Jim Richards talks GT-Rs, Group A, HICAS and packs of a-holes at GT-R Festival 2019

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5 жыл бұрын

Thanks to Shannons Insurance, we had Jim Richards attend the 2019 Nitto Performance Engineering GT-R Festival, held at Sydney Dragway. He signed autographs, took pics, spoke to fans and we got to have a candid interview with him about his experience and memories of the GT-R.

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@chevydyall7619 5 жыл бұрын

'How many Targa Tasmanias did you win Jim? 'just all of them'

@graememcfarland 5 жыл бұрын

Gentleman Jim Richards is a dead set Legend. Such a humble bloke but passionate about racing to his core. Awesome work getting him to the event.

@SirDaffyD 3 жыл бұрын

Gentleman Jim. Has there been a racer in Australia who has won in as many different cars & classes as him? To me he's the complete race driver.

@coreyfreedom9859 5 жыл бұрын

Gentlemen jim what a legend

@robertyates6913 5 жыл бұрын

He sure is. And that's coming from a Sierra man. ;)

@Garage35Racing 5 жыл бұрын

God Damn Legend.💪💪 I still remember watching the 91 and 92 Bathurst Live. It was like it was yesterday.

@maxnaz47 5 жыл бұрын

yep, was 8-9yrs old respectively, my family was touring car championship crazy, until they banned the GTR's and went with v8 supercars, would occasionally watch thereafter if there nothing better to do, but we didn't care who won...

@benmclean2291 5 жыл бұрын

It would be good to have Skaife, Gibson and Richards at the next GTR Festival. Make it happen Hawkins 👍

@MotiveVideo 5 жыл бұрын

Ben McLean we tried to contact Skaife via his agent. No reply

@yeingsterable 4 жыл бұрын

Motive Video Should of asked Jim to organise it with Mark.

@mranonymous9355 4 жыл бұрын

@@MotiveVideo Hardly surprising.

@jamessparkes5316 4 жыл бұрын

@@MotiveVideo Freddy Gibson and Gibson Motorsport. Great historical development of Nissan Racing. George Fury, Seton, Gary Scott and the changes in car livery from Peter Jackson to Windfield

@tepidtuna7450 5 жыл бұрын

I remember going to watch the GTRs at Amaroo Raceway in Annangrove. Skaife was driving and I couldn't believe the speed and acceleration of this car. I was standing just after the kink in the up hill straight and it scared me so much I had to move. It defied physics and I was sure the car was going to flip and go into the crowd as it came through the turn. Blew me away.

@brianjewell4139 5 жыл бұрын

So cool to hear first hand accounts of the top guys from the heyday. So much about these cars isn't online and is hidden in print and the minds of people like him. This years was an epic fest, not sure where you'll go to continue improving but I'm looking forward to it.

@manikdj123 5 жыл бұрын

Lots of ♥️ for GDR’s!

@MrFrestermann 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for organising this lovely event and for sharing this video Andrew!

@toy200sx 4 жыл бұрын

What a legend & stand up bloke.

@NissanR33Ztune 5 жыл бұрын

What a brilliant idea to have Jim share his views....

@keithwear6226 5 жыл бұрын

Great vid of a true motorsports legend! 👍

@jethrox827 5 жыл бұрын

Great vid guys, keep up the great work

@dman24282428 5 жыл бұрын

sick vid as always from Motive

@n.c.atlantic6305 2 жыл бұрын

So cool how much you learn, I was looking back at the history of the gtr. It seems the new world only views JDM cars as drifting motorsports. But these cars were invented to dominate the track..so awesome.

@guilt-toyracing3588 5 жыл бұрын

great video guys

@MrZillaman73 5 жыл бұрын

Jim Richards a legend. who doesn't speed on the public road but on the track only!!!!!!!

@SuperWesty177 3 жыл бұрын

Such a legend real down to earth guy!

@trevohlson9733 5 жыл бұрын

Long live the king jim and the gtr 👍

@chrisoh6627 5 жыл бұрын

Very cool video!

@tdlaustralia7791 5 жыл бұрын

Love the old group A cars.

@matthewheffernan3877 5 жыл бұрын

what about the V8 poopercars ? i could watch them all da........... actually i cant watch is a disaster

@coilstrike Жыл бұрын

this is awesome

@JustGeminis 5 жыл бұрын

Great guy , great interview . A few more like that would be nice , maybe Scaifey

@HEKTIC458 5 жыл бұрын

An absolute legend.

@DRIFTSUNRC 5 жыл бұрын

On ya Jim!

@tgracing5532 5 жыл бұрын

What a legend...

@turbo.yota. 5 жыл бұрын

Its so weird (and cool) to see old guys that are in to imports. You never see this in america. Its awesome!

@slickstrings 3 жыл бұрын

In case youre not aware, he was one of the world's greatest group a race drivers in the 80s and 90s and drove nissans to many victories for factory nissan and gibson racing. The gtr he drove was the one which was coined godzilla and which built the legend. They still exist today in private hands.

@chrisczaj7947 3 жыл бұрын

He done well racing some of the smallest v8s at Bathurst in such a hi tech race car but on the other hand brocky was never far away 😊

@danielquimby9170 5 жыл бұрын

Legend

@Jolinator 5 жыл бұрын

@Monstero5o 5 жыл бұрын

So basically Australians made the r32 GTR what it is today.

@rockers2rockers616 5 жыл бұрын

Yes it sure sounds like it, straight from the man himself.

@ahrred3127 5 жыл бұрын

Was That Car Crashes In 1992?

@g6et_wrx177 5 жыл бұрын

Ripper bloke Mr Jim Richards!

@zyoungson215 5 жыл бұрын

Jim Richards and a Group A gtr? you outdid yourselves motive!

@thegingerpowerranger 5 жыл бұрын

Why didn't they make Holden and Ford pick up their game to match the GTR?

@joshuacameron2594 4 жыл бұрын

cause they soft as baby shit.

@MTT-ic3ci 5 жыл бұрын

Yes Holden and ford fanboys, this is the greatest track car built. 😁

@carbonfiber492 5 жыл бұрын

King Ragnar cough Sierra Cosworth cough

@yeingsterable 4 жыл бұрын

carbonfiber492 This killed the Sierra.

@carbonfiber492 4 жыл бұрын

Steven Yeing needed all the tech and 4wd to beat a single cam 4 banger with a live rearend

@carbonfiber492 4 жыл бұрын

And yet still wasn’t as dominant in racing

@yeingsterable 4 жыл бұрын

carbonfiber492 They did dominate in racing, they were restricted in the 1992 series to bring them back to the field, otherwise they would of dominated even more, they were the reason the rules were changed. They had two years in the series, won both bathursts and Championships, pretty dominant to me.

@tighematthew 4 жыл бұрын

How much power did they have?

@tighematthew 4 жыл бұрын

@Fire Heart Awesome i loved the old school races they should bring it back all makes of cars

@tangles01 5 жыл бұрын

GRD

@jacksonhenry2586 Жыл бұрын

I wonder when the moment was when Jim realised...yea Boys...they ain't going touch us in this thing

@daniel-it2lw Жыл бұрын

i love how he has remained unapologetic about his comment haha

@gtrlife2941 4 жыл бұрын

👌🏽

@rockers2rockers616 5 жыл бұрын

Is this bloke a true blue bloody champ or what people?

@wobblysauce 5 жыл бұрын

There were thoughts of just making them RWD.

@wrx2hot4u 5 жыл бұрын

How many times did he say “GTR” ?

@xav1uz 5 жыл бұрын

gee dee arrrrr

@conradsealy9603 5 жыл бұрын

@@wrx2hot4u I wouldnt say its embarassing. Just unique.

@tangles01 5 жыл бұрын

none was all GDR

@wrx2hot4u 5 жыл бұрын

tangles01 hahahaha yes someone got it.

@elliotspaull7550 5 жыл бұрын

wrx2hot4u Considering he’s a kiwi not an Aussie 🤷🏼‍♂️

@chevydyall7619 5 жыл бұрын

The man why their called godzilla

@MotiveVideo 5 жыл бұрын

Who are the three assholes that clicked dislike?

@MafiaboysWorld 5 жыл бұрын

All hail the 🐐 of Godzilla!! 👍 Jim Richards, 2nd most all time with 7 wins at Bathurst and back to back with the R32. 😎 I was a DJR Sierra fan during those days so I always cursed those Winfield GT-R's as a kid. 😂🤣

@chrisczaj7947 3 жыл бұрын

Brocky done well up against him in the small v8s no hi tech like Jim

@MafiaboysWorld 3 жыл бұрын

@@chrisczaj7947 No he didn't. Brocky went with Ford for a few years during that era because Holden COULDN'T keep up, the 5.0L were being eaten alive. His last win was 1987 due to the Texaco Sierra's being DQ'ed, he actually finished 3rd.