The reborn Nissan GT-R and its return to Adelaide
- Adelaide Motorsport Festival
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The very first Nissan GT-R R32 built by Gibson Motorsport, the car that ushered in a period of domination in the Group A era of Australian touring cars, was meticulously resurrected and made its public debut at the 2025 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival.
The car crashed heavily in a spectacular qualifying rollover in the Group A support races at the 1990 Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide with Mark Skaife behind the wheel.
Thirty-five years later, the reborn car returned to Adelaide for the 2025 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival following a meticulous restoration by Peter West and Gibson Motorsport team manager Alan Heaphy.
The original GT-R, tagged GMS 001, joined the 1991 and 1992 Bathurst-winning Nissan GT-R R32s at the 2025 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival.
Watch Skaife and Heaphy discuss the rebuild of the original GT-R here: