The RX-792P program was done to an astonishingly small budget according to Dick St. Yves: “I have been told that Toyota’s budget was $20,000,000 and Nissan was in the area of $35,000,000, our budget was $5,000,000”. The program started in May 1991 in a vacant warehouse in Charlotte, North Carolina and by February 1992 the first car was assembled into these humble beginnings. The 4-rotor was giving up tremendous power as well, in the region of 200+, to its competitors. And while the regulations seemed give the Mazda a weight advantage, it certainly wasn’t able to bring that to bear. Considering year one a development year, as with all of the one-year wonders, year two certainly would have had much more to offer. Alas St. Yves relates that his 1993 budget had actually been approved by Mazda USA in October 1992 but for Mazda Corporation to announce a month later they were pulling out of racing: “The 4-rotor engine was the only component of the car that came from Japan. We were informed a few days later that they were discontinuing the experimental engine program, which was the 4-rotor, and that was the demise of the RX-792P program”. So team had a budget, but no engines. By December 1992 the doors were closed.