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03-13-2005, 06:58 PM | #61 | |
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Re: 500 Horsepower 2001 Nissan Skyline GT-R N1 to Make Speed World Challenge Debut
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Re: Re: 500 Horsepower 2001 Nissan Skyline GT-R N1 to Make Speed World Challenge Debut
Thought I was watching a GT4 replay for a second . But then I remembered, hey this is real! Very cool.
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Re: 500 Horsepower 2001 Nissan Skyline GT-R N1 to Make Speed World Challenge Debut
Congrats, awesome car!
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Re: Re: Re: 500 Horsepower 2001 Nissan Skyline GT-R N1 to Make Speed World Challenge
amazing and thats simply stateing it.....
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Looks to be fighting a push, but certainly good form. No roll, clean in corner transitions, and obviously able to pick up in the throttle after the apex.
Top 15's maybe?
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Re: 500 Horsepower 2001 Nissan Skyline GT-R N1 to Make Speed World Challenge Debut
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My guess top 10 outa 30.
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Re: 500 Horsepower 2001 Nissan Skyline GT-R N1 to Make Speed World Challenge Debut
good luck with that skyline project..thast really sick, its not everyday u find a skyline like that, or one at all lol
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Re: 500 Horsepower 2001 Nissan Skyline GT-R N1 to Make Speed World Challenge Debut
I applaud you for getting into real motorsport. It is nice to see one of these large forum members do something other than these pointless and ridiculous show cars and "street racers." In fact it is the reason I just registered.
Anyway, I've been racing in the SCCA for almost 5 years myself and have driven a decent variety of racecars. My question is what experience have you had racing that you think you will be able to handle a 500hp racecar on some of the most demanding tracks in the world? Testing at Willow on a free test-day is one thing (I've had many races there myself), but being able to safely stay on pace with walls all around you at Infineon or Road Atlanta in the midst of a raging pack of Speed-GT cars with many highly-experienced drivers is another thing. It's very easy to put your car into a wall at places like those and a hard impact in a state-of-the-art Skyline will costs tens-of-thousands to repair. It may have been a better idea to start in a slower racing level...even Speed Touring Car is an extremely fast place for a novice to start. Don't mean to be negative, but I thought I might offer some alternate perspectives. edit: I watched your video...you were on the streets of willow...thing is not really a real track. More like an auto-x course w/out cones. Go on the real track and feel the terror as you go through 8 and 9 with a 500hp car. Again, congratulations and best of luck on your new venture. In re: the PTG question. They definitely will not be participating in Speed GT. They already might have bitten off more than they can chew by fielding 4 cars this year; their 2 classic BMW-Financial cars plus 2 F1 Air sponsored cars. Last year they were dominant so they might have come in a little overly cocky and running all 4 cars and maintaining the same reliability has proven a real problem. Last edited by #98; 03-14-2005 at 05:23 PM. |
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Re: 500 Horsepower 2001 Nissan Skyline GT-R N1 to Make Speed World Challenge Debut
How did you aquire the GTR? With only a handfull left im sure it was a bit of luck.
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I think it's great that a new team is coming to World Challenge and admit that I don't have a clue what it's capable of, but then, I'm not at all sure what to expect from the usual suspects this year. There has been a rules shake up and we haven't seen the results yet. Sebring is going to be an interesting race. Who was the test driver on the Streets? Who is slated to race it next year? C. |
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The GTR is a great car and is very very deadly in the rain (with attesa on) and would knock half of the comp off immediatly.
Based on normal Scca cars like audi's etc. My neighbor Does scca and lmp as well as many other types of racing.
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Top tens seem a little overly optimistic to me, too.
Think about the competition. Stu Hayner and the GMAC Pontiac GTO. Tommy Archer and Bob Woodhouse in Viper Competition Coupes. Leighton Reese in a C6 Corvette. Andy Pilgrim, Max Angelelli, and Mad Max Papis in Cadillac CTS-V's. Phil McClure and David Farmer in Z06 Vettes. Derek Bell and the factory Volvo S60-R. That's ten cars right there and that's not including the plethora of Porsche 911's, Vettes, BMW M3's, and so on that will undoubtedly contest this season. GT is ridiculously competitive and there are several more cars on deck for this season that'll be showing up; the new generation of 911's, new Mustangs, more C6 Corvettes, and so on down the list. If AF can get the R34 into striking distance of the top tier (hence, top fifteen), then it'll be a major accomplishment as a first-year team.
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Re: 500 Horsepower 2001 Nissan Skyline GT-R N1 to Make Speed World Challenge Debut
Igor,
Do you guys need anything?
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placing in the upper tier is very optimistic... those CTS-V's are beasts, not to mention all the other GM cars out there (GTO and Z06).
anyone know if there is going to be a c6 vette competing?
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