Adelaide hosts national Nissan-fest
Skyline Nationals Adelaide
The Skyline Nationals, held over a very sunny weekend in Adelaide, brought together a stack of awesome Nissans from across Australia.
The sixth Nationals since the inaugural event in 2006 and the second in Adelaide, organiser Adrian De Angelis and his team put together an itinerary designed to showcase the best both SA and the sporty Skyline could offer each other.
Friday’s sign-in and meet-and-greet evening at the Coopers Alehouse saw old mates get reacquainted and new friendships forged over SA’s finest brews.
Saturday’s Show-and-Shine in Light Square in the city centre was where things got serious. We caught up with judge Alex Agnoletti while he was on gate duty, “Everyone who enters gets their cars judged and the standard of cars we’ve seen arrive has been really good!”
“People put a lot of effort into their cars, so it’s important we take the time and respect their work,” adds Alex. Truer words have never been spoken at a car show and its indicative of the comradery that Nissan’s historic Skyline can muster. Aussie-spec six-bangers or turbo-powered JDM torquemonsters; they’re all welcome on the grass.
Nissan’s R31 model prevailed in numbers with healthy showings in both AusDM and JDM forms; an emerging classic, the model is cheap and cheerful enough to get younger people involved in the movement, still cool enough to be old-school, yet modern enough to drive without agony!
Sunday’s sunny track day at Mallala had participants split into four groups according to approximate horsepower.
Photography: Dave Carey