I bought a dvd called "Panamerican National 2006" which was an event that took place last year at Atco Speedway in New Jersey. 8 of the US best racers and 8 Puerto Rican driver battled for the #1 spot as champion. Qualifying and practise was fantastic. When the eliminations, semi-finals, and finals came around 1 Datsun 210 took the title home to Puerto Rico.

The team of the Datsun was "Lopez Conection" going up against a RX-7 Savana owned by "Bertito Racing"(also from PR). the pass was close but the Datsun pulled out a 7.51 at 185.9 MPH taking the championship. All 8 American drivers went out in the elimination round. The little Datsun fought its way throught a field filled with Toyota Scarlet's, Mazda RX-7 Savana, Infinite, and FD's, a Mazda Miata, Toyota 1.8, and a Nissan 240SX.

wat do all those other cars look like? the toyota and stuff..we don't have those models here! that i know of anyway!

I think he means Toyota Starlet rather than Scarlet - it's a little hatchback RWD toyota around the same vintage as the 1200.

Google Images link to starlets

thats what i thought but wasn't sure..i know toyota have the starlet!!!!

no the starlet sold here is about 10 years newer than the 1200

congrats on the 210, even if it was probably a rotary or toyota engine

but that's a FWD version isn't it mat?

Nope it's still a little rollerskate type body but they were actually RWD

The Miata that they refer to is what we know here as the Mazda MX-5 and yes, they are also rear wheel drive.

I think "Boricua" ( friendly term which identifies Puerto Ricans in the world.) meant to say..."Datsun wins in the US"
The competion was among cars, not against the US.
Puerto Ricans are well represented in competition, specially GT and vintage modified classes. Not surprised with their strong show. PR's are to US competition scene what probably New Zelanders are to the Australian competition scene.
The Toyota Starlet was one model of the very last generation RWD cars from Japan Toyota wise. With the Corolla, both are considered great vehicles to modify because of the RWD configuration.
After this early 80s period, the avalange of cheap econo FWD cars rolled over. Nowadays RWD together with AWD is reserved for the top of the line vehicles. Economy vehicles will remain FWD because of the savings in manufacturing.
If any manufacturer had the vision to build a RWD economy car, it would conquer the market.
Any pictures of the Datsun 210 boricua???

So the title stays in the U.S.? ... What other countries were running?

For lots of info about Datsun 1200s in Puerto Rico, see our club article Los Datsun 1200s de Puerto Rico, USA