98th National Championship Awarded to Nissan

Oct 6, 2015

Nissan continued to pull ahead of the competition this weekend as the most decorated manufacturer in the SCCA runoffs. The brand won its 98th National Championship thanks to driver Greg Ira, of Plantation, FL, at Daytona International Speedway.

“I got a good jump on the start,” Schader said. “(pole sitter) Scotty (White) and I hit the gas at the same time, but I guess I got a little bit of a leap and managed to pull a couple of car lengths into Turn One, and then I just started pedaling as hard as I could to get away from those guys before they were going to eat me.”

It appeared as though Ira would only finish second for most of the race. But near the end of lap 12, a brake malfunction struck the Porsche ahead of Ira which allowed him to cruise to a 19-second win with an average speed of almost 103 mph.

“I’m confident we can win at least two titles next year,” said North American Motorsports Manager Rick Kulach. “Mid-Ohio should bring out a solid contingent of Datsuns and Nissans in several categories, so I think we’ll have a little extra to celebrate this time next year.

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