AMS Archives Episode 3: The ALPHA Era ๐
Last time on AMS Archives: Moments from the early days at AMS ๐ฝ๏ธ From DSMs to Evos, days at the track and nights on the street. On this episode, we pick up right where we left off! โถ๏ธ The year is 2009, and we just received word that Nissan is bringing a legendary nameplate to the US for the first time...
The R35 generation Nissan GT-R entered the AMS ecosystem in early 2009 โฎ๏ธ By August of that year, we already started breaking records, a sign of things to come ๐ In August 2009, we set the world record for the fastest R35 GT-R with a 10.48 at 134mph.
2010 rolled around and more of the same, that same AMS GT-R was the world's first to run a 9 second quarter mile pass ๐ฅ Before the end of 2010, we broke the quickest and fastest world record two more times, lowering the record to 9.19 at 163mph โฑ๏ธ Quite the improvement in just one calendar year! As you can see from our list of accomplishments below, the record-breaking performances didn't stop...