Wedsport IS350 wraps up 2009 GT300 championship
11-10-09, 01:05 AM
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Wedsport IS350 wraps up 2009 GT300 championship
In the early stages of the race it had trailed the No. 7 M7 MUTIARA MOTORS AMEMIYA SGC 7 but a no-tire-change pit strategy saved valuable time. Although second-stint driver Kataoka would suffer from lack of grip in the closing stages of the race, he was able to hold off the charge of the No. 11 JIMGAINER ADVAN F430 (Tetsuya Tanaka/Katsuyuki Hiranaka).
These results gave the Driver Championship title to the No. 19 WedsSport IS350 drivers Manabu Orido and Tatsuya Kataoka) along with the Team Championship title.
These results gave the Driver Championship title to the No. 19 WedsSport IS350 drivers Manabu Orido and Tatsuya Kataoka) along with the Team Championship title.
And the SC walks away with the GT500 title for the 2nd consecutive year and the 3rd time in 4 seasons since it's debut.
Although they missed the win today, the points for this finish and the fact that the ranking leader going into today’s race, the No. 1 MOTUL AUTECH GT-R (Satoshi Motoyama/Benoit Treluyer), ended in a no-pointer, lifted Wakisaka and Lotterer to the top of the season ranking and the 2009 Driver’s title. This result also gave PETRONAS TOM'S the Team’s title. This is the second title for Wakisaka and Lotterer, who were also the Driver Champions in 2006. For LEXUS TEAM PETRONAS TOM'S, this is their second consecutive team title.
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11-10-09, 12:56 PM
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What!? what's Honda gonna race with then? I love the fact that the NSX have been in JGTC since like 95 or something when it began? And still going at it, same goes for Supra that both of its production ended long ago but racing still stayed the same.
I love JGTC, WRC, DTM and BTCC (late 90s when all car manufacturer's at it) aswell, just that no TV's gonna bring them over here, they just know Nascar etc...
I love JGTC, WRC, DTM and BTCC (late 90s when all car manufacturer's at it) aswell, just that no TV's gonna bring them over here, they just know Nascar etc...
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11-10-09, 01:25 PM
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What!? what's Honda gonna race with then? I love the fact that the NSX have been in JGTC since like 95 or something when it began? And still going at it, same goes for Supra that both of its production ended long ago but racing still stayed the same.
I love JGTC, WRC, DTM and BTCC (late 90s when all car manufacturer's at it) aswell, just that no TV's gonna bring them over here, they just know Nascar etc...
I love JGTC, WRC, DTM and BTCC (late 90s when all car manufacturer's at it) aswell, just that no TV's gonna bring them over here, they just know Nascar etc...
http://www.0-60mag.com/online/?p=20103
Sayonara, NSX
Done and done, the Honda NSX-GT gets pulled out of Super GT racing after a 13 years of racing.
Pour some Sapporo out on the kerbing. The NSX-GT is no longer racing. Unfortunately, it’s hard for us to get that sentimental about Honda’s NSX’s demise in motorsport because the JGTC/Super GT series was so inaccessible for us Americans. Yeah, they raced at Long Beach not too long ago, but lack of SpeedTV coverage (surprised?) and very little online buzz about the series make it invisible over here.
That said, the race tuned NSX-GT had a pretty good run, even though the only similarities between it and the road going car was the body shell.
Honda’s press blast translated from Japanese with Google Translate:
SUPER GT NSX-GT series about to end war in
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. The Association is in charge of GT, SUPER GT Series GT500 NSX-GT class to race in the November 7, 2007 (Sat) - 8 (Sun) in the Twin Ring Motegi (Haga-gun, Tochigi Prefecture ) Series final to be held in “2009 AUTOBACS SUPER GT ninth round MOTEGI GT 250km RACE” as of a decision to terminate.
In addition, Honda is SUPER GT 2010 Series GT500 years and plans to race to class, race car for next season is about to announce the details later.
NSX-GT, the 1997 All Japan GT Championship years (JGTC) since its debut in the second round at Fuji Speedway, 13-year career with 105 against ? fought. NSX-GT is a unique advantage Middoshippureiauto excellent maneuverability, and the pole 49 times, 36 times with a win in 2000 and 2007 years, the driver, and a brilliant team to win the double title left a record of the machine.
? JGTC GT500 and results in a total of SUPER GT (Source: The Association Ltd. GT)
The Twin Link Gide’s other final NSX-GT to the final event, Oct. 24 (Sat.) to 25 (Sunday) will be held at the Suzuka Circuit “Enjoy Honda SUZUKA 2009″ in, “Honda Racing Special “as a demonstration that is scheduled to run.
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What!? what's Honda gonna race with then? I love the fact that the NSX have been in JGTC since like 95 or something when it began? And still going at it, same goes for Supra that both of its production ended long ago but racing still stayed the same.
I love JGTC, WRC, DTM and BTCC (late 90s when all car manufacturer's at it) aswell, just that no TV's gonna bring them over here, they just know Nascar etc...
I love JGTC, WRC, DTM and BTCC (late 90s when all car manufacturer's at it) aswell, just that no TV's gonna bring them over here, they just know Nascar etc...
Well done Lexus!
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Thread title should be changed to "Lexus wins Super GT championship" 
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Yes the NSX is retired, and IMHO good riddance. There is NO POINT racing a car that has been out-of-production for years. Honda says they will have another machine to race, but I really can't figure out what that would be.
.Yes the NSX is retired, and IMHO good riddance. There is NO POINT racing a car that has been out-of-production for years. Honda says they will have another machine to race, but I really can't figure out what that would be.
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