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The Nissan ZX-Turbo Dominated 1980s IMSA. Now It’s Getting the Props ...The championship-winning 1988 Nissan GTP ZX-Turbo is on display through August 17 at Laguna Seca for the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion. After that, it’s off to the Z Car Garage for a full ...
The Nissan GTP ZX-Turbo was one of the most formidable GTP cars in the class from 1985 to 1990, even managing to eclipse the dominant Porsche 962. Geoff Brabham secured the 1988 drivers' title ...
A few paces away was the championship-winning Nissan GTP ZX-Turbo, still in as-raced condition. Out on the track, Datsuns and Nissans of all shapes and sizes screamed over every inch of the 2.54 ...
The era saw many iconic sports prototypes, from the Porsche 962 and the Jaguar XJR-9 to the Nissan GTP ZX-Turbo and the Toyota Eagle Mk.III, competing across North America's race tracks.
It continued to race under the GTP ZX-Turbo name, but it was really a new car. Trevor Harris served as the chief designer and trackside engineer of the NPT-90. ...
The NPT-90 came to life after the Japanese automaker claimed victory in the 1989 IMSA series with the GTP ZX-Turbo prepped by the Electramotive race team. For the 1990 season, Nissan stepped up ...
Geoff Brabham, four-time GTP champion from 1988 to 1991 with Nissan: When I first drove the GTP ZX-Turbo in 1986, we had 1100 hp. But you could hardly drive it. Marshall Pruett Archives.
While enthusiasts were spoiled for choice, the market for these iconic cars shrank, forcing Nissan to pull the plug on their beloved vehicles like the GTP ZX-Turbo and the Pulsar GTI-R.
Nissan built it for the IMSA GTP class, a follow-up to the successful GTP-ZX-Turbo that led them to a constructor's champion title in the 1989 season. It used a twin-turbocharged, 3.0-liter V-6 ...
Factory-supported Nissan racing team Electramotive Engineering had campaigned the Porsche 962-killing GTP ZX-Turbo in the late 1980s but lacked funding to develop a successor to its aging ...
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This Ross Brawn-Designed IMSA Jaguar Can Be YoursThe cars won six sprints over three years, although they were unable to beat the overwhelming Nissan GTP ZX-Turbo cars driven by Geoff Brabham for a championship in any of those seasons. This ...
The GTP ZX-Turbo helped establish Nissan’s reputation as a motorsports innovator. NASHVILLE, Tenn, August 08, 2024--(BUSINESS WIRE)--During the 1980s, amid a wave of technological advancements ...
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