Super GT/JLMC, September 2008, Volume 8, No. 9

Motegi: YellowHat YMS TOMICA GT-R Takes its First Victory of the Season!


The Yellow Hat Nissan took its first win of the season

On September 14, the MOTEGI GT300km Race, Round 7 of the 2008 AUTOBACS SUPER GT, was held at the Twin Ring Motegi (one lap 4.801 km) in Tochigi Prefecture and the GT500 class winner was the YellowHat YMS TOMICA GT-R driven by Ronnie Quintarelli and Naoki Yokomizo.

Motegi: Firman Secures Pole for Yellowhat NSX


Yuji Tachikawa scored tenth for the Zent Lexus

Qualifying second was the No. 1 ARTA NSX (Ralph Firman), which had held the fastest time until it was bettered by Quintarelli near the end of the session. Meanwhile, the 3rd position went to the No. 6 ENEOS SC430 driven by Bjorn Wirdheim, who bettered his time on the last timed lap to win the team its best grid position of the season. These results gave the GT-R, NSX and SC430 a place among the top three.