After claiming nine international championships around the world in 2015, Nissan is revving up its racing programs for the 2016 season.

NissanConnect NISMO Plus takes performance from the circuit to the home.

Shoko Ohara receives one of the first deliveries of the GT-R NISMO.

GT-R enthusiast Dino Dalle Carbonare picks his favorite tuned GT-Rs at this year's Tokyo Auto Salon.

NISMO was able to grab a podium, but Honda captured the top spots in the season opening race for Super GT in an exciting finale.

Race cars blessed with sacred sake ahead of first race of season at Okayama. NISMO hopes for third successive championship.

Super GT drivers Ronnie Quintarelli and Masataka Yanagida shrugged off typhoon conditions and a poor grid spot to claim victory at Autopolis and a record second straight championship.

Some of the most exciting events this year were motorsports-related, not just on the race track but off as well. Here are some of the 2012 highlights from the racetrack.

NISMO racing driver Michael Krumm sped around the GranDrive track with The Fastest Man in the World, Usain Bolt, later offering his take on the world-record holder's technique.

Jamaica's multiple gold medal winner Usain Bolt stopped at Nissan's GranDrive testing track and Yokohama headquarters, bringing his record speed and excitement to Japan and becoming Nissan's Director of Excitement.