1999 Gtp Race At Bathurst, Featuring 2X R33 Gtr's

[InterCooL]

Hey guys

I finally got this old VHS encoded digitally and put it up on youtube, I think you'll enjoy the watch.

3 hour race at Bathurst with a wide variety of cars, including Ferrari, Porsche, Chev, Holden, Ford, Mazda RX7, WRX's and two GTR's

[10 4]

Cool. Slowly watching it.

I've always said the Supra was underrated around a track when set up properly..

[niZmO_Man]

Ads and all hahaha.

[NISSAN GTR]

this is GOLD

[Dale FZ1]

Factory hot rods from all the front runners. RX7 SP and the M3R both developed by Australian engineers. No doubting the all round ability of the 911 RSCS either, lacking the straight line snot of the Supra but much better braking.

The R33 V spec really wasn't in the hunt, other than making a blinder of standing start.

From memory the Horsley-run RX7 had cooling issues in the 12 hour events and they learned that reduced rpm and less power was needed to make them live.

Who wouldn't want to run in an event like this one?

[InterCooL]

I wish they still had a a competition like this

All this V8 controlled car business is so so boring

[10 4]

+1

[hrd-hr30]

That's unreal.

Go the Supra!

[blah_blah]

What modications are allowed to the cars for this race? Surprised the Supra was so fast!

[Ecozile]

Thanks for upload, made an awesome 3 hours of classic racing.

[Dale FZ1]

The front running machines in this event were hot-rodded "production" cars with generally a lot of sensible freedoms for racing. The "showroom" tag is definitely misleading, but the category attracted good interest and a range of driving talent into diverse machinery. Inclusion of high spec exotic sports cars saw significant speed differences 100km/h +, with inherent safety concerns.

This event showed some damn good tactical racing and highlights the driving skill (and lack of awareness in the closing laps) out there in categories other than our current staple of taxis.

Can't seem to post links anymore, but found this regarding the M3R:

Frank Gardner developed, 15 built, 11 sold to "approved" public buyers. AP Racing twin plate clutch, 4 piston brakes, special shocks and springs, light driveshaft, special diff, Schnitzer cams, cold air snorkel, dual oil pickups in the sump, oil restrictors to the head, deleted A/C, dummy lightweight rear seat, front splitter, Gurney flaps on spoiler, special lightweight BBS wheels. And you needed to have a CAMS license to buy one.

RX7SP

Allan Horsley developed, 35 built. Carbon fibre nose cone, special aero front and rear for cooling and reduced lift, 120 litre fuel tank, intercooler and exhaust mods, light weight seats and carbon bits, 100kg lighter than stock, special wheels and brakes. Porsche beaters, but proved fragile if run flat out. Difficult to keep cool.

Evo 5 RS - thinner panels, thinner glass, deleted A/C, quick steering rack, close ratio gearset, mechanical diffs. Rally spec brakes/wheels (smaller diameter).

Over the years of this category running there seemed to be constant manoeuvring to have special bits or limited edition models allowed to compete.

Wiki search of Australian GTP gives more info.