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04-21-2010, 09:10 AM
04-20-2010 03:19 PM
Filed under: Classics (http://www.autoblog.com/category/timewarp/), Coupe (http://www.autoblog.com/category/coupes/), Performance (http://www.autoblog.com/category/sports/), Nissan (http://www.autoblog.com/category/nissan/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/04/breliveriesformitty157-copy-1271789736.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/40th-anniversary-bre-nissan-370z/) BRE Nismo Z getting painted for the Walter Mitty Challenge - Click above for high-res image gallery
It looks like there will be more than one car showing up the Walter Mitty Challenge at Road Atlanta next month wearing the colors of Pete Brock's BRE racing team. Just days after Mazda announced that it had prepared a BRE-liveried MX-5 (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/18/pete-brock-and-john-morton-announce-new-bre-mazda-mx-5-miata/) for the Playboy MX-5 Cup, Nissan (http://www.autoblog.com/make/nissan/) has announced that it is working on a Nismo 370Z (http://www.autoblog.com/model/370z) with a similar color scheme.
The Nissan is, of course, a descendant of the Datsun 240Z John Morton drove to BRE's first SCCA National Championship in 1970. While the Miata got a very literal interpretation of the original BRE paint job, Brock has apparently worked with painters at Nissan to produce a modern iteration. The Z will be revealed at a special dinner at Road Atlanta on April 29 to kick off the big weekend of vintage racing.
The car has been built to SCCA T2 specs, and plans call for it to do some racing at Z Club events and SCCA regionals this summer.
Gallery: 40th Anniversary BRE Nissan 370Z (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/40th-anniversary-bre-nissan-370z/low/)
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[Source: Nissan]Continue reading Nissan working on BRE 370Z to mark car's 40th anniversary (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/20/nissan-working-on-bre-spec-370z-to-mark-cars-40th-anniversary/)
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Filed under: Classics (http://www.autoblog.com/category/timewarp/), Coupe (http://www.autoblog.com/category/coupes/), Performance (http://www.autoblog.com/category/sports/), Nissan (http://www.autoblog.com/category/nissan/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/04/breliveriesformitty157-copy-1271789736.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/40th-anniversary-bre-nissan-370z/) BRE Nismo Z getting painted for the Walter Mitty Challenge - Click above for high-res image gallery
It looks like there will be more than one car showing up the Walter Mitty Challenge at Road Atlanta next month wearing the colors of Pete Brock's BRE racing team. Just days after Mazda announced that it had prepared a BRE-liveried MX-5 (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/18/pete-brock-and-john-morton-announce-new-bre-mazda-mx-5-miata/) for the Playboy MX-5 Cup, Nissan (http://www.autoblog.com/make/nissan/) has announced that it is working on a Nismo 370Z (http://www.autoblog.com/model/370z) with a similar color scheme.
The Nissan is, of course, a descendant of the Datsun 240Z John Morton drove to BRE's first SCCA National Championship in 1970. While the Miata got a very literal interpretation of the original BRE paint job, Brock has apparently worked with painters at Nissan to produce a modern iteration. The Z will be revealed at a special dinner at Road Atlanta on April 29 to kick off the big weekend of vintage racing.
The car has been built to SCCA T2 specs, and plans call for it to do some racing at Z Club events and SCCA regionals this summer.
Gallery: 40th Anniversary BRE Nissan 370Z (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/40th-anniversary-bre-nissan-370z/low/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/04/breliveriesformitty157_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/40th-anniversary-bre-nissan-370z/low/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/04/breliveriesformitty100_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/40th-anniversary-bre-nissan-370z/low/)
[Source: Nissan]Continue reading Nissan working on BRE 370Z to mark car's 40th anniversary (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/20/nissan-working-on-bre-spec-370z-to-mark-cars-40th-anniversary/)
Nissan working on BRE 370Z to mark car's 40th anniversary (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/20/nissan-working-on-bre-spec-370z-to-mark-cars-40th-anniversary/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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