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Nissan GT-R has dominated round 1 of the SuperGT 2008 series taking 1st, 2nd and 5th places.

http://www.gtrblog.com/index.php?blog=4&am...p;tb=1&pb=1

1 #23 XANAVI NISMO GT-R

2 #22 MOTUL PITWORK GT-R

3 #36 PETRONAS TOM'S SC430

4 #38 ZENT CERUMO SC430

5 #24 WOODONE ADVAN Clarion GT-R

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Awesome reults! I was hoping the GTR would make it's mark straight away, but this result is great :)

Even to see a GTR end in the top three would have been enough.

I'll be following the Super GT GTR's very closely :)

(Thanks Sewid for adding to original post)

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Awesome reults! I was hoping the GTR would make it's mark straight away, but this result is great :thumbsup:

I was watching the F1 on Sunday, and a Toyota ad came on where they said "We compete in more motorsport competitions than any other company" etc etc

I said out loud, "Yeah, but how many do they actually win?"

A mate there, who owns a Toyota, replied back with "Doesn't matter".

Wouldn't not winning in lots of races make you a bigger loser than someone who doesn't win in only a couple?

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Super GT-R (March 2008)

Nissan's GT-R has won the opening Super GT round at Suzuka -- on debut

The Nissan GT-R has placed first and second in its motorsport debut at the Suzuka Circuit in Japan.

Driven by Satoshi Motoyama and Benoit Treluyer, the winning number 23 Xanavi Nismo GT-R started from the second position on the grid in the opening round of the Japanese Super GT series, before a race-day crowd of 32,000.

The number 22 Motul Autech GT-R, driven by Michael Krumm and Masataka Yanagida, started from pole position and lost the lead to the number 23 car on lap 24. Motoyama had opted for a softer compound of tyre, which gave his GT-R the legs on the number 22 car.

Motoyama's co-driver, Treluyer, accepted blame for the team's car not starting from pole.

"Our team and the car have been perfect all through the weekend. It was a

shame that we did not take a pole position due to my mistake. We know competition will be tougher but believe we can win again since the GT-R is very fast," he said.

Two GT-Rs failed to finish, one due to mechanical problems on lap 42 and the other crashing out of the event after being slammed in the rear during the first lap.

source: http://www.carpoint.com.au/car-review/2907113.aspx

Third place for the race went to a Lexus SC430.

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