08-11-2008 AUTOBACS SUPER GT 2008 Season Round 8 Race Update!!!
	
	
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This will be keep updating until the END of the 2008 SUPER GT Season.
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SUPER GT is a Japanese racing series. May be your guys don't know but the #8 ARTA NSX driven by Daisuke Ito and Ralph Firman had won the title of last year's season in GT500 Class. This year Honda will run 5 teams from last year again. They are--
http://www.honda.co.jp/SuperGT/race2...ges/rd07_b.jpg
#1 ARTA NSX
http://www.honda.co.jp/SuperGT/race2...ges/rd03_b.jpg
#17 REAL NSX
http://www.honda.co.jp/SuperGT/race2...ges/rd02_b.jpg
#18 TAKATA DOME NSX
http://www.honda.co.jp/SuperGT/race2...ges/rd05_b.jpg
#32 EPSON NSX
http://www.honda.co.jp/SuperGT/race2...ges/rd06_b.jpg
#100 RAYBRIG NSX
Engine Model: C32B
Engine Type: Water-cooled V6 NA (Longitudial-mounted)
Displacement: 3494cc
Power: 500hp
Base Model: Honda NSX
Model Type: NA2
Length × Width    4610mm x 2000mm
Weight: Over 1100kg
Wheelbase: 2530mm
Track (F/R): 1690mm/1685mm
Transmission: HEWLAND 6speed sequential
Clutch: AP C/C 5.5"4 plate
The other 2 model in GT500 class are the new Nissan GTR and Lexus SC430
http://supergt.net/supergt/2008/0801...01r1vimg04.jpg
No.22 MOTUL AUTECH GT-R
http://supergt.net/supergt/2008/0801...01r1vimg05.jpg
No.36 PETRONAS TOM'S SC430
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The very best overtaking in SUPER GT EVER! HAVE TO SEE THIS!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpynkwU5TpQ&eurl=http://rs8000.com/viewthread.php?tid=35134&extra=page%3D1
2007 Round 5 @SUGO GT 300KM (WET) ARTA NSX vs TAKATA DOME NSX vs Houzan Tom's SC430
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Updated on 12-11-2008
2008 Super GT Point Ranking
1 #36 PETRONAS TOYOTA TEAM TOM'S @94
2 #38 TOYOTA TEAM CERUMO @93
3 #23 NISMO @86
4 #12 Team IMPUL @78
5 #18 DOME RACING TEAM @75
6 #22 NISMO @69
7 #35 houzan TOYOTA TEAM KRAFT @68
8 #6 ENEOS TOYOTA Team LeMans @54
9 #100 TEAM KUNIMITSU @60
10 #32 NAKAJIMA RACING @60
11 #24 KONDO RACING @56
12 #1 AUTOBACS RACING TEAM AGURI @54
13#3 HASEMI MOTOR SPORT @53
14 #25 TOYOTA TEAM TSUCHIYA @44
15 #17 REAL RACING with LEON @30
16#39 TOYOTA TEAM SARD @29
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Round 9 FUJI GT 300KM
Updated on 09-11-2008
Thats it, the end of the 2008 series and guess what, the series title title was taken by the #23 XANAVI NISMO GT-R, Satoshi Motoyama and Benoit Treluyer. Well, I got nothing to say now I guess we'll have to see whats Honda's plan for next year. Lets go stright to the race results.
RACE Result:
Round 9 FUJI GT 300KM
1   #12    CALSONIC IMPUL GT-R      1:57'09.624	10KG		  
Drivers: Tsugio Matsuda, Sebastien Philippe
2   #38	ZENT CERUMO SC430		00'12.270		25KG	
Drivers: Yuji Tachikawa, Richard Lyons
3	#6	ENEOS SC430		00'13.927	  10KG	
Drivers: Daisuke Ito*, Bjorn Wirdheim
4	#32	EPSON NSX	  00'41.177		30KG		
Drivers: Loic DUVAL, Katsuyuki Hiranaka
5 #39	DENSO DUNLOP SARD SC430	00'42.915	
Drivers: Toranosuke Takagi, Andre Couto
6	#35	Houzan KRAFT SC430	00'58.891
Drivers: Peter Dumbreck, Tatsuya Kataoka
7    #36    PETRONAS TOM'S SC430   01'47.061	   55KG	
Drivers: Juichi Wakisaka, Andre Lottere
8	#25	ECLIPSE ADVAN SC430	 1Lap	
Drivers: Takeshi Tsuchiya, Hiroaki Ishiura
9   #23    XANAVI NISMO GT-R        1Lap	 	80KG
Drivers: Satoshi Motoyama, Benoit Treluyer
10	#17	REAL NSX	1Lap	
Drivers: Katsutomo Kaneishi, Toshihiro Kaneishi
11 #22    MOTUL AUTECH GT-R  1Lap	25KG
Drivers: Michael Krumm, Masataka Yanagida
12 #1	ARTA NSX	1Lap	    60KG
Drivers: Ralph Firman*, Takuya Izawa
13	#3	YellowHat YMS TOMICA GT-R 	2Laps	 55KG
Drivers: Ronnie Quintarelli, Naoki Yokomizo
14    #18	TAKATA DOME NSX     2Laps   65KG
Drivers: Ryo Michigami, Takashi Kogure
15	#24	WOODONE ADVAN Clarion GT-R   20Laps
Drivers: J. P. L. De Oliveira, Seiji Ara
Laps standard not met
#100	RAYBRIG NSX	49Laps
Drivers: Yuji Ide, Shinya Hosokawa
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Round 9 FUJI GT 300KM
Updated on 08-11-2008
The weather at Fuji is not very good today, it rain all day long but it is good to see that all 5 NSXs have made it to the top 10 SUPER LAP. This round is the last round of the series and the our lst hope are #18 TAKATA NSX or #100 RAYBRIG NSX. #18 TAKATA NSX still have 65KG onboard and it doesn't look like they have a good time today. Lets hope they can win tomorrow and get the race title for NSX for 2 years stright. Here are the Qualifying and SUPER LAP results.
http://supergt.net/supergt/2008/0809...09q2vimg02.jpg
#1 ARTA NSX
SUPER LAP Result:
Round 9 FUJI GT 300KM
1	#17	REAL NSX	1'42.661
Drivers: Katsutomo Kaneishi, Toshihiro Kaneishi
2	#24	WOODONE ADVAN Clarion GT-R   1'42.883	
Drivers: J. P. L. De Oliveira, Seiji Ara
3 #1	ARTA NSX	1'42.932	    60KG
Drivers: Ralph Firman*, Takuya Izawa
4	#25	ECLIPSE ADVAN SC430	 1'43.280	
Drivers: Takeshi Tsuchiya, Hiroaki Ishiura
5	#100	RAYBRIG NSX	1'43.563		10KG
Drivers: Yuji Ide, Shinya Hosokawa
6	#35	Houzan KRAFT SC430	1'43.585	
Drivers: Peter Dumbreck, Tatsuya Kataoka
7    #18	TAKATA DOME NSX     1'43.602	   65KG
Drivers: Ryo Michigami, Takashi Kogure
8    #36    PETRONAS TOM'S SC430   1'44.216	   55KG	
Drivers: Juichi Wakisaka, Andre Lottere
9   #23    XANAVI NISMO GT-R        1'44.398 	80KG
Drivers: Satoshi Motoyama, Benoit Treluyer
10	#32	EPSON NSX	 1'45.008		30KG		
Drivers: Loic DUVAL, Katsuyuki Hiranaka
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Qualifying Result:
Round 9 FUJI GT 300KM
1	#24	WOODONE ADVAN Clarion GT-R   1'45.191
Drivers: J. P. L. De Oliveira, Seiji Ara
2	#32	EPSON NSX	  1'45.305		30KG		
Drivers: Loic DUVAL, Katsuyuki Hiranaka
3	#35	Houzan KRAFT SC430	1'45.526	
Drivers: Peter Dumbreck, Tatsuya Kataoka
4	#100	RAYBRIG NSX	1'45.797		10KG
Drivers: Yuji Ide, Shinya Hosokawa
5    #36    PETRONAS TOM'S SC430   1'45.798		   55KG	
Drivers: Juichi Wakisaka, Andre Lottere
6	#25	ECLIPSE ADVAN SC430	 1'45.858	
Drivers: Takeshi Tsuchiya, Hiroaki Ishiura
7    #18	TAKATA DOME NSX     1'45.958	   65KG
Drivers: Ryo Michigami, Takashi Kogure
8   #23    XANAVI NISMO GT-R        1'45.964 	80KG
Drivers: Satoshi Motoyama, Benoit Treluyer
9 #1	ARTA NSX	1'45.970	    60KG
Drivers: Ralph Firman*, Takuya Izawa
10	#17	REAL NSX	1'45.998	
Drivers: Katsutomo Kaneishi, Toshihiro Kaneishi
11	#6	ENEOS SC430		1'46.102  10KG	
Drivers: Daisuke Ito*, Bjorn Wirdheim
12   #12    CALSONIC IMPUL GT-R      1'46.120	10KG		  
Drivers: Tsugio Matsuda, Sebastien Philippe
13 #22    MOTUL AUTECH GT-R  1'46.289	25KG
Drivers: Michael Krumm, Masataka Yanagida
14 #39	DENSO DUNLOP SARD SC430	1'46.655	
Drivers: Toranosuke Takagi, Andre Couto
15   #38	ZENT CERUMO SC430		1'46.879		25KG	
Drivers: Yuji Tachikawa, Richard Lyons
16	#3	YellowHat YMS TOMICA GT-R 	1'47.097	 55KG
Drivers: Ronnie Quintarelli, Naoki Yokomizo
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2008 SCHEDULE
Round 1 ( Race Distance : 300km )
@Suzuka Circuit
Qualifying: Mar.15
Race: Mar.16
Round 2 ( Race Distance : 300km )
@Okayama International Circuit
Qualifying: Apr.12
Race: Apr.13
Round 3 ( Race Distance : 500km )
@Fuji Speedway
Qualifying: May.3
Race: May.4
Round 4 ( Race Distance : 300km )
@Sepang Circuit (Malaysia)
Qualifying: Jun.21
Race: Jun.22
Round 5 ( Race Distance : 300km )
@Sportsland SUGO
Qualifying: Jul.26
Race: Jul.27
Round 6 ( Race Distance : 1000km )
@Suzuka Circuit
Qualifying: Aug.23
Race: Aug.24
Round 7 ( Race Distance : 300km )
@Twin Ring Motegi
Qualifying: Sep.13
Race: Sep.14
Round 8 ( Race Distance : 300km )
@Autopolis
Qualifying: Oct.18
Race: Oct.19
Round 9 ( Race Distance : 300km )
@Fuji Speedway
Qualifying: Nov.8
Race: Nov.9
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The new 2008 NSX GT500 test car is going FR with the 3.4L V8. Front engine head 2 head with the GTR:eek:
http://image.blog.livedoor.jp/lemond...5/f56f874c.jpg
http://image.blog.livedoor.jp/lemond...8/b827b332.jpg
I got some new information about the engine. It is the HF386E.
http://response.jp/issue/2006/0221/a...ges/108927.jpg
Updated on 25-07-2008
On 18-07-2008, last year's Super GT champion driver (#8 ARTA NSX) Ito Daisuke was involved in a serious car crash when filming the new Hot Version Vol.94. From what I read in some japanese sites, the car that was wreaked was a R35 GTR. He'll miss out on Round 5 and 6 of the SUPER GT, Akira Iida will be replacing him for the 2 races. Some translated site are below.
http://translate.google.com/translat...isuke-ito.com/
http://translate.google.com/translat...F8&sl=ja&tl=en
Lets hope he get better soon.
"Racing news will be updated anytime!!!!"
Next Race Update @ Nov.9
Race Review @ http://supergt.net/en/
Link to the video highlights of each round http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthread.php?t=95009
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