# Nissan confirms GT-R headed for FIA GT racing in 2009, 2010 **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [February 27, 2009, 1:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nissan-confirms-gt-r-headed-for-fia-gt-racing-in-2009-2010/63728 "2009-02-27T13:17:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Viper966](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/viper966/32/7268_2.png) [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 1:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nissan-confirms-gt-r-headed-for-fia-gt-racing-in-2009-2010/63728/1 "2009-02-27T13:17:54Z")
> **[Nissan confirms GT-R headed for FIA GT racing in 2009, 2010](https://www.autoblog.com/2009/02/27/nissan-confirms-gt-r-headed-for-fia-gt-racing-in-2009-2010/)** > > Click above for a high-res gallery of the FIA-GT1-spec Nissan GT-R ![http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/02/57098nis.jpg](http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/02/57098nis.jpg) ![http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/02/57098-b-nis.jpg](http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/02/57098-b-nis.jpg) Nissan has announced its Global Motorsports Activities for 2009 and it looks like we’ll be seeing the GT-R campaign in the FIA-GT1 category earlier than expected. Initial reports claimed that Nissan would begin offering LeMans-spec racers to privateer teams for the 2010 FIA-GT1 season, but in an effort to test the performance and competitiveness of the platform, a NISMO-developed GT-R will run as a non-championship entry in four races in 2009. Nissan is partnering with Gigawave MotorSport on the GT-R entry and has tapped GT500 racer Michael Krumm from NISMO and Darren Turner from Gigawave to pilot the GT-R during the season. Nissan hasn’t announced exactly what events the NISMO GT-R will participate in, but there’s a good chance that we’ll be seeing Godzilla running at LeMans. The specs on race-ready GT-R haven’t been officially revealed, but [there’s a possibility](http://www.autoblog.com/2008/12/26/fia-gt1-nissan-gt-r-spied-lemans-specs-rumored/) that NISMO will drop the twin-turbo’d V6 in favor of the 4.5-liter VK45D8 V8 used in the SuperGT GT500 race cars. Output is estimated to be between 540-590 hp and 450-500 lb-ft of torque, with a curb weight as low as 3,000 pounds. Nissan also took the opportunity to announce its SuperGT contenders, with four teams – NISMO, Hasemi Motor Sport, Impul and Kondo Racing – each campaigning a GT-R in the GT500 class. The new SuperGT car will sport a new air-cooling system and, in keeping with the new regulations, shortened overhangs to reduce downforce. A new paddle-shift transmission is also being developed. All the details on the drivers, the teams and Nissan’s other motorsports efforts are in the press release below the fold, along with a video of the official announcement. No word yet on a [possible Grand Am GT-R](http://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/01/enter-the-rumormill-nissan-gt-r-may-compete-in-grand-am-series/), but with every automaker throttling-back their motorsports efforts, we’re not surprised. ---
**Author:** ![MOBOOST4U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@MOBOOST4U](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MOBOOST4U)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 1:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nissan-confirms-gt-r-headed-for-fia-gt-racing-in-2009-2010/63728/2 "2009-02-27T13:19:43Z")
Nice to see one company who is not pulling out of racing lol!!! That bitch is fiiinnneeeee! ---
**Author:** ![fiend540](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bcef8e/32.png) [@fiend540](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fiend540)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 6:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nissan-confirms-gt-r-headed-for-fia-gt-racing-in-2009-2010/63728/3 "2009-02-27T18:47:09Z")
> [@MOBOOST4U](#): > > Nice to see one company who is not pulling out of racing lol!!! > > That bitch is fiiinnneeeee! Yea join the class that has been dying a slow death, and has lost all manufacturer support. While the car is cool they should of made it a gt2 car. ---
**Author:** ![MPD47](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mpd47/32/7383_2.png) [@MPD47](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MPD47)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 6:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nissan-confirms-gt-r-headed-for-fia-gt-racing-in-2009-2010/63728/4 "2009-02-27T18:50:03Z")
Car is going to get torn up in GT1 with the few people that are left.