Speedhunters » NEWS>> FALKEN FORD GT-R MAKES ITS DEBUT

Posted Jul 11 2008, 09:56 AM by Andy Blackmore with 23 comment(s)

NEWS>> FALKEN FORD GT-R MAKES ITS DEBUT
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I thought all you Falken fans would be interested in this little bit of news. First practice for the ALMS round at Lime Rock has just taken place and we have an Exclusive first image of the Falken Black Swan Ford GT-R taking to the track. The car is built by Doran Racing and runs in GT2.

Keep watching Speedhunters for more on this car!

Photo: Marshall Pruett


Comments

Mike Hayes said:

Ooooo...  GT-Arrrrrrrrr.  It's a beauty.  Can't wait to hear it at WOT!

July 11, 2008 10:15 AM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

jblaine said:

Nice.  There was a silver Piloti-sponsored one at the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.  It sounded narrrrrrsty.

July 11, 2008 10:17 AM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

Andy Blackmore said:

yes, the Piloti car was also built by Doran

July 11, 2008 10:19 AM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

Cypher09 said:

Can't wait to see this bad boy in person tomorrow afternoon.

July 11, 2008 10:54 AM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

Brian Harte said:

GTR?

That doesnt look like the new NISSAN

what?

July 11, 2008 10:55 AM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

kOOpA said:

yeehaw!

let's see it hook slide and break traction!

July 11, 2008 11:14 AM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

Section09 said:

AHH I thought this was a new Formula D car for a second there!

I forgot that falken actually does other forms of racing too lol

July 11, 2008 11:18 AM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

STJ said:

Crap, i saw falken and GT-R and got all happy. But it turned out be a ford.

July 11, 2008 11:36 AM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

fc pro am said:

Take off that GT Wing. Go Wangan style....

July 11, 2008 11:42 AM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

jrj said:

Deceiving title that's just plain wrong, it's a Ford GT not GT-R.

July 11, 2008 1:36 PM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

Rod Chong said:

I think the -R stands for the racing designation. I'm assuming the team calls it this.

July 11, 2008 1:51 PM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

ridgezero said:

wow that is nice....

July 11, 2008 1:55 PM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

Andy Blackmore said:

correct, the R designation is for the race-car

July 11, 2008 1:56 PM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

kOOpA said:

GT-R stands for can't think of anything other than what's already been done

July 11, 2008 2:23 PM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

enemy2fashion said:

Wow! so when are they gonna get one of these to Gettin Jr.?

July 11, 2008 2:23 PM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

Mike Garrett said:

So Awesome. Can't wait to see more!

July 11, 2008 7:27 PM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

EKhatch said:

Yep the R is for Race just like Corvette C6R that also runs ALMS, can't wait to see it in action.

July 11, 2008 9:06 PM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

jimclark said:

Robertson Racing has been runnin' one all year..nuttin' new....

July 11, 2008 9:43 PM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

Creizai said:

Thank you america for making one good car and for making it not 20 feet off the ground

July 11, 2008 11:23 PM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

Antonio Alvendia said:

i think it would look cooler if they had Graphtech do the graphics, I think they rushed it because the decal placement doesnt look perfect to me. I wish teams in ALMS would put a bit more effort into their decal placement. if so, then all teams would look as good as the Porsche Flying Lizard team.

Not a huge fan of those blue wheels, they should have been lightweight 1pc WHITE powdercoated wheels, to adhere to the classic Falken Motorsports themed livery. Too bad I wasn't at this race to pull some sick photos of the car...

I agree it would be cool to see JR do a demo with this car! But I dunno if the Ford GT is ready for Gittin! hahah

July 12, 2008 11:49 AM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

Jover86 said:

actually go the other way aaround on the wheels... the rest of team falken should run those blue faced wheels!

July 13, 2008 12:32 AM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

CWestSkylineGTR said:

well just to let you all know the car was bumped and thrown off track at limerock . I think it was just minor body damage

July 13, 2008 12:10 PM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

Cypher09 said:

The car looks and sounds great in person.  Good luck to the Black Swan team for the rest of the season.

July 14, 2008 7:18 AM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

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