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Canada’s best kept secret until very recently was the Micra Cup, which pitted lightly modified Micras with amateurs at the wheel against each other on some of the country’s biggest tracks. It was hilarious (hence the title, if you were wondering). With the departure of the Micra from the market, though, it was time to move up to the (relatively) massive, (relatively) powerful, and (relatively) racy-looking Sentra.
The new Nissan Sentra Cup is being pitched as an affordable way to get into some low-stakes racing. Launching in May 2021, the series will run for at least three years. Each car will cost 39,990 Canadian dollars ($31,350 USD).
In Canada, the Nissan Sentra is a racecar Autoblog 12/18/2020 Joe Lorio
Canada has many charming aspects: legal weed, the metric system, a functioning government. It also has its curiosities: Tim Horton s, curling, and (since 2015) a race series that exclusively uses the subcompact Nissan Micra. But with the Micra having departed Nissan s Canadian lineup after 2019, it was time for a new race car. Enter the Nissan Sentra, star of the newly renamed Nissan Sentra Cup.
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Although the current Nissan Sentra is vastly improved compared to its predecessor, one wouldn t call it sporty. Unlike Sentras past, there s no NISMO or SE-R model. But the same could be said of the Micra, and Nissan didn t hesitate to build a race series around that car. Plus, the Sentra Cup race cars are modified compared to the street version.