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This past Sunday was my final race at Suzuka Circuit, a bittersweet end to the season, it's always awesome to race there, but I was a little sad knowing it would be my last time.
We had two 30 minute sessions, and the groups were large this time, about 65 cars per group. Suzuka is long, so 65 actually isn't too much, but it's more than I've raced with before.
I had the GT-R in for Nismo stabilizer bars, Nismo Solid Shift, oil change and brake fluid change, along with Nismo plugs and a new coil harness before the race. The stabilizer bars made an immediate difference, and the Solid Shift provided a more direct shift feel.
As always, the craziest of the crazy were out in full force at this event, with many cars being trucked in due to their "non-street legalness". The regular Sting Racing crew with 3 NSXs, 2 GT-Rs and others (M3, IF etc) were there as well. A couple other crazy NSXs showed up, and a lone female in a white BNR32 that was crazy fast (and I must say she was absolutely beautiful as well, the woman I mean
).
An acquaintance of mine was also there with his Ferrari, and dumped his R35 in favour of his BNR32 this time. You can see the Ferrari in front of me in the videos, along with the BRN32 spitting flames all over the place.
I finished 33 out of the 65 cars, not breaking my lap record, but coming close. The second session started in rain, so most of the session was just "fun driving" for me, not pushing it right to the edge. It was a nice, relaxing way to spend the final laps at Suzuka. All in all, another awesome day, and no major crashes, so everyone went home in one piece.
Here are the videos and pics! (Videos shot on GoPro 720 HD)
Session 1, window mount cam
Session 2, roof mount cam
Into the pits
Some pics of my car:
Enough of that junker, here's the others!
We had two 30 minute sessions, and the groups were large this time, about 65 cars per group. Suzuka is long, so 65 actually isn't too much, but it's more than I've raced with before.
I had the GT-R in for Nismo stabilizer bars, Nismo Solid Shift, oil change and brake fluid change, along with Nismo plugs and a new coil harness before the race. The stabilizer bars made an immediate difference, and the Solid Shift provided a more direct shift feel.
As always, the craziest of the crazy were out in full force at this event, with many cars being trucked in due to their "non-street legalness". The regular Sting Racing crew with 3 NSXs, 2 GT-Rs and others (M3, IF etc) were there as well. A couple other crazy NSXs showed up, and a lone female in a white BNR32 that was crazy fast (and I must say she was absolutely beautiful as well, the woman I mean
).An acquaintance of mine was also there with his Ferrari, and dumped his R35 in favour of his BNR32 this time. You can see the Ferrari in front of me in the videos, along with the BRN32 spitting flames all over the place.
I finished 33 out of the 65 cars, not breaking my lap record, but coming close. The second session started in rain, so most of the session was just "fun driving" for me, not pushing it right to the edge. It was a nice, relaxing way to spend the final laps at Suzuka. All in all, another awesome day, and no major crashes, so everyone went home in one piece.
Here are the videos and pics! (Videos shot on GoPro 720 HD)
Session 1, window mount cam
Session 2, roof mount cam
Into the pits
Some pics of my car:
Enough of that junker, here's the others!
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