4th round of the 1974 IMSA season – held at the Ontario Motor Speedway on May 19th. Winning GTU in this four-hour race was Walt Maas and Frank Leary in the F.A.R. Performance car. Also a shot of the OMS pace car – already painted to advertise the next California 500 USAC/Indy-car race the following year.

In that one shot, the Camaro would haul the Z-Car in the straights, then the Z would get it all back in the turns. That dice went on for quite a few laps as I recall. Wish I could remember which car finished ahead in the overall standings.

Note the empty stands – no way an IMSA race was going to fill Ontario. I don’t recall the type of ticket that I purchased, but I pretty much had free-run of the facility. I parked out front of the race track at the beginning of the race, then went out, got my Z-car and drove under the tunnel and parked in the infield for part of the race (where I took some of these photos), then parked back out front and watched the finish of the race from near the start/finish line.

Great pictures! 1974 would have been very, very early in the history of IMSA. Thanks for another shot of the OMS pace car. Wouldn't it be fun to find one of those cars!

Wouldn't it be fun to find one of those cars!

Not the real article, but there was an OMS pace car replica in the showroom at Costa Mesa Datsun where I bought my Z. Every once in a great while, in the mid-70s, I'd see one of those OMS replicas on the street around the Los Angeles/Orange County CA area.

Bob Sharp again... Contemporary?

Parked...

Do not know why, but I have some strange memory of Canon AE-1 and any motorsports events...

Not the real article, but there was an OMS pace car replica in the showroom at Costa Mesa Datsun where I bought my Z. Every once in a great while, in the mid-70s, I'd see one of those OMS replicas on the street around the Los Angeles/Orange County CA area.

Of the 50 OMS Pace Car replicas produced - I've only found two so far. Always looking for more...

FWIW,

Carl B.

Of the 50 OMS Pace Car replicas produced - I've only found two so far. Always looking for more...

FWIW,

Carl B.

Carl - I wonder how many of the 50 ended up at Earl Schieb........ "I'll paint any car, any color for $29.95."

- most likely all of them! The two found were both repainted after a few years. However sanding down carefully though the re-paints and rere-paints revieled the original OMS Blue.. in both cases their prior owner history was known.

FWIW,

Carl B.

This caught my eye... I suppose there are lots of Y. Katayama's in Japan... I wonder what the sub-text says?

Some more PLN, though not in a Datsun/Nissan.

A couple of contemporary vintage racing efforts...