2015 Nissan Contingency Program

dkmura

Nissan Motorsports has released the latest contingency award program for the 2015 SCCA Majors road racing program. The 370Z will be supported at the highest level as a "current" model, along with the R35 GT-R and latest Versa. The popular 350Z passes into the same category of racecar as older models like the Datsun 240Z, 510 or Nissan 300ZX and 200SX in the program.

For the SCCA Majors series, properly registered Nissan Z34 racers can earn $500/$250/$150 for 1st/2nd/3rd placings, if there are at least five cars competing. Nissan racers using either current and past Nissan models who win a Majors season title in any conference earn an additional $1,000 for the class championship.

Not sure if there are that many Nissan road racers left here, but further details are available at SCCA.com under the SCCA Majors program. Since the Z34 won Touring 3 car at the Runoffs last year, I wonder how many 370Z pilots will compete in the "semi-pro" Majors series for the coming year?

dkmura

Over 100 views of this thread in two days, but no responses from anybody interested in road racing the 370Z?

Rangerz

NASA is our organization. I will run TT3 this year but, I don't think thier is any contingency for TT. I'll be at 11 to 1 so not to competitive yet. I would love to get into Spec Z which has pretty good support from Nissan I'm told.

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dkmura

Any Nissan racer can register with Nissan Motorsports and get discounted parts support, but time trials have never gotten much manurfacture support. Spec Z will have a similar payout to the Nissan SCCA program, but also receives help from BFG tires.

Rangerz

Just noticed your from CO. Shoot me a message if you make it out to MMP for any events this year.

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dkmura

I've raced at MMP many times and wish there were any SCCA road race events there this year!

dkmura

Here's a link to the latest Nissan Motorsports catalog:

https://www.nissanusa.com/nismo-web/...talog-2012.pdf

It's got the toll-free ph # on the front page to call for more info. Lots of cool parts to check out as well.

GSS138

I'm not going to be mean or political here, but NISMO USA .

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dkmura

This is due to the way Nissan runs their financial year, April through the end of March. The SCCA Majors season starts in January, so they released some details early. Still, it costs nothing to register and IMO is worth doing each year.

BTW- NISMO is Nissan Motorsports International, but each regional area (North America, Asia, Europe, etc) has the ability to do their own autonomous program. While the North American program has a very small operating budget, the very fact it exists at all is good news for Nissan racers.

mdxj

I would love to break into road racing at some point but I move around to much. I am curious to see what happens when more Z's are used though

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dkmura

As far as road racing goes, there used to be quite a few 350Zs racing in SCCA. But the 370Z has not been quite as popular- it's expensive to prepare and the T3 rules don't favor it either.

Good luck on making it into road racing at some point!

DR_

So T3 rules don't favor it but it had pole, fastest lap, and won the Runoffs. Something change for 2015?

dkmura

Rules haven't changed, but the Z's reputation led SCCA to mandate a higher weight and intake restrictors. For the Runoffs, excellent driving and preparation helped, but the driver also had Hoosier connections that allowed him to run several sets of the new A7 R-compound tire. That was the key, and a first lap melee behind Dave allowed the Z to stay up front.

But even then it was a struggle- I saw what was left of the A7s after that race and there wasn't much (corded). If Dave had any more pressure, or the Mustang driver had not panicked at a last ditch attempt, the Z might not have emerged the winner. The SCCA tech crew ordered the Z torn down and--to my knowledge--is still the only 370Z competing in SCCA T3 competition for 2015.

GSS138

For us west coast time attack junkies, please tell us what the "SCCA's reputation" of the Z is? For us out here, it's a good enthusiast class time attack car. martin is working on it becoming a good limited class car. everyone seems to agree it is not a good "street" class car. Serious question.

Our specs are basically:

Enthusiast: Full interior street car with bolt ons, 200 wear tires, no engine mods, no non oem Aero. 2 way coils, sways, and springs allowed. Allowed driver seat replacement only.

Street: tire limits, 5"/roof limit on aero(no active). , turbo 57mm and SC limits 68.5mm, no lexan, still 200 wear tires(I think), can remove full interior,

Limited. Lexan permitted cept windshield, CF body panels allowed, body geometry modifications allowed, no turbo/SC MM limits, UTQG 60.

Not sure how that stacks up to SCCA classing, but can tell you we would get totally screwed in the street class.

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gomer_110

Was really hoping this was SCCA Solo instead of road racing. Simple fact is road racing requires a pretty hefty bank account while autox is a little kinder to the bank account.

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