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The cars raced in Australia by Fred Gibson's team (DR30's, HR31's & GTRs) were built & developed in Australia, had backing from Nissan Australia, so were very much 'works' cars. Peter Jackson (cigarette brand) was just the team sponsor.
The only other term to describe them would be 'factory' entries, but since the team wasn't run from by Nissan themselves (The Bluebird's raced in Group C from 1981-1984 is a different story), then 'works' cars is the best description.
The Australian Skylines (particularly the GTR) were quicker than the Nismo cars anyway, Nismo blocked the Australian car from coming to to the Fuji 500 in the early 90s because to quote Fred his cars were "too quick" and would make Nismo look bad......
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