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Just thought i'd post up some piccies from todays little festival out at Fuji Speedway.. Was quite a fun day, though there was intermittent rain, but it seemed to make the driving action more fun.. Lots of kool things to see and do, though im definitely looking forward to the Nismo festival next Sunday!

W00t!

Peter

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Theres most of the good pics.. Enjoy!

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Who knew the luxobarge Soarer could be made into a JGTC car.

I guess they didn't have much of a choice since that's Toyota's closest thing to a sports coupe nowadays.

Toyota maybe the most profitable auto manufacturer in the world but they have lost their soul when it comes to performance cars. Even with their foray into F1, there has been little to show for it when it comes to their road cars.

At least Nissan have the new GTR and 350Z, Subaru and Mitsubishi have their Evo/STi, Mazda have their RX8 and even Honda have the HSC/Dualnote prototypes.

On the other hand, Toyota has nothing.

Toyota maybe the most profitable auto manufacturer in the world but they have lost their soul when it comes to performance cars
On the other hand, Toyota has nothing.

Maybe that might be why...

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