Archive for February, 2009

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Feb
09

Endless Holden

We saw how Project Mu did this from an earlier post with there Holden from last years BAthurst 12hours. Heres the 2009 edition done by the fine folks who import Endless into Australia. Looks good
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28
Feb
09

old skool rules the mountain

during the Bathurst Motorsport Festival held resently in Australia there was the maint event WPS Bathurst 12Hours. BUt one of they support races was for the Improved Production CHampionship were I found these gems still ripping it up after all these years!
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1973 Toyta Celica ST
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this Levin running a vintage Cummins livery
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these 2 Mazda RX3! and there a lot of FB RX7’s also!
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B110 Datson Sunny?!

28
Feb
09

BMW E92 GT2 fantasy liveries

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28
Feb
09

Goh returns to Le Mans

Le Mans Winning Team Goh Returns with a championhip winning Porsche RS Spyder and Factory support with Sascha Maassen, 39 years-old, who already piloted a RS Sypder last year in Le Mans, will contest the event for the Japanese-based NAVI Team Goh. His team mates are the experienced Seiji Ara (Japan) and youngster Keisuke Kunimoto (Japan). Ara, 34, won the overall classification in Le Mans back in 2004 with the Goh team, whilst the 20-year-old Formula 3 pilot, The team’s Porsche RS Spyder is the winning car from last year that the Japanese outfit obtained from Van Merksteijn Motorsport. With the regulations requiring a substantially smaller air restrictors, the 3.4-litre V8 engine now delivers 440 hp instead of 476. Moreover, the rear wing and the under-body have been modified to conform to the regulation changes. Michelin is the team’s tire partner.
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28
Feb
09

NISMO SuperGT 2009

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No: Entrant: Team Manager: Drivers: Vehicle Name: Tyre Maker:
1 NISMO Yutaka Suzuki Satoshi Motoyama / Benoit Treluyer MOTUL AUTECH GT-R Bridgestone
3 HASEMI MOTOR SPORT Masahiro Hasemi Ronnie Quintarelli / Hironobu Yasuda TBA Michelin
12 TEAM IMPUL Kazuyoshi Hoshino Tsugio Matsuda / Sebastien Philippe IMPUL Calsonic GT-R Bridgestone
24 KONDO RACING Masahiko Kondo João Paulo de Oliveira / Seiji Ara HIS ADVAN KONDO GT-R Yokohama
NOTE that NISNO has dropped one car from there line for this year
Here is they new paint job for the MOLA International Team for this season
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27
Feb
09

Nismo officially enters FIA GT Championship for 2009

they will enter one car run by the Gigawave Team of England in four events over the 2009 season.The car is built to they 2010 FIA GT1 rules.The only other scheduled 2010 spec cars for this season will be they Matech Ford Gt.This lovely machine will br driven by NISMO driver Micheal Krumm and British Driver Darren Turner. Gigawave parent company makes on-board cameras and live timing and scoring support for the FIA GT Championship. They have been competing since 2007 with a Aston Martin DBR9.
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heres their Aston Martin from last year so you get an idea of the potental livery
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25
Feb
09

F20 Suzuka testing

they were back out testing recently at they Suzuka South Circuit.SInce they main Suzuka Grand Prix Circuit was getting work done to it. The Dome entry now sports the same livery as its SuperGT NSX cousin. Side note to this is that Dome and Tokyo R&D Sports entries are running on Volk TE37 Cup wheels! thats cool
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25
Feb
09

Corolla Axio Super GT Testing

APR had two cars out at a recent test at the Fuji Speedway preparing for the upcoming season.Look at the craftsmanship of these cars its amazing
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21
Feb
09

Holden Endurance Station Wagon?

yep thats what it is with a big block V8 in it. Running in the Bathurst 12 Hours running against they evo’s and sti’s I posted below.The Aussies are making some amazing machines they dont car how big or powerful they’ll race anything. Fuckin GM we should of had cars like this then maybe you wouldnt have to fire 40,00 employees. Rant over.
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21
Feb
09

Aussie Endurance Evo’s and STi’s

these cars are prepared for the Bathurst 12 Hours Enduro happening soon. I found these on the Wilson Brothers Racing webpage
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