Nissan Know How! Till VESA get involved (merged x2)

**GTRMagic** · 7 Jan 2009, 03:25 (Ref:2366770)

Come Alive, Come And Drive. Nissan.

And they will... according to AA, Nissan returns to the race tracks of Australia as Safety Car for the V8Supercar championship series

In a GT-R

Nissan Know How!

Matt · 7 Jan 2009, 03:51 (Ref:2366773)

wat.

nic.v814 · 7 Jan 2009, 04:02 (Ref:2366775)

Are you serious a nissan GTR supercar as the safety car?

dazza027 · 7 Jan 2009, 04:04 (Ref:2366776)

Sweet, I was so sick of seeing those boxy yank buckets trundling around.

**GTRMagic** · 7 Jan 2009, 04:06 (Ref:2366778)

Quote:

Originally Posted by nic.v814

Are you serious a nissan GTR supercar as the safety car?

One as Safety Car, another as Course Car, and an X-Trail or Dualis as Medical Car..... according to AA

mspence · 7 Jan 2009, 04:09 (Ref:2366780)

Quote:

Originally Posted by GTRMagic

Come Alive, Come And Drive. Nissan.

And they will... according to AA, Nissan returns to the race tracks of Australia as Safety Car for the V8Supercar championship series

In a GT-R

Nissan Know How!

Now wait for the inevitable 'do you think this could just be their 'toe in the water' to racing involvement?' thread.

5, 4, 3, 2.........

**GTRMagic** · 7 Jan 2009, 04:10 (Ref:2366782)

Quote:

Originally Posted by mspence

Now wait for the inevitable 'do you think this could just be their 'toe in the water' to racing involvement?' thread.

5, 4, 3, 2.........

Now Father Fred has finished with his court case, maybe he can concentrate on getting such a proposal across the line....

dazza027 · 7 Jan 2009, 04:11 (Ref:2366783)

haha Bring back Godzilla, Skaifey can drive that...

nic.v814 · 7 Jan 2009, 04:12 (Ref:2366786)

The drivers better stop hitting the safety car now

rich07 · 7 Jan 2009, 04:57 (Ref:2366796)

Can you imagine when it comes out of pitlane at Bathurst 09 for the first safety period? The air will be full of tinnies, some of those fans who remember 92 will try and get their own back!!

Better yet still, paint it in Winfield livery.......... that'll bring back some happy memories for some people and not so happy memories for others

Seriously though I think its a good move by Nissan, at least it's better then a big boxy 4WD, it fits in with the racers in a way.

nic.v814 · 7 Jan 2009, 05:02 (Ref:2366797)

Quote:

Originally Posted by rich07

Can you imagine when it comes out of pitlane at Bathurst 09 for the first safety period? The air will be full of tinnies, some of those fans who remember 92 will try and get their own back!!

Better yet still, paint it in Winfield livery.......... that'll bring back some happy memories for some people and not so happy memories for others

Seriously though I think its a good move by Nissan, at least it's better then a big boxy 4WD, it fits in with the racers in a way.

I think you forgot you need it to be raining and jim richards driving it

alfacors · 7 Jan 2009, 05:37 (Ref:2366801)

There was a new GTR leading the Group A & C demonstration cars on their outlaps at Oran Park, along with a Winfield R32 GTR on track.......

V8 Fireworks · 7 Jan 2009, 06:41 (Ref:2366816)

Very strange.

Good on Nissan for not holding grudges against CAMS.

Certainly a prettier car than the Chysler, and a classy and quick 'safety' car... more than capable of getting a driver into trouble as much as any racer. Sure beats the Civic hybrid or some such that is the safety car in the IRL...

fredd1 · 7 Jan 2009, 06:50 (Ref:2366820)

Wow. Things are looking up.
Demise of the Yank Tanks a sign of Chryslers times
And a drive for Mark too.

Pro Racer · 7 Jan 2009, 07:49 (Ref:2366829)

are you the driver GTR?????

PhaseIII · 7 Jan 2009, 09:05 (Ref:2366857)

He Wishes !!!

Senna05 · 7 Jan 2009, 12:37 (Ref:2366987)

Considering Nissan claims it is as quick as a Porsche GT3 at the 'Ring, and the V8's are quicker than the GT3 Cup.....Look out! The Safety Car can now actually REALLY win a race, with the fastest lap!

V8 Fireworks · 7 Jan 2009, 13:01 (Ref:2367003)

Don't they claim it is as quick as a GT2 or some such? Surely those semi-slicks would be less than ideal for patrolling the field in monsoonal conditions...

alfacors · 7 Jan 2009, 13:17 (Ref:2367014)

What semi-slicks? It runs on Dunlop or Bridgestone road tyres. They may be softer than your average roadtyre, but nothing approaching the grip of a true semi. It's been one of the problems for GTRs in Tarmac Rallies currently, no semislicks available in that size, so they run the normal roadgoing tyre.

Grimace · 7 Jan 2009, 21:57 (Ref:2367315)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Senna05

Considering Nissan claims it is as quick as a Porsche GT3 at the 'Ring, and the V8's are quicker than the GT3 Cup.....Look out! The Safety Car can now actually REALLY win a race, with the fastest lap!

Now wouldnt that be funny, Jim or Skaifey driving the new pace car ....(all they need is to bolt on a set of semi slicks and....)

Pro Racer · 8 Jan 2009, 03:22 (Ref:2367389)

and when it does win the race Jim can call the booing fans (booing the fact the entertainment veicle won & not the fact a Nissan won) a pack of ********s again,

mspence · 8 Jan 2009, 03:42 (Ref:2367395)

Quote:

Originally Posted by V8 Fireworks

Don't they claim it is as quick as a GT2 or some such? Surely those semi-slicks would be less than ideal for patrolling the field in monsoonal conditions...

The directive from Carlos Ghosn the boss of Nissan/Renault to the design team was that the new car has to beat a 911 Turbo around the Nurburgring.

Apparently it does......

Head Rev · 8 Jan 2009, 04:42 (Ref:2367408)

Quote:

Originally Posted by mspence

The directive from Carlos Ghosn the boss of Nissan/Renault to the design team was that the new car has to beat a 911 Turbo around the Nurburgring.

Apparently it does......

And the Doco that was on Fox the other day proved it was quicker. Fantastic doco on the new GTR and one awesome lap of the Ring that has to be seen to be believed.

Buckshot · 8 Jan 2009, 05:00 (Ref:2367411)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Head Rev

And the Doco that was on Fox the other day proved it was quicker. Fantastic doco on the new GTR and one awesome lap of the Ring that has to be seen to be believed.

Any chance of letting us know what the exact name of that doco was and I'll have a look for it online.

Head Rev · 8 Jan 2009, 05:30 (Ref:2367417)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Buckshot

Any chance of letting us know what the exact name of that doco was and I'll have a look for it online.

'Nissan Skyline GTR' on National Geo Channel, a few weeks ago. Also search utube, a few clips on there as well.

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