Nissan Motorsport will use the production-based VK56DE engine in the Altima V8 Supercar, the same engine that powered Nissan to FIA GT1 World Championship glory in 2011.

As you may recall, the V8 Supercars Altima benefits from a reworked Nissan VK56DE 5.6-liter V8 engine. All told, Nissan has sunk around $1.56 million into the new V8 Supercars program to become ...

V8 SUPERCARS fans, we think Rick Kelly has found ... to strap a bunch of their products to his Jack Daniel's-backed Nissan Altima - and to his helmet - and turned him loose on the tracks.