The first time i had contact with Nissan Motorsport i had the pleasant surprise that they were starting to work with Barron Sports Development in the Netherlands.

For me this was perfect as i could stay in my home country.

Barron Sports Development was a company run by John Bosch, he was driving with a BMW M3 in the Dutch and European championship and they were now changing to Nissan.
They were the official Sattelite Team to Build and service the Nissan Sunny GTI-R Group N.
When i started working there were still a few of the beautifull M3 Group A rally cars in the workshop and my first rally with them was also the last Rally of the BMW M3.

I had the honnor to go and deliver the last Marlboro BMW M3 Group A to a client in the south of France.
We built the 1st Sunny GR-N in time for the RAC Rally ( November 1991 ) and we did not have much time to test the car before the rally.
The Sunny GTi-R was a nice handling car and fast enough to challenge some Gr A 4x4 cars, and soon John was leading the Group N class.
Sadly most of the time the Gearbox did not last a complete Rally and it was almost impossible to change it during a 45 Minute service, but we trained a lot and soon we got it right.

In 1992 we did the Dutch championship and also some Rally's for the World and European Championship ( Sweden and Portugal , Madeira and Acores Rally's).
There were also cars being made for customers, like the son of the president of Amman, and 2 cars for the Portugese championship ( Madeira island ).

I was working with the Portugese team in Madeira and i spend a lot of time on the Beautifull island.
During one of these rally's i met my wife Sonia who was a co-pilot for the Peugeot Portugal team ( Peugeot 309 Gr A ).... one thing led to another and now i am Maried with her...:)

Barron Sports Development was closed at the end of 1992, so i had to look for another team ( which i found: Ford Motorsport ans RAS Sport)