Editing Nissan Z-car (section)

==Racing==
<!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:BRETeamsm.jpg|200px|thumb|left|The Brock Racing Enterprises (BRE) [[240Z]] driven by [[John Morton]] -->
[[File:Datsun280ZXrace.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Don Devendorf and [[Tony Adamowicz]] drove a [[Nissan 280ZX|280ZX Turbo]] to the 1983 IMSA GTO Championship.]]The 280ZX proved successful in various classes of racing, particularly in the US. Significant results include:
[[File:Cunningham 300ZX.jpg|thumb|200px|The Clayton Cunningham Racing [[300ZX]] which won the 1994 [[24 Hours of Daytona]].]]
[[File:Xanavi Nissan 350Z.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Xanavi Nissan 350Z GT at the 2006 British International Motor Show]]
[[File:Xanavi Nissan 350Z rear.jpg|thumb|right|Xanavi 350Z, rear]]

The first generation Zs ([[Nissan S30|240Z/260Z/280Z]]) proved to be very successful in many forms of racing. The S30s won many SCCA/IMSA championships and even became quite successful in rally and baja races.

* 1979 SCCA C Production Category (Bob Sharp Racing 280ZX)
* 1979 and 1980 [[IMSA GT Championship|IMSA GTU Championship]] (Electramotive Datsun 280ZX)
* 1982 and 1983 [[IMSA GT Championship|IMSA GTO Championship]] (Electramotive Datsun 280ZX Turbo)

The 1983 Electramotive [[280ZX|280ZX Turbo]] produced over {{convert|700|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}}, and reached a terminal speed of {{convert|140|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} in the standing quarter mile.

The most notable driver to be associated with the car was actor [[Paul Newman]], who raced with the Bob Sharp Racing team. He also helped to promote the car, even by starring in a series of commercials.

<!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:IMSARacing300ZX.jpg|thumb|200px|left|The Paul Newman/Bob Sharp Racing IMSA 300ZX.]] -->
In 1984 to 1985 showroom stock racing, the [[300ZX]] captured wins on numerous occasions. The car scored its only Trans Am win in 1986 at [[Lime Rock Park|Lime Rock]] by [[Paul Newman]] for Bob Sharp Racing.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IuTcBAAAQBAJ&q=The+car+scored+its+only+Trans+Am+win+in+1986+at+Lime+Rock+by+Paul+Newman+for+Bob+Sharp+Racing.&pg=PA119|title=Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman|last=Matt Stone, Preston Lerner|publisher=Motorbooks, 2014|isbn=9780760346297|date=2014-03-15}}</ref>

From 1985 to 1987, the Electramotive-developed [[Nissan GTP ZX-Turbo|GTP ZX-Turbo]] was raced in the [[IMSA GT Championship]]'s GTP class and also the [[All Japan Sports Prototype Championship]], badged as a Fairlady Z, using a Lola T810 chassis and a [[Nissan VG engine|VG30ET]] engine. Following development through 1987, the car would become dominant in IMSA GT in 1988. Additional factory endorsement, combined with a new chassis, transmission and more reliable Goodyear tires contributed to the team's success. The SOHC [[Nissan VG engine|VG30ET]] was making upwards of {{convert|1000|hp|kW|-2|abbr=on}}, with a [[power band]] that extended from 4000 to 9000 rpm on a single turbo.<ref name="Electromotive VG30ET power band">{{cite web
 | last       = RedZ31 Dyno Charts
 | title      = Electromotive VG30ET Power Band
 | url        = http://redz31.net/turbofaq/dynographs/gtpzxturbodyno.jpg
 | access-date = 2007-06-20
}}</ref> From 1990 to 1995, [[Steve Millen]] drove the twin-turbo 300ZX for Clayton Cunningham Racing. The car dominated the IMSA in its GTO, then later GTS categories due to its newly designed chassis and engine. Millen would rank as the #1 Factory Driver for Nissan for 7 years and earn two IMSA GTS Driving Championships and two IMSA GTS Manufacturer's Championships. Among enthusiasts and the team themselves, the biggest triumph for the race Z32 was the victory in the [[24 Hours of Daytona]]. In the same year at the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]], the 300ZX ranked first in the GTS-1 class and 5th overall. In an attempt to level the playing field in the GTS-1 class by reducing the allowable horsepower, the IMSA declared the twin turbo [[Nissan VG engine|VG engine]] ineligible.<ref name="Konik, Michael: On the Edge">{{cite web
 | last       = Konik
 | first      = Michael
 | title      = On the Edge
 | publisher  = Cigar Aficionado Online
 | year       = 1995
 | url        = http://www.cigaraficionado.com/Cigar/CA_Archives/CA_Show_Article_Print/0,2812,674,00.html
 | access-date = 2007-03-05
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071013172501/http://cigaraficionado.com/Cigar/CA_Archives/CA_Show_Article_Print/0,2812,674,00.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2007-10-13}}</ref> The 1995 GTS 300ZX car would debut with the [[V8 engine|V8]] [[Nissan VH engine]] at Daytona<ref>{{cite web
 |last=STILLEN
 |title=Racing Heritage 2
 |url=http://www.stillen.com/page.asp?heritage2
 |access-date=2007-03-05
 |url-status=dead
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070210093507/http://www.stillen.com/page.asp?heritage2
 |archive-date=February 10, 2007
}}</ref> and would place first in the GTS-1 class at the [[12 Hours of Sebring]] and Mosehead Grand Prix in Halifax.<ref>{{cite web
 |last=WSPR Racing
 |title=IMSA 1995
 |url=http://www.wspr-racing.com/wspr/results/imsa/imsa1995.html
 |access-date=2007-03-05
 |url-status=dead
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061230185444/http://www.wspr-racing.com/wspr/results/imsa/imsa1995.html
 |archive-date=December 30, 2006
}}</ref>

The JUN-BLITZ Bonneville Z32 holds the E/BMS class land speed record of {{convert|419.84|km/h|mph|abbr=on}} set at the 1995 Bonneville Speed Trial. The vehicle was built as a partnership between [[JUN Auto]] and BLITZ. This record remains unbroken. In 1990, JUN's first Z32 went 339.2&nbsp;km/h at their Yatabe test course and hit 373&nbsp;km/h after some tuning at Bonneville.<ref name="Tanaka">{{cite web
 | last = Tanaka Industrial Co., Ltd.
 | title      = JUN Demonstration Cars
 | date       = 1997–2005
 | url        = http://www.junauto.co.jp/democar/index.html?en
 | access-date = 2007-02-08
}}</ref>

The 350Z replaced the [[Nissan Skyline GT-R|Skyline GT-R]] and [[Nissan Silvia|Silvia]] as the car for Nissan's factory and customer teams in the [[Super GT|JGTC/Super GT]]'s GT500 class and GT300 class respectively. The GT500 cars used were heavily modified and featured a longer nose and tail (requiring the production of the Type-E [[Homologation (motorsport)|homologation]] special), carbon fiber bodywork, and a tube chassis. In 2004, [[Nismo]] won the GT500 championship. Until the 2007 season, the car was powered by a [[Nissan VQ engine#VQ30DETT|VQ30DETT]] V6. In order to increase competitiveness, however, a new 4.5L [[V8 engine|V8]] powerplant has been developed. The 350Z, with slightly more pedestrian modifications also competes in the GT300 class (having started there even before the Skyline GT-Rs were replaced) by teams such as Endless Sports and Mola. In 2003 Hasemi Sports won the GT300 championship with the 350Z. In 2008 season, the 350Zs were all replaced by [[Nissan GT-R]]s in the GT500 class, but they have continued to be used in the GT300 class as the GT-Rs exceed the horsepower limits which make it impossible to participate. Thus, two 350Zs competed in the series and MOLA won both Drivers' and Teams' championships in the GT300 class. Two years later, Hasemi Sports won the 2010 GT300 title again before its team's withdrawal of the series in the following season,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hasemi-ms.com/index.php|title=Hasemi Motor Sport/ハセミモータースポーツ|author=Hasemi Motor Sport/ハセミモータースポーツ|work=hasemi-ms.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035818/http://www.hasemi-ms.com/index.php|archive-date=2016-03-04}}</ref> as another 350Z team MOLA also moved up to GT500 class earlier in the preseason time, it marked the first full absence of Nissan vehicles in GT300 class since the establishment of JGTC in 1994.

The Z33 is also popular in import drag racing; one fielded by Performance Motorsport in the NHRA Sports Compact series, with twin turbo claims to put out over 1,700&nbsp;bhp (1,268&nbsp;kW; 1,724 PS) and achieved 8.33 quarter mile time with its best speed of {{convert|176.72|mph|km/h|abbr=on}}.{{Citation needed|date=September 2011}} Another Z33 built by Injected Performance holds the record as the highest horsepower, street legal Z33 and highest horsepower single turbo [[Nissan VQ engine|VQ35DE]] with a quarter mile time of 8.80 with a speed of {{convert|163|mph|km/h|abbr=on}}. This car was also featured on the March 2008 cover of Turbo Magazine. Lazcano Racing's [[370Z]] is powered by a Nissan [[Nissan VG engine#VG30DETT|VG30DETT engine]] and has recorded a 1/4 mile time of 6.0 at over 226 MPH.