John Morton in 1970 in his Nissan 240Z, and in 1995 in his Nissan 300ZX Twin Turbo

John Morton seated in the BRE team Datsun 240Z after Pete Brock had the door relettered to tout the ‘70 championship

John Morton had Class wins with the Cunningham Racing team’s Nissan 300ZX at Le Mans and Sebring with an overall win at Sebring in 1994. “This team had kind of the opposite of the Pete Brock ‘we need to look good’ attitude. I have a vivid memory of the team eating during the race — dinner was smearing store brand bread from a giant jar of store brand peanut butter that was sitting on the tailgate of a truck. Half the crew was wearing some other person who-used- to-work-there’s uniform, some with tape over the name, some with the pants legs looking like they were ready for a flood. Back when you could still get away with it and luggage was free, people got on airplanes with someone else’s ticket and with luggage that Clayton got at garage sales filled with car parts to save money on shipping.”

Horst Kwech leads John Morton at the Laguna finale after hitting him on an earlier lap in the corkscrew, causing Morton’s car to spin. John: “I guess Horst hitting me was the difference between premeditated murder and manslaughter. I like to think it was manslaughter.” The left rear of John’s car is dented and streaked with Alfa orange. The taillight is broken. The Alfa’s nose is indented, dead center.

Bryor was the first race for the 510 with John Morton running away from the field until his car melted a CV joint, giving the win to Gus Andrey in an Alfa.

1971 Trans-Am Championship 2.5 Challenge at Elkhart Lake WI and Olathe Kansas. John Morton won both events to move Datsun ahead of Alfa in the Championship.

John Morton, 1970 Southern Pacific Division Champion, on the way to the National Championship in the Datsun 240Z

The BRE Datsun 2000 Roadster at Riverside. John Morton: "I should have won two National Championships in this car, but in- stead it won two after we sold it with Bob McQueen driving."