Super GT 2009: Action-Packed Sunday + GT Queens!

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!