory of the season.

The SUGO GT 300km Race, round 5 of the AUTOBACS SUPER GT series, took place on July 23 at Sportsland SUGO (Miyagi Prefecture). In the GT500 class No. 1 ZENT CERUMO SC (drivers: Yuji Tachikawa, Toranosuke Takagi) ran from the pole position to the win. In the GT300 class No. 46 Kiccho houzan DIREZZA Z (drivers Kota Sasaki, Taku Bamba) won one of the closest finishes in GT history.

The JAPAN GT CHAMPIONSHIP MALAYSIA, Round 4 of the 2006 AUTOBACS SUPER GT series was held on June 25 at the Sepang International Circuit. Despite the thin cloud cover, the temperature rose higher than Saturday. Before the start of the race it had reached 33 C. with a track temperature of 44 C. During the race the clouds cleared and the temperature rose further, making for tough conditions on the track.

The FUJI GT500km (4.563km/~110 laps) race, the third round of the 2006 AUTOBACS SUPER GT series, was held on May 4 at Fuji Speedway (Shizuoka Pref.). The winner in the GT500 class was the No. 35 BANDAI DIREZZA SC430 (Naoki Hattori and Peter Dumbreck). In the GT300 class, the No. 62 WILLCOM ADVAN VEMAC 408R (Shinsuke Shibahara and Hiroyuki Yagi) came from a 4th place in the qualifying to win the final.

In the second round of the 2006 AUTOBACS SUPER GT series, the OKAYAMA GT300km held on April 9 at the Okayama International Circuit (3.703km), the TAKATA Dome NSX driven by Ryo Michigami and Takashi Kogure scored a decisive runaway victory.
In the GT300 class, the win went to the direxiv ADVAN 320R driven by Shogo Mitsuyama and Nobuteru Taniguchi. It was the team's first GT win.

While the sky was not threatening when the race started at 14:30, a cold wind had been blowing since morning and grew consistently stronger in the afternoon. As the machines took to the track for the formation lap, feelings were uneasy about the unstable weather front, and the clouds drifting through occasionally dropped rain mixed with snow. The engine of the No.2 car of Privee Zurich/Apple Shiden, 6th on the grid in the GT300 class, failed to start for the formation lap and had to start from the pit.
Ford GT arrived Friday, but machine could not be completed before qualifying, ending chances to run on the weekend.

February 8: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. Tokyo headquarters: Nissan announced today their motorsport plans for fiscal 2006. A total of five Z33-type Fairlady Z (350Z) cars will contest the GT500 class in SUPER GT this season, with a further four privately-entered cars from three teams taking on the GT300 class.