NMS Targets for 2025

NMS Rallycross car unveiled for 2025, another Nissan 350Z!

Good-bye 2024, and hello to 2025! 

During a press conference held at the NMS World HQ of Racing, the Sporting Director and Chief Operating Officer of New Project Developments Brian Nixon announced a surprising new direction for the racing team. 

"Yeah, we've raced on tracks, paved parking lots for autocross, asphalt go-kart tracks, and certainly we'll continue all of that in 2025. However, our engineering research team has determined that our drivers would do better on a different racing surface." When asked what in the wide-wide-world-of-sports that meant in English, Nixon replied that NMS was announcing a new Rallycross effort in 2025. 

Rallycross is best described as an "autocross held on grass, dirt, mud, and gravel" according to Nixon. He further explained that NMS-South has some previous experience in this discipline, since they raced several events some years ago in the South Carolina Region of the SCCA. While NMS no longer has a connection to the famous Ford Probe, or Dirtie Dirtsun Datsun B210 that is currently being run by Shellie's House of Speed, the NMS squad says they have a new car for 2025 Rallycross, a 2004 Nissan 350Z. To avoid confusion, Nixon stated that this is an entirely different Nissan than the main track weapon, which is a 2008. He then confused us by saying it's also not one of two other 350Z cars in his driveway. 

In other updates provided for this exclusive report, the NMS team will continue running the #77 Porsche Cayman in Autocross and track events, as well as the NMS #86 Nissan 350Z on track. An expected contract for one of the NMS drivers in Formula 1 did not happen for 2025, so rumors continue to build that at least one, if not both NMS drivers are available and under consideration for the 2026 debut of Cadillac racing in Formula 1. 

The team is developing the Rallycross 2004 Nissan 350Z that is alleged to actually run, have about four tires, and just statistically might complete a full event without breaking down. To clarify, NMS stated that this is a different Z than the 2008 350Z that is being prepped for NASA Spec-Z Races on track. It appears to this reporter that the NMS squad is making a move to conquer the Nissan 350Z world, with these efforts in both track and off-track rallycross events in 2025. More to follow as this story develops and the NMS garage gets to work on this 190,000 mile used Nissan. Reporting from Irmo SC, this is NMS-Racing.Net.