What would you do for those who discovered your self with a couple of billion {dollars} burning a gap in your pocket? Superyachts, hypercars, personal jets, all the above? Nicely how about reducing a mountain in half and constructing one of many world’s most unique race tracks. That’s what Cornes & Co did right here in Japan, and with that, we’re left with The Magarigawa Membership.
The Magarigawa Membership shouldn’t be scorching off the press information, it’s truly been open for a bit of over 18 months now, however because it’s doorways have opened, I had but to have the possibility to go to and see what the fuss was all about.
That was till RennCurator invited me out for a couple of days of automotive guys paradise. The principle motive for my journey out to Magarigawa was to cowl his newly delivered Prodrive P25, I coated that have right here. However Prodrive apart, there was much more happening on the circuit that deserves its personal look.
For the unfamiliar, Magarigawa is an ultra-luxurious membership nestled within the hills of Chiba, simply over an hour out of central Tokyo. The membership contains of all kinds of facilities, together with a bar, cigar lounge, infinity edge pool, restaurant, sim room, spa, gymnasium and 10 villas to accommodate these fortunate sufficient to remain. All these facilities are among the nicest rooms you’ll ever step into, with the expertise simply akin to a 7 star lodge. I truly shot these pans from the bed room balcony of the membership’s primary villas…
However there’s one stark distinction between The Magarigawa Membership and a 7 star lodge, and that’s the three.5km world class, Hermann Tilke designed monitor surrounding it.
Simply upon getting into the grounds, you might have a 7 minute drive from the entrance gate to the clubhouse. The sheer engineering feats of constructing a circuit into the mountain is apparent with retaining partitions taller than residence blocks and elevation adjustments sufficient to make your ears pop.
However sufficient concerning the venue, and extra about among the vehicles that RennCurator and his mates had introduced out for the week. Beginning with RennCurators very personal Porsche 911 GT2 RS Clubsport 25.
Mark has truly completed a full write up on the nitty gritty of the CS25 beforehand, so I wont ramble on the specifics, however I can affirm this Manthey beast is value each little bit of hype it will get.
Paired with a venue like Magarigawa, it’s nearly inconceivable to take a nasty photograph of the the CS25, and the on monitor efficiency was there to match its beauty.
The CS25 was nearly all the time the quickest automotive on monitor every day at Magarigawa, and while I can’t expose what its lap time competitors was, I can say there was some very worthy opponents.
Alongside RennCurator’s CS25 and beforehand coated P25, his HKS GR86 was in attendance. That is truly the precise automotive all of us noticed make its debut on the 2024 Tokyo Auto Salon, HKS’s first iteration of their full package deal avenue and circuit builds. Since this automotive’s first debut, I’ve additionally had the possibility to cowl HKS’s second full GR86 and its Tsukuba circuit shakedown.
RennCurator’s mates didn’t come empty handed, brining some extra JDMs to the usually tremendous and hypercar unique pits, within the likes of a GRMN Yaris, TOM’s GR86 and NA2 NSX Kind S.
However there was one different NSX that had all of my consideration.
So far as tuned NSX’s go, this must be probably the greatest I’ve come throughout in Japan. Primarily based on a NA1 Kind R, the automotive had undergone a entrance NA2 conversion in addition to had a whole ITB setup bolted on.
Contained in the automotive adopted go well with with all of the instrumentation paying homage to peak mid 2000’s NSX tuning. This automotive deserves it’s personal deep dive nonetheless so I’ll save the specifics for its personal function.
The Magarigawa Membership is likely one of the most breathtaking locations I’ve ever been in my life, wrapped amongst a world class circuit and being pushed by among the world’s finest vehicles makes this an expertise any automotive man ought to add to their bucket checklist, proper underneath the $200,000+ membership charge…
Alec Pender
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