Robin Hamilton was an Aston Martin enthusiast, and he entered his first one at the Le Mans 24 Hour race in 1977. Willing to tackle the WSC Championship, he became aware of the fact that those cars were overweight and underpowered. In 1983, he crossed the ocean and entered his cars in the 24 Hours of Daytona. The race was to be a great disappointment, and both ended up in lowly positions. At Miami, things did not go better, and the race was shortened due to the poor weather conditions. At Sebring, it looked like things would improve, but the cars carried a "For sale" panel before the race. Drake Olson, Lyn St James and Reggie Smith ended up in fifth place overall, however. But the car was to undergo a lot of minor repairs during the race. Things turned out differently at Road Atlanta, when Robin Hamilton met with Jack Miller, a racing enthusiast from Pittsburgh. The latter was interested in fielding such a car and discussed about a deal. After a test session at Riverside, he agreed to purchase chassis #002. Both Hamilton and Miller would work in conjunction, and field the car at Lime Rock. The car was a dnf, due to an engine failure. This caused a rift between Robin Hamilton and Jack Miller, would did not seem to get along, about the contract. The team which was set up split up later when Robin Hamilton charged Jack Miller for an engine and spares. In 1984, Jack Miller set up his own team, which was called Performance Motorcars. Carlos Ramirez was to be his co-driver, and he also brought up some funding. The Daytona race was not a success, with Jack Miller, Carlos Ramirez and Vicki Smith driving. Jack Miller would later purchase an updated bodywork to install on his own car. Robin Hamilton went back to England, and Jack Miller was to carry the torch for the English make for the remainder of the season. Carlos Ramirez, however, destroyed partially the car at Miami, and the team had to miss a bunch of races. The team failed to qualify for most of the remaining races. In 1985, it looked like things were not to improve. Carlos Ramirez would quit, and Jack Miller was forced to run solo in most of the races. The car did not run fast, and the results were up to the task. Jack Miller was clearly out of the pace. His best result was a tenth place at Lime Rock, running solo. As Jack Miller would put it : There is a vast difference between production based cars and fully factory backed race cars.

Jack Miller ran this Aston Martin Nimrod from 1984 thru 1986.

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