In 2004 JGTC official promotional movie, the plan to bring JGTC race to USA is revelaed.
The track is going to be Calfornia Speedway in Fontana, CA, which is only about 20-30 minuites away from LA.
here is the link to the movie
http://www.jgtc.net/race/movie/04movie.htm
The date has not been released yet.
source. www.jgtc.net

OMG!!!!!! :eek:

edgar, :eek: :eek:

that would be pretty freakin' cool. its too bad that they decided to run at Irwindale, there are a lot of tracks here better suited for touring cars, espescially the Skylines and Supras that run in the JGTC. they must have thought that SoCal was going to have the largest number of people interested in seeing the JGTC, otherwise i'd have thought that they'd run someplace like Laguna Seca.

Originally posted by dropkick_muppet
that would be pretty freakin' cool. its too bad that they decided to run at Irwindale, there are a lot of tracks here better suited for touring cars, espescially the Skylines and Supras that run in the JGTC. they must have thought that SoCal was going to have the largest number of people interested in seeing the JGTC, otherwise i'd have thought that they'd run someplace like Laguna Seca.


Yeah. It would have been much much better to run at Laguna Seca. Either way, I hope it's a hit.

-Gagan

Yeah, I would have thought Laguna Seca would have been their best choice (and closer for me :D) but anywhere in California is cool.

I am so there.

it just seems to me that Irwindale is a second rate venue, and that a series with he prestige of JGTC would necessitate the use of a higher class venue. i dunno, i could also see them running at places like Road America, Road Atlanta, or the new Barber Motorsports park.

It's California Speedway, not Irwindale.
California speedway is a full scale 2mile D shape oval with infield section and they host INDYcar series, NASCAR, and AMA superbikes as well.
Roger Penske is the owner I think.

Ive driven the infield track before and the facility is just awesome.
Laguna Seca cant host as much people. California speedway hosts upto 90.000 people in grandstand.
I think California speedway is even better than Infineon, in terms of the facility although the track is oval and not quite as interesting track for roadracing.

oops, i meant California Speedway -- i have Irwindale on the brain due to D1.

California Speedway has hosted AMA Superbikes, and will do so again. i don't know about Indy cars. i haven't ridden or driven the track there, but i don't have a terribly high opinion of it. i have a real thing against tracks that incorporate the D/tri/oval banking into the road course. i have the same issue with places like Sears (i refuse to call it infineon) that use the drag strip as part of the front straight. JGTC is a roadracing event, and should be held on a dedicated road course, not something utilizing circle track banking.

i know what you mean..
Im not a fan of half oval half infield like F1 in Indianapolis or Daytona 24 hrs, either.
I like Laguna and Infineon better in terms of track arrangement because it has varaiety of turns and uphill downhill combinations.
But, when it comes to anything Japanese, LA might be a better place to test the water.

AAAAAHHHHHH OMG FINALLY! FINALLY!!! Some High End Japanese cars are coming to the US. OO since Spoon has come over here everyone wants a piece of the USA pie... cant blame them. I just want to see a Japan, US, and Europe battle take place in all 3 contries. OOO so Gran Turismo (the game). If they come to Atlanta ofr that new venue in Penn. then Im there. *sniff sniff* I want to see the races

:banana: :cool: :banana:

Awesome that video really pumped me up for it. How much are tickets to an event like that and how long would it go on for?

Wow this would be great to go watch, but unfortunetly just like the D1 championship series it's in Cali far away from me, (Texas) I wish I had some extra cash to fly out there and watch but I don't, they really need to get some off these highclass events in Texas also.

lol i cant wait...i am so there no matter what!!!!

- Daniel

cool... hopefully they will bring lots of umbrella girls along too! :D

Originally posted by international B
cool... hopefully they will bring lots of umbrella girls along too! :D

of course you want them there, thou all-mighty JDM-ness hahaha :banana: you will see your umbrella girls next week mang!!!

yeah i wish they could have held the jgtc at laguna, a true roadrace track, and shoots just like GT3 woohoo...but whatevers i cant wait, no matter where it is

- Daniel

Finally!! This is awesome! I've been following this series for 8 years by word of mouth in Japan and internet and it is finally here! But one question, why not Sears Point or better yet, Laguna Seca! I'd love to see these cars go through the corkscrew.

Tim

edit- haha seems like other people would like this at Laguna Seca too. Maybe they'll switch courses if they come the following year.

:eek: TICKET !!! INFO !!! ASAP!!!

im not missing this even NO MATTER WHAT!!!
edgar, :)

anyone notice the last bit of footage was computer game footage?

Laguna Seca would have been nice but because of it's location and proximity to houses they are only allowed to run so many events a year. They are already book for those big races. I think Infineon would have been a good choice but i guess the crowd would not have been so big.

I any case, i hope it is a huge success and they expand to more races here. I can't wait to get up close with the Cusco STI!

Anyone know the dates this is going to be stateside? I couldn't find it on their site.

I don't think the date has been finalized yet.

is it an exhibition like d1 was last year or is it actually an actual "round"...i was looking at the jgtc schedule and was trying to figure out approx when they might hold it here....cant wait to find out... :D

well its going to be held in california for sure.. im thinking califronia speed way

edgar, :)
http://www.jgtc.net/index_en.htm <-- all the way at the botom its says :

In addition to the above-mentioned events, negotiations continue for races to be held in Shanghai (China), California (United States), and Seoul (Republic of Korea).

JGTC posted on their website, its
December 18th, 19th. California Speedway

holly coolness... can you say X-MAS VIP PASSES?

muha ha ha ha ha!!

edgar, :)