The Nissan-made Nismo GT-R is a model that was built for racing. The R35 variant is powered by a 3.8-litre V6 Twin Turbocharged engine. And each engine is personally hand-tuned by a master technician who fits the final engine.

At the 15th Tokachi 24-Hour Race, conducted at the Tokachi International Speedway in Hokkaido on July 20–21, 2008, drivers Masami Kageyama, Tetsuya Tanaka, and Kazuki Hoshino drove this MOTUL sponsored* (lubricant brand) #35 car, They came 21st in the race.

* Competition Oil is a brand that contains synthetic polyol-ester oil which provides superlative thermal stability and was developed specifically by MOTUL to power Nissan's Nismo R35 engines.