NZ Performance Car

DON'T CALL THIS A REPLICA; CALL THE BEST DAMN RE-CREATION YOU'LL FIND ON THE PLANET

- WORDS: MARCUS GIBSON PHOTOS: ROD DUNN

No race car chassis in history has enjoyed the success that the group A R3 GT-R has worldwide. To say the car dominated the touring-car racing of a time would be a gross understate­ment - it literally embarrasse­d the competitio­n and left them all with their pants down, stuggling to play catch up. In Japan, the cars won every Japanese touring Car Championsh­ip (JTCC) race in a four-season-long winning streak. And, in Australia, they cemented the legend with three back-to-back Australian touring Car Championsh­ip (ATCCs) and two Bathurst wins the Gibson Motorsport (GMS)- prepared Nissan Motorsport entries.

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