Why no Datsuns in Historic series?

[chris b]

Zeds competing in 'Round the Houses' historic racing in Western Australia.

Cheers Chris

Round the Houses Zeds.doc

[Tony D]

"Nissan had their fill of racing in the 90's and it almost bankrupted the company. "

With all due respect Ron, the worldwide racing budget wasn't the problem with Nissan almost going bankrupt in the 90's. As a matter of fact, it was probably the only portion of the company that had a positive P.R. effect on the company's sales. Mismanagement Incompetence at the highest levels of the corporation had a FAR bogger impact on their financials than any racing support program ever did.

[Tony D]

i think in the future , two or three years the Datsun 240z will be seen more often on European racetracks in hystoric race meetings .

I hear you recently received another container chock-full of parts, as well as two more 240 Chassis...and an LPG BBQ!

[The Wingnut]

I asked what was under the hood, the guy fueling it said it was an L28, he didn't know what had been done to the motor. Didn't get to see under the hood, by the time I got back to the paddock the owner had left.

I emailed the photos to Brad Frischelle last night, already got a response. He was glad to see the photos but didn't know who has the car now.

You're right in that all of the references to the car I've seen call it a 240. The 260 / 280 tails threw me off, those might have been changed to stay current with the model years as they progressed.

[John Coffey]

You're right in that all of the references to the car I've seen call it a 240. The 260 / 280 tails threw me off, those might have been changed to stay current with the model years as they progressed.

Correct. IMSA GTU rules required a car running a L26 or a L28 to be a 260 or a 280Z in appearance.

[gogriz91]

"Nissan had their fill of racing in the 90's and it almost bankrupted the company. "

With all due respect Ron, the worldwide racing budget wasn't the problem with Nissan almost going bankrupt in the 90's. As a matter of fact, it was probably the only portion of the company that had a positive P.R. effect on the company's sales. Mismanagement Incompetence at the highest levels of the corporation had a FAR bogger impact on their financials than any racing support program ever did.

I figured Nissan knocked it off because they stopped selling the Z and the budget for what they were spending on racing wasn't being made up in sales. It's still a shame when you see how Mazda is running with their Miata series and the Speed whatever challenge that's dominated by 626s. Other than drift, you don't see very many Nissans out there.

[CoastGuardZ]

I think that it would be more correct to say that Nissan isn't sponsoring any cars... but let's not forget about CORR, they're are pretty active in with their trucks. There's probably more profit in truck sales here in the U.S. anyway. I will be heading down to the Zippo U.S. Vintage Grand Prix at Watkins Glen in September... I hope that I'll see some Datsuns in competition there, but I'm not holding my breath.

Here is a page some of you may not be familiar with, it's the Nissan Motorsports page...

http://www.nissan-dakar.com/EN/index.html

Nate

[z-spec]

I hear you recently received another container chock-full of parts, as well as two more 240 Chassis...and an LPG BBQ!

I wait for a invitation to fire up this BBQ , the new owner need probably somebody who can explane the thing .

[z-spec]

I hear you recently received another container chock-full of parts, as well as two more 240 Chassis...and an LPG BBQ!

Welkom to Spa Francorshamps Tony ,for the famous Hystoric 6 Hours race meeting ,to join my Racing Team and watching 24 american pistons ( three Shelby Mustang 350GT,s) running around for 6 hours of racing in the night , we have plenty of Belgian Beer and Bratwurst , one day you wil be hear there 6 japanese pistons with its roots out of your garden .

[Ron Carter]

Hi Tony D. I was referring to NISSAN USA, in the 90's and although there were several reasons why Nissan USA had issues, this is the one they chose to blame...