Making a monster - how the Nissan GT-R’s Godzilla legend was forged at Mount Panorama
To truly understand how the Nissan GT-R earned its monster moniker, you need to travel back more than 30 years, to the holy grail of Australian motorsport, Mount Panorama.
The year was 1992, and a rain-slicked Bathurst 1000 had just reached its controversial conclusion, with a red flag sent flying after officials deemed the conditions too treacherous to continue.
Officials backdated the race standings to determine the victor, handing the trophy to Jim Richards and Mark Skaife in the Nissan GT-R, despite Richards having already crashed his car in all the chaos.
The year was 1992, and a rain-slicked Bathurst 1000 had just reached its controversial conclusion, with a red flag sent flying after officials deemed the conditions too treacherous to continue.
Officials backdated the race standings to determine the victor, handing the trophy to Jim Richards and Mark Skaife in the Nissan GT-R, despite Richards having already crashed his car in all the chaos.
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