GT-R wins 2009 One Lap of America

[CajunGodzilla]

Steven Rankins and Will Taylor, prepped and raced their 2009 Nissan "Cannonball GT-R" to the 1st Place Overall victory in the 2009 running of the One Lap of America. The unique event comprised:
- 63 starting entrants (street-legal modified cars), in 10 classifications
- 2 or 3 drivers per car
- 8 consecutive days of competition (May 2-9, 2009)
- 18 individual race events (primarily road circuits, plus a speedway oval, autocross, drags, and dry & wet skidpads)
- 9 race venues
- 3400 miles of endurance driving between the race venues
- little spare time for sleeping or eating, much less for car repairs if needed
- natural weather conditions at each race event
- only one set of tires per car for all the travel AND the racing.

The GT-R took eight 1st Place and six 2nd Place finishes in the individual race events. It dominated every event in the rain and on wet tracks, including setting a track record for the WET skidpad event at over 0.95 g.

The top overall finishers:
1st - Nissan GT-R (5215 points)*
2nd - Porsche GT2 (5010 points, or 96% of the GT-R's point total)
3rd - BMW M3 Coupe (4960, 95%)**
4th - Subaru WRX (4955, 95%)***
5th - Corvette Z06 (4725, 91%)

* - class winner, GT1-Big Bore
** - class winner, GT1-Small Bore
*** - class winner, Mid-Priced Sedan

Among the contenders, the back-in-the-pack, and the also-rans:
- many Porsches (GT3, GT3 RS, 911 Turbo, 911 SC, 911, Cayman, Boxster)
- numerous Z06 Vettes
- Dodge Viper
- numerous BMW M3's (including a Dinan) and M5's, plus an M6 and a Z4
- Audi S4
- Caddy CTS-V
- STi, WRX, Evo, RX-7, Civic Si
- Lotus Elise
- Camaros and Mustangs (both new and old)
- Dodge Magnum and Stealth
and then the really strange stuff, including:
- Mitsubishi Galant
- an old Alfa sedan
- an old Ford Galaxie 500 police cruiser
- Honda Fit
- Chevy HHR
- Altima Hybrid
- a 1948 Plymouth

For more info, details, stats, pics, etc., see:
One Lap of America - the Official Webpage
www.CannonballGTR.com

Also, co-sponsor Motor Trend has info on their website and will have magazine coverage in an upcoming issue.

[Dino V]

nice.

[synth19]

impressive!