Japan GT Championship report stock Honda RAYBRIG NSX (JGTC) '01

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Hi all. This is my first race report in my life, so I don't expect it will be perfect.:indiff: First of all, my car:

Honda RAYBRIG NSX (JGTC) '00
No modifies.
Oil change before attemting the Championship.

Opponents:
Nissan Loctite Zexel GT-R (JGTC) '00
Nissan Motul Pitwork Z (JGTC) '04
Honda Loctite Mugen NSX (JGTC) '01
Nissan Xanavi Hiroto GT-R (JGTC) '01
Honda Takata Dome NSX (JGTC) '03

Race #1. Tokyo route 240 Reverse.
This race wasn't as exciting as I wished. Because of the fact, that my car has MR drivetrain, I decided to switch rear tyres to racing-hard and front to racing medium tyres. That was my mistake :nervous:...
We all started at the same time. At first I tried to get on the 1st place, but when I realized I can't (didn't know why yet...) I just got on the 3rd position and drove along. The dissapointing came on the first corner: my car started
to skid and I fell to 5th position. On the second corner last car overtook me and I was already angry. The rest of the race was just terrible. Cornering was bloody hard. I finished on the 6th postion. No comments...:grumpy:

Race #2 Suzuka Cicrcuit East Course
This race made me happier. On the first lap I struggled with Nissan Loctite Zexel, but finally I got on the 1st postion. Everything was going well and I was getting more and more ahead of the rest of the cars. I worried a bit on tenth lap, when I fell off the road. However, I lost only half a second to the second car. On the last lap (twelveth) I was really scared. I fell to the sand and had problems with getting out of this s%it. The second car, unfourtunately, did well and almost overtook me. Luckily, in the end I got on the road and drove to the end. Arrived 1st, fourtunately. :sly:
1st Honda Raybrig NSX :sly: :dopey:
2nd Nissan Loctite Zexel GT-R
3rd Nissan Motul Pitwork Z
4th Honda Loctite Mugen NSX
5th Nissan Xanavi Hiroto GT-R
6th Honda Takata Dome NSX

I'll write about all 10 races so stay tuned.

Race #3 Seoul Central
This was a quite easy race. We started driving 80 km\h. On the first lap I overtook all the cars, except the Honda Loctite Mugen. :grumpy: I was chasing it till the 7th lap, when I finally overtook it. :dopey:
The rest of the race wasn't very exciting, I was just driving and getting more and more ahead of the 2nd Honda Mugen. Finally, I won. :sly:
1. Honda Raybrig NSX :sly:
2. Hodna Loctite Mugen NSX
3. Nissan Xanavi Hiroto GT-R
4. Nissan Loctite Zexel GT-R
5. Nissan Motul Pitwork Z
6. Honda Takata Dome NSX

Race #4 Fuji Speedway 90's
This is the circuit I know better than any other. I started from 6th position :grumpy: But what can you do? On the first corner I was hit by one of cars behind me and almost fell off road :nervous: fourtunately not :dopey: Anyway, I passed almost all the cars. On the first lap I strugggled with Nissan Motul Pitowork. As I tried to overtake, I had to brake and corner, while Nissan Pitwork was getting away from me. :grumpy: At last, I passed it on the long straight and went far far ahead of it. On the third lap I fell off road and lost about 5 seconds of my advantage :nervous: The Pitwork was near behind me till lap 6. But? What's this? In my mirror I can see the Pitwork skidding just before the long straight :bowdown: Idiot... :dopey: In the end, I finished first.
1. Honda Raybrig NSX
2. Nissan Motul Pitwork Z
3. Nissan Loctite Zexel GT-R
4. Nissan Xanavi Hiroto GT-R
5. Honda Loctite Mugen NSX
6. Honda Takata Dome NSX

Race #5 Twin ring motegi
It was such an interesting and exciting race :dopey: We started from 80 km\h. I was chasing 5 cars ahead of me for 2 laps. On the third, I finally got the 3rd position. For next 2 laps, I was struggling with Honda Mugen. When I passed it, the last car I had to overtake was my abhorrence - Nissan Motul Pitwork :grumpy: But on 7th lap it skid a bit :dopey: and I took my chance and get past him. :sly: My good mood did not last long :grumpy: Pitwork got on my tail and we where chasing ourselves for about 4 laps. When I got 1st, it chased me until it overtakes me. When it did, I tried to get past him and all the story was repeating. Fourtunately, I won... 00.038 s ahead from Pitwork!! :nervous: :bowdown:
1. Honda Raybrig NSX
2. Nissan Motul Pitwork Z
3. Honda Loctite Mugen NSX
4. Nissan Xanavi Hiroto GT-R
5. Nissan Loctite Zexel GT-R
6. Honda Takata Dome NSX

Race #6 Laguna Seca Raceway
This was such a hard race beacuse of the fact that everywhere near the circuit there is sand :nervous: I knew it will be problematic to get the first position. From the beginning of the race I tried to get the best place. After 3 corners I was 4th. Not bad at all :dopey:. On the third lap I got past Pitwork :sly: and got on the position 2. After 2 more laps I finally got 1st. :dopey: Everything was going well until I fell out of the road :grumpy: And Nissan Loctite Zexel went pass me. :grumpy: I was chasing him but I didn't sucseed in getting past him. :( On the last lap I fell off the road again and almost got overtaken by Pitwork :nervous:. It was hard to keep on 2nd place. However, I did it.
1. Nissan Loctite Zexel GT-R
2. Honda Raybrig NSX
3. Nissan Motul Pitwork Z
4. Nissan Xanavi Hiroto GT-R
5. Honda Loctite Mugen NSX
6. Honda Takata Dome NSX

Race #7 Hong kong
This was such a terrible race :grumpy: I won't tell you a lot about it, beacuse there is no need to. The race was boring because of the circuit, and I got hit 4 times by other cars and coz of that I fell out of the road.
1. Honda Loctite Mugen NSX
2. Nissan Loctite Zexel GT-R
3. Nissan Motul Pitwork Z
4. Nissan Xanavi Hiroto GT-R
5. Honda Raybrig NSX :grumpy:
6. Honda Takata Dome NSX

Race #8 Twin Ring Motegi Road Course
It was a very easy race. I quickly got on the 2nd position. On laps second and third I chased the Pitwork. Finally on the srtaight part of the circuit I got past him. From That time I was calm and drove to the end.
1. Honda Raybrig NSX
2. Nissan Motul Pitwork z
3. Honda Loctite Mugen NSX
4. Nissan Loctite Zexel GT-R
5. Nissan Xanavi Hiroto GT-R
6. Honda Takata Dome NSX

Race #9 Fuji Speedway 2005 GT
As always, I started form the 6th position. When we saw the green light engines started to work. I quickly got on the 3rd postion, at first passing Honda Takata (noob :grumpy: ) Ahead of me were Pitwork and Nissy Zexel :) . We were fighting for the first position for almost 2 laps :grumpy: I would be calm if Pitwork wasn't behind me. :grumpy: Fourtunately, it skid :dopey: :bowdown: as always in important moments of race. :thumbsdown: However, Zexel didn't let me forget about itself. So I decided to punish him :sly: On the Long Straight, when it was trying to overtake me, I suddenly broke and it hit in my back :sly: and skid :dopey: But soon I also fell on the sand :grumpy: and lamost got overtaken. Luckily I safely got to the end on 1st position.
1. Honda Raybrig NSX
2. Nissan Motul Pitwork Z
3. Nissan Loctite Zexel GT-R
4. Nissan Xanavi Hiroto GT-R
5. Honda Loctite Mugen NSX
6. Honda Takata Dome NSX

Race #10 Suzuka Circuit
This was the last race. Although I tried, several times I fell on the sand. On the first lap I got on the postion 2 and continued to chase the first car - Pitwork :grumpy:. When I got on the first position, I fell out of the road and Pitowrk passed me. :nervous: I was trying to overtake him but because of the fact I drove much faster then I ought to, I fell off the road another 3 times. It finished for me on 5th postion. :grumpy: But no matter what, I won the overall classification :dopey: 100k cash and Nissan Motul Pitwork Z went to my garage :sly: But I still prefer my Honda. Pitwork sucks :grumpy:
1. Nissan Motul Pitwork Z
2. Nissan Loctite Zexel GT-R
3. Honda Loctite Mugen NSX
4. Nissan Xanavi Hiroto GT-R
5. Honda Raybrig NSX
6. Honda Takata Dome NSX

And overall classification:

1st place: Honda Raybrig NSX~~71 pts.
2nd place: Nissan Motul Pitwork Z~~58 pts.
3rd place: Nissan Loctite Zexel GT-R~~50 pts.
4th place: Honda Loctite Mugen NSX~~40 pts.
5th place: Nissan Xanavi Hiroto GT-R~~30 pts.
6th place: Honda Takata Dome NSX~~11 pts. (lol :dopey: )

This was my first JGTC championship along with my first race report. I'm gonna do some more reports soon. Thanks for reading. C ya!
 
Excellent first attempt! Thrills and spills galore! Well done! 👍
 
So, what tires did you use after the Tokyo race ?
 
Front medium and rear hard tires on a JGTC NSX? That's a recipe for death by oversteer! :scared:
 
awsome man, i really enjoyed it:)
 
So you basically cheated to stay ahead of the loctite in the ninth round....


And for the record the JGTC NSX's all suck, the Supras, GTRs and the Pitwork Z can all go at least 2 seconds a lap faster.

ZING.
 
well, even if I didn't make the loctite fell off the road, I'd win anyway, coz it was 3rd in the overall classification. I knew that so I wanted to have some fun.

And for the pitwork case - it really isn't better than any honda. It can only accelerate quickly, but its top speed is just terrible. On the Long Straight I got past him several times without any problems. Don't even mention the handling... 👎

Check the car before writing lies ok? i'd be thankful.
 
Nice story!

All the courses you did were nice, could've added in images.
You hated the Motul Pitwork Z, right?
 
Funny, in all my days of racing in the JP GT championship, I've never gone against the Motul Pitworks Z car, and I've always wanted to size it up with my used 97 Skyline. All I get during the races are Nissan GT-Rs and 2 NSX's. But then I'm running at around 720 HP using Sports Tires....
 
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