Years later When a different Katayama was introducing Datsun/Nissan to the USA,

John Morton was one of the three drivers. Datsun 510's won the Transam

Championship under 2 liters for 3 years.....and when I bought mine

it was the only car that I bought without taking a test drive.
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I bought it from Bobby Clark's Clearwater Datsun on US19. Bobby Clark raced

in SCCA B Sedan. I did some things the competition manual said to do and that 510

Datsun was the winning-est car I ever drove.

I won 5 state Autocross Championships with that car.

SCCA's Randy Pobst (now "famous" lol ) ran an oversize, cheating S.O.B. VW in

Melbourne for the 5th championship.
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My last race was on the one mile paved motorcycle road course at Dade City.

my 1600CC 4 banger lost to a 240Z with 2400CCs by ONE THOUSANDTH OF A

SECOND! I was airing up one tire before my final run when the valve stem fell

out in my hand.........I took that as a psychic message from God, that it was time

to quit racing cars. 3 years later I beat the Hobie Cat World Champion at

the Mid-Winters in Clearwater Beach Florida.
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I still have my car in my garage......and my sailboat in my back yard.