once again deciding to skip the longer rounds of the imsa season, the gtp zx-turbo debuted at miami once again. however, lessons learned from the previous season as well as testing during the winter had allowed electramotive to greatly improve the car. this earned the gtp zx-turbo its maiden win at miami, defeating a porsche 962 by eleven seconds after three hours of racing. nissan's success would be short lived though as the next rounds at road atlanta and riverside would see the car failing to finish due to clutch failure and an accident respectively. electramotive would be able to overcome these problems at laguna seca with a fifth, before problems returned at mid-ohio.