SCCA had Regional (local) races and National races (where more competitive drivers came to compete and to gain an invitation to the year ending Championship "Runoffs"). In the vast middle part of the US there were somewhere around 10-12 National races each season. Dave won many of those races (beating me several times - even on my home track).

Dave never won the Championship Runoffs.

I owned the car after Dave and after Daryl in an attempt to find it a good home. I obviously failed as it has taken 15? years to get it into the hands of someone wanting to get it back on track.

Contact me. I am in St. Louis, MO (close) and have 10,000 Datsun 1200 race parts in my shop (along with half a dozen cars).
Peter
THREE 0NE F0UR, 72, F0UR, 7O9ATE

ddgonzal: Thanks for replying. I know this is a super old thread so it's cool that you responded. Thanks.

So I can read the plaques in the pics but I am confused about what the represent. Searching SCCA runoffs results (national championships) and also MIDDIV SCCA regional results I don't see that this car won any nationall championships I went through SCCA archive results. Just not finding it. Best I found was that it won Midwest regional championship only 80 and 81. Or maybe I am just missing something in my research.? Driver was the late David Miller I think ? Anybody know later drivers?

Reason for me asking is I just purchased this car (awaiting delivery in a couple weeks) and trying to get a solid grasp on its race history and championships. And the plaques don't match the SCCA results I am finding. Really curious.

The red & silver plaques read:
Quote:Datsun 1200 "Banzai"
*1980s #12 David Miller of Albuqurque (later Autosport Motoring of Colorado Springs)
* 1990s #94 GT5 including 4 Sep 1994 Darryl/Mallory Nissan @ SCR Nationals

The white plaque is:
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regarding this car and the dash plaques: does anybody know what those "National Winner" plaques are actually for? I thought the indicated winner at the runoffs. But they don't. I don't see that this car / driver ever won at the SCCA National Championships or Runoffs. And only 2 wins in regional championships (MID DIV) in 1980 and 1981. So, what do the plaques mean? Does anybody have any further information / history / Documentation?

Thanks

chandlerGTi bought this car back in 2008 and was trying to sell in it 2009 out of Findlay, Ohio.

National Winner plaques on the dash.
* 1982 National Winner
* 1983 National Winner
* 1984 National Winner
* 1985 National Winner
* 1986 National Winner
* 1987 National Winner
* 1988 National Winner




1972 Datsun 1200

Mid-Ohio in 2001 returned a third place

Honda Bob's Tokyo Joe did get clocked at that speed. He said it was amazing how fast the car went drafting a Porsche RSR!

@Datsunbloke,
You try this at 2am on a mobile phone sometime! Sheesh! At least you learned more of the cars history!

Now that the car is quasi found, no posting for this car in quite a while, I would like to find out if this car is available for purchase. I would like to see the car put back to its former glory and run it as a vintage racer.

As far as the Z car, I wonder if that's the car that went over the wall at Phoenix? I know Dave mentioned it on a few occasions, usually when it was cold and damp out, or after a long race. He received a back injury in the incident.

Hutchinson News
Hutchison, Kansas, May 27,1980, page 13
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