It's that time of year again and Super GT racing action is back on and I actually managed to get GOOD videos of the first round and I'm currently getting the second round as I type (yeah OK so I'm a bit slow to get going this year) the only problem is that the shows are almost 3hrs long but it's all awesome racing. This year, like all forms of racing, have suffered a bit in the economic downturn and there are less cars fielding both groups this year.
The GT500 field has only 15 cars running and it's the Nissan GT-Rs vs Toyota/Lexus SC430s vs Honda NSX but also running (maybe not the entire year) is an odd duck of sorts and the only non Japanese car an Aston Martin DBR9. The GT300 field is once again a wide assortment of cars ranging from Autobacs own ASL Garaiya to only a handful of Porsche 911 cars and making a comeback this year is the Itasha BMW Z4 of Studio GLAD Racing and Good Smile Racing. I'm looking forward to a good showing of that car this year. The GT300 field has a total of 23 cars running.
Of course what is a new Super GT race season without a new bunch of cutie race queens. Haven't seen many images posted yet but hopefully that will change and I'll keep an eye out for any new Gals Paradise Race Queen books and maybe pick one up again. Of course there isn't that many available pictures of the cars either and to be honest I have a harder time hunting down good quality images of the race cars than I do the race queens. In any case look forward to hopefully some good blogs about the 2009 Autobacs Super GT season during the coming year.
