Subaru Technica International (STI) have announced that they will be again participating in the 24-hour of Nurburgring happening from May 12th to the 16th.

Under the supervision of STI President, Takeshi Tachimori, the team will be entering a custom-tuned 2010 Subaru Impreza WRX STI.



The new ride received a lot of improvements which include a significant decrease in weight and lower center gravity, an increase in drivability, more responsive handling, an increase in engine power and an optimized gear ratio.

In charge of bringing the team together is STI’s head of vehicle testing, Hideharu Tatsumi. The team will feature an international line-up with Japanese drivers Kazuo Shimizu, who has extensive experience racing at the Nürburgring, and Toshihiro Yoshida, making his 4th attempt at the event, as well as Dutchman Carlo van Dam, who helped to demonstrate the speed of the Impreza GT300 in SUPER GT in 2008, with a local German driver (TBA) rounding out the quartet.

Project name
STI NBR CHALLENGE 2010

Entrant name
SUBARU TECNICA INTERNATIONAL

Participating car
SUBARU Impreza WRX STI (GRB)
2.0 litre EJ20 type DOHC turbo 4-cylinder
“boxer” w/ SYMMETRICAL AWD

Vehicle Preparation
STI

UPDATE: more pics

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They were there last year completing 133 laps and placing 5th in the SP3t class (for cars with turbocharged engines up to 2 liters).

Check out the in-car vid from last year’s race.

source: subaru, carwatch.impress.co.jp