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Season So Far: “The Fight Is Really Exciting This Year for the Championship Title, I’M Always Ready at the Podium of the Season
INISSUE TOUCH24 MOTORSPORT NEWS MX1 CHAMPIONSHIP - SEASONDUNLOP FASTER AND MORE DSOURABLE WITH FAR 2012 LE MANS LMP2 WIN JULY 2012 MOTORSPORT DUNLOP ADR-DELTA WINS LMP2 AWARD AND TYRE PRIZE FASTER Dunlop awarded ADR-Delta a set of free tyres for setting the race’s fastest LMP2 lap. The 3m 38.803s, set by Jan Charouz in the team’s Oreca 03 - Nissan on lap 253, was considerably faster AND than last year’s best in class, at 3m 41.536s. MORE DURABLE WITH 2012 PODIUM FOR KROHN RACING Dunlop’s GTE Am category team, Krohn Racing, LE MANS scored a well-deserved third in class with their Ferrari 458 Italia with drivers Tracy Krohn, Niclas Jönsson and Michele Rugolo, the final of whom did more than his fair share of time behind the One of the three winning drivers was Ryan Dalziel. “It was a really good Dunlop’s targets for 2012 were to achieve the wheel. LMP2 WIN seemingly disparate aims of making Dunlop LMP2 race for us” he said. “We knew we were a little bit off the one lap pace relative to some of the faster LMP2 cars so we focused on overall race tyres capable of faster lap times and last for longer “Twenty four hours is a long time if you have to pace and maximising the performance from Dunlop’s tyres. The key was distances. drive it, and I drove a lot in that race!” said Michele. leapfrogging people by making more fuel stops - pitting after eleven laps Both targets were achieved in style. -
Entry List Total Entries - 38
Rolex 24 At Daytona #IMSA Daytona International Speedway - Daytona Beach, Florida January 23 - January 26, 2020 Official Entry List Total Entries - 38 DAYTONA PROTOTYPE iNTERNATIONAL (DPi) (DPi) ENTRIES - 8 CAR NO. DRIVERS & NATIONALITY TEAM & SPONSOR CAR TYPE TIRE ENGINE FUEL (P)Sebastien Bourdais FRA Mustang Sampling Racing / JDC-Miller MotorSports (P)Loic Duval FRA Cadillac DPi Michelin Cadillac E-20C 5 Mustang Sampling Racing (G)Joao Barbosa PRT (G)Dane Cameron USA ACURA TEAM PENSKE (P)Simon Pagenaud FRA Acura DPi Michelin Acura E-20C 6 Acura (P)Juan Pablo Montoya COL (P)Ricky Taylor USA ACURA TEAM PENSKE (P)Helio Castroneves USA Acura DPi Michelin Acura E-20C 7 Acura (P)Alexander Rossi USA (G)Renger van der Zande NLD Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R (P)Ryan Briscoe AUS Cadillac DPi Michelin Cadillac E-20C 10 Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R (P)Scott Dixon NZL (P)Kamui Kobayashi JPN (P)Mike Conway GBR Whelen Engineering Racing (P)Pipo Derani BRA Cadillac DPi Michelin Cadillac E-20C 31 Whelen Engineering (P)Filipe Albuquerque PRT (P)Felipe Nasr BRA (G)Jonathan Bomarito USA Mazda Team Joest (P)Harry Tincknell GBR Mazda DPi Michelin Mazda E-20C 55 Mazda (P)Ryan Hunter-Reay USA (P)Oliver Jarvis GBR Mazda Team Joest (G)Tristan Nunez USA Mazda DPi Michelin Mazda E-20C 77 Mazda (P)Olivier Pla FRA (S)Juan Piedrahita COL JDC-Miller MotorSports (G)Matheus Leist BRA Cadillac DPi Michelin Cadillac E-20C 85 Mobile PitStop / Polipetrosur / LaModerna / Sabelt / Justice Brothers (S)Chris Miller USA (G)Tristan Vautier FRA LE MANS PROTOTYPE 2 (LMP2) (LMP2) ENTRIES - 5 CAR NO. -
Aussie Racing Cars Entry List
V8 Supercars Coates Hire Sydney 500 I Welcome/Contents 3 COATES HIRE SYDNEY 500 Contents DECEMBER 4 - 6, 2015 IN EVERY ISSUE! EDITOR IN CHIEF: Gordon Lomas 3 WELCOME/CONTENTS 28 CARUSO/MOFFAT 7 CIRCUIT GUIDE 29 BRIGHT/COULTHARD JOURNALIST: 9 V8 SUPERCARS ENTRY LIST 30 WOOD/MCLAUGHLIN Tom Howard 10 PREVIOUS WINNERS 31 WALL/PYE 13 TV TIMES 32 GISBERGEN DESIGN: 14 2015 V8 SUPERCARS CALENDAR 34 V8 SUPERCAR CHAMPIONS Kirstie Fuentes 15 WHINCUP/LOWNDES 38 DUNLOP SERIES ENTRY LIST 16 TANDER/COURTNEY 39 F4 ENTRY LIST SALES/MARKETING: 18 SLADE/HOLDSWORTH 40 V8 UTES ENTRY LIST Leisa Emberson 20 BLANCHARD/PERCAT 43 STADIUM SUPER TRUCKS 22 WALSH/W.DAVISON ENTRY LIST PARTNERS: 23 WINTERBOTTOM/WATERS 44 AUSSIE RACING CARS ENTRY LIST SUBSCRIBE AND NEVER Armor All 25 REYNOLDS/HEIMGARTNER 45 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS MISS A COPY! Castrol Edge 27 T.KELLY/R.KELLY Pirtek Coates Hire Crimsafe Dunlop Tata Motors Apex Jobstop GearWrench STATS DID YOU KNOW SUpercheap Auto CHAMPIONSHIP Craig Lowndes will start his 250th round this weekend, equalling Russell Ingall for STANDINGS the most starts in Australian Touring Car/V8 36 4 Supercars Championship history... Frosty’s career defining moment fter 33 races spanning the length and breadth circuit’s punishing nature and often changeable weather of Australia, the scene is now set to crown a conditions. new V8 Supercars champion. As a result, Lowndes has a slim since of pulling off one of A Two protagonists remain following an the most impressive title fightback having been 423 points eventful Phillip Island Super Sprint which has adrift following Sandown. -
Tiago Monteiro
ISSUEISSUE 06 01 / /2019 2019 It’s a tough fight for TCR Japan’s inaugural title The show of The stormy season 24H TCE Series: the WTCR flying circus of TCR Europe ‘round the clock in Algarve COLOPHON THE TCR SNAPSHOT Editor in chief Fabio Ravaioli ([email protected]) Editors Alfredo Filippone ([email protected]) Mark James ([email protected]) Contributors Actualfoto, Yoshinori Arimatsu, Joakim Åström, @World, Dominique Bondar, Cheng Yuan, Clovis Chooi, DPPI, Jakob Ebrey, Arnold Eugenio, Fabiola Forchini, Fotos Alcobendas, Petr Frýba, Daphne Gengler, Grigoriy Golyshev, Bengt-Åce Gustavsson, Laura Hernández, Neil Hudson, Daniel Kalisz, Patrick Koziolek, Fiammetta An historical victory La Guidara, Stu Lane, LAT Images, Where: Sugo Sportsland Robbie Montinola, Vadim Nikishev, What: Suji Maejima signed the first ever win Jamie O’Leary, Photo 4, Photo Rigato, of an Alfa Romeo car in a Japanese championship Adalberto Ramos, Paul Riordan, Evgeniy Safronov, Nate Siebens, Gen Suzuki, Salvatore Tarantino, Evita Tidmane, Thorsten Weigl Published by WSC World Sporting Consulting Ltd 22 Eastcheap, 2nd Floor, What’s next London EC3M 1EU, in the world of TCR United Kingdom 27/28 July TCR Eastern Europe by ESET Automotodrom Grobnik 27/28 July TCR UK Brands Hatch Designed by 2/3 August IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge Road America, Elkhart Lake Inpagina s.r.l., via Giambologna 2, 2/4 August TCR Russia ADM Raceway, Moscow 40138 Bologna, Italy 2/4 August TCR Australia Queensland Raceway 2/4 August TCR Europe Motorsport Arena -
Copy of TUDOR Championship ROAR Pre-Event Entry List-NS.Xlsx
ROAR Before the 24 Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, FL January 9 - 11, 2015 Entry List as of 1/5/15 Car No Drivers Prototype (P) Sponsor Car Type Engine Tire Fuel 0 TBA / TBA DeltaWing Racing DeltaWing DWC13 Elan Continental IMSA E10 TBA / TBA 1 Scott Sharp / West Palm Beach, FL Tequila Patron ESM Tequila Patron HPD ARX-04b Honda Continental IMSA E10 Ryan Dalziel / Orlando, FL David Heinemeier Hansson / Copenhagen, Denmark 2 Ed Brown / Boca Raton, FL Tequila Patron ESM Tequila Patron HPD ARX-04b Honda Continental IMSA E10 Johannes van Overbeek / Oakland, CA Jon Fogarty / Bend, OR 5 Joao Barbosa / Porto, Portugal Action Express Racing, LLC Action Express Racing / Whelen Engineering Corvette DP Chevrolet Continental IMSA E10 Christian Fittipaldi / Sao Paolo, Brazil Sébastien Bourdais / Le Mans, France 7 Brendon Hartley / Palmerston North, New Zealand Starworks Motorsport Riley MK XX Dinan BMW Continental IMSA E10 Rubens Barrichello / São Paulo , Brazil Robbie Kerr / High Wycombe, United Kingdom Tor Graves / Thailand Scott Mayer / Franklin, WI 10 Jordan Taylor / Apopka, FL No. 10 Konica Minolta Corvette DP Konica Minolta Corvette DP Chevrolet Continental IMSA E10 Ricky Taylor / Apopka, FL for Wayne Taylor Racing Max Angelelli / Monte Carlo, Monaco 31 Eric Curran / Holyoke, MA Action Express Racing, LLC Whelen Engineering / Team Fox Corvette DP Chevrolet Continental IMSA E10 Dane Cameron / Charlotte, NC Max Papis / Como, Italy Phil Keen / England 50 Jim Pace / Ridgeland, MS Fifty Plus Racing Endures for a Cure, Inc. / 50 Plus Racing Endures for a Cure Riley DP BMW Continental IMSA E10 Bryon DeFoor / Ooltweah, TN Highway to Help Race Team David Hinton / Clearwater, FL Dorsey Schroeder / Kirkwood, Missouri 57 Tracy Krohn / Houston, TX Krohn Racing Ligier JS P2 Judd Continental IMSA E10 Olivier Pla / Toulouse, France Nic Jonsson / Buford, GA Alex Brundle / King's Lynn, United Kingdom 60 John Pew / Palm Beach, FL Michael Shank Racing w/ Curb/Agajanian Ligier JS P2 Honda Continental IMSA E10 Oswaldo Negri, Jr. -
Audi Sport Customer Racing in the 24 Hours of Spa
Audi MediaInfo Communications Audi Sport customer racing Eva-Maria Becker Tel: +49 841 89-33922 E -mail: [email protected] www.audi -mediacenter.com/en Audi Sport customer racing in the 24 Hours of Spa • Two teams with support by Audi Sport customer racing • More than ten Audi R8 LMS expected at Spa • World Champion José María López to race for Audi for the first time Neuburg a. d. Donau, July 1, 2019 – For the 24 Hours of Spa from July 25 to 28, Audi Sport customer racing expects more than ten Audi R8 LMS on the grid. The 24-hour race is part of the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup. It is also the third in five rounds of the Intercontinental GT Challenge for which Audi Sport has nominated four race cars. Audi Sport has won the iconic endurance race with the Audi R8 LMS four times so far – in 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2017. In the battle for its fifth victory, Audi relies on proven teams with a successful track record. Audi Sport Team WRT – the 2011 and 2014 winning team – is fielding two Audi R8 LMS cars for Audi Sport customer racing. Audi Sport drivers Frank Stippler and Dries Vanthoor, who won the 24 Hours of Nürburgring a week ago, will be sharing a cockpit with the Spaniard Alex Riberas. Robin Frijns, Nico Müller and René Rast, three of the six Audi factory drivers in the DTM, are going to drive another Audi R8 LMS of the Belgian team. Rast has previously won the race back in 2012 with Frank Stippler and a second time in 2014. -
20072018 BPGT Endurance Spa 24H Provisional Entry List V9
2018 Blancpain GT Series EnDurance Cup - TOTAL 24 HOURS OF SPA Provisional Entry List QT # TEAM NAT ENTRANT LIC DRIVER 1 NAT LIC CAT DRIVER 2 NAT LIC CAT DRIVER 3 NAT LIC CAT DRIVER 4 NAT LIC CAT CAR CAT 1 1 Audi Sport Team WRT BEL Belgian Audi Club Team WRT BEL Alex Riberas ESP ESP Gold Christopher Mies DEU DEU Platinum Dries Vanthoor BEL BEL Gold - - - - Audi R8 LMS - 2 2 Audi Sport Team WRT BEL Belgian Audi Club Team WRT BEL Robin Frijns NDL NDL Platinum Nico Müller CHE TBC Platinum René Rast DEU DEU Platinum - - - - Audi R8 LMS - 3 4 Mercedes-AMG Team BLACK FALCON DEU BLACK FALCON DEU Maro Engel DEU DEU Platinum Yelmer Buurman NDL NDL Platinum Luca Stolz DEU DEU Silver - - - - Mercedes-AMG GT3 - 4 5 BLACK FALCON DEU BLACK FALCON DEU Kriton Lendoudis GRC GRC Bronze Saud Al Faisal SAU SAU Bronze Rui Aguas PRT PRT Gold Adam Christodoulou GBR GBR Gold Mercedes-AMG GT3 Pro-Am Cup 5 6 BLACK FALCON DEU BLACK FALCON DEU Hubert Haupt DEU DEU Silver Gabriele Piana ITA ITA Silver Abdulaziz Al Faisal SAU SAU Silver Manuel Metzger DEU TBC Silver Mercedes-AMG GT3 Silver Cup 6 7 Bentley Team M-Sport GBR Bentley Team M-Sport GBR Steven Kane GBR GBR Gold Jordan Pepper ZAF ZAF Silver Jules Gounon FRA FRA Gold - - - - Bentley Continental GT3 - 7 8 Bentley Team M-Sport GBR Bentley Team M-Sport GBR Andy Soucek ESP ESP Platinum Maxime Soulet BEL BEL Gold Vincent Abril MCO MCO Gold - - - - Bentley Continental GT3 - 8 9 Target Racing ITA Target Racing ITA Stefano Costantini ITA TBC Bronze Alberto di Folco ITA TBC Silver Sylvain Debs FRA TBC Bronze Bernard Delhez BEL TBC Bronze Lamborghini Huracan GT3 AM Cup 9 12 Ombra Racing ITA Ombra Racing S.R.L. -
24 HEURES DU MANS ILMC Qualifying 1 After 2 Hours Provisional
24 HEURES DU MANS ILMC Qualifying 1 After 2 Hours Provisional Classification Nr. Team Driver Car Cl Ty Time Lap Total Gap Kph 1 8 Peugeot Sport Total F. Montagny / S. Sarrazin / N. Minassian Peugeot 908 LM P1 M 3:27.033 16 22 - - 237.0 2 2 Audi Sport Team Joest M. Fassler / A. Lotterer / B. Treluyer Audi R18 TDI LM P1 M 3:27.939 6 29 +0.906 +0.906 236.0 3 1 Audi Sport Team Joest T. Bernhard / R. Dumas / M. Rockenfeller Audi R18 TDI LM P1 M 3:27.949 2 11 +0.916 +0.010 235.9 4 3 Audi Sport North America R. Capello / T. Kristensen / A. McNish Audi R18 TDI LM P1 M 3:28.301 3 28 +1.268 +0.352 235.5 5 7 Peugeot Sport Total M. Gene / A. Wurz / A. Davidson Peugeot 908 LM P1 M 3:28.796 4 27 +1.763 +0.495 235.0 6 9 Team Peugeot Total P. Lamy / S. Bourdais / S. Pagenaud Peugeot 908 LM P1 M 3:29.466 4 28 +2.433 +0.670 234.2 7 10 Team Oreca Matmut N. Lapierre / L. Duval / O. Panis Peugeot 908 HDI-FAP LM P1 M 3:30.084 17 25 +3.051 +0.618 233.5 8 16 Pescarolo Team E. Collard / C. Tinseau / J. Jousse Pescarolo Judd LM P1 M 3:35.456 3 12 +8.423 +5.372 227.7 9 12 Rebellion Racing N. Jani / N. Prost / J. Bleekemolen Lola B 10/60 Coupe-Toyota LM P1 M 3:37.404 8 20 +10.371 +1.948 225.7 10 13 Rebellion Racing A. -
2019 BPGT Endurance Paul Ricard Provisional Entry List V2
2019 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - PAUL RICARD 1000KMS Provisional Entry List of Entrants and Drivers eligible to take part in the Competition QT # TEAM NAT ENTRANT LIC DRIVER 1 NAT LIC CAT DRIVER 2 NAT LIC CAT DRIVER 3 NAT LIC CAT CAR CAT 1 2 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT BEL Belgian Audi Club Team WRT BEL Dries Vanthoor BEL BEL Gold Ezequiel Perez Companc ARG ARG Silver Alex Riberas ESP ESP Gold Audi R8 LMS GT3 2019 - 2 4 BLACK FALCON DEU BLACK FALCON DEU Maro Engel DEU DEU Platinum Luca Stolz DEU DEU Gold Yelmer Buurman NDL NDL Platinum Mercedes-AMG GT3 - 3 5 Phoenix Racing DEU Phoenix Racing DEU Ivan Pareras ESP ESP Silver Kim Luis Schramm DEU DEU Silver Finlay Hutchison GBR GBR Silver Audi R8 LMS GT3 2019 Silver Cup 4 6 BLACK FALCON DEU BLACK FALCON DEU Hubert Haupt DEU DEU Silver Patrick Assenheimer DEU DEU Silver Gabriele Piana ITA ITA Silver Mercedes-AMG GT3 Silver Cup 5 9 Boutsen Ginion BEL Boutsen Ginion Racing BEL Marc Rostan FRA FRA Bronze Karim Ojjeh SAU CHE Bronze TBC BMW M6 GT3 Pro-Am Cup 6 10 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT BEL Belgian Audi Club Team WRT BEL Ricardo Sanchez MEX MEX Silver Charles Weerts BEL BEL Silver Rik Breukers NDL NDL Silver Audi R8 LMS GT3 2019 Silver Cup 7 12 Ombra Racing ITA Ombra S.R.L ITA Denis Dupont BEL BEL Silver Dean Stoneman GBR GBR Silver* Stefano Gattuso ITA ITA Silver Lamborghini Huracan GT3 2019 Silver Cup 8 15 Boutsen Ginion BEL Boutsen Ginion Racing BEL Pierre Feligioni FRA FRA Bronze Claude-Yves Gosselin FRA FRA Bronze Renaud Kuppens BEL BEL Bronze* Lamborghini Huracan GT3 2019 Am Cup -
IZOD Indycar® Series & Firestone Indy Lights™ 2012 Trackside
® DARIO FRANCHITTIDARIO Chip Ganassi Racing Target Series Champion 2011 IZOD IndyCar IZOD IndyCar ® Series & Firestone Indy Lights™ 2012 Trackside INDYCAR Media Web Site – media.indycar.com A media-only section of the INDYCAR’s Web site is available for media use. This site contains general content about the IZOD IndyCar® Series and Firestone Indy Lights, including: IZOD IndyCar Series and Firestone Indy Lights logos for download Graphics and special event photo galleries for download and publication INDYCAR PR contacts Team PR contacts Track contacts Teleconference advisories Teleconference transcripts, press releases, advisories and notebooks Weekly Video News Feed advisories and digital copies Information about each event also is available, including: Complete event schedules Broadcast information Daily Trackside Reports, including session details and quotes Event Video News Release advisories Event press conference transcripts The address for the media site is: http://media.indycar.com INDYCAR Media Photo Web Site – IndyCarMedia.com A media-only website is available for media to download high-resolution photos of at-track events and studio photos of drivers. Note, registration is required to access the side The address for the media site is: http://www.indycarmedia.com INDYCAR PR CONTACT INFORMATION 1. INDYCAR. Contact information for members of INDYCAR Public Relations: a. Amy Konrath, Vice President of Communications/Public Relations 317-331-7437 – cell; 317-492-6453 – office; [email protected] b. Denise Abbott, Vice President of Public Relations 310-430-0496 – cell; 317-492-8836 – office; [email protected] c. Steve Shunck, Vice President of Public Relations 317-716-9188 – cell; 317-492-8532 – office; [email protected] d. -
Catalogo Stilo 2018.Pdf
2018 index PAGE 01 COMPANY PROFILE PAGE 03 RALLY ▷ WRC DES range 04 ▷ TROPHY DES range 05 ▷ ST5R range 06 ▷ Technical features 08 ▷ Accessories 09 ▷ Intercoms 10 ▷ Products compatibility 15 Stilo PAGE 17 RACING ▷ ST5F N range 18 ▷ ST5 GT range 19 ▷ OPEN FACE range 21 ▷ Accessories 23 ▷ Car-pit + accessories 29 PAGE 34 KARTING ▷ ST5F N range 35 PAGE 36 Stilo reserves the right to change specifications of its products in light new technologies or meet needs standards. Stilo reserves Please contact your dealer for further information. OFFSHORE ▷ Offshore range 37 Printed November 2017 Printed November LA PASSIONE DI EVOLVERE WHY STILO? OUR PHILOSOPHY EMPLOYEES 30 The name Stilo comes from the tool used by the Bronze Age to write, to imprint their first thoughts, Top functionality. Everything a driver needs must be standard their first ideas, their first concepts. feature: intercom, connections, earmuffs, drinking system, etc. COUNTRIES WE EXPORT TO In time the word “stilo” evolved to “style”, that is the way each person uses a stilo: your own style. 46 including United States, Australia, Japan, And our style is that of making products that leave a mark, exactly like a stilo in our ancestors wax boards. South Africa and South America over 5 continents. 2011 2017 Stilo designs ST4 Zero and WRC DES 2015 Zero, world’s lightest 2013 In Formula 1 with Valtteri FIA 8860 certified Bottas - Mercedes F1 2009 helmets, both full Stilo officially Team and Jolyon Palmer - Stilo develops the debuts in F1. Renault F1 Team. face and open face. world first rally Stilo develops ST-30, Verbacom launch: intercom with digital Update to the new Ear Bamber wins the 24h the world’s first the very first noise cancellation homologation of Le Mans and the WEC 2003 2005 intercom featuring communication that debuts with standards title with Porsche - LMP1 1999 2 circuits, one in use system for racing Volkswagen winning FIA8859-2015 wearing ST5. -
Nissan Motors Media
Nissan West Europe SAS NISSAN ANNONCE SON PROGRAMME SPORTIF MONDIAL POUR 2016 La Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500 en lice pour un troisième titre consécutif en SUPER GT Couronné en Blancpain Series et victorieux aux 12 Heures de Bathurst en 2015, Katsumasa Chiyo accède à la catégorie Super GT GT500 La GT-R en configuration GT3 entre en lice en Europe, aux Etats-Unis et au Japon Nissan défendra son titre en Blancpain Endurance Series et se lance à l'assaut de la Sprint Cup Transfert de rêve pour Jann Mardenborough, révélation de la GT Academy, qui courra au Japon Le 26 février 2016 – Après avoir remporté neuf championnats internationaux à travers le monde en 2015, Nissan va poursuivre sa participation dans différents championnats et catégories tout en reconduisant les programmes de soutien à ses clients en 2016. Les athlètes NISMO continuent de défendre leurs couleurs au Japon, en Amérique du Nord, en Europe et en Australie. Liste des activités de Nissan/NISMO pour cette année par catégorie et par pilotes : SUPER GT GT500 Ayant remporté le Championnat SUPER GT GT500 deux années de suite, Nissan/NISMO visera un troisième titre d'affilée en 2016. Quatre équipes seront engagées dans la catégorie GT500 avec la Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500. Fort de ses deux saisons en Blancpain Endurance Series et de ses participations aux 12 heures de Bathurst, Katsumasa Chiyo fera ses débuts en GT500 en 2016. Vice-président administratif de NISMO, Toshikazu Tanaka succédera à Kunihiko Kakimoto en tant que directeur général de l'équipe Nissan GT500. Kakimoto a occupé le poste de directeur général pendant 12 ans à partir de 2004 et a contribué aux 12 titres conquis par Nissan dans le championnat GT500.