They've done this before
Micra race series? This isn't the first time...
This particular vehicle was a rental machine built by NISMO for the "March Little Dynamite Cup Race", an event first held in 1987
source: http://www.nissan-global.com/EN/HERI...per_turbo.html
There's an article on Jalopnik about it today:
> Is This Twincharged Nissan The Most Forgotten Homologation Special?
The big difference from the Canadian series being that Nissan souped up the little K10 March with an engine that was both supercharged and turbocharged. Not only that, but they sold a street/production version to the public as the March Super Turbo so the race version would qualify for other series.
Here's a vid of the production car:
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