This is a 1994 Nissan 300ZX GTS. Designed by Trevor Harris and built by Clayton Cunningham Racing, the 300ZX GTS was a racing version of the Nissan 300ZX intended for competition in the GTS category in the IMSA GT Championship.
The first Cunningham 300ZXs were built in 1989 to compete in the IMSA GTO class; the class later became GTS come 1992. These 300ZXs share close to nothing in common with the road-going 300ZX, being essentially a lengthened and widened 300ZX-alike carbon fiber body on a chromoly spaceframe chassis; the only thing carried over from the road car was the taillights.
Under the hood is a 3.0L VG30DETT twin-turbocharged V6 mated to a 5-speed Hewland manual; the engine initially produced about 650 horsepower but by 1994 were outputting 800 horsepower. The 300ZXs were easily the class of the GTS field in 1994, winning six of nine races, with Steve Millen winning that year's IMSA GT championship; the car also scored a class win at Le Mans that year. These 300ZXs also raced in Japan in their All Japan Grand Touring Championship for a few years.
For 1995, turbocharged engines were banned in an attempt to level the playing field; as a result the cars were now retrofitted to run 4.5L VH45DE V8s. Although no longer as dominant the 300ZX still scored a class win at the 12 Hours of Sebring. Following a crash involving Millen in 1995 effectively ending his racing career Cunningham shut down the program at season's end. Seven (some say eight) chassis were built.
Now this casting was designed by Ron Wong and introduced in 2024 in the Team Transport lineup. This casting has seen two known releases, the last being this one in 2025.
