The large ventilation opening between the headlights led the air under the car; this was intended to generate more downforce, but this was only partially successful.
Eleven chassis were manufactured at March, three of which were sold to Nissan Motorsports International.
The car made its racing debut at the 3 Hours of Daytona in 1984; Two vehicles were reported, both of which failed.
Emerson Fittipaldi contested one of his rare sports car races in one of the vehicles.
At the time of the abandonment, the Japanese trio Kazuyoshi Hoshino, Akira Hagiwara and Keiji Matsumoto were leading and thus won the championship run.