Super Lap is a time attack

Time attack

A time attack is another term for time trial. The term is commonly used in Japan for individual time trial events for motor vehicles that involves a vehicle running around the circuit in lieu of a qualifying lap and the term is widely adopted outside the country for tuner event and...

 motorsport event. Super Lap events are being held in Australia and New Zealand.

The inaugural Superlap Australia Superlap Australia event was held at the Oran Park Raceway in July 2008. It has since become an annual event attracting the fastest circuit cars in the country and even some overseas guests.

In New Zealand, the first NZ Performance Car

NZ Performance Car

NZ Performance Car is a monthly automobile magazine and website, and is the biggest selling automotive and men’s lifestyle magazine in New Zealand.As Parkside Media’s second title, it has eclipsed the success of NZ Classic Car...

 Super Lap was held in April 2007 at Taupo Motorsport Park

Taupo Motorsport Park

Taupo Motorsport Park is a motorsports circuit located in Broadlands Road, Taupo, New Zealand. It is owned and operated by MIT Development Ltd....

. It was the first event of its kind to be held in New Zealand on a race circuit. Other time trial-style events have been road-based run by motoring clubs, such as rallying

Rallying

Rallying, also known as rally racing, is a form of auto racing that takes place on public or private roads with modified production or specially built road-legal cars...

 and bent sprints.

Super Lap is an event specially formulated to be a total test of import street car performance and is only open to JDM (Japanese domestic market) import cars. Originating in Japan, where it is often called 'Tuner Battles' due to the involvement and competition between tuning houses in Japan to achieve victory, the style of racing has been adopted in the UK, USA and Australia.

In Australia, Super Lap is divided into three classes: Club Sprint Class, Open Class and an invitational Pro Class
The requirements for each class are described on the Superlap Australia website.

In its New Zealand format, Super Lap is broken down into individual classes: Street Pro (PRO), Street Private (PVT) and Unlimited class (ULM).

Street Pro consists of caged warranted, registered and certified cars. Street Private consists of uncaged, street-legal cars. The Unlimited class (introduced for Super Lap 2008 at Taupo Motorsport Park) allows those with full competition cars – those which are not road-registered, yet are clearly up to a race-ready standard – to compete. Unlimited class cars are not eligible to win Super Lap.

Competitors are timed over a single flying lap of the track in a qualifying format. Competitors start from the pit lane on its out-lap. When the car crosses the start-finish line for the first time, the timer is started. The timer is stopped when the start-finish line is crossed at the end of the flying lap, and the competitor performs and in-lap, returning to the pits. The fastest ten go into a top-10 shootout in the same format. The winner of this wins the event.

Typical cars

Readily available high performance Japanese imports are used such as:

• Nissan Skyline GT-R
  Nissan Skyline GT-R
  The Nissan Skyline GT-R is a Japanese sports car based on the Nissan Skyline range.The first GT-Rs were produced from 1969–1973. After a 16 year hiatus since the KPGC110 in 1972, the GT-R name was revived in 1989 with the Skyline R32. This car was nicknamed "Godzilla" by the Australian motoring...
  
  
• Nissan Silvia
  Nissan Silvia
  The S12 was produced from 1984 to 1988, with revisions to the exterior trim in 1987 . It was sold in three configurations—a coupe , a hatchback, and a widebody chassis called grandprix .A number of different engines were equipped in the S12 chassis, depending on production year and more...
  
  
• Nissan Pulsar GTI-R
  Nissan Pulsar GTI-R
  The Nissan Pulsar GTI-R is a homologated 2 litre turbo-charged AWD vehicle manufactured by Nissan in Japan between 1990 and 1994 in order to enter the WRC under Group A rules. The body is based on the Nissan Pulsar N14 3-door hatchback model, but distinguished by the large rear wing and bonnet...
  
  
• Nissan 300ZX
  Nissan 300ZX
  The Z31 chassis designation was first introduced in 1983 as a 1984 Nissan/Datsun 300ZX in the US only. The 300ZX, as its predecessors, was known as a Nissan in other parts of the world. This continued in the US until 1985 model year when Nissan standardized their brand name worldwide and dropped...
  
  
• Nissan 350Z
  Nissan 350Z
  The Nissan 350Z is a two seat sports car that was manufactured by Nissan from 2002 to 2009 and marks the fifth generation of Nissan's Z-car line. The 350Z entered production in late 2002 and was sold and marketed as a 2003 model. The first year there was only a coupe, as the roadster did not debut...
  
  
• Nissan Laurel
  Nissan Laurel
  In April 1968 Nissan presented its new Laurel in four-door deLuxe and Super deLuxe versions, both equipped with a 1.8 L inline-four cylinder engine and independent rear suspension. In summer 1970 a hardtop coupé joined the line-up, one year later a 2000 cc engine became available...
  
  
• Subaru WRX
• Subaru Legacy
  Subaru Legacy
  The Subaru Legacy is a mid-size car built by the Japanese company Fuji Heavy Industries, and manufactured by its division Subaru since 1989, and is available as a sedan or wagon. Part of the original design goals for the Legacy model was to provide Subaru a vehicle in which they could compete in...
  
  
• Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution
  Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution
  The Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, colloquially known as the Lancer Evo or Evo, is a high-performance sedan manufactured by Mitsubishi Motors. There have been ten official versions to date, and the designation of each model is most commonly a roman numeral...
  
  
• Honda Integra
  Honda Integra
  The Honda Integra is a compact luxury performance coupe made by Honda during the years 1985 to 2006. The sporty front wheel drive car is able to house five passengers with a two door hatch or four door sedan available.The Integra was on Car and Driver magazine's annual Ten Best list six times, in...
  
  
• Honda Civic
  Honda Civic
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• Honda S2000
  Honda S2000
  The Honda S2000 is a roadster that was manufactured by the Japanese automaker Honda Motor Company. It was launched in April 1999 and was created to celebrate the company's 50th anniversary. The car was first shown as a concept at the Tokyo Motor Show in 1995, following which it was launched in...
  
  
• Toyota Celica
  Toyota Celica
  The Toyota Celica name has been applied to a series of coupes made by the Japanese company Toyota. The name is ultimately derived from the Latin word coelica meaning "heavenly" or "celestial"....
  
  
• Toyota Supra
  Toyota Supra
  The Toyota Supra is a sports car/grand tourer that was produced by Toyota Motor Company from 1979 to 2002. The styling of the Toyota Supra was derived from the Toyota Celica, but it was both longer and wider. Starting in mid-1986, the Supra became its own model and was no longer based on the Celica...
  
  
• Toyota Levin AE86
• Toyota Altezza
• Mazda RX-7
  Mazda RX-7
  Series 1 is commonly referred to as the "SA22C" from the first alphanumerics of the vehicle identification number. This series of RX-7 had exposed steel bumpers and a high-mounted indentation-located license plate, called by Werner Buhrer of Road & Track magazine a "Baroque depression."In 1980...
  
  
• Mazda 323
• Mazda RX-8
  Mazda RX-8
  The Mazda RX-8 is a sports car manufactured by Mazda Motor Corporation. It first appeared in 2001 at the North American International Auto Show. It is the successor to the RX-7 and, like its predecessors in the RX range, it is powered by a Wankel engine. The RX-8 began North American sales in the...
  
  

Superlap Australia 2009 Oran Park, GP Circuit

For a full list of results go to
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Pro Class
Winner – Tilton Interiors Evo 9 - 1:12.10
2nd – Advan/Hi Octane Racing R34 GTR - 1:13.63
3rd – Notaras Racing Evo 9 - 1:14.24

Open Class
Winner – Southern Motorworks Toyota-powered Lotus Exige – Driven By John Boston - 1:15.22
2nd – Bilstein Racing RX-7 – Driven By Ryan Brown - 1:15.83
3rd – Insight Motorsports/Elias Augerinos Honda S2000 – Driven By John Boston - 1:16.26

Fastest 4WD – Mark Rayner Evo 9 - 1:16.81
Fastest RWD – Southern Motorworks Lotus Exige – Driven By John Boston - 1:15.22
Fastest FWD – Pro Concept Honda civic – Driven By Jacky Yick - 1:17.23
Fastest 4 Cylinder – Southern Motorworks Lotus Exige – Driven By John Boston - 1:15.22
Fastest 6 Cylinder – SM Motorsport BMW M3 – Driven By Sam Markov - 1:16.96
Fastest 8 Cylinder – Caltex Guildford – Driven By Peter Hennesy - 1:22.88
Fastest Rotary – Bilstein Racing RX7 – Driven By Ryan Brown - 1:15.83
Fastest Naturally Aspirated – Bilstein Racing RX-7 – Driven By Ryan Brown - 1:15.83
Fastest Owner Driver – Bilstein Racing RX7 – Driven By Ryan Brown - 1:15.83

Clubsprint Class
Winner – Jeramiah Thomas Evo 9 - 1:18.76
2nd – Jason Naidoo Evo 8 - 1:19.40
3rd – Marek Tomaszewski Evo 9 - 1:19.58

Fastest 4WD – Jeramiah Thomas Evo 9 - 1:18.76
Fastest RWD – Evan McCormack Mazda RX7 - 1:24.59
Fastest FWD – Tim Ware Honda Integra Type R - 1:24.80
Fastest 4 Cylinder – Jeramiah Thomas Evo 9 - 1:18.76
Fastest 6 Cylinder – Bill Miller Nissan R34 GTR - 1:22.54
Fastest 8 Cylinder – Brad Lowe HDT Special Vehicles VE Commodore - 1:24.76
Fastest Rotary – Evan McCormack Mazda RX7 - 1:24.59
Fastest Naturally Aspirated – Brad Lowe HDT Special Vehicles VE Commodore - 1:24.76

See all the lap times and full listing at Natsoft

2008 Taupo (1 November)

This results table shows the fastest overall times of the day. Barry Manon, in third place, was the first non-Unlimited class car, and therefore claimed the Super Lap title for Taupo 2008. Defending champion Scott Kreyl retired with mechanical difficulties.
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Position
! Name
! Vehicle
! Top 13 Time
! Shoot-Out Time
! Best Time of Day
|-
! 1st
! Grant Hohaia
! Silver 1983 Toyota Corolla
! 1.15.45
! 1.16.36
! 1.15.45
|-
! 2nd
! Jonothan Lester
! Blue 1994 Toyota Supra
! 1.16.42
! DNR
! 1.16.42
|-
! 3rd
! Barry Manon
! Blue 1988 Toyota Levin GTZ
! 1.16.97
! 1.16.93
! 1.16.93
|-
! 4th
! Ian Campbell
! Blue 1999 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 6
! 1.17.10
! 1.17.38
! 1.17.10
|-
! 5th
! Dirk Schmidt
! Orange 1994 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 2
! 1.17.17
! 1.17.19
! 1.17.17
|-
! 6th
! Mark Walters
! White 1988 Honda Civic
! 1.17.75
! 1.17.62
! 1.17.62
|-
! 7th
! Daynom Templeman
! Grey 1994 Mazda RX7
! 1.17.84
! DNR
! 1.17.84
|-
! 8th
! Brendan Sole
! White 1990 Mazda RX7
! 1.18.45
! 1.18.52
! 1.18.45
|-
! 9th
! Kenneth Au
! Black 2004 Nissan Silvia/200SX S15
! 1.18.72
! 1.19.72
! 1.18.72
|-
! 10th
! Chris Trundle
! White 1990 Mazda RX7
! 1.19.44
! 1.18.93
! 1.18.93
|}

2008 Pukekohe (6 April)

Scott Kreyl in his Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution

Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution

The Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, colloquially known as the Lancer Evo or Evo, is a high-performance sedan manufactured by Mitsubishi Motors. There have been ten official versions to date, and the designation of each model is most commonly a roman numeral...

VIII retained his Super Lap title.
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Position
! Driver
! Vehicle
! Class
! Fastest Lap
|-
! 1
! Scott Kreyl
! Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII
! Street Pro
! 1.02.03
|-
! 2
! Garry Sutton
! Nissan Skyline R33 GT-R
! Street
! 1.02.83
|-
! 3
! Harry Dodson
! Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R
! Street Pro
! 1.04.63
|-
! 4
! Barry Manon
! Toyota Levin GT-Z AE92
! Street
! 1.04.80
|-
! 5
! Grant Hohaia
! Toyota Levin AE86
! Street Pro
! 1.04.86
|-
! 6
! Dirk Schmidt
! Mitsubishi Lancer Evo II
! Street
! 1.05.06
|-
! 7
! Brent Love
! Mazda RX-7 FD3S
! Street
! 1.06.58
|-
! 8
! Ian Campbell
! Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI
! Street
! 1.06.74
|-
! 9
! Simon Turner
! Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III
! Street Pro
! 1.07.19
|-
! 10
! Kenneth Au
! Nissan Silvia S15
! Street
! 1.07.23
|}

2007 Taupo

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Placing
! Car #
! Entrant
! Vehicle
! Time
! Class
|-
! 1
! 53
! Scott Kreyl
! Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
! 1.12.75
! Private
|-
! 2
! 14
! Brent Ingram
! Toyota Starlet GT
! 1.14.30
! Pro
|-
! 3
! 47
! Dirk Scherbius
! Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
! 1.14.60
! Private
|-
! 4
! 41
! Ian Campbell
! Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
! 1.14.75
! Private
|-
! 5
! 18
! Victor Chapman
! Nissan Silvia S13
! 1.14.78
! Pro
|-
! 6
! 7
! Grant Hohaia
! Toyota Levin
! 1.15.57
! Pro
|-
! 7
! 11
! Jason Gill
! Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
! 1.15.63
! Pro
|-
! 8
! 3
! Harry Dodson
! Nissan Skyline
! 1.16.71
! Pro
|-
! 9
! 49
! Craig Silby
! Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
! 1.16.94
! Private
|-
! 10
! 55
! Nick Bowyer
! Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
! 1.17.55
! Private
|}

External links

• Super Lap Australia
• Super Lap
• Super Lap Legends
• Parkside Media
• NZ Performance Car magazine