GT300 Is The Coolest Racing Series You're Probably Not Watching

"Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)" (bman76-4)
05/20/2018 at 17:36 • Filed to: None

Take for example the below Toyota 86 and Subaru BRZ. Similar looking cars with almost no similarities under the skin.

That 86 is a mother chassis car, carbon fiber tub with front and rear tube subframes. Link to an excellent article on its development:

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Meanwhile, the BRZ is built from a production chassis powered by a WRC derived EJ20. To compensate for the production derived chassis the BRZ is allowed somewhat unlimited aero development.

What I didn’t say about the 86? It’s powered by a ~500hp Nissan VK45DE, because that makes perfect sense right?

Not crazy enough for you? Here’s a GT300 Prius:

The GT300 Prius uses the hybrid components from a regular production car... paired with the 3.4L V8 from the Toyota LMP1 car. Unfortunately it’s on its way out.

Also on the “Mother Chassis” are this Evora and Toyota Mark X:

Added to the mix are the full mix of global GT3 cars:

Here’s the replay from the 300km of Suzuka, NISMO has great live coverage available on YouTube, posts full replays of every race after they end, and has a back catalog going back several years.

It’s just damn good racing with a diverse field, and GT500 cars blasting through the field at near LMP1 speeds.

DISCUSSION (10)

punkgoose17 > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)
05/20/2018 at 17:57

I think I’ll try watching this in the background at work.

Matt Nichelson > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)
05/20/2018 at 19:15

Watched some of this live last night when I couldn’t sleep. Did not realize Jenson Button was racing in Super GT now.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > Matt Nichelson
05/20/2018 at 19:17

Yep, Benson Jutton is alive and well in Super GT.

jtso > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)
05/20/2018 at 20:37

Shouldn’t it be “coolest class” in the title?

Also, there have been on and off talks of the GT500 class having a shared race with DTM cars because they’re both now on 600hp 2.0-T 4 cylinder engines.

Thank the heavens for Nismo streaming English coverage.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > jtso
05/20/2018 at 20:39

GT500 and DTM are already sharing a chassis, but the issue with a shared race is that the GT500s are making significantly more power.

mXxxxXm24 /O/ /O/ > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)
05/20/2018 at 23:06

They do them live on YouTube a lot?? Don’t usually know where to watch these aside from have cable

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > mXxxxXm24 /O/ /O/
05/20/2018 at 23:08

Yep, they always do them live on YouTube.

mXxxxXm24 /O/ /O/ > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)
05/21/2018 at 10:55

Awesome! I guess that link would give me the channel. Or does it change?

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > mXxxxXm24 /O/ /O/
05/21/2018 at 12:16

That link will give you NISMOs channel, they even post reminders before races so you know when to watch.

mXxxxXm24 /O/ /O/ > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)
05/21/2018 at 13:10

Cool cool. I enjoy watching the gt series races, dtm, etc. Thanks for the info!