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1974
May 1, 1974 Mrs. Chesney's Datsun Only Car to Make Finals Manatee Times Bureau BRADENTON - Mrs. Beverly Chesney's Datsun was the only car to make it to the final round with a co-driver aboard when she took her yound daughter along as passenger in Sunday's Co-Driver Day at De Soto Memorial Speeday.
Director of the event Stan Swartz reported that 30 cars had co-drivers throughout the day in competition held to give spectators a chance to experience the thrill of drag racing first hand. ... [In the finals] Sid Moss won Consolation Eliminator in his 1958 Oldsmobile. Moss and Beverly Chesney (with her daughter as co-driver) broke out of thier dial-ins. Moss broke out less with 15.49 off a 15.50 dial-in to Mrs. Chesney's 18.64 off an 18.80 dial-in in her Datsun 1200 sedan.
June 3, 1974 The overall bracket champion was Sarasota's John Chesney in a Datsun whose 18:86 was good enought to top Jim Carlton's Mustang I in the final heat of the runoff.
John Chesney, service manager of Campbell Datsun in Sarasota, Florida.
1975
Paula Murphy, known worldwide as "Miss STP", campaigned this much-modified Datsun 1200 Coupe in the B-Modified Compact class in NHRA events in 1975 with good success.
The "Miss STP" Datsun 1200 NHRA Racer
Although imported sedans are not prominent on the drag-racing scene, the Nissan stormers are occasionally visible in this style of performance driving ... On the paved drag strips, ladie's closed-course record-holder and noted drag racer Paula Murphy now campaigns a Datsun in the modified compact class in the NHRA National Points series. Her race car, basically a 1200 with sundry aftermarket parts and an 1800cc Datsun engine, is a strong contender in the modified small car section of drag racing.
After recovering from a severe wreck, she got back into racing with a B Modified Compact Datsun and raced all over the country in NHRA.