Moffat will race in the Dubai 24 Hours on Nissan's exchange program. Source: Nissan Motorsport / Supplied
JAMES Moffat will make his international sportscar racing debut next month, the Nissan V8 Supercars pilot set to race in the Dubai 24 Hour.
Moffat will pilot a factory-supported Nissan 370Z Nismo for the championship-winning Nissan GT Academy Team RJN in the event on January 9-11.
He will team with World Endurance Championship racers Karun Chandok and Tor Graves, as well as GT Academy winners Salman Al Khater and Ashley Oldfield, and is excited to do his first twice-round-the-clock enduro.
"It's great to be involved with the Nissan GT Academy Team RJN for the Dubai 24 Hours," Moffat said.
"We've been fortunate to race our regular V8 Supercars in different parts of the world, but this will be a totally new and different experience for me in the 370Z Nismo.
Moffat's chariot for the race: Nissan's 370Z Nismo. Source: Supplied
"I've also never raced in a 24 Hour event before, so that will be a new challenge - adapting to a new car, around a foreign track and racing in the dark!
"I'm looking forward to being a part of the Nismo Global Driver Exchange program, and we'll be aiming to finish as high as we can in Dubai."
The 29-year-old, who won his maiden V8 race at Winton this year, will be the first of Nissan's Australian drivers to join their Global Driver Exchange program.
Moffat's teammate and boss Rick Kelly will become the next to join the program, piloting a Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 for the Bathurst 12 Hour.
Nissan Global Motorsports Director, Darren Cox, said he has been impressed by Moffat's efforts aboard the Norton-backed Altima in the manufacturer's V8 return.
"Moffat has impressed me this year in the competitive V8 Supercars Championship," Cox said. "Not only with his win, but his speed and application across the season.
"I am very pleased that we can now offer him this chance on the world stage."
The team's two Nissan 370Z Nismo machines will compete against a total field of over 80 entered race cars.
Artist's impression of the livery of the Nissan Moffat will drive. Source: Supplied
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