Sport car / Competition
5 machines of Fairlady Z (Z33) participated in GT500 class of SUPER GT in 2006. Since it won only one race in 2005, significant improvement of performance was required in 2006.
A lot of minor improvements that didn't appear in the specs data were made on the engine.
This MOTUL AUTECH Z is one of two works machines of NISMO team. The drivers were Michael Krumm and Sakon Yamamoto up to the 3rd Round. After that, Richard Lyons drove instead of Sakon Yamamoto. It finished second at the 4th Round in Malaysia and at the 6th Round at Suzuka Circuit and Michael Krumm placed fourth in the drivers ranking, which impressed winning NISMO and winning Fairlady on audience.