YOKOHAMA, Japan – The fans have spoken, and a Nissan Skyline GT-R R32 has taken a feat in a #NISMOtop20 competition.
The automobile kick out 3 important GT-R machines: a Bathurst 12 Hour, Blancpain GT Series and GT300 championship-winning Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3; a 2003 JGTC championship-winning Nissan Skyline GT-R R34; and a Super GT 2014/15 championship-winning Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500.
Ultimately, it was a R32’s racing extraction and cult-favorite standing that catapulted it to a top.
In prolongation for only 5 years, a Skyline GT-R R32 warranted tip honors in championships and prestigious races on 3 opposite continents. In Europe, a R32 took a altogether feat in a Spa 24 in 1991. And it won a Australian Touring Car Championship for a initial time in 1991 – followed adult with another championship in 1992, holding Bathurst 1000 victories both years.
However, it was in Japanese furloughed cars where a R32 saw arguably a biggest successes. The Nissan Skyline GT-R R32 scored a feat in each Japanese Touring Car Championship foe during a 1990, 1991, 1992 and 1993 seasons, earning championships for a Hasemi and Impul teams along a way.
In further to a racing repertoire, a R32’s standing as a fan favorite was cemented with a inclusion in a Gran Turismo video diversion series.
An fast and forever renouned choice for gamers everywhere and a racing champion, a Nissan Skyline GT-R R32 valid a bravery on a track, on a screen, and in a #NISMOtop20 foe to be named a biggest Nissan NISMO foe automobile of all time.
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Final Results
1. Nissan Skyline GT-R R32
1990 / 92 JTCC Champion, Spa 24 Hours winner, Bathurst winner, Australian Touring Car Championship winner. Gran Turismo favorite.
2. Skyline GT-R R34 2003
Championship leader in Japan with Satoshi Motoyama and Michael Krumm.
3. Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3
Bathurst 12 Hours winner, Blancpain GT Champion, Super GT GT300 champion, Paul Ricard 1000km winner, Pirelli World Challenge foe winner.
4. GT-R NISMO GT500 2014/15
2014 and 2015 Super GT championship-winning automobile with Ronnie Quintarelli and Tsugio Matsuda.
5. Nissan R92CP
Three-time championship leader in a Japanese Prototype championship.
6. Pennzoil Skyline GT-R
All-Japan GT Championship leader 1998.
7. Nissan GT-R Super GT 2008
2008 Super GT Championship leader with Satoshi Motoyama and Benoît Tréluyer.
8. Nissan GT-R NISMO GT1
2011 FIA GT1 World Champion with Michael Krumm and Lucas Luhr.
9. Nissan R390 GT1
Third place for Nissan during a 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1998.
10. Nissan R381 / R382
The winners of a 1968 and 1969 Japan GP.
11. Datsun 510
John Morton’s SCCA Trans-AM 1971 and 1972 champion.
12. Nissan 300ZX
1994 Daytona winner, Sebring winner, category leader during Le Mans.
13. Nissan R90CK
Legendary stick position leader during Le Mans with Mark Blundell behind a wheel.
14. Nissan DPi IMSA 2017
Great entrance deteriorate in 2017 in IMSA competition. Two wins including Petit Le Mans.
15. Nissan R91CP
The leader of a Daytona 24 Hour in 1992.
16. Nissan GTP ZX-Turbo
The mythological 3-time IMSA championship winning automobile of Geoff Brabham.
17. Nissan Primera GT
1999 British Touring Car Champion with Laurent Aïello.
18. Skyline Super Silhouette
Seven wins in Japan 1982 and 1983.
19. Nissan Altima Supercar
Race leader in a rarely rival Supercars array in Australia.
20. Datsun Bluebird 1300SS
1966 East African Safari winner.
ON THIS DAY! Jim Richards wins a final foe for a Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R in a non-championship Adelaide Grand Prix support eventuality in 1992. Get the Skyline R32 GT-R print in emanate #101: https://t.co/gTLVIAzeO6 #VASC pic.twitter.com/pdVQCg7LeV
— V8X (@V8X_Magazine) November 8, 2017
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