Racing Career
On August 29, 2009, he joined the World Car Awards team participating the SP8 class in race 8 of VLN piloting a Lexus IS-F on the Nürburgring. He clocked a fastest lap of 10 minutes 9 seconds which is the best in the team, and their team recorded a class win. He returned to the Nürburgring track as one of the 4 drivers of Team World Car Award participating in the 24 Hours of Nürburgring 2010 and finished in 4th place in SP8 class.
Kazunori Yamauchi also was one of 4 drivers in the #96 Spoon Sports FD2 Civic Type-R during the 25 Hours Of Thunderhill which took place Dec. 5-6, 2009. The 25 Hours Of Thunderhill race was his first time driving in a US road course. The car placed 7th in its class, and 23rd position overall.
Yamauchi took part in the 24 Hours of Nürburgring 2011 as one of the four drivers of #71 Schulze Motorsport Nissan GT-R N24. The team finished the race in 36th place overall, achieving a victory in the SP 8T class after overcoming several technical problems, and beating competition from drivers including Johnny Herbert and Mark Blundell.
For the 2012 Nürburgring race, driving the #123 car with Lucas Ordóñez, he finished 1st in the SP 8T class, and 30th overall. Though the SP 8T entry that year only consisted of two cars, both supported by Nissan.
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