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Subaru Legacy Super GT Racer Shakedown At Fuji Speedway

Wes Siler — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:30:00 EDT

A week ago we brought you the first sketches of the 2010 Subaru Legacy Super GT Racer, now here's HD video of it undergoing shakedown testing at Japan's Fuji Speedway. Man, this thing looks wild. [SpeedHunters]

Subaru Legacy Super GT Racer First Sketches

Ben Wojdyla — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:30:00 EDT

Sketches of the 2010 Subaru Legacy-based racer bound for the Japanese Super GT300 class have been officially revealed, displaying a racy B4 Legacy with about nine inches sectioned out. Looks pretty speedy.

[NihonCar]

Toyota Corolla Axio Super GT300 Unveiled At Tokyo Auto Salon

Ben Wojdyla — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:30:00 EST

Our friends at NihonCar have found one of the coolest unveils to come out of the 2009 Tokyo Auto Salon. It's a Toyota Corolla transformed into a fire-breathing Super GT300 race car.

The car is set to run in the no-holds-barred race series which has evolved from the All-Japan Grand Touring Car Championship, but it's nowhere near stock. The body is chopped down to a sliver and set on top of a full tube frame chassis, race suspension, all motivated by a 295 HP 3.5-liter V6 and a sequential race transmission. The whole package weighs in at a scant 2,425 lbs. More importantly though, The Corolla Axio GT300 might be the first Corolla we'd consider an exciting drive since the 2001 Corolla S.

[via Nihon Car]

Lexus Developing IS-F Racer for Super GT?

Ben Wojdyla — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:30:00 EST

The surface for driving that is always circuitous has some tantalizing racing news for fans of Japans Super GT racing series. It seems the Lexus IS-F Racing concept that showed up at the recent Tokyo Auto Salon was a harbinger of things to come. Lexus is reportedly working on a mid-engined race car based on the IS chassis and engine. The car would be set to run in the fiercely competitive GT300 class for this years Super GT Championships. Lexus better be careful with that kind of craziness or eyebrows will be raising all over the production car world. [WindingRoad.com]

Nissan Shows GT-R GT500 Racecar, Keeps Details to Itself

Mike Spinelli — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:45:00 EST

Nissan's working the whole race-on-Sunday-sell-on-Monday angle with its GT-R — at least in Japan. On the heels of its death on wheels GT500 prototype racer, the company is revealing its new competitor for Japan's Super GT series at the Tokyo Auto Salon. Just as expected by everyone from the Japanese royal family on down to the white-gloved guy who body-checks people onto the Tokyo subway, the new GT-R will replace the current GT500-class competitor — the one based on the Fairlady/350Z. Nissan says it's withholding details about the car and its global motorsports plans until the end of the month. Of course, anyone harboring visions of the GT-R racing in the US should remember Nissan's suspended its North American motorsports activities. Not enough bang for their racing bucks here. For shame. [via World Car Fans]

Nissan Reveals Racing GT-R for Japan's Super GT Championship

Mike Spinelli — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 08:30:03 EST

Amid all the talk on Nissan's Porsche-baiting GT-R hitting pavements this year, Nissan's racing arm NISMO quietly revealed the racetrack model. It's the GT-R NISMO's readying to compete in the racing series formerly known as JGTC; that is, Japan's "Super GT Championship" series, in the top GT500 class. And by reveal, we mean there's nary a stitch of spec information forthcoming. For that, they say, we'll have to wait until February 2008. The GT-R replaces the Fairlady Z (350Z) in competition, which had replaced the Skyline GTR. We're assuming the racing GT-R will have the maximum allowable 500 horsepower, though rumors of an even more sprightly street GT-R continue to fly.

Press Release:

NISSAN GT-R TO DEBUT IN JAPAN'S SUPER GT SERIES

TOKYO (Oct. 25, 2007) - Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., and Nissan Motorsports International Co., Ltd. (NISMO) today announced that the NISSAN GT-R will run in the GT500 class of the SUPER GT series in Japan for the 2008 season. It has been four years since the GT-R last competed in Japan , when it won the Japan GT Championship in 2003 . Private testing is planned to start soon in Japan.

Details including vehicle specifications and team structure will be announced at the Nissan Motorsports Press Conference in February 2008.