Autoblog: Enter the Rumormill: Nissan GT-R may compete in Grand Am series

[monkeyboy]

Filed under: Motorsports, Supercars, Nissan

The Nissan GT-R GT500 race car from Japan's Super GT series.

A brief blurb over at GT Channel revealed a rumor we hope would come true. According to the site's sources, Nissan may be considering campaigning a GT-R in the U.S.-based Grand Am series. If it were to come to fruition, we'd expect the GT-R to be mixing it up in the GT Class with Porsche GT3s, BMW M3s, Corvettes and Ferraris. With a slightly detuned engine (power is limited to 450 hp) and a serious diet, we think a GT-R campaign could up the ante on what is arguable one of the most exciting motorsports events around.

[Source: GT Channel]

Gallery: Nissan GT-R GT500 Race Car


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[Stuart]

If this were true, then perhaps they would do a GT-R RS.
If the GT-R were to start winning events against GT3s and the like in America/Europe, it would raise the profile and really start to give Porsche and people a problem.
At the moment it can be dismissed, to an extent, due to its lack of track pedigree. But if it were to beat Porsche fair and square, then it would be a different issue, especially if what you could buy was closer the racing cars.

(I know the GT-Rs have often done quite well in Japanese domestic racing, but that is not generally noticed.)