This Datsun 240Z Gives A Rocket Feeling
“Racing, its not about the race—its about the trip” says Taz Harvey. “I mean, the trip is fabulous. Going down there, living in Mexico for two weeks, its an adventure.”\r
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Beginning with a well-handling Datsun 510 for the La Carrera Panamericana, Harvey realized after a few years of strong results that a faster car was needed to challenge for outright stage victories—and maybe eventually—a win.\r
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“The natural progression was the Z,” he said. This one ually came to him—some customers at the dealer he was at wanted to trade it in on a used pickup truck before converting it from an automatic-equipped street car to a 240Z ready for road rallying.\r
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“It has about 220 horsepower at the wheels—for 2,400-lbs, it gets with the program pretty good…” Harvey says. “On crowned roads in Mexico, when youre going 100 mph, youre constantly putting in steering input. Thats what makes it exciting…youre really going fast.”\r
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Last year, Harvey and co-driver Rudy Vadjak finished first in Histórica B and sixth overall.\r
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Beginning with a well-handling Datsun 510 for the La Carrera Panamericana, Harvey realized after a few years of strong results that a faster car was needed to challenge for outright stage victories—and maybe eventually—a win.\r
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“The natural progression was the Z,” he said. This one ually came to him—some customers at the dealer he was at wanted to trade it in on a used pickup truck before converting it from an automatic-equipped street car to a 240Z ready for road rallying.\r
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“It has about 220 horsepower at the wheels—for 2,400-lbs, it gets with the program pretty good…” Harvey says. “On crowned roads in Mexico, when youre going 100 mph, youre constantly putting in steering input. Thats what makes it exciting…youre really going fast.”\r
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Last year, Harvey and co-driver Rudy Vadjak finished first in Histórica B and sixth overall.\r
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Drive Tastefully®\r
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