<P> The GT - R's success in motor racing was formidable, particularly in the annual 1,000 km (620 miles) race at the Mount Panorama circuit in Bathurst, Australia, where the winner in 1991 and 1992 was a GT - R (despite receiving additional 140 kg (309 lb) in weight penalties and a turbo pressure relief valve in 1992, and crashing). It took the overall win of the 1991 Spa 24 Hours, after getting the pole position and fastest lap time, ahead of the Porsche 911 and BMW M3 Evolution . It remained dominant in the Japanese GT series for many years . The Skyline GT - R line was retired from the JGTC series (later changed Super GT Series) in 2004 . Its successor, the Nissan GT - R, competed and dominated the 2008 Super GT season, winning the GT500 (see details below). </P> <P> No other GT - R race victories escaped controversy . At the 1990 Macau Grand Prix Guia touring car race, the factory - backed R32, driven by Masahiro Hasemi, led the race from start to finish, which caused a wave of protests by European entrants . The following year, officials forced the car to carry a weight penalty of 140 kg (309 lb). That year, it was also up against the more competitive DTM BMW M3 and Mercedes - Benz 190E 2.5--16 Evolution II . A disgruntled Hasemi took fourth place . For the following and final year, the weight penalty was reduced, and works - backed Hasemi returned with another privateer R32 . The privateer crashed, and Hasemi retired with engine failure . </P> <P> In the UK, Andy Middlehurst took the Nissan Skyline GT - R (R32) to two consecutive championship wins in the National Saloon Car Cup . Other championship titles include the 1991 Australian Touring Car Championship (Jim Richards), the 1991 Australian Endurance Championship (Mark Gibbs & Rowan Onslow), the 1991 Australian Manufacturers' Championship, the 1992 Australian Touring Car Championship (Mark Skaife) and the 1992 Spanish Touring Car Championship . </P> <P> Akira Kameyama has taken the GT - R to the Pikes Peak International Hillclimb race on three occasion winning in each Open Class for production cars he entered, one in 1993 with the R32, another in 1996 with the R33 and again in 1998 . For the following year, Rhys Millen took an R33 Skyline GT - R to win the High Performance Showroom Stock category . </P>

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