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Before the Battle: Super GT Friday Practice – Sepang June 17 2011

Now touring Malaysia, the Sepang Circuit is the only circuit outside of Japan that hosts the Super GT every year. Coming from the cold and breezy Japan to the desert hot and sauna humid climate of Malaysia, the teams need all the practice and acclimatization they can get before their big day tomorrow for qualifying and even bigger race day this Sunday.

Sushi still fresh and clear wrapped within container.

JimGainer’s Italia

Can’t get any lower than the cars

Looks good even when being pushed

Hasepro’s Machine. A Corolla!

Practicing their Pit-ins

Hankook GT3 with an nice ass

That’s not an engine if that’s what you’re wondering

Nitrogen for consistent tyres and quick action air jacks

A name straight from Manga. EVANGELION RT TEST TYPE-01 Apple Shiden. wow.

We love the good cartoony graphics from Goodsmile

Studie AG – wacky brand for awesome BMW tuning outfits based in Japan

The number of men it takes to change a xenon bulb.

GTR Spec-V for a Safety Car.

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GT500 | 15 machines
Car No. Entrant Machine Driver Tire
1 Weider Honda Racing Weider HSV-010Honda HSV-010 GT / HR10EG Takashi Kogure
Loic Duval[FRA]
BS
6 LEXUS TEAM LeMans ENEOS ENEOS SUSTINA SC430LEXUS SC430 / RV8KG Daisuke Ito
Kazuya Oshima
BS
8 AUTOBACS RACING TEAM AGURI ARTA HSV-010Honda HSV-010 GT / HR10EG Hideki Mutoh
Takashi Kobayashi
BS
12 TEAM IMPUL CALSONIC IMPUL GT-RNISSAN GT-R R35 / VRH34A Tsugio Matsuda
Joao Paulo Lima de Oliveira[BRA]
BS
17 KEIHIN REAL RACING KEIHIN HSV-010Honda HSV-010 GT / HR10EG Toshihiro Kaneishi
Koudai Tsukakoshi
BS
19 LEXUS TEAM WedsSport BANDOH WedsSport ADVAN SC430LEXUS SC430 / RV8KG Tatsuya Kataoka
Seiji Ara
YH
23 NISMO MOTUL AUTECH GT-RNISSAN GT-R R35 / VRH34A Satoshi Motoyama
Benoit Treluyer[FRA]
BS
24 KONDO RACING ADVAN KONDO GT-RNISSAN GT-R R35 / VRH34A Hironobu Yasuda
Bjorn Wirdheim[SWE]
YH
32 NAKAJIMA RACING EPSON HSV-010Honda HSV-010 GT / HR10EG Ryo Michigami
Yuhki Nakayama
DL
35 LEXUS TEAM KRAFT D’STATION KeePer SC430LEXUS SC430 / RV8KG Juichi Wakisaka
Andre Couto[PRT]
BS
36 LEXUS TEAM PETRONAS TOM’S PETRONAS TOM’S SC430LEXUS SC430 / RV8KG Andre Lotterer[DEU]
Kazuki Nakajima
BS
38 LEXUS TEAM ZENT CERUMO ZENT CERUMO SC430LEXUS SC430 / RV8KG Yuji Tachikawa
Kohei Hirate
BS
39 LEXUS TEAM SARD DENSO SARD SC430LEXUS SC430 / RV8KG Hiroaki Ishiura
Takuto Iguchi
MI
46 MOLA S Road MOLA GT-RNISSAN GT-R R35 / VRH34A Masataka Yanagida
Ronnie Quintarelli[ITA]
MI
100 TEAM KUNIMITSU RAYBRIG HSV-010Honda HSV-010 GT / HR10EG Takuya Izawa
Naoki Yamamoto
BS
GT300 | 26 machines
Car No. Entrant Machine Driver Tire
2 Cars Tokai Dream28 EVANGELION RT TEST TYPE-01 Apple ShidenShiden MC/RT-16 / 1UZ-FE Kazuho Takahashi
Hiroki Katoh
YH
4 GSR&Studie with TeamUKYO HATSUNEMIKU GOODSMILE BMWBMW Z4 GT3 / P65B44 Nobuteru Taniguchi
Taku Bamba
YH
5 TEAM MACH Mach GoGoGo Syaken RD320RVEMAC 320R / M97/77 Tetsuji Tamanaka
Haruki Kurosawa
YH
7 DIRECTION RACING EVANGELION RT PRODUCTION MODEL-02 DIRECTIONPORSCHE 911GT3 R MY2011 / M97/79 Carlo Van Dam[NLD]
Akira Mizutani
YH
10 JIMGAINER JIMGAINER F430Ferrari F430 / F136GT TBN
TBN
TBN
11 JIMGAINER JIMGAINER DIXCEL DUNLOP 458Ferrari 458 GTC / F142GT Tetsuya Tanaka
Katsuyuki Hiranaka
DL
14 Team SG CHANGI SG CHANGI IS350LEXUS IS350 / RV8J Ryo Orime
Alexandre Imperatori[CHE]
YH
15 TEAM ART TASTE ART TASTE GT3RPORSCHE 911GT3 R MY2011 / M97/79 Yasuhiro Shimizu
TBN
HK
22 R’Qs MOTORSPORTS R’Qs Vemac 350RVEMAC 350R / ZK348 Hisashi Wada
Masaki Jyonai
YH
25 SAMURAI Team TSUCHIYA ZENT Porsche RSRPORSCHE 911GT3 RSR / M97/81 Akihiro Tsuzuki
Takeshi Tsuchiya
YH
26 Team TAISAN CINECITTA Verity TAISAN PorschePORSCHE 911GT3 RS / M96/77 Hidedshi Matsuda
Kyosuke Mineo
YH
27 LMP MOTORSPORT PACIFIC NAC IKAMUSUME FerrariFerrari F430 / F136GT Yutaka Yamagishi
Hideki Yamauchi
YH
31 apr HASEPRO MA IWASAKI apr COROLLATOYOTA COROLLA Axio / 2GR-FSE Koki Saga
Yuki Iwasaki
YH
33 HANKOOK KTR HANKOOK PORSCHEPORSCHE 911GT3 R MY2010 / M97/79 Masami Kageyama
Tomonobu Fujii
HK
34 HANKOOK KTR HARUHIRACINGHANKOOKPORSCHEPORSCHE 911GT3 RSR / M97/81 Hiroshi Takamori
Michael Kim[USA]
HK
41 Team TAISAN CINECITTA NetMove TAISAN FerrariFerrari F430 GT / F136GT Shinichi Yamaji
Hiroshi Koizumi
YH
43 AUTOBACS RACING TEAM AGURI ARTA GaraiyaARTA Garaiya / VQ35DE Shinichi Takagi
Kousuke Matsuura
BS
62 R&D SPORT R&D SPORT LEGACY B4SUBARU LEGACY B4 / EJ20 Tetsuya Yamano
Kota Sasaki
YH
66 A speed triple a Vantage GT2Aston Martin V8 Vantage / V8 Hiroki Yoshimoto
Kazuki Hoshino
YH
69 ThunderAsia Racing ThunderAsia MT900MMosler MT900M / XV Melvin Choo[SGP]
Hiroki Yoshida
YH
74 apr COROLLA Axio apr GTTOYOTA COROLLA Axio / 2GR-FSE Morio Nitta
Yuji Kunimoto
YH
86 JLOC JLOC Lamborghini RG-3Gallardo RG-3 / 07L1 Yuya Sakamoto
Takayuki Aoki
YH
87 JLOC RIRE Lamborghini RG-3Gallardo RG-3 / 07L1 Atsushi Yogo
Manabu Orido
YH
88 JLOC JLOC Lamborghini RG-3Gallardo RG-3 / 07L1 Hiroyuki Iiri
Yuhi Sekiguchi
YH
360 TOMEI SPORTS RUNUP SPORTS CORVETTECALLAWAY CORVETTE / LS7 Atsushi Tanaka
Kazuyoshi Okamura
YH
808 AS Racing TBNTBN / TBN TBN
TBN
TBN
Nationality = BRA:Brazil / CHE:Switzerland / DEU:Germany / FRA:France / ITA:Italy / NLD:Netherlands / PRT:Portugal /
SWE:Sweden / SGP:Singapore

Tire = BS:Bridgestone / DL:Dunlop / HK:Hankook / MI:Michelin / YH:Yokohama