Nissan Skyline R32 GTR
The R32 GTR was introduced in 1989 and continued the very successful racing heritage of its famous GTR predecessors with several championship titles. This car was built to fit Japanese Group A racing standards and only hit the road, because the rules demanded its street homologation. So in reality, this is a race car for the street.
In 1989 Nissan debuted the GT-R to compete in the JTC (Japan Touring Car) Group A racing series. The GT-R was undefeated in its first season. 4 years running the GT-R won the championship in the JTC Group A series, a record of 29 wins out of 29 races.
Because of its dominance, the Skyline was given its own series in 1994 the JGTC, (Japan GT car) series. In 1991 Nurburgring 24 hour endurance race (First participation) Skyline GT-R won the Group N class. At the Spa Francorchamps 24 hour endurance race 1991
the GT-R won overall beating Group A, and Group N1 cars. From 1991 -1997 the Skyline was undefeated in N1 endurance racing in Japan, winning 50 times.The Nissan Skyline competed in the Australian Touring Car Championships with great success, earning itself the nickname “Godzilla”. The Skyline won the premier race in the series at Bathurst in 1991 and 1992.
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