The cool Suzuka temperature did not prevent a number of mechanical issues through the 1000km race

On July 27, the 37th International Pokka 1000Km Race, Round 6 of the 2008 AUTOBACS SUPER GT, was held at the Suzuka Circuit (one lap 5.807 km ~173 laps) in Mie Prefecture and the GT500 class winner was the CALSONIC GT-R driven by Tsugio Matsuda and Sebastien Philippe.

The Motul Nissan took advantage of the wet conditions

Qualifying Session 1
Weather:Rain | Course:Wet | Air Temp. 22°C | Track Temp. 23°C

Close battle between the GT-R and NSX machines
The first qualifying session started at 9:50 in the morning. The rain that had been falling since the night before had turned into a drizzle by start time but never stopped and the track was completely wet. The temperature at start time was 22 degrees C., with a track temperature of 23 degrees C.