Coming up in July is the annual Tokachi 24hr held at Tokachi Speedway near Obihiro, Hokkaido – the northernmost island of Japan. This is Japan’s only 24hr endurance race and this year Nissan is fielding a standard R35 Nissan GT-R sponsored by Nismo, Motul and GTR-World.net among others. Driving the car will be Masami Kageyama, Tetsuya Tanaka and Kazuki Hoshino. The GT-R is entered into the International Production class.
This is an important race for the GT-R to show the world that it has the stamina it takes to compete in endurance events against some serious race cars. Hoping for a class win, good luck guys. The race is held over the 20th – 21st of July 2008.
Update: From Nismo’s press release on this it appears Nismo will be testing a variety of Nismo GT-R tuning parts on the GT-R. We will update when we know exactly what Nismo has in mind.
First seen on the Zele International GT-R the Rays Gram Lights R57GT are now available to buy pre-painted in the high gloss black colour that looks so good on the Zele car. These Black Edition wheels will be available for delivery starting 25th July and come in 20″ x 9.5 +35 offset front and 20″ x 10.5 +15 offset rear.
Prices are 129,000 yen ($1,200 USD) per front and 134,000 ($1,300 USD) per rear wheel. Not many wheels are looking this good on an R35 so far so these are right up there with my top choices. I still love the standard wheel but gotta appreciate this unique look.
GTROC Japan has held a meetup of R35 Nissan GT-R owners on Sunday the 29th. Despite the rainy conditions (again) about thirty R35′s were in attendance. This meetup was primarily for those in the western reaches of Japan and was held in the city of Kobe – most famous worldwide for its quality wagyu beef!
That’s a lot of GT-Rs and you can see how popular the red colour is(n’t)…
Check out the rest of the photos after the jump. Thanks to the GTROC Japan for the photos!
Best Motoring DVD and Option Magazine for August are out now and available online as per usual. Both packing features and articles on the R35 GT-R. You can get these online from Amazon at the links below.
This DVD ships with every new Nissan GT-R in the US region and is a brief overview of the cars features broken down into six parts. Vehicle controls, convenience, special features, safety features, vehicle info and navigation. Chuck from NAGTROC has gotten hold of it early and has uploaded it to Viddler for everyone to watch.
A great way to pass the time between now and your delivery date. Thanks Chuck! Check the link below for parts 2-6 also on Viddler.
