Kazunori Yamauchi vs. NASCAR Driver Joey Logano in GT5
Kazunori Yamauchi went head-to-head in a fastest lap shootout with NASCAR driver Joey Logano at a private Gamestop manager’s convention just last week. Logano managed to best Yamauchi’s time on Tokyo R246, winning everyone in attendance will get a free copy of GT5 come November. Thanks to Bryan Cook of Logano’s team, Joe Gibbs Racing, for capturing this video of the event and sharing it with GTPlanet!
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September 3rd, 2010 at 3:37 pm - #Zonda_Guy
Can’t wait for my GT5 poster signed by Kaz that my manager got me.
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September 3rd, 2010 at 3:02 pm - #Justin
Jordan, I think you should update the article, he drove the FT-86 G Sport in the game not his NASCAR car.
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September 3rd, 2010 at 2:35 pm - #smoke1485
Uh, that’s a cup car. Nationwide spoilers are either curved, or have the rabbit ears on the new one, that one has a flat spoiler and the “shelf” style splitter. Why would they unveil the gamestop cup car. And have him show up in a nationwide car?
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September 3rd, 2010 at 4:06 pm - #Sam__ NY
Because the livery they showed on the cup car in GT5 was taken from a Nationwide car (as stated on Gamestop.com). He’s driving the new Toyota Camry Nationwide car. (which, your right, does look a lot like the Cup car) You can tell by the sloping head lights.
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September 3rd, 2010 at 2:33 pm - #ferhound psnid
He choose manual transmission, but during the race it was automatic??? o_O
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September 3rd, 2010 at 2:01 pm - #Kenny
Hugo, smoke’em if you gott’em!!…and then pass!!!
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September 3rd, 2010 at 3:52 pm - #HugoStiglitz_420
lol that’s funny. I actually rarely get to smoke but I support it & this is my PSN name so
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September 3rd, 2010 at 1:36 pm - #AGNT009
Im actually disturbed by this video. Ok, it was an early build, but it still should have been top notch. So, you have a game that is taking on NASCAR for the first time ever, you have a demo track called Indy, you have stock cars, and you have a chance to challenge Logano. WHY ON EARTH werent they driving the stock cars at Indy and compare lap times there? That tells me Kaz doesnt think his NASCAR measures up if a real driver had a crack at it, and didnt want to risk a comment from Joey questioning it in front of fans at a convention. And THAT speaks plenty IMO about the quality of the NASCAR product in this game if Kaz is afraid to show it off with a real NASCAR driver at hand. Yeah, it was an early build, everyones demo excuse these days, but it still should have been light years ahead of what was basically a GT4 race on stage.
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September 3rd, 2010 at 1:49 pm - #HugoStiglitz_420
what did you not see that Logano picked the track & knows the game? troll. plus I could care less about NASCAR but if the physics are good in regular racing why would NASCAR be any different. stop whining. troll
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September 3rd, 2010 at 2:25 pm - #AGNT009
It was STILL BS. You’re a NASCAR driver, and you dont race your own brand car on your own series track? I doubt he’d even touched the game before that. Him not picking NASCAR and Indy was fixed IMO.
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September 3rd, 2010 at 2:31 pm - #Sam__ NY
I think he wanted to prove he could make right and left turns.
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September 3rd, 2010 at 3:50 pm - #HugoStiglitz_420
well his car is a preorder bonus dlc car from gamestop along with a McLaren F1 & I doubt it was in the demo so maybe he didn’t want to use a different drivers car? idk but it makes sense that he also wanted people to see he could take right turns
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September 3rd, 2010 at 12:38 pm - #Magic Ayrton
2 more months… How can I survive???
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September 3rd, 2010 at 12:25 pm - #PJ
Wait.. Since when do NAASCARs have brake lights???
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September 3rd, 2010 at 6:32 pm - #Big Ron
It is a promotion car, not a real NASCAR car.
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September 3rd, 2010 at 12:13 pm - #Nigger
Beast mode
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September 3rd, 2010 at 12:00 pm - #Kenny
Article said that all attendees received a copy of GT5….if thats true, pretty lucky peeps! Anyway, I wait with great anticipation!
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September 3rd, 2010 at 11:26 am - #Magic Ayrton
Not an early release, I doubt it, they will get a copy when it releases in November 2020.
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September 3rd, 2010 at 11:13 am - #Kenny
The only thing I don’t like is that others were given an early release copy of GT5! I mean seriously, how much Subway can I eat to get a copy! I’m alone responsible for their stocks uptick!! lol Come on Nov 2., my flux capacitor sucks! Anyway, Peace.
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September 3rd, 2010 at 6:57 pm - #TTownEP
They get a copy WHEN IT COMES OUT.
And, I work across from a Subway. I go get medium drinks from there every day. At least I don’t have to spend all that money on to buy sandwiches to get codes…
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September 3rd, 2010 at 10:57 am - #Ner0_sol
why dont no one tell us about whne this stuff is going down.. dammm
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September 3rd, 2010 at 10:26 am - #spats
Kaz went easy on him…
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September 3rd, 2010 at 9:52 am - #fade
If the Driving Force GT is good enough for Joey Logano, it’s good enough for me!
Also, I hope my driving force GT actually works, it’s been sitting in the closet for 2.5 years while PD come over all perfectionist. I wonder what the warranty is on it.
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September 3rd, 2010 at 10:36 am - #Magic Ayrton
You should have played GT5 prologue with it!
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September 3rd, 2010 at 9:37 am - #Super_Colossal
Wait…the cup car he drove in with had lights…anyone notice that that’s unusual?
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September 3rd, 2010 at 12:57 pm - #Sele1981
Yeah I also was wondered about that…
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September 3rd, 2010 at 2:27 pm - #Sam__ NY
It wasn’t a Cup car, it was a Nationwide car (Which is the NASCAR equivalent of a GP2 car). It had head lights because when NASCAR has driver appearances, they need to make the cars street legal (So it’s just a promotional thing). A real Cup and/or Nationwide car does not have head lights, just stickers.
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September 3rd, 2010 at 7:21 am - #Micdog
WTF is Kaz doing at 0:51? lol
He’s all like “Yeah, dig it homies. I Made you wait longer for this” :P-
September 3rd, 2010 at 9:12 am - #tvensky
haha! :) he reminded me Kevin Buttler shooting with hand! lmao.
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September 3rd, 2010 at 7:19 am - #R35-Vspec
“winning everyone in attendance a free copy of GT5.”
I know it’s a stupid question but did they received a copy of the game at the same day or once its out? I know know its a stupid question but what if it’s real lol
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September 3rd, 2010 at 7:06 am - #Sam__NY
The homeschooler wins. Nice to see Joey Logano’s Gamestop NASCAR car will be in GT5. In fact, I believe I’ll be getting it along with the McLaren F1 as it’s considered a pre-order bonus car.
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September 3rd, 2010 at 9:16 am - #Kart Racer 24
same here. i can’t wait but i didn’t notice what car he was driving, it sounded a bit like a his cup car and when it hit 5th gear i was scared. sorry to anyone if i sound stupid right know lol
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September 3rd, 2010 at 9:20 am - #Kart Racer 24
oh wait nevermind lol
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I would imagine every manager of GS was getting a copy free anyway ;)
But pretty cool event and looks like it was fun. I wonder how much practice that guy had before laying down that time (GT5 practice I mean)