Following a short teaser video released earlier in the week, Nissan has revealed its new world record set by the GT-R.
Using a specially-tuned version of the sports car and with Masato Kawabata behind the wheel, the Japanese drift champion and title holder for the Japanese drifting series, Godzilla has nabbed Guinness World Records’ title for the fastest ever drift, with a speed of 304.96 km/h (189.49 mph) and 30 degrees angle.
In order to set the record, the Nissan GT-R’s output was raised to 1,380 HP and sent to the rear wheels. The car, which was modified by GReddy Trust, was tested extensively at Japan’s Fuji Speedway, prior to the record set at Fujairah International Airport, in the United Arab Emirates, which was chosen for its 3 km (1.86 miles) long airstrip, deemed to be long enough for the challenge.
GReddy Trust’s technicians have worked on the specially tuned sports car‘s setup on the site, in the three days leading up to the event and, in order to comply with the guidelines set by Guinness World Records, the team had only three attempts to complete the feat. Besides the extra oomph and the car becoming RWD, it also received a Recaro driver’s seat, lightweight alloy wheels and Toyo tires, exclusively designed for this stunt.
The previous drift record was set by Jakub Przygonski, from Poland, in a specially modded Toyota GT 86. He managed an entry speed of 256 km/h (159 mph) and 217 km/h (134.8 mph) drift in the 1,068 HP car, at an airport near Warsaw, Poland, in 2013.
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