500 Horsepower Nissan Skyline GT-R to Make Speed World Challenge Debut - Page 4

malibugtp · #46 03-12-2005, 01:23 AM

where in the west coast is it i wanna see it !!!!!!!!!!!!

Tiger Racing · #47 03-12-2005, 01:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Dreamspawn

Michael Galati without a ride that is suprising. So it looke like the bmw will be the guys to beat this year.

Which team? There weren't any BMWs in GT last year and it doesn't look like anybody will run one in '05 either. I would bet that Cadillac will dig in and get the win this year that they fully expected to walk away with last year.

C.

Dreamspawn · #48 03-12-2005, 01:40 AM

McMillin Motorsports, LTD raced 2 BMW Team PTG prepared car last year didn't they? Also which series was it the Turner motorsports cars ran? I thought that team PTG was going to race this year or is that just a rumor?

igor@af · #49 03-12-2005, 03:57 AM

Turner only raced in Touring if I am not mistaking.

Zwrangler · #50 03-12-2005, 08:37 AM

maaaaaaaaan, all i can say is wow that is one gorgeous piece of mahinery. congrats.

Layla's Keeper · #51 03-12-2005, 05:07 PM

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The uniqueness of the present situation cannot be overstated - this is the opportunity for the GT-R to shine in a series where not a single Japanese vehicle has succeeded and the manufacturers (namely Cadillac, Audi, and Volvo) dump countless millions of dollars into the development of their race program.

Well, I do want to point out this one mistake in the article. Speed World Challenge GT has had a championship winning Japanese car that's currently retired to Honda's Museum. May I present the Realtime Acura NSX as driven by Petey Cunningham. Speed World Challenge GT champion of 1997, second in championship standings in 2000, five wins in 2001 - also second in championship,

http://www.speedarena.com/artman/pub...cle_3727.shtml

igor@af · #52 03-12-2005, 05:27 PM

Thanks for that - appropriately corrected.

Automobile Maniac · #53 03-12-2005, 08:24 PM

Excellant. Now more of my fellow Americans will finally learn about the Skyline GT-R. The best car ever F**k**g made.

Oz · #54 03-12-2005, 11:39 PM

You call that a race car? It doesn't have 20" spinnaz or superlow springs (suitably modified further with pruning shears) or enough stickers or ANYTHING. Pfft.

Tiger Racing · #55 03-13-2005, 01:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Dreamspawn

McMillin Motorsports, LTD raced 2 BMW Team PTG prepared car last year didn't they?

Oh, yeah. They came and went so quickly, with so little buzz, that I forgot all about them. Although that's no excuse because I had a few encounters with them at Sebring that should qualify as memorable. Mostly involving them passing me like I was standing still or not hitting me when I had spun and actually was standing still.

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Also which series was it the Turner motorsports cars ran?

Turner runs multiple BMWs in World Challenge Touring Car. They don't run World Challenge GT, but they do run some cars in the Grand Am Cup series, GS class.

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I thought that team PTG was going to race this year or is that just a rumor?

I certainly haven't heard any rumours to that effect. Care to pass yours along?

C.

SkylineUSA · #56 03-13-2005, 02:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Automobile Maniac

Excellant. Now more of my fellow Americans will finally learn about the Skyline GT-R. The best car ever F**k**g made.

Not for the 1/4

But, yes I agree the best car ever e'ffin made for the money.

icE_x · #57 03-13-2005, 11:00 AM

very sweet

Colov99 · #58 03-13-2005, 02:41 PM

Looks really good. I hope to see it in action some time. Are any of the races at Limerock this year? or ever?

Layla's Keeper · #59 03-13-2005, 03:51 PM

Better question, can moderators get special pit passes or something for their home races? After all, Speed World Challenge is going to be at Burke Lakefront Airport and Mid-Ohio this year and I was planning on being there for both.

In all seriousness, though. I respect you guys for taking on what's going to be a near insurmountable challenge. Except for Realtime's Acura NSX(which was a 1990 pre-production NSX that, in its later life, needed Vortech supercharging to be competitive with the Vettes, Audis, Vipers, and Porsches), there hasn't been a competitive import in the series. Heck, Goldin Racing Bros., the East Coast's brightest rotary gurus, barely got their FD into the field and were complete non-factors.

igor@af · #60 03-13-2005, 04:00 PM

Once we're actually competing in the series beginning in '06, I imagine the pit passes would not be difficult to get ahold of.

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