Motor Australia – September 2019

JUN II IS STREET-REGISTERED. AND STREET-DRIVABLE.

HENITCOMES,theanswerisunequivocal. Certain. Iron-clad.

Andfranklydetrimentaltothewholepoint of this exercise.

“No,I’mafraidnot.”

Not,‘Well,we’llhavea thinkaboutit.’Not, ‘If you’ve got all the

gearandpromisenottobestupid,goright ahead.’ No, this is a

straightupanddown,flatrejection.

Deliveringthisansweris themanagement of Sydney Dragway,

refusingourrequesttorideshotgunalongside Rob Marjan in his

NissanSkylineR32GT-R,knowntheworld over as JUN II. Okay,

tobefair,it’snotjustanyoldR32GT-R.It is the world’s fastest

street-registeredSkyline,andpacksa deeply serious punch.

Howserious?Howdoes6.86secondsdown a quarter-mile

grabyou?Atmorethan320km/h!Sure,you say, that’s pretty

handy,butthat’saproperracingcarand... Let me stop you

rightthere. Just in case you missedit, let me say it again:

JUN II is street-registered. And street-drivable. Legally. Just

ponderthatfora moment.

“Whenweranthesix,wedrovebackfrom the track to the

workshop,”grinsowner/driver Marjan.“That got a lot of views

onYouTube.”

Anyway,withouta permitandanambulance (and probably

noteventhen)theplanofrearrangingmy insides today with

ABOVE

“Wouldyoulike

frieswiththat?”

TOPRIGHT

RobMarjanexplains

thefinerdetailsof

hisGT-Rtoourwide-

eyedreporter

RIGHT
Stroked3.2-litre
enginewearsa
massiveturbocharger
providedbyUSdrag
racingspecialist
companyPrecision

2.4Goflateralaccelerationisputonice.Disappointment – and

a teeny,tinybitofrelief,if I’mhonest– isetched on my face as

wetrudgebackdownstairstothesightofthis surprisingly petite

dragracingsuperstarsittingsilentlyonthe start line, awaiting a

stagingsequencethatwouldnotcomethis day.

“Isupposewecouldtryanddoa runafter next weekend’s

GT-RFestival,”musesRob.What?Thedream is still alive?

ROB’SHISTORYwithJUNIIwasbornfrom a determinedly –

somemightsaybloody-mindedly– focused point of view: to

ownthefasteststreet-registeredGT-Rinthe entire universe.

“Ihavea principlebehindit,if youwant to call it that,” says

Marjan,whosedayjobisrunningtherenowned Ali Baba kebab

chain.Notforhimaclip-onfibreglassnose, aluminium flat-

deckspoilerandpolycarbonatewindows. Rob is fiercely proud

ofthefactthathislean,litheR32hasthe power of at least six

ofitsproduction-linecompanions,andyet to the untrained

eye– atleastawayfromthetwinfive-inch exhausts poking out

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LEGALLY. JUST PONDER THAT FOR A MOMENT