September 2014

Mazda teams look for victory in Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge finale at Road Atlanta. The 2014 IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge season is drawing to a close this weekend. The CJ Wilson Racing and Freedom Autosport Mazda MX-5 teams in the Street Tuner category are looking for strong performances to finish out the season, give […]”

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Young Mazda-powered racers earn Team USA Scholarship to compete in prestigious UK races. After intense deliberations, Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda Rookie of the Year Aaron Telitz of Birchwood, Wis., and Skip Barber Summer Series standout Michai Stephens of Evanston, Ill., have been selected as winners of prestigious Team USA Scholarships for 2014. […]”

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You can make your car quieter without losing horsepower.   There is nothing quite like the sound of a rotary at full song. It’s the sort of thing that makes a gearhead’s heart flutter. Unfortunately not everyone responds to the noise the same way, which is why sound limits at racetracks are here to stay. […]”

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A breakdown of the home of the 2014 SCCA National Championship Runoffs with turn-by-turn, data, annotated track map, plus in-car and track walk video.   For the first time in 45 years, the SCCA National Championship Runoffs will be held on the West Coast and, for the first time, at the famed Mazda Raceway Laguna […]”

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A turn-by-turn breakdown of VIRginia International Raceway from the BEHIND THE ZOOM team. Join the forum on Wednesday, Sept. 24 from 7:30—8:30 PM EST. The National Auto Sport Association (NASA) heads to VIRginia International Raceway (VIR) on Oct. 3-5, 2014 for its famed OktoberFAST race event. With the significant elevation changes and winding corners VIR […]”

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The National Auto Sport Association put together a highlight video package of the Spec Miata race from the Eastern States Championships at Road Atlanta. NASA produced this stunning video from its Eastern States Championships at Road Atlanta, showcasing the best Spec Miata had to offer at the event. Several drivers were interviewed, discussing what makes […]”

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Grassroots Motorsports is building an early Miata for 24 Hours of Lemons Racing. The editors of Grassroots Motorsports magazine found a rough, but cheap ($500), 1992 Sunburst Yellow Miata on their Web site classified section. One look at the rat’s nest under the hood, the rust in the trunk and the quarter panel that had been […]”

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Mazda’s R.A.C.E. STEM Education Outreach Program Surpasses 10,000 Students September 19, 2014 (AUSTIN, Tex.) – It’s back-to-school time for school kids across the county and the acclaimed R.A.C.E. STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) education outreach program is back in action. Launched by Mazda in January, the Racing Accelerates Creative Education (R.A.C.E.) outreach program has now […]”

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SpeedSource and its innovative Mazda diesels hope to make an impression at COTA and Road Atlanta. As the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship heads into its final races, the SpeedSource Race Engineering team and its Mazda SKYACTIV Diesel Prototypes have only a couple more occasions to show the progress the team has made with the cars […]”

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BEHIND THE ZOOM forums for Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca and VIR are upon us. The BEHIND THE ZOOM campaign is a series where 12 Mazda factory drivers and champions break down many of the tracks and venues that you race at. Many of these drivers will take you through a turn-by-turn discussion of Mazda Raceway […]”

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MX-5 racer earns second victory of the season with flag-to-flag win. Adam Poland scored his second Pirelli World Challenge Touring Car victory of the season, and the second for Mazda, in his No. 11 Texas Track Works/Eastex Motorsports MX-5 in the penultimate round at Miller Motorsports Park. Poland, of Mt. Vernon, Texas, drove a flawless […]”

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Six Team USA Scholarship Candidates Display Their Talents at Auto Club Speedway.

 A wide variety of accomplished insiders from the world of motorsports have a tough task ahead of them as they work toward naming two winners from a group of six candidates who auditioned at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif., on Monday for […]”

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Mazda racers earn nation-wide points championships in SCCA SafeRacer Club Racing program.     Following the conclusion of the SCCA U.S. Majors Tour season, 27 nation-wide points champions have been crowned in in the SafeRacer Club Racing program. Eight of those were Mazda racers – six in open classes and two in spec classes. The […]”

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Ernie Francis Jr. has a shot at the Touring Car A title in his MX-5. The Pirelli World Challenge concludes its 25th anniversary season with a return to Miller Motorsports Park, where five of the six championships are set to be decided. One Mazda driver has an outside shot at claiming the title in his […]”

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Switching from car to car doesn’t have to be dramatic, says club and pro racer Andrew Carbonell. Andrew Carbonell has driven a variety of MX-5s. In addition, he has some karting and formula car experience plus some time in the GX-class Mazda SKYACTIV-D Clean Diesels that ran in the Rolex Sports Car Series last year. […]”

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Want coaching help at the Runoffs? Buy a GoPro from MAZDASPEED Motorsports Development. Reviewing video is valuable. Reviewing video right after a session – even more valuable. How about reviewing your video after a practice or qualifying session at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs with Mazda Factory Driver and Professional Driver Coach Tom Long? For […]”

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Six candidates compete for opportunity to compete in international formula car racing. Two Mazda scholarship racers are among six young motorsports standouts to be invited to participate in the Team USA Scholarship Shootout at Auto Club Speedway in California. Mazda MX-5 Cup Presented by BFGoodrich points leader Kenton Koch and USF2000 Rookie of the Year […]”

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Mazda drivers claim titles in SCCA’s championship event for autocrossers. The 2014 SCCA Solo National Championships have wrapped up four days of competition at Lincoln Airpark in Lincoln, Neb. A record 1185 competitors tackled two different courses, with about half taking to the two courses on Tuesday-Wednesday and the bulk of the eight Mazda Solo […]”

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Fourth-generation roadster is 220lbs. lighter than its predecessor. The car that will soon populate race and autocross grids across the country, just as so many of its predecessors have in both open competition and as part of one of the largest spec racing classes in history, has been revealed. Shown simultaneously in Monterey, Calif., Japan […]”

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