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Old Oct 24, 2006 | 11:39 AM
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Old Oct 24, 2006 | 12:05 PM
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Does this mean I will finally see some Zs racing on the Speed Channel, or elsewhere???
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Old Oct 24, 2006 | 02:27 PM
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Does this mean I will finally see some Zs racing on the Speed Channel, or elsewhere???
They already show the Z in the Grand Am series on the speed channel.
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Old Oct 24, 2006 | 02:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Nismo 350z
They already show the Z in the Grand Am series on the speed channel.
Yep, Z's have been running in the Grand Am Cup for a while.
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Old Oct 24, 2006 | 03:03 PM
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Any reason why they are running stock Touring rims rather than some aftermarket wheels or even stock Track rims?
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Old Oct 24, 2006 | 03:46 PM
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Nice Rims!

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Old Oct 24, 2006 | 05:36 PM
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Photoshop guys, look at the wing... and the body, even...
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Old Oct 24, 2006 | 06:23 PM
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Yeah, and a bad photoshop at that, .
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Old Oct 24, 2006 | 07:58 PM
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Originally Posted by iceburns288
Photoshop guys, look at the wing... and the body, even...

look at the reflection
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Old Oct 24, 2006 | 08:14 PM
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Is this a dream or a future car that will be on the track?
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Old Oct 24, 2006 | 08:53 PM
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First off that is a rendering of what the car might look like. Becuase i I know for a fact that the wing on that car is not legal in that series. Second, Unitech Racing, which is Playboy Racing now, has been racing the 350z since it was released. Third there will be 2 GT 350z, 2 GS 350z, and 1 Daytona Prototype powered by nissan this coming year. For more information on the Playboy Racing team please visit their site.
http://www.playboyracing.com
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Old Oct 24, 2006 | 09:43 PM
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HAHAHA!! that reflection kills it.
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Old Oct 25, 2006 | 05:06 AM
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whoever edited that photo for them needs to be fired
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Old Oct 25, 2006 | 05:23 AM
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Originally Posted by zland
Is this a dream or a future car that will be on the track?
Project build for CAR & DRIVER to race in the Grand AM series.
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Old Oct 25, 2006 | 09:07 AM
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Old Oct 25, 2006 | 09:44 AM
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Hello,

We will indeed be racing in GAC's 2007 season. It's good to have a plan, when you're building cars, so of course, that is a photochop that we made to use to help guide us along the way. It was quite useful for coming up with a paint scheme, etc., and especially useful to show the painters and other sponsors.

The cars are now painted and getting close to their SEMA condition. After SEMA, we'll be working our butts off to get them race ready. We'll be shaking them down in November and December (with longevity testing during the NASA 25-Hours of Thunderhill), then we'll haul them out to PRI, and the Test Days at Daytona.

You can see a little more information (basically the same blurb) at grandamerican.com.

Although we're busy pretty much all day every day during this crunch period, I am surfing the forums and should be available to answer any questions you guys might have. And I might have a few questions for you, too I've already searched and read through tons of posts and I've even posted a couple questions. This forum is great!

Joel
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Old Oct 25, 2006 | 09:56 AM
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Hello,
Originally Posted by mg350ZR
Any reason why they are running stock Touring rims rather than some aftermarket wheels or even stock Track rims?
Hahah... because that's what we had a picture of when we started our PhotoChop

Jongbloed Racing (http://www.JongbloedRacing.com) is providing us with our wheels. They are amazingly light and should be very strong. We'll have more to report once we start track testing...

Joel
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Old Oct 25, 2006 | 12:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Joel Gat
Hello,

We will indeed be racing in GAC's 2007 season. It's good to have a plan, when you're building cars, so of course, that is a photochop that we made to use to help guide us along the way. It was quite useful for coming up with a paint scheme, etc., and especially useful to show the painters and other sponsors.

The cars are now painted and getting close to their SEMA condition. After SEMA, we'll be working our butts off to get them race ready. We'll be shaking them down in November and December (with longevity testing during the NASA 25-Hours of Thunderhill), then we'll haul them out to PRI, and the Test Days at Daytona.

You can see a little more information (basically the same blurb) at grandamerican.com.

Although we're busy pretty much all day every day during this crunch period, I am surfing the forums and should be available to answer any questions you guys might have. And I might have a few questions for you, too I've already searched and read through tons of posts and I've even posted a couple questions. This forum is great!

Joel
SWEET! I'd like to see some specs from the car:
HP / TQ
Weight
track times

Thanks!
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Old Oct 25, 2006 | 12:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Andy@Performance
Is your DASH gutted?
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Old Oct 25, 2006 | 08:09 PM
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This 350z was the lucky 13 and still up and runing on grand-am.
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