03-05-2008 AUTOBACS SUPER GT 2008 Season Round 3 Race Update!!!

[ARTA8SIMS]

Round 4 Sepang GT 300KM
Updated on 22-06-2008
Just finished watching the race and the #18 TAKATA Dome NSX came 3rd today. #1 ARTA NSX was so unlucky today, they overtook the #22 GTR and standing on 1st for a lap then they got a drivethrough because they hit the #22 car then they have problems on lap 48 and had to pull into the pit. Oh well, thats racing, anything can happen to the car. Race results will be on as soon as the complete result is out. Review clips @ http://supergt.jp/newsmovie/mov2008/0804move.htm
Let's have a look at the final results.

Race Result:
Round 4 Sepang GT 300KM

1 #24 WOODONE ADVAN Clarion GT-R 1:48'26.947
Drivers: J. P. L. De Oliveira, Seiji Ara

2 #22 MOTUL AUTECH GT-R 0'02.419
Drivers: Michael Krumm, Masataka Yanagida

3 #18 TAKATA DOME NSX 0'15.526 30KG
Drivers: Ryo Michigami, Takashi Kogure

4 #25 ECLIPSE ADVAN SC430 0'23.143
Drivers: Takeshi Tsuchiya, Hiroaki Ishiura

5 #100 RAYBRIG NSX 0'24.314 10KG
Drivers: Yuji Ide, Shinya Hosokawa

6 #17 REAL NSX 0'49.745
Drivers: Katsutomo Kaneishi, Toshihiro Kaneishi

7 #36 PETRONAS TOM'S SC430 1'08.596 60KG
Drivers: Juichi Wakisaka, Andre Lotterer

8 #6 ENEOS SC430 1'08.927
Drivers: Daisuke Ito*, Bjorn Wirdheim

9 #3 YellowHat YMS TOMICA GT-R 1'14.439
Drivers: Ronnie Quintarelli, Naoki Yokomizo

10 #35 Houzan KRAFT SC430 1'21.730
Drivers: Peter Dumbreck, Tatsuya Kataoka

11 #1 ARTA NSX 1'48.216 5KG
Drivers: Ralph Firman*, Takuya Izawa

12 #39 DENSO DUNLOP SARD SC430 1Lap

Drivers: Toranosuke Takagi, Andre Couto

13 #23 XANAVI NISMO GT-R 1Lap 95KG
Drivers: Satoshi Motoyama, Benoit Treluyer

14 #12 CALSONIC IMPUL GT-R 1Lap 10KG
Drivers: Tsugio Matsuda, Sebastien Philippe

GT500 Standard 37 Laps

#32 EPSON NSX 11Laps
Drivers: Loic DUVAL, Katsuyuki Hiranaka

#38 ZENT CERUMO SC430 21Laps 55KG
Drivers: Yuji Tachikawa, Richard Lyons

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Updated on 21-06-2008
Here we are, another round of Super GT. This time is held in Sepang Circuit in Malaysia. Its a 30C hot day today but all the NSX had done a great job out there. All 5 NSXs made it to the top 10. #1 ARTA NSX came 2nd carrying 5kg weight and followed by #17 Real NSX @ 3rd. Big race is on tomorrow and for now lets have a look at the results for the Qualifying and Super Lap.

#1 ARTA NSX

#17 REAL NSX

SUPER Lap Result:
Round 4 Sepang GT 300KM

1 #22 MOTUL AUTECH GT-R 1'55.155
Drivers: Michael Krumm, Masataka Yanagida

2 #1 ARTA NSX 1'55.356 5KG
Drivers: Ralph Firman*, Takuya Izawa

3 #17 REAL NSX 1'55.443
Drivers: Katsutomo Kaneishi, Toshihiro Kaneishi

4 #24 WOODONE ADVAN Clarion GT-R 1'55.513
Drivers: J. P. L. De Oliveira, Seiji Ara

5 #18 TAKATA DOME NSX 1'55.613 30KG
Drivers: Ryo Michigami, Takashi Kogure

6 #32 EPSON NSX 1'56.338
Drivers: Loic DUVAL, Katsuyuki Hiranaka

7 #12 CALSONIC IMPUL GT-R 1'56.416 10KG
Drivers: Tsugio Matsuda, Sebastien Philippe

8 #25 ECLIPSE ADVAN SC430 1'56.458
Drivers: Takeshi Tsuchiya, Hiroaki Ishiura

9 #3 YellowHat YMS TOMICA GT-R 1'56.545
Drivers: Ronnie Quintarelli, Naoki Yokomizo

10 #100 RAYBRIG NSX 1'56.754 10KG
Drivers: Yuji Ide, Shinya Hosokawa

Qualifying Result:
Round 4 Sepang GT 300KM

1 #22 MOTUL AUTECH GT-R 1'55.310
Drivers: Michael Krumm, Masataka Yanagida

2 #1 ARTA NSX 1'55.558 5KG
Drivers: Ralph Firman*, Takuya Izawa

3 #17 REAL NSX 1'55.931
Drivers: Katsutomo Kaneishi, Toshihiro Kaneishi

4 #24 WOODONE ADVAN Clarion GT-R 1'55.975
Drivers: J. P. L. De Oliveira, Seiji Ara

5 #100 RAYBRIG NSX 1'55.994 10KG
Drivers: Yuji Ide, Shinya Hosokawa


6 #18 TAKATA DOME NSX 1'56.087 30KG
Drivers: Ryo Michigami, Takashi Kogure

7 #32 EPSON NSX 1'56.380
Drivers: Loic DUVAL, Katsuyuki Hiranaka

8 #25 ECLIPSE ADVAN SC430 1'56.405
Drivers: Takeshi Tsuchiya, Hiroaki Ishiura

9 #12 CALSONIC IMPUL GT-R 1'56.465 10KG
Drivers: Tsugio Matsuda, Sebastien Philippe

10 #3 YellowHat YMS TOMICA GT-R 1'56.691
Drivers: Ronnie Quintarelli, Naoki Yokomizo

11 #35 Houzan KRAFT SC430 1'57.185
Drivers: Peter Dumbreck, Tatsuya Kataoka

12 #36 PETRONAS TOM'S SC430 1'57.255 60KG
Drivers: Juichi Wakisaka, Andre Lotterer

13 #6 ENEOS SC430 1'57.294
Drivers: Daisuke Ito*, Bjorn Wirdheim

14 #38 ZENT CERUMO SC430 1'57.603 55KG
Drivers: Yuji Tachikawa, Richard Lyons

15 #39 DENSO DUNLOP SARD SC430 1'58.570
Drivers: Toranosuke Takagi, Andre Couto

16 #23 XANAVI NISMO GT-R 1'59.090 95KG
Drivers: Satoshi Motoyama, Benoit Treluyer

[GTRVspec95]

Didn't the entire GT-R field get slapped with a 75kg weight penalty because they where all going too quick ?

[ARTA8SIMS]

I think the #23 Nismo GTR is the only 1 with 75KG. There Yellowhat GTR got nothing onboard and they still not good, same with the Calsonic GTR.

[GTRVspec95]

Had a look on SuperGT.net to see what the go was with the Xanavi NISMO GT-R after it's strong initial start to the year ...

Round 1 - Suzuka
- 1st
- No weight penalties
- http://supergt.net/supergt/2008/0801/0801race.htm

Round 2 - Okayama
- 1st
- 50kg weight penalty
- http://supergt.net/supergt/2008/0802/0802race.htm

Round 3 - Fuji
- 14th
- 115kg weight penalty
- http://supergt.net/supergt/2008/0803/0803race.htm

Round 4 - Malaysia
- 13th
- 95kg weight penalty
- http://supergt.net/supergt/2008/0804/0804race.htm

Round 5 - Sugo
- 14th
- 75kg weight penalty
- http://supergt.net/supergt/2008/0805/0805race.htm

The worst any competing GT500 team has received was a 60kg penalty the PETRONAS TOM'S SC430 was handed in round 4.

The heaviest any NSX team has received was the last round at Sugo with a 50kg penalty; otherwise they've carried only 30kg on average if at all.

I think the weight penalties have gone a bit screwy this year after the initial shock of the GT-R running so well in the first two rounds and the 115kg weight penalty was a knee jerk reaction to this.

[ARTA8SIMS]

Round 5 SUGO GT 300KM
Updated on 27-07-2008
Here we are, the big race update. Good news first, #18 TAKATA DOME NSX came 1st in this round which will give them 20 points this race but they will have a extra 50KG of weight on the car next race. Bad news is #1 ARTA NSX was second until lap 61, crashed straight into the wall and have to pull out. It's very wet today at SUGO and there are few crashes around the place but overall it's a good race. Lets have a look at the highlights and the results for the race.

http://supergt.jp/newsmovie/mov2008/0805move.htm
Race highlights

Race Result:
Round 5 SUGO GT 300KM
1 #18 TAKATA DOME NSX 1:50'12.743 50KG
Drivers: Ryo Michigami, Takashi Kogure

2 #35 Houzan KRAFT SC430 0'19.751
Drivers: Peter Dumbreck, Tatsuya Kataoka

3 #38 ZENT CERUMO SC430 0'30.585
Drivers: Yuji Tachikawa, Richard Lyons

4 #25 ECLIPSE ADVAN SC430 0'41.136 10KG
Drivers: Takeshi Tsuchiya, Hiroaki Ishiura

5 #100 RAYBRIG NSX 1'08.330 10KG
Drivers: Yuji Ide, Shinya Hosokawa

6 #39 DENSO DUNLOP SARD SC430 1'18.817
Drivers: Toranosuke Takagi, Andre Couto

7 #6 ENEOS SC430 1'35.059
Drivers: Akira Iida, Bjorn Wirdheim

8 #24 WOODONE ADVAN Clarion GT-R 1Lap 50KG
Drivers: J. P. L. De Oliveira, Seiji Ara

9 #17 REAL NSX 1Lap
Drivers: Katsutomo Kaneishi, Toshihiro Kaneishi

10 #36 PETRONAS TOM'S SC430 1Lap 50KG
Drivers: Juichi Wakisaka, Andre Lotterer

11 #3 YellowHat YMS TOMICA GT-R 1Lap
Drivers: Ronnie Quintarelli, Naoki Yokomizo

12 #12 CALSONIC IMPUL GT-R 2Laps
Drivers: Tsugio Matsuda, Sebastien Philippe

13 #22 MOTUL AUTECH GT-R 2Laps 40KG
Drivers: Michael Krumm, Masataka Yanagida

14 #23 XANAVI NISMO GT-R 2Laps 75KG
Drivers: Satoshi Motoyama, Benoit Treluyer

15 #1 ARTA NSX 19Laps 5KG
Drivers: Ralph Firman*, Takuya Izawa

Did not meet GT500 standard 56Laps

#32 EPSON NSX 45Laps
Drivers: Loic DUVAL, Katsuyuki Hiranaka

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Round 5 SUGO GT 300KM
Updated on 26-07-2008
Today looks like is another good day for the NSXs. In the Qualifying 4 NSXs are in the top 10 and 3 of them are at the top of the ladder. #18 TAKATA DOME NSX 1st followed by #17 Real NSX 2nd and #1 ARTA NSX 3rd. This looks like it's a good start for the big race tomorrow. Lets have a look at the results for the Qualifying and Super Lap.

#17 Real NSX

#1 ARTA NSX

SUPER Lap Result:
Round 5 SUGO GT 300KM

1 #18 TAKATA DOME NSX 1'16.697 50KG
Drivers: Ryo Michigami, Takashi Kogure

2 #17 REAL NSX 1'17.013
Drivers: Katsutomo Kaneishi, Toshihiro Kaneishi

3 #1 ARTA NSX 1'17.534 5KG
Drivers: Ralph Firman*, Takuya Izawa

4 #25 ECLIPSE ADVAN SC430 1'17.542 10KG
Drivers: Takeshi Tsuchiya, Hiroaki Ishiura

5 #36 PETRONAS TOM'S SC430 1'18.109 50KG
Drivers: Juichi Wakisaka, Andre Lotterer

6 #35 Houzan KRAFT SC430 1'18.315
Drivers: Peter Dumbreck, Tatsuya Kataoka

7 #100 RAYBRIG NSX 1'18.561 10KG
Drivers: Yuji Ide, Shinya Hosokawa

8 #22 MOTUL AUTECH GT-R 1'18.719 40KG
Drivers: Michael Krumm, Masataka Yanagida

9 #39 DENSO DUNLOP SARD SC430 1'19.238
Drivers: Toranosuke Takagi, Andre Couto

10 #23 XANAVI NISMO GT-R 1'20.162 75KG
Drivers: Satoshi Motoyama, Benoit Treluyer

Qualifying Result:
Round 5 SUGO GT 300KM

1 #18 TAKATA DOME NSX 1'16.935 50KG
Drivers: Ryo Michigami, Takashi Kogure

2 #25 ECLIPSE ADVAN SC430 1'16.973 10KG
Drivers: Takeshi Tsuchiya, Hiroaki Ishiura

3 #22 MOTUL AUTECH GT-R 1'16.997 40KG
Drivers: Michael Krumm, Masataka Yanagida

4 #17 REAL NSX 1'17.033
Drivers: Katsutomo Kaneishi, Toshihiro Kaneishi

5 #1 ARTA NSX 1'17.257 5KG
Drivers: Ralph Firman*, Takuya Izawa

6 #36 PETRONAS TOM'S SC430 1'17.258 50KG
Drivers: Juichi Wakisaka, Andre Lottere

7 #100 RAYBRIG NSX 1'17.337 10KG
Drivers: Yuji Ide, Shinya Hosokawa

8 #35 Houzan KRAFT SC430 1'17.365
Drivers: Peter Dumbreck, Tatsuya Kataoka

9 #39 DENSO DUNLOP SARD SC430 1'17.445
Drivers: Toranosuke Takagi, Andre Couto

10 #23 XANAVI NISMO GT-R 1'17.521 75KG
Drivers: Satoshi Motoyama, Benoit Treluyer

11 #6 ENEOS SC430 1'17.693
Drivers: Akira Iida, Bjorn Wirdheim

12 #32 EPSON NSX 1'17.941
Drivers: Loic DUVAL, Katsuyuki Hiranaka

13 #24 WOODONE ADVAN Clarion GT-R 1'18.821 50KG
Drivers: J. P. L. De Oliveira, Seiji Ara

14 #12 CALSONIC IMPUL GT-R 1'19.605
Drivers: Tsugio Matsuda, Sebastien Philippe

15 #3 YellowHat YMS TOMICA GT-R 1'20.483
Drivers: Ronnie Quintarelli, Naoki Yokomizo

Did not meet GT500 standard

#38 ZENT CERUMO SC430
Drivers: Yuji Tachikawa, Richard Lyons

[sendok]

uhmmm.. is there any full video / longer video? I tried to find in utube but found nothing...

EDIT: ahhh i found it on ur other post LOL.. but i wonder it's hard to find on youtube..

[ARTA8SIMS]

Round 6 SUZUKA POKKA 1000KM
Updated on 24-08-2008
It looks like its a hard race for the NSXs today. Only #100 manage to get a 2nd today. Others are all below 11th. Well this is race, anything could happen to the car just like the ARTA NSX. Anyway lets have a look at the final result.

Race Result:
Round 6 SUZUKA POKKA 1000KM

1 #12 CALSONIC IMPUL GT-R 5:56'31.327
Drivers: Tsugio Matsuda, Sebastien Philippe

2 #100 RAYBRIG NSX 0'07.866 10KG
Drivers: Yuji Ide, Shinya Hosokawa, Kosuke Matsuura

3 #36 PETRONAS TOM'S SC430 0'34.598 30KG
Drivers: Juichi Wakisaka, Andre Lottere, Carlo Van Dam

4 #22 MOTUL AUTECH GT-R 0'35.062 20KG
Drivers: Michael Krumm, Masataka Yanagida, Dominik Schwager

5 #3 YellowHat YMS TOMICA GT-R 0'41.833
Drivers: Ronnie Quintarelli, Naoki Yokomizo

6 #6 ENEOS SC430 0'51.810
Drivers: Akira Iida, Bjorn Wirdheim, Roberto Streit

7 #24 WOODONE ADVAN Clarion GT-R 1'24.333 35KG
Drivers: J. P. L. De Oliveira, Seiji Ara

8 #23 XANAVI NISMO GT-R 2'00.744 55KG
Drivers: Satoshi Motoyama, Benoit Treluyer, Fabio Carbone

9 #38 ZENT CERUMO SC430 1Lap 55KG
Drivers: Yuji Tachikawa, Richard Lyons

10 #35 Houzan KRAFT SC430 1Lap 30KG
Drivers: Peter Dumbreck, Tatsuya Kataoka, Shigekazu Wakisaka

11 #32 EPSON NSX 2Laps
Drivers: Loic DUVAL, Katsuyuki Hiranaka

12 #18 TAKATA DOME NSX 4Laps 110KG
Drivers: Ryo Michigami, Takashi Kogure

13 #1 ARTA NSX 6Laps
Drivers: Ralph Firman*, Takuya Izawa

14 #25 ECLIPSE ADVAN SC430 35Laps 20KG
Drivers: Takeshi Tsuchiya, Hiroaki Ishiura

13 #39 DENSO DUNLOP SARD SC430 40Laps
Drivers: Toranosuke Takagi, Andre Couto, Koki Saga

GT500 standard laps 121 not met

#17 REAL NSX 54Laps 5KG
Drivers: Katsutomo Kaneishi, Toshihiro Kaneishi, Koudai Tsukakoshi

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Round 6 SUZUKA POKKA 1000KM
Updated on 24-08-2008
Here we are round 6 back at SUZUKA but this time is the 1000KM race. The Super lap was canceled due to bad weather, but it's good to see that 4 NSX made it to the top 10 in qualifying and amazingly the #18 TAKATA DOME NSX manage to get a 10th with 110KG onboard. They've manage to get ahead of 2 GTR that are carrying way less weight than they are. Hope that they all can do well tomorrow. Lets have a look at the results for the Qualifying.

Super Lap Result:
Round 6 SUZUKA POKKA 1000KM

Canceled

Qualifying Result:
Round 6 SUZUKA POKKA 1000KM

1 #100 RAYBRIG NSX 2'07.474 10KG
Drivers: Yuji Ide, Shinya Hosokawa, Kosuke Matsuura

2 #22 MOTUL AUTECH GT-R 2'07.753 20KG
Drivers: Michael Krumm, Masataka Yanagida, Dominik Schwager

3 #17 REAL NSX 2'08.421 5KG
Drivers: Katsutomo Kaneishi, Toshihiro Kaneishi, Koudai Tsukakoshi

4 #1 ARTA NSX 2'08.457
Drivers: Ralph Firman*, Takuya Izawa

5 #12 CALSONIC IMPUL GT-R 2'08.706
Drivers: Tsugio Matsuda, Sebastien Philippe

6 #36 PETRONAS TOM'S SC430 2'08.755 30KG
Drivers: Juichi Wakisaka, Andre Lottere, Carlo Van Dam

7 #35 Houzan KRAFT SC430 2'08.917 30KG
Drivers: Peter Dumbreck, Tatsuya Kataoka, Shigekazu Wakisaka

8 #23 XANAVI NISMO GT-R 2'08.984 55KG
Drivers: Satoshi Motoyama, Benoit Treluyer, Fabio Carbone

9 #6 ENEOS SC430 2'09.046
Drivers: Akira Iida, Bjorn Wirdheim, Roberto Streit

10 #18 TAKATA DOME NSX 2'09.112 110KG
Drivers: Ryo Michigami, Takashi Kogure

11 #38 ZENT CERUMO SC430 2'09.144 55KG
Drivers: Yuji Tachikawa, Richard Lyons

12 #32 EPSON NSX 2'10.241
Drivers: Loic DUVAL, Katsuyuki Hiranaka

13 #39 DENSO DUNLOP SARD SC430 2'10.359
Drivers: Toranosuke Takagi, Andre Couto, Koki Saga

14 #24 WOODONE ADVAN Clarion GT-R 2'11.514 35KG
Drivers: J. P. L. De Oliveira, Seiji Ara

15 #25 ECLIPSE ADVAN SC430 2'11.961 20KG
Drivers: Takeshi Tsuchiya, Hiroaki Ishiura

16 #3 YellowHat YMS TOMICA GT-R 2'12.058
Drivers: Ronnie Quintarelli, Naoki Yokomizo

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[CKEY]

i think i just orgasmed over that new gt500

[CKEY]

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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

can someone please post a picture of this particular NSX without the japanese writing or send them to barghtea@hotmail.com

i simply MUST MAKE A BIG POSTER OF IT FOR MY ROOM!!!

please do it!!!

[ARTA8SIMS]

I can tell you its not easy to find, because its from a magazine.

Video updated today.

[CKEY]

you are so right, i've been hunting and nothing. do you know what magazine? maybe they can release it to me for a small price

[ARTA8SIMS]

Sorry man, I got that off a Japanese website (I can't read japanese) I don't even understand what they are on about, but from the look of that picture Im 100% sure thats a scanned image from a magazine. Sorry I couldn't help you.