at
Fuji Speedway in 2011 Created in 1990 by Masaaki Bando, Racing Project Bandoh raced in the
All Japan Touring Car Championship from 1987 (as an earlier organization created by Bando until 1990) to 1997 and entered the
Japanese Grand Touring Championship in 1997, competing with a
Nissan Silvia S14 in the GT300 class winning five consecutive podiums. In the team's first year of competition, drivers
Hideo Fukuyama and
Manabu Orido won the GT300 class championship. The next year Bandoh switched to a Toyota Celica, but could not recreate the success of the previous year, taking no podiums with driver Manabu Orido placing second in the drivers' championship. Racing Project Bandoh won the first race of the season at the
Suzuka GT 300, and ended the season with drivers Takahiko Hara and Manabu Orido taking third in the drivers championship. Three points behind the winner,
Morio Nitta. Bandoh would win one race in 2000 at
Sportsland SUGO, and one race in 2001 at
Twin Ring Motegi. 2003 brought more success for the team after changing to a new
Toyota Celica mid-way through the season, taking wins at
Mt. Fuji and
Suzuka and drivers
Takayuki Aoki and
Minoru Tanaka finishing fourth in the championship. Bandoh won one race at
Sportsland SUGO in 2004. It was not until 2007 that Racing Project Bandoh would achieve victory again, winning the fifth round of the season at
Sportsland SUGO. In 2008 the team won the seventh round of the season at
Motegi. The same year Masaaki Bando's son Masataka Bando took over operations of the team after Masaaki Bando was appointed as the chairman of the
Super GT series. The following year in 2009 drivers Manabu Orido and
Tatsuya Kataoka in a
Lexus IS350 took five podiums including one win. As a result, Racing Project Bandoh won both the team and drivers championship by 3 points over
Nobuteru Taniguchi and
Ryo Orime in the GT300 class. In 2011 Racing Project Bandoh moved to the GT500 class competing in a
Lexus SC430 under the name LEXUS TEAM WedsSport BANDOH. In 2015 and 2016 the team fielded both a
Lexus RC F in the GT500 class and a Toyota 86 in the GT300 class in conjunction with UP GARAGE. Racing Project Bandoh has long been associated with the team's main sponsor
WedsSport, a Japanese aftermarket wheel manufacturer. == Results ==