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#TBT: Super GT in Kyushu 300km, 2011-2015

For this week’s Throwback Tuesday Thursday, we take a look back at the last five runnings of the Super GT in Kyushu 300km at Autopolis. With the 2016 race cancelled due to the damage caused by the Kumamoto earthquakes of April 2016, we are instead looking at the 2011 through 2015 races.

Though Autopolis does not quite have the stature on the calendar that tracks like Fuji Speedway or Suzuka Circuit have, this circuit has produced some incredible moments over the last five times the Autobacs Super GT Series has visited Kyushu – including an all-time last-lap thriller for the ages, two emotional championship-winning moments, and a handful of incredibly dominant performances from both teams and drivers alike.

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#TBT: Fuji GT 500km Race, 2012-2016

It’s time for another Throwback Tuesday segment, this time, reviewing the last five runnings of the Fuji GT 500km Race, the Golden Week classic at Fuji International Speedway.

In these last five years, we’ve seen historic milestones – from the first wins for a hybrid vehicle and a Super GT star of the future, to the final career victory for a legend of the series – and many incredible battles for the win in between.

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#FBF – Okayama GT 300km, 2012 – 2016

The first Flashback Friday (#FBF) looks at the last five runnings of the season-opening Okayama GT 300km Race at Okayama International Circuit.

The last five years at Okayama have seen it all, from dramatic final-lap battles for the victory, the launch of a new era in GT500, and a career milestone for one of the all-time greats. So take a trip down memory lane with us – you’ll be glad you did!

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10 unforgettable Suzuka 1000km moments of the decade

Our first “Top Ten” list takes a look back at ten of the most memorable moments in the last ten years of the International Suzuka 1000km, the crown jewel of the Autobacs Super GT Series. Ever since the race was officially added to the Super GT calendar in 2006, the Suzuka 1000km has continued its tradition of great champions and great racing, whose history intersects so many eras of endurance racing and the evolution of motorsport in Japan as a whole.

Rather than try and rank these moments over the last ten years sequentially, we put them in chronological order and left the reader (that’s you) to decide which one’s the best.