GNS Racing RX-38.435 @ 157.45There are many obstacles ... Gonzalez decided go with a cheaper RX-3 platform. The front-engine, rear-drive configuration, combined with its overall lightness made ...

The RX-3 prepped by PAC Performance crossed the finish line to stop the clock at 7.03 seconds and 201.16 mph (323.73 kph). The trap speed makes it the first rotary-powered car on radials to ...

And the reason that there’s a ‘nearly’ in the last sentence is down to the RX-3. Yup, after the RX-3’s racing debut in 1971, the vaunted Hakosuka’s grip on the podium started to slip.

Photo: PAC Performance The car does feature a nitrous ... a sub-8 second pass! Granted, the RX-3 completed the standing quarter-mile (402 meters) in 7.99 seconds with a trap speed of 177 mph ...