Real World Racing – 2013 AUTOBACS SUPER GT Rnd 4.

Report of the 2013 SUPER GT OKAYAMA GT race Round 4 SUGO GT 300km Race at Sportsland Sugo.

The SUGO GT 300km RACE, Round 4 of the 2013 AUTOBACS SUPER GT series, was run at Sportsland SUGO (one lap: 3.704 km x 81 laps) in Miyagi Prefecture on July 28. In the GT500 class race the ARTA HSV-010 driven by Ralph Firman and Kosuke Matsuura won the team’s first victory in three years. In the GT300 race, the ARTA CR-Z GT driven by Shinichi Takagi and Takashi Kobayashi took its second straight series win to make ARTA victorious in both classes.

Saturday’s qualifying had been run in intermittent rain, but race day brought blue skies and summer sun to the SUGO circuit. A crowd of over 25,000 spectators was on hand to watch the racing begin in Round 4 of the series.