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chassis, which March produced in 1981. The aluminum chassis was made in monocoque construction. The large ventilation opening between the headlights led the air under the car; this was intended to generate more downforce, but this was only partially successful.
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Eleven chassis were manufactured at March, three of which were sold to Nissan Motorsports International. Two vehicles were fitted with V6 engines, the third received an in-line 4-cylinder engine. Nissan used the car in 1985 and 1986 as the
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85G were reported 94 times in 47 races; in five years of use, there was only one overall victory and a total of five places in the top three. The car made its racing debut at the
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The remaining vehicles were sold to IMSA teams and equipped with different racing engines. Conte and Ralf Sanchez Racing relied on a
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contested one of his rare sports car races in one of the vehicles.
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mid-engined
IMSA
sports prototype
March Engineering
sports car racing
82G
V6 Buick turbo engine
Chevrolet
V8 engine
3 Hours of Daytona in 1984
Emerson Fittipaldi
1985 at the World Sportscar Championship
Fuji
Kazuyoshi Hoshino
Akira Hagiwara
Keiji Matsumoto
"1985 March 85G"
"1985 March 85G Nissan - Images, Specifications and Information"
"1985 March Buick 85G GTP Race Car | S124 | Monterey 2013"
"Restored 1985 March 85G GTP Is Ready For Vintage Races"
"March 85G - Photo Gallery - Racing Sports Cars"
"MARCH 85G"
"1985 March 85G - PORSCHE POWERED"
"1985 March 85G"
"March 85G Buick"
"Daytona Finale 3 Hours 1984 - Racing Sports Cars"
"World Sports Racing Prototypes - World Championship 1985"
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