John Morton’s 1970 championship in a red, white and blue 240Z helped put a then-fledgling Nissan on the American map. And 48 years later, that same driver and car returned to Road Atlanta to recreate history. Welcome to Speedfest at the Classic Motorsports Mitty Presented by Hagerty, a chance to relive motorsports memories while creating new ones.
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Had a blast as always. I’m looking forward to seeing pictures from the Datsun parade lap on Saturday. We had a whole crew in there
Can confirm. 
Oh, and one of his 'crew' had the *most* Georgia Nissan 620 pickup I've ever seen. Mud tires, lights on whatever bar that is on the back, etc.
Oh, and a "96 Rock" front license plate.
I bought a new 73' 510 wagon and had it for a couple of years, even tracked and auto-crossed it with some success. Traded it in for a new Opel wagon which handled much better then the Datsun.
I had a lot of issues with the 510, repeated alternator failure, and chronic overheating which the dealer could never solve so traded it for the Opel which was fun to drive and never a reliability issue for almost 200,000 miles.
There is currently a new race trimmed 510-coupe 1/24th model out that is done very nicely and worth collecting. It is either by JDM-Tuners or M2
The only Datsun/Nissan I currently own is an 85' 720 Kingcab 4-WD with only 117,000 miles on it.
The Mitty was fantastic! Race fields of 50+ cars and a ton of great people. Now if you can turn me in the direction of a correct brake booster for a 1973 240Z I would be very appreciative! cbrucciani@gmail.com
friedgreencorrado said:Oh, and one of his 'crew' had the *most* Georgia Nissan 620 pickup I've ever seen. Mud tires, lights on whatever bar that is on the back, etc.
Can’t call it a roll bar cause it probably wouldn’t work as one but it definitely helps hold the riff raff in the back. Haha
Good times, I don't think I took any pics on my 350Z while there. Maybe they got some on the skidpad.
On the way home to Ohio from the Mitty via the Blue Ridge Parkway, had a great time...
Yes, a totally awesome weekend. Thank you, everyone, who joined us.
Got to see a ton of people--to the point where I pretty much lost my voice. Totally worth it.
Thank you, Nissan, for the post-event video. Lotta cars in there.
Awesome event---- and yeah, we did put a ton of Nissans / Datsuns on track during the Sat. (All Nissan) parade lap. I was very relieved that all the cars made it around the track without failing. There were a few machines making questionable noises as they came through the line. I'm glad it all worked out.
BTW--- the touring laps on Sunday were a lot of fun. Everyone behaved and we had at least 25 minutes on track--- at pretty decent speeds! Thanks again to all who came and enjoyed a great Mitty!
Joe Gearin said:Awesome event---- and yeah, we did put a ton of Nissans / Datsuns on track during the Sat. (All Nissan) parade lap. I was very relieved that all the cars made it around the track without failing. There were a few machines making questionable noises as they came through the line. I'm glad it all worked out.
BTW--- the touring laps on Sunday were a lot of fun. Everyone behaved and we had at least 25 minutes on track--- at pretty decent speeds! Thanks again to all who came and enjoyed a great Mitty!
My green car has a gnarly exhaust leak at the manifold that ticks like its 3 quarts low on oil so I'm sure most people thought it was blown up.(It certainly looks like the kind of car that would be)
What I found hilarious was that the parade lap end and 70% of the cars return to the infield to pop their hoods and inspect for leaks and parts falling off. Only the Datsun marque could pull that off. 
crankwalk said:Joe Gearin said:Awesome event---- and yeah, we did put a ton of Nissans / Datsuns on track during the Sat. (All Nissan) parade lap. I was very relieved that all the cars made it around the track without failing. There were a few machines making questionable noises as they came through the line. I'm glad it all worked out.
BTW--- the touring laps on Sunday were a lot of fun. Everyone behaved and we had at least 25 minutes on track--- at pretty decent speeds! Thanks again to all who came and enjoyed a great Mitty!
My green car has a gnarly exhaust leak at the manifold that ticks like its 3 quarts low on oil so I'm sure most people thought it was blown up.(It certainly looks like the kind of car that would be)
What I found hilarious was that the parade lap end and 70% of the cars return to the infield to pop their hoods and inspect for leaks and parts falling off. Only the Datsun marque could pull that off.
Yessir......your green machine certainly had me doing a double-take when it rolled (ticked) past. Glad you made it around fine--- and had a good time. The Datsun crowd came out in full force--- tons of nice people!
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