Nissan: VIDEO: Ride on-board an R381 ‘Monster Bird’ and an R92CP at 1000hp at NISMO Festival

OYAMA, Japan – In December 2016, Nissan celebrated another successful motorsports season by saying thanks to the Nissan/NISMO fans – both in Japan and across the world – at NISMO Festival at Fuji Speedway in Japan. More than 30,000 fans attended the event, which brought together the stars and cars of Nissan’s past and present motorsport activities from around the world.

Here, we offer a few videos from the day. Ride in the classic 1968 Japan GP winning “Monster Bird,” the Nissan R381; see what it’s like to be inside a classic group C car at over 1000hp; and hop on a bus – on the track – alongside Nissan GT500, GT3 and GT cars at full speed.

Nissan R381 ‘Monster Bird'(1968)
Jump in the classic 1968 Japan GP winning “Monster Bird,” the Nissan R381 around Fuji. Powered by a 5.5-liter V8 engine, this car had innovative “aero stabilizers” – a rear wing that moved in two parts independently.

 

The R92CP at 1000hp
Find out what it’s like to ride inside a classic group C car at over 1000hp, and then Jann Mardenborough tells us what it was like to drive the 1992 Japan Sports Prototype championship winning car when a mechanical issue gave the car over three bar of boost and over 1000hp.

 

World’s Craziest Bus Ride: “Circuit Safari”
Only in Japan will you find the best journey in the world: the Circuit Safari. A standard bus shares a racetrack with GT500, GT3 and GT cars while they travel at full speed.

 

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