While the first track appearance of the all-new Nissan GT-R in Australia may be as ‘nothing more’ than the safety car for the V8 Supercars, a proper race-spec GT-R has eaten up the competition in the opening round of the 2009 SuperGT GT500 series in Japan.

Starting at third place on the grid, Joao Paolo de [...]

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According to a Nissan press release, the R35 GT-R will begin appearing in the FIA-GT1 racing category this year rather than in 2010, as was previously rumoured.

A NISMO-developed GT-R will attend four events this year as a non-competitive entry to test and fine-tune the platform. Nissan will then partner with Gigawave MotorSport and GT500 drivers [...]

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The Australian Racing Drivers Club has today announced that massive works would be undertaken in its plan to turn Eastern Creek Raceway into a world class venue, to ensure Eastern Creek’s viability into the future as a venue of choice for international racing events.

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Nissan’s R35 GT-R has been an impressive bit of kit in just about every application, be it on the road or on the track. Just as we reported around this time back in March, the GT-R’s motherland is home to the popular SuperGT series, showcasing heavily modified race-going versions of all the Japanese hero [...]

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With Nissan confirming that a team of GT-R’s will be competing at next years Super GT GT500 race series in Japan, we thought this would be a good time to show you what the GT-R will be up against in Japan’s Super GT.

Lexus SC430 GT500. A front mounted V8 engine that was used in [...]

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