Nissan NISMO Altima Supercar (anniversary livery)
Nissan is preparing to celebrate the 25th
anniversary of its 1991 Bathurst 1000 victory at this weekend's race at
Australia's Mount Panorama.
The Nissan NISMO Altima Supercar to be raced by Dean
Fiore and Michael Caruso has been adorned in the same blue, white and red
livery used by the Nissan GT-R R32 that stormed to victory at the famous race
25 years ago.
The 1991 Bathurst 1000 victory of Mark Skaife and
Jim Richards has gone down in Australian folklore for the way they dominated
the race. The GT-R was so quick that it completed the 1000 km race in just 6
hours, 19 minutes and 14.8 seconds, a record which remained untouched for 19
years.
Reminiscing on the victory, Skaife said “To win my
first Bathurst with a legend like Jim Richards in the Nissan GT-R was just
fantastic. It was a life changing moment to win the biggest car race in this
part of the world. The 1991 race was fantastic because we could press on all
day. It was the fastest race in history at the time and it was just a faultless
day by not only the team, but the way the car ran.”
Heading into this weekend's race, the duo of Jaime
Whincup and Paul Dumbrell are odds on favorite to take the victory with their
Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore.
