As promised, here are the remnants of last Sunday’s race; with galleries divided into several parts throughout the day. We hope you enjoy them! Descriptions and galleries are after the jump. Image above; the Raybrig NSX-R on the back straight during the opening stages of the race!

p.s. The race queen gallery is in here too!

The Convoy

As we have shown yesterday, we hitched on a ride with a convoy of 180 performance rides, ranging from Caldinas, S15s, 350zs to Evos, Integras as well as Subarus. Here are more shots of the event, as well as its gallery.

Uncle Hamdan from the Subaru Club Malaysia calling all drivers to attend the briefing.

This car should be familiar to most, and its driver too

The Mall

When we arrived at the track, another group from the JSOC (Japanese Supercar Owners Club) have already booked their places in the circuit’s mall. They range from cars with cool GT-like bodykits with widebody conversions being commonplace and rims with lips deeper than your pail, they certainly were an attraction, like these few cars.

The arrival of the Subies

Of course it’s not a Soarer, the hood’s too long! This Supra owner has gone to great lengths to make his car a standout.

The Pitwalk

When the time for the pitwalk came, we were already burning from the midday heat. Ironically, it was drizzling for quite sometime not even an hour ago! As you can see from the album, the teams were making last-minute adjustments to their cars, making them perfect for the race. The Motul/Autech GT-R was having problems of it’s own though. They wouldn’t let us get close

One of the winners of the Aston Martin Asia Cup, this time hailing from Sri Lanka. I wonder where they normally keep their cars when not racing?

Team IMPUL’s GT-R at rest. Check out the tight carbon weave. Nice.

The Action

Time for the race to happen! The crowd was awfully responsive, and every time the drivers started their engines, the whole grandstand would stand up on their feet and cheer. Nothing like Malaysian spirit! After playing the Negaraku and the Kimigayo, members of the GT Club were invited along with a skeleton crew onto the main straight – something which we missed because;

1) We were not capable of affording GT Club passes (or even procuring them!)

2) We did not manage to secure a Press pass Hopefully, we would be able to fulfill you with better images next year!

The eventual winner, the TOMICA Ebbro GT-R which started on the pole position itself.

Hey! Dorifto King Keiichi Tsuchiya was seen hanging around the pre-race area. What was he doing, looking at his other competitors? :p

The gaijin drivers’ club was spotted hanging out on their own. Hey, racing can be a friendly sport, as shown by the drivers’ camaraderie.

The Queens!

How can we forget them! The lovely ladies which are all flown from Japan (plus some local ones too!). We won’t say much, enjoy the images!!!

Orido-san is lucky to have a sweetie like Mika-chan to hold his umbrella! Till the next event or posting, drive safe!

We’re back from the track, and after getting sunburnt and fizzed out (no thanks to the long queue waiting for the Pitwalk), we’re back to report on the situation in Sepang! Arriving on the scene early in the morning, we were greeted by ominious dark clouds over the track and wind speeds of up to 30km/h. Manuevering into one of the last parking bays located near the Yokohama drift area, the track was rather devoid of spectators, as the time and weather was perfect reason for waking up at a later time. Unlike yesterday, the booth areas around the mall were now occupied by exhibitors, with Toyota showing off their TRD Vios which is retailing at nearly RM100k, although it is loaded with TRD goodies and a warranty from the factory. More images will be uploaded later, in a seperate post containing the most-wanted images on the planet right now, the GT Queens! For now, enjoy the gallery and highlights we have setup for you after the jump.

Bibendum was caught lepaking around with several members of the fairer sex.

The first practice session for the Super GT cars gave the fans a spectacle to watch, especially with the cool weather. However, when the raindrops started falling down, the cars were having a difficult time staying on the track as most of them were running intermediate tires and others were on full slicks. It didn’t help that the rain was falling down worse than cats and dogs with the soaked track looking more like a shallow wading pool due to the huge amount of water.

The reflection of the cars make for a great image, even if some of them were having difficulties with traction, especially on these high-powered RWD machines. As you will see in the gallery below, some even had short excursions off-track into the grass! The rain was really heavy at this time, and officials closed the track for a good 15 minutes in order to drain the excess water from the surface.

- At this point of time, we were busy capturing images of the GT Queens, so we’ll just fast-forward to the late afternoon races as well as the pit walkabout, shall we? :p -

One of the eventual winners of the Aston Martin Asia Cup. These Baby Vantages were not as fast as the other cars on the track, but they do emit a great sound thanks to the unconstrained V8 power.

During the Pit Walkabout, we could get up close and personal with the mechanics, managers and even drivers. Here’s a GT300 machine getting prepped up during the one hour break.

Max Orido chilling out in front of the pits.

During lunch, we checked out the drifters which were showing off their stuff in the parking lot opposite the track entrance. Two A31 Cefiros were duking it out in a tandem battle, giving the small crowd a good show. Here’s Joe-Han from Drift House in the black car and Din Nismo in the yellow car. This would be one of the earlier events where we get to see Joe-Han’s newly-resurrected Cefiro which is powered by a Nissan V8 engine!

Here’s a gallery where you’ll get to see more Super GT action as well as other pictures taken during the Pit Walkabout. Check back tomorrow for results and stuff!!

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An update from the track for those who were at work and for those who were lazy enough to collect their pre-booked tickets to the Super GT Weather was hot with slight drizzle on the way to SIC, although at the track itself, its the usual Sepang weather which is extremely hot, sunny and windy at the same time. For those who are planning to visit the track tomorrow, bring your sunscreen and a hat! Here’s what happened from 2pm on Friday. Above is last year’s winning car, the Autech/Motul Nissan 350Z. More below!

Visitors to the track will immediately see the Mutiara Motors booth, showcasing their RX8. While the bodykit looks nice and all, visitors are not allowed to touch the cars.

Who wants some Denso Iridium Power lovin? XD

Further into the building, you’ll see the Nissan pavilion which showcases the GT-R and the latest 370Z. The booths are managed by Tan Chong Motors, so this could be a sign that you will be able to purchase these cars with a manufacturer’s warranty soon.

Some close-ups of the 370Z, which is still rare in this part of the world. Nice stock rims, I would say, although the headlamps are slightly disappointing. Blame that on my taste though.

Okay, not really a road-legal GT-R, but hey, while all other teams were preparing their cars, we spotted this specimen undergoing a tuneup on the track.

Do not cross this particular marshal! He controls right about a gazillion horsepower just by waving a puny sign The GT3 qualifying sessions were held today. Lots of exotic machinery which I can’t afford ever trashing it out and wailing at high revs on the track.

A fine Italian bull makes it way around the track. The V10’s noise is like music to the ears compared to the 911 GT3’s harsh wailing boxer. Speaking of which….    

Yeah, there’s a huge amount of 911s in a the GT3 Asia race.

Manabu Orido’s WedsSport Lexus IS350 in the pits.

An expensive race car, this Mosler is. A brand new machine purchased by Thunder Asia Racing, this is the car’s maiden race, driven by a Singaporean, Melvin Choo and Martin Short from Mosler. The price of the GT3 race car only? GBP225000 with VAT!!! That’s RM1.3 Million without anything else, and while I’m sure that the Nissans are hovering around the same price, they have factory backing (well, most of them anyways).

Yo momma so fat, she needs these rims on her powered wheelchair!!!!

Looks like a typical Japanese backyard. I don’t know why the pools are there, but here’s another one;

No, it was not filled up with engine oil or something. Below are the shots taken during the Formula V6 Asia qualifying. Check out the flame-spitting cars!

And a driver spun out for a while, resulting in a hairy miss at this infamous turn.

Outside the track, a parking area was reserved for Yokohama, who will be setting up a drift circuit tomorrow (Saturday). Keiichi Tsuchiya, Orido and wild man Taniguchi will be there as well, here how it looks!

We also spotted some drifters getting ready for the day’s offerings;

Yeap, Leona, Din Nismo and Lok Sifu were there, chilling out and testing out the track. Expect some hot action tomorrow!! That’s all for now, see you at Sepang, and stay tuned for more updates from the Super GT race when we come back!