R32 Skyline GT-R Group A - Gibson Motorsport 30 Year Reunion

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We were honoured to be able to attend the Gibson Motorsport 30-year reunion of the Group A R32 Skyline GT-R at the Shannons Auction Showroom in Melbourne. All four chassis were there, enabling us to get up close and personal with them, plus meet and speak with ex-mechanics and the man behind it all, Fred Gibson. Drivers Mark Skaife and Jim Richards were also in attendance and gave some speeches about the cars. Big thanks to Kingsley for letting us attend and all his help.
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@littlediablo Жыл бұрын

These R32's particularly in the Nissan warpaint are automotive God's. What a gathering of people and machinery. Mark Skaife's face when Jim Richards called the crowd "a pack of arseholes" in 92, Neil Crompton gave the crowd the middle finger on the same podium. Even as a kid I knew it was pure gold!

@danielbrealey2924 Жыл бұрын

I love your plan for Bathurst, Andrew! A great move to keep the legacy alive for the younger generations to experience... As a community, you deserve our thanks for everything you do for the mighty Skyline... Cheers 👍

@ChasingAlpha300 Жыл бұрын

To me, these were the absolute golden years. Awesome stuff!

@glensubtorq Жыл бұрын

When group A rules changed to a two horse race I lost interest and left the sport. I really miss these days.

@andgate2000 Жыл бұрын

Same....the best racing was group c.

@Low760 Жыл бұрын

It was boring to watch GTR's win every race, it was a one horse race at the point you thought was good.

@Low760 Жыл бұрын

@@andgate2000 yes. Lots of variety, power levels, grip.

@glensubtorq Жыл бұрын

@@Low760 The WRX, Evo & FD RX7 came along at that time...that would have been an interesting time to see 😎

@Low760 Жыл бұрын

@@glensubtorq wrx's were 1994, rx7s, well Mazda exited in 1985? because of various reasons. GSR was a Rally car just like the liberty rs. all not comparable to the GTR and the multi million dollar budget they had.

@sircefiro Жыл бұрын

Hell yeah Andrew!!! Australia has lead the way with RB & kept it alive really, NZ has done well too but OZ development now is really what will keep the RB alive & going harder forever by the looks 👍👍👍

@drdesmo8489 Жыл бұрын

Not sure if you guys from Down Under fully appreciate this, but where you are is about the best place on the planet if you love the BNR32 !?! Events galore, Absolute Top Engine builders, pretty much the best of everything GTR ! I’m so envious Living in western Canada. Great video and thank you 🙏

@danielbrealey2924 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, to those of us a bit older like myself- it's just part of Aussie car culture. They're been around in such numbers here for so long, there's always been a huge enthusiast scene for them and all their RB powered cousins... They've just matured like fine wine over here, their cult car status will never die

@slatery1 Жыл бұрын

@@danielbrealey2924 would love to get into it as a younger bloke, but you're out of luck if you weren't picking them up for cents to the dollar 5 years ago compared to what they cost today

@connor6984 Жыл бұрын

Is it just me or does everyone else want the 1991 Bathurst winner to race alongside the fords and Holden’s for one last time?

@evo6ftw166 Жыл бұрын

Isn't it beautiful seeing the cars that the die hard Ford and Holden fans absolutely despised all together 😊

@Sp1Eagle Жыл бұрын

Thanks Andrew for taking us along to this once in a lifetime event. Super awesome stuff ! GTR forever !

@furai-ingfalc-kuru8149 Жыл бұрын

The Skaife car was found in Thailand by Carey McMahon a good few years ago, brought back and restored by him and my mate Rod Starr. He should never have sold it, even at the 7 figures he got. Worth soooo damn much now, pretty sure Nissan has offered well over 8 figures for it since

@garageredzone Жыл бұрын

Carey stopped racing it because he was sick of being so far in front of the Sierras lol

@furai-ingfalc-kuru8149 Жыл бұрын

@@garageredzone haha he's still got the B&H car, what a weapon. His Pantera though is amazing. Temperamental beast but so mad. Can't wait to see the Corvair sport sedan finished though, F5000 chassis goin under it hahaha

@garageredzone Жыл бұрын

He shouldn't have sold the HR31 TBH

@wobblysauce Жыл бұрын

Money talks…

@danielwitham1791 Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thanks Andrew and team 🙂

@m2comp369 Жыл бұрын

A beautiful piece of nostalgia! Sure, "my hat's off" to Fred Gibson and the team but, by far the biggest reason for this car's success is in the opening narration of the video - "the R32 GTR was designed from the outset to go Group A racing and win." In essence, Nissan took the rule book and asked themselves, what did their car need to beat the Sierra? Answer - 6 instead of 4 cylinders, twin turbo instead of one and the trump card, AWD instead of RWD! A recipe that was always going to be hard to top. Is it any wonder Larry Perkins called it a race car and not a touring car and from memory, Dick Johnson also commented along the lines that the GTR had more rubber pulling it around a corner than a formula 1 car.

@cyclonicleo Жыл бұрын

My dream is to take two of the Gibson R32's and an R31, as well as a Bluebird to Japan for Nissan Day at Fuji Speedway. Have Mark and Jim drive, if at all possible as well. That would be something truly unique and for Japanese Nissan fans, something they might never ever see again. Of course, i'll need a lotto win and some influential friends, but one can dream.

@markpurvis896 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this. I fondly remember watching both Skaifey and Richo steer these weapons around Bathurst, Oran Park and Amaroo Park. Even though we’re talking 30 years ago, it only seems like yesterday. These cars were years ahead of their time and were the best racing examples in the world, driven by arguably 2 of the best drivers ever to race touring cars. It was a privilege to say I watched them race and win.

@nismofreak33 Жыл бұрын

I was fortunate enough to sit in Skaife/Richard's GTR back in 2006. I think i was 12 years old at the time... Looking back on it now i had absolutely no idea how lucky i was. I wish i could go back and experience it again, i rekon i would appreciate it a lot more.

@gummbyandpokey Жыл бұрын

Can recommend seeing the Linfox owned gtr at their museum in Melbourne. It's a small museum but has some seriously cool bits of kit in it

@wobblysauce Жыл бұрын

That it does

@A-DUBCLUB Жыл бұрын

oh dammm.... this where it all began for me. it was literally these Bathurst GTR that showed the potential of the platform. This was the beginning of love for GTR's

@simmosideways Жыл бұрын

The story of this car is so good. Historic.

@spadgm Жыл бұрын

Was an amazing era of motor racing, have fond memories of meeting Skaifey and Richo at a promo event in Wellington NZ before the street race. Loved the GTR back then still do now!

@justin_mathew_kenny Жыл бұрын

Absolutely loved this Era of racing. Great work!

@mosca3289 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful to see these cars and the men who built them.

@Squalled Жыл бұрын

Great video! Lets not forget the R32 won the Sandown 500 in 91 in it's only entry to the event, along with it being run by a privateer team in Bob Forbes Racing, prior to the Bathurst 1000 that same year.

@garageredzone Жыл бұрын

Yep that's the GIO car :)

@allanbower1967 Жыл бұрын

Totally awesome video guy's! Being a kiwi, always loved watching our man Jim Richards racing!!

@mrivantchernegovski3869 Жыл бұрын

I touched Skaifes blue and white R32GTR in the pits at the Wellington Street Race in New Zealand ,I knew i had touched royalty and i still have him and Richards autographs

@cheesepizza87 Жыл бұрын

Loving this series

@timwise6876 Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for sharing this with us old Nissan Fans !

@ckryses3962 Жыл бұрын

0:21 a beautiful still,💚💚💚🍀🍀🍀

@TurbineResearch Жыл бұрын

What a cool gathering to be a part of. It's really cool that Japan was nervous of the Aussie spec cars. Well done Australia!🦘

@Legweak Жыл бұрын

That era was the best to watch ! When you have a over dozen makes racing The Castrol 6 hour bike race was great to watch as well

@MrSkeleton131 Жыл бұрын

"Over a dozen" is a bit of an exaggeration mate

@kemosabe8313 Жыл бұрын

I love seeing stuff like this. wish it was longer. nice little history lesson.

@c2rautomotive Жыл бұрын

One of my favorite cars of all time! And I have one with only 77.000kms 😎🔥🇵🇹

@ytthecommunistplatform.2675 Жыл бұрын

i liked the dr30 skyline days with seaton and skaife . i had an mr30 and always wanted a dr30 .

@Cl4rky Жыл бұрын

Damn those group A r32’s butter my biscuit

@danielbrealey2924 Жыл бұрын

Yeah boy! RB royalty right here

@maxrockatanksyOG Жыл бұрын

Havent watched touring cars since the Group A & Group C days (watched the EL Falcon era V8 Supercars for a bit, but was too boring). I miss those days

@ChristopherHallett Жыл бұрын

I'm old enough to remember watching the ATCC when it was Group A, and completely losing interest in it when they switched away from that formula.

@turbomac5195 Жыл бұрын

Goose bumps watching the whole vid 👊🏿💯🔥

@damiandelang8867 Жыл бұрын

Bathurst Top 10 Shoot out . Larry Perkins said the Nissan GTR was a racing car not a touring car .

@drdrei6422 Жыл бұрын

Even though I like the Japanese / JTCC Gr. A R32, I think I would love the Australian/ ATCC Gr. A R32 more 😍

@joshdobson2737 Жыл бұрын

The last 2 minutes of the video literally gave me goosebumps but can the R30/31 get some love....... 😉

@MotiveVideo Жыл бұрын

This video is about the 30th anniversary of R32, so we spoke about R32s.

@cbj063 4 ай бұрын

Definitely. The GTS/R was my favourite of all the Group A cars. I think number 2 is owned by Jim Richards. They sounded great.

@kanenstuff Жыл бұрын

Loved this and it's great that we have been there since day one and I didn'tknow we weren't allowed to go race them. Nothing against the USA JDM scene but these guys think they know there stuff and sure some do but nothing like the shops in Australia and they even use Australian parts.

@adamloader9534 Жыл бұрын

So cool 🇦🇺

@Tom-lf8hx Жыл бұрын

I bet this was like your birthday and xmas day all rolled in to one mate, to meet such legands and have a drink with them, i bet your still pinching your self, i hope they do a good segment on them at bathurst

@casefc3s Жыл бұрын

mmmmm... new video(s) on Group A R32's

@ozgers73 Жыл бұрын

Great video.

@mattys3248 Жыл бұрын

video came out alright man! i see you found some interviews haha

@paulmavric887 11 ай бұрын

What a great vidieo 👍👍👌

@PHATT_TV Жыл бұрын

Great vid lad 🤙

@Myrtlebeachskyline Жыл бұрын

Sucks they didn’t include the fans. Wouldn’t be where they are without them.

@MotiveVideo Жыл бұрын

Should they invite fans to a high school reunion? It was literally a reunion. The whole point is it is just for them.

@Myrtlebeachskyline Жыл бұрын

@@MotiveVideo yeah and that sucks.

@MotiveVideo Жыл бұрын

@@Myrtlebeachskyline Im not sure why you think a reunion should be a public event. Imagine these guys all trying to have a catch up and 1000 people flood in there to look at the cars and talk to them all. Would ruin it for them. The cars are normally in a private collection.

@markyarnold381 Жыл бұрын

Love the bogans getting angry 😂

@hyper8545 Жыл бұрын

👍🤙

@drdrei6422 Жыл бұрын

I was wondering if the R32 that Mark Skaife use was “Australianized” in 1991 Macau Guia race? 🤔 I believe it was the time the R32s were given a 140kg weight penalty….

@wobblysauce Жыл бұрын

Even with the ballast on some tracks and weather conditions it made them faster

@TheMontyhsv Жыл бұрын

fucking love it!!!!

@tayyab3300 Жыл бұрын

I'd like to purchase one if I'm allowed

@michaelscurr9046 Жыл бұрын

Easy peasy japanese

@DTGTDetectingTheGoldenTriangle Жыл бұрын

I had 2 jdm r32 gtrs when I was 21-22 and a 33 gtr till I was 28 then a r35 gtr for 24 months I was very disappointed in the 35 sold it and now drive a f250 how life changes wish I could go back to the good old days pre woke government's no covid and gtrs were only 20k

@clutchkickpj693 Жыл бұрын

Not gonna lie some of these guys come off being disrespectful to the Japanese. Ok yea sure you made some upgrades but don't ever forget who designed and built that solid platform you had to base your upgrades on to begin with...

@uncleputes Жыл бұрын

It's not a sign of disrespect but more a sign of accomplishment when the fathers of the platform, to their surprise, recognised that their vehicle has become something greater in the hands of a foreign team, through dedication and determination.

@Jarlefinken Жыл бұрын

Agree, and there are always two sides of the story. Actually a Gibson built car ran in the 1992 Fuji Inter Tec race, and was beaten by several laps by the japanese teams. To be fair it was with a rather inexperienced driver, so it is not much of a comparison.

@therisingblocks4606 Жыл бұрын

@@Jarlefinken the only cars that got beaten by the Japanese gtr's in the 1992 fuji intertec by 7 laps was a honda eg6 civic and a ae101 corolla

@Jarlefinken Жыл бұрын

@@therisingblocks4606 Incorrect. Here is a video of the race kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qbF2pq6Lpr_Hnac.html

@therisingblocks4606 Жыл бұрын

@@Jarlefinken that isn't a Gibson Skyline, that's a different skyline with no association with the gibson team (apart from livery) driven by 2 Thai men. Do you really think that the Gibson Skylines would lose on a high speed track when it has a better power : weight and the same suspension geometry?

@Gooie69 Жыл бұрын

I wonder if Skaifey had his glory hole booth there?

@chrisczaj7947 Жыл бұрын

Yeah it won but not all the little baby v8s back then still gave it a run for the money lots of money when into developing the GTR here in Australia almost 700hp that’s 💯cheating titanium twin turbos the v8 did have camshaft rules todays v8s would leave the GTR for dead just NA v8s two 👍

@MrSkeleton131 Жыл бұрын

have you heard of this thing called a full stop or comma?

@peterraymond1659 Жыл бұрын

Would be a perfect video without skaife

@kennethjones6650 Жыл бұрын

I hated these things still do they ruined group a I’m a group c guy but fuck they are quick all wheel drive turbo only the shell works sirerras could keep up but my favourite car of that time was the vn group a only v8 that could keep up especially brocky but that was a long time ago I still hate em but I’ll respect em for what they are there Godzilla

@MafiaboysWorld Жыл бұрын

Let's face facts, the only real Bathurst winner was the 1991 car. Us DJR Shell Sierra fans remember the 17 car passing the R32 in 1992 after Godzilla wanted to climb Mt.Panorama's walls. 😁👍

@trn8061 Жыл бұрын

Yes indeed lets face facts. In 1992 the GTR had 50kg of penalty weights added and was boost limited to 1.3bar as opposed to the original 1.9 bar. Long story short, even then, the GTR still won...

@danielbrealey2924 Жыл бұрын

@@trn8061 It won on a technicality bud- if we're being really honest. Being a wet race that year, the 4WD system put the GTR's on a different level drivability wise. That No.17 Ford did a hell of a job, they aren't easy cars to drive on the limit in the dry and are a complete nightmare in the wet. I love my Nissan's bud (I own a burger with the lot R31 turbo), but give a bit of credit to those Ford Sierras... They were an awesome car too

@Gooie69 Жыл бұрын

@@danielbrealey2924 It's like trying to tell a flat earther that the world is round. Even with the weight penalty and the lower boost those gtr's should have walked away from the Sierra's in the wet.

@danielbrealey2924 Жыл бұрын

@@Gooie69 Exactly... They had a hell of an advantage with their complex 4WD system in THOSE conditions

@garageredzone Жыл бұрын

Rules are rules, DJR actually won with a crashed car on the same count back rule a few years later in V8 Supercars..

@Godzilla32 Жыл бұрын

One of the greatest videos you've posted of all time. !!!

@smilingjack7622 Жыл бұрын

my faher in law still has his original import delivered to him by Mark and Jim with a signed picture. First in Qld. I keep telling him he should get them to sign the car as well.