wishing to overcome their narrow defeat in 1988, electramotive and nissan would fight hard to win the elusive championship in 1989. nissan wisely chose to participate in the 24 hours of daytona and 12 hours of sebring, even though the reliability of the cars was in question. indeed, nissan's fears were realized when neither car managed to finish at daytona, although one did last the bulk of the race. at the shorter miami round, the gtp zx-turbo would return to its winning form from the previous season, once again defeating jaguar. however, at the 12 hours of sebring, the gtp zx-turbo would score a surprise result, with chip robinson, geoff brabham, and arie luyendyk taking the race victory by two laps.