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Nissan's Electric Arc
Electramotive Engineering's IMSA GTP program was an epic failure when it appeared in 1985. Faced with immediate disappointment, its paymasters at Nissan USA wanted to kill the project, with haste.
A stay of execution was arranged by Nissan's new motorsports manager, R. W. "Kas" Kastner, upon his arrival in 1986, but more GTP embarrassment followed. Two seasons in, the mothership – as in, Nissan Japan – came calling and wanted to scuttle the little Californian team for good.
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