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United States Clayton Cunningham Racing
Team principal(s)Clayton Cunningham
Teams'
Championships		2
Drivers'
Championships		4

Clayton Cunningham is a retired American racing team manager crew chief and team owner, better known for his eponymous racing team Clayton Cunningham Racing

Mazda

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Nissan

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When the team began operations, co-inciding with the newly launched 300ZXthey fielded two newly introduced 300ZX with Steve Millen and Jeremy Dale competing in the IMSA GTO

it's effort paid off when Millen won in 1992 and 1994 with Johnny O'Connell" as teamate. This led Millen to become the most winningest driver in any IMSA series.

With the demise of NPTI in 1993 and the demise of their factory effort in off-road racing, Nissan shifted their focus toward the team as the sole works racing representative until 1995 when Millen suffered from an accident that left him seriously injured, ending his racing career. This caused the manufacturer to lose interest and bring to close it's works effort.[1]

won 24 Hours of Daytona and 12 Hours of Sebring in addition to 24 Hours of Le Mans

Indycar

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After the demise of their IMSA effort, Infiniti a luxury division of Nissan, turned their attention to Indycar racing. Led by Frank Honsowetz, the motorsport manager for Nissan; Cunningham was hired for his research and development skills along with NPTI chassis designer, Trevor Harris; engine builder Ed Pink, Yoshio Taniguchi, noted for his works in the Japanese Group C and Supertouring programs.

achieved two wins by Cheever Jr and Tomas Scheckter before the program was brought quietly to a close after 2002, by then many of it's original team members departed.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ Evanow 2005, pp. 66–83.
  2. ^ Evanow 2005, pp. 76–77.
  3. ^ "Old School GT – Reorganization 1989-1994". 2014-03-27. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  4. ^ "Retrospective>> Millen And The Zee - Speedhunters". Speedhunters. 2008-11-28. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  5. ^ "Steve Millen's IMSA 300ZX and the Dream Season of 1994". Autoweek. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  6. ^ "Nissan ready to "party like it's 1994" – Le Mans winning No. 75 Nissan 300ZX race car set for Monterey Motorsports Reunion". Nissan Online Newsroom. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  7. ^ Glick, Shav (1987-10-22). "Motor Racing : Drivers Go for $85,000 First Prize at Del Mar". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  8. ^ "Mazda RX7 : winningest car ever". IMSAblog. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  9. ^ "NISSAN MOTORSPORTS | The Legend of Z". www.nissan-motorsports.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  10. ^ "USATODAY.com - Latest Indy Racing League news". usatoday30.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  11. ^ "800-hp CCR Nissan 300ZX to race at Monterey Reunion". Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  12. ^ Miller, Josh (2016-03-08). "The Nineties: A Tumultuous Decade For Sports Car Racing". IMSA. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  13. ^ "Why Adam Carolla loves the old Datsuns that Paul Newman raced". Road & Track. 2013-10-18. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  14. ^ "Ira YOUNG's Obituary on The Vancouver Sun". The Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  15. ^ "Still in fast company nearly 40 years later". Santa Rosa Press Democrat. 2012-06-01. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  16. ^ GLICK, SHAV (2002-05-17). "Mack, Laidler Sharing a Dream". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  17. ^ "Kendall Inducted into Motorsports HOF". Retrieved 2017-02-18.

Works cited

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  • Evanow, Pete (October 11, 2005). Z: 35 Years of Nissan's Sports Car. Motorbooks. ISBN 9780760321812. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Check date values in: |access-date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |archive= (help)CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link)
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