This video hits harder knowing Auto Club Speedway (the track where this race was held) will be demolished and converted into a short track. RIP ACS.

@23gt17

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, it sucks. Hopefully a shorter track can still exist and doesn't get ruined by all the NIMBYs in Cali.

@TwoAcresandaMule

10 ай бұрын

I doubt it will ever be rebuilt

This has to be the most all-time special event to ever take place when Japan's Motorsport comes to the US. Most of the GT300 and GT500 cars scene in this special event was in Gran Turismo and Forza Motorsport video games.

@23gt17

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it was definitely a one of a kind event! I wish I could have gone but I was living in the East Coast at the time. I have a friend who said he was able to go and I'm so jelly lol.

Thanks for uploading this! 3 friends and I made the road trip down to this event from NW Washington, it was awesome and it's a shame it never came back!

@23gt17

Жыл бұрын

You're very welcome! You're lucky you got to see it in person! I only got to watch this special on TV so I'm not jelly at all, no sir lol.

Thay gray honda nsx 👌

Glad to see the Kiwi Millen represent the USA in the top three with his Holden 😉

@23gt17

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, that rebodied Monaro was a great drift car lol. Too bad about what GM did to both Pontiac and Holden. Always rooted for the Commodores in V8 Supercars :)

One of the greatest motorsports events I've ever attended. A complete event from entertainment and motorsports aspects with a really good crowd

@23gt17

Жыл бұрын

You're so lucky you got to go! I wish I'd been able to but I was living on the East Coast and working for low pay back then still so it wasn't in the cards.

Thank you for uploading! I was fortunate enough to watch this event live so it's awesome to relive those memories.

@23gt17

2 жыл бұрын

Oh man, I'm jealous! I would have loved to have attended GT Live in person but I was living on the East Coast at the time!

The grandstands are pretty empty. It’s a shame that Super GT didn’t take off in the US back then.

@23gt17

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the grandstands look pretty sad but the event overall drew an attendance of 45,000 - about the same as an IndyCar event at the time - so it could have continued on. Sadly the GT Association couldn't come to an agreement with the promoter for the following year :(

@kpegc

Жыл бұрын

@@23gt17 If that's true, the event could be considered a success. During the Daytona 24 broadcasts of the past decade, the commentators have mentioned that road racing fans don't generally watch races from the grandstands at rovals- they prefer to pack the infield so they can be closer to the action. It's crazy to think that the reasonably good attendance figures of this event weren't enough to get a second event for '05, especially since even in the present day, cars from all these disciplines still appear in racing games that become commercial smash hits like GT and Forza. I wish I could have gone to this thing- I was unfortunately too young at the time.

@23gt17

Жыл бұрын

@@kpegc Yeah, unfortunately the organizer for GT LIve couldn't come to terms with the GT Association (JGTC's organizer) to have their cars come back the next year. I believe the sheer expense of shipping the cars and crews all the way to the States was major sticking point. Another thing that may have affected it was the JGTC's plans to expand outside Japan at the time which were having issues with the FIA. Basically, if they added too many overseas rounds they'd have to give up being sanctioned by the local Japanese Automobile Federation and go under the FIA instead as an international series. That whole rigmarole resulted in the JGTC being renamed to Super GT in 2005 with plans for a maximum of two overseas events per year but only one has been done annually for various reasons. I wish I could have gone to GT Live myself but I was living on the East Coast back then and making small beans lol.

7:44 The M-TEC NSX GT300 was actually a detuned GT500 car, little did he know... Also RIP to the 2 mile Auto Club Speedway.

@23gt17

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, RIP. Hopefully NASCAR don't act like total idiots and give up having a race track there entirely :(

Back when pro drifting was still fun to watch

@23gt17

10 ай бұрын

It's also fun to watch how badly Alain de Cadenet (RIP) mangles the names of the Japanese drifters in his cool British accent lol.

@VincentS327

10 ай бұрын

@@23gt17 I don’t know him… but imagining someone trying to say Japanese names with a heavy British accent sounds entertaining lol… I just like how back then these 4age’s, SR20’s, 13b’s can still compete in pro drift comp… now it’s nothing but V8’s… i pretty much ignore Formula D and only watch D1GP now…

@23gt17

9 ай бұрын

@@VincentS327 Alain de Cadenet was all over the place on Speed Channel back in those days mainly because he was a former racer with a cool British accent lol. And yes, it's disappointing US drifting has defaulted to V8s. So much more variety still in Japan. When I was at the DSport Tour drift event last January the D1GP guys had all sorts of cool motors - 2JZs, SR20s, even a VR38 swapped into Ken Gushi's RC. And the non-pros had even more variety :)

This is sick

Fantastic! Thankyou so much for uploading this and in good quality also. I’ve never seen footage of this race.

@23gt17

2 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome! Not many people remember this event so I wanted to share the video!

What a treasure! Thank you for uploading man,big time!

@23gt17

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome and Merry Christmas!

@23gt17

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome and Merry Christmas!