1998 Motegi 500 - NASCAR Exhibition Race - Last 4 laps
Credit to de31168 from TBK for the video. NASCAR has held 4 exhibition races, with the last one held at Motegi City, Japan. Mike Skinner holds off Jeff Gordon to win the race.
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25 Responses to “1998 Motegi 500 - NASCAR Exhibition Race - Last 4 laps”
They have talk about that several time, it’s beetween 1996 in 1998.
They also race in 1997 at Suzuka a 100-lap races, the Suzuka Thunder Special 100, on the east section, under the rain, with a mix of Winston Cup and Winston West Series on track.
Also, in 1996, at Suzuka, Elmo Langley died of a heart attack in the Chevrolet Corvette Pace Car at the esses during an evaluation run.
Fuji Speedway was originally planned as a 2.5 mile oval with 30° banking, but NASCAR ran out of cash to build it before construction was complete so it was sold to Mitsubishi and made into a road course. Toyota owns the track now, but if you look at satellite pictures you can still see the unfinished banking.
Yes, there are a lot of people down there that restore and modify domestic vehicles. There are also just as many people importing domestic vehicles to Japan as there are people importing RHD JDM vehicles.
August 22nd, 2008 at 3:40 am
poor japanese didnt know whayt to think when american muscle came to town huh
September 8th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
I like professionals! Amazing video! You can upload this video to nascarbiggestfandotcom and win 25k$!!
September 20th, 2008 at 5:44 am
Right on!!!
September 28th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
They have talk about that several time, it’s beetween 1996 in 1998.
They also race in 1997 at Suzuka a 100-lap races, the Suzuka Thunder Special 100, on the east section, under the rain, with a mix of Winston Cup and Winston West Series on track.
Also, in 1996, at Suzuka, Elmo Langley died of a heart attack in the Chevrolet Corvette Pace Car at the esses during an evaluation run.
October 14th, 2008 at 1:32 am
Toyota could do something good for a change and pressure nascar to come back and race at fuji.
i’d watch that,
November 14th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
I watched this race on Japanese TV.
January 21st, 2009 at 4:23 am
I hear benny parsons =(
January 31st, 2009 at 4:44 am
NASCAR should start doing these again. I liked them. NASCAR in Japan. If that isn’t cool I don’t know what is!
February 5th, 2009 at 8:02 pm
omg. lol at the radio communication at the finish xD
February 16th, 2009 at 7:13 am
Dude. I was there! I was like, 11, but I was there. xD
February 17th, 2009 at 8:37 am
tight
February 25th, 2009 at 1:55 am
i didint know japan had ovals
March 10th, 2009 at 1:17 am
I do believe that Twin Ring Motegi (this one) is the only oval in Japan.
March 10th, 2009 at 1:18 am
With Toyota’s influence, it will happen again someday…
March 10th, 2009 at 1:30 am
I hope.
March 16th, 2009 at 4:49 am
The Japanese dig everything that is American (I heard the hot rodding and rat rodding culture is huge there) so it would make lots of sense
March 20th, 2009 at 7:01 am
Fuji Speedway was originally planned as a 2.5 mile oval with 30° banking, but NASCAR ran out of cash to build it before construction was complete so it was sold to Mitsubishi and made into a road course. Toyota owns the track now, but if you look at satellite pictures you can still see the unfinished banking.
March 23rd, 2009 at 2:08 am
These cars look tiny on this huge racetrack.
April 2nd, 2009 at 9:33 pm
God, nascar is boring.
April 5th, 2009 at 12:51 am
i would rather staple my ballz to a ceiling and have some1 beat me with a bat than watch rednecks going in circles for 5hours.
May 22nd, 2009 at 10:13 am
Did his spotter say “We beat that llittle son of a bitch!”??? lol. Listen from 3:05
May 24th, 2009 at 6:36 pm
no, he said “God Damn! We beat that little son of a bitch” lol
May 27th, 2009 at 5:17 am
mike skinner said that
May 27th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
Thanks for posting!
June 4th, 2009 at 6:40 pm
Yes, there are a lot of people down there that restore and modify domestic vehicles. There are also just as many people importing domestic vehicles to Japan as there are people importing RHD JDM vehicles.