NISSAN GTP-ZX  IMSA   1986

The Nissan GTP car was first run with these colors at Miami GP in 1986 

Tony sits in the car at Miami

     At Miami, I was hit on the Pace Lap by another GTP car while entering the infield section from the back straight.  The impact slammed me into the concrete barrier doing irreparable damage to the car.  When the green flag dropped I was in the pits for a look see.  The impact created a wedge across the rear wheels, making the car unbearable to drive.  It understeered badly on right hand turns and oversteered on left hand turns.  Unable to fix the damage, we ran the car the best we could, finishing tenth place.  I'm sure Elliott Forbes-Robinson may have some comments on this race.

     Don's electronics expertise with the engine management system he developed had made him too valuable to the team to be lost in a race accident.  In the reorganization, he was replaced by EFR.  Don was a great co-driver, and he was disappointed not to be able to drive.

     The Miami race was a perfect time, with all the politics going on, to change out the remaining Electramotive driver.  I never recovered from being replaced by Geoff Brabham.  It was the end of my career.

Tony a2z rounding a bend at Miami GP

     This was the same car that was in black, the California Coffin.  Lack of additional funding plagued this
car with the Weisman Transaxle, (never reliable).  The Nissan 3-liter

V-6 was awesome, capable of 1000 HP but normally raced at about 700 HP.

     Electramotive Engineering was soon to be engulfed with politics.  The team that had done so well for Nissan thru the IMSA GTU and GTO Championships, was reassigned as a new company: Nissan Performance Technology Inc.  With new corporate changes, additional sponsorship money was funneled into the development program.

     Kas Kastner was appointed Motorsports Manager of Nissan Motor Corporation.  Just changing to the reliable Hewland gearbox and Goodyear tires allowed the existing chassis to be 2 to 3 seconds a lap better times.

Tony Adamowicz, Gary Wheeler, Tony a2z, Tony Adamowics, a2zRacer, Gary Wheeler, Tony Adamowicz

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