Pro and club racer Andrew Carbonell explains braking techniques to maintain speed. Some will tell you that the key to being fast is how soon you get on the throttle. Others will tell you it’s how late you get on the brakes. For Andrew Carbonell, it’s not about getting on the brakes or on the […]”
Dean Copeland doubled down at Road America by winning both Rounds nine and 10 of the SCCA Pro Racing Mazda MX-5 Cup Presented by BFGoodrich® Tires, part of the Road Race Showcase. Saturday’s win marked Copeland’s second in his MX-5 Cup career. For 16 laps, Copeland kept his No. 7 Copeland Motorsports/Sync Speed Inc. MX-5 […]”
Mazda will once again be streaming live video from the Continental Tire Road Race Showcase at Road America. The YouTube stream will include in-car cameras mounted in different angles inside and on the Mazda SKYACTIV Diesel Prototypes competing in the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship race at Road America. The green flag for the webcast drops […]”
What happens when you throw a Spec Miata driver into a high-powered MAZDASPEED3 in a US Touring Car Championship race? She does pretty well, actually. Geri Armani had the opportunity to race her first USTCC race at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca at the end of June – a right place/right time kind of thing, she […]”
As the various national championship events and then the off season approach, many people begin to consider just how they’re going to improve to either secure that title or prepare for next season. For many, the best opportunity to advance their racing ability may be to hire a coach. Tom Long, in addition to being […]”
SCCA Majors Racing Tackles Summit Point Seven race groups of 27 Runoffs-eligible classes put on quite an opening act during the Saturday, Aug. 2, 2014, SCCA Eastern Conference U.S. Majors Tour at Summit Point Motorsports Park, part of the SafeRacer SCCA National Racing program. While watching the on-track action, one could tell many of these […]”
Normally, news of sub-compact cars is of little interest to motorsports enthusiasts. However, with the growth of the B-Spec racing segment in SCCA Club Racing, Pirelli World Challenge and other places – even stage rally – a new version of a popular model becomes a matter of more curiosity. Known as the Demio in Japan, […]”
Compared to blasting through narrow gaps in trees on a motocross bike, shoving an MX-5 in between a competitor and the apex of a corner is a piece of cake. Jason Cherry has done both. The young racer started out in motocross and enduro racing/hare scrambles. He thought the next step was going to be […]”
Hi everyone. So with almost half the season gone I’m writing to let you know a bit about myself and how my season has turned out so far. I’m Luke Gabin, one of the MAZDASPEED Motorsports Development-supported drivers for 2014, racing in the Skip Barber Formula Summer Series and I’m the 2013 Skip Barber Karts […]”
The Milwaukee Region of the Sports Car Club of America has long hosted the Cat National, named after the legend of Brian Redman’s Cat, a feline fan of the legendary British racer’s that lived at Road America. With the transition from Nationals to Majors, the Cat remained, along with Chicago Region’s June Sprints, making the […]”
The number of racers who have raced, and won, at Indianapolis Motor Speedway is small. While America’s most famous track has expanded its races and thus provided the opportunity for many more than a single individual per year to add their names to that roster, it’s still a bit of an exclusive club. Sylvain Tremblay […]”
A lot has happened since the beginning of the season. We are halfway through the season which consists of 12 races and I am currently in the championship lead with a 55-point gap to second with six wins and two seconds. Heading into the season I was optimistic about where I would stand relative to […]”
Registration for the 2014 SCCA National Championship Runoffs® at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, the first West Coast visit for the event in 46 years, opens today, Wednesday, July 23, at 10 a.m. Eastern. The registration process for the Runoffs, running Oct. 7-12 at the classic Monterey, California circuit, includes the ability for a driver to […]”
Eidson and Latorre Swap USF2000 Wins Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing enjoyed a banner day on the streets of Toronto as teenage teammates Jake Eidson and Florian Latorre each earned their first Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda victories during the Allied Building Products Grand Prix of Toronto. Both drivers also scooped a […]”
After a long break for the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda and a two-week break for the Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires, both Mazda Road to Indy championships will resume on the streets of Toronto this weekend. The last outing for the F2000 drivers was all the way back in May, at […]”
Sweeping both SCCA Pro Racing Mazda MX-5 Cup Presented by BFGoodrich® Tires races on the streets of Houston wasn’t enough for Kenton Koch. He put the exclamation point on the statement he made in Texas with a double victory at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park in Bowmanville, Ont., over the weekend. Koch, of Glendora, Calif., led […]”
Is it possible to start with a $5000, flood-damaged car and win a Pirelli World Challenge Touring Car Championship race? Adam Poland says yes, and backed it up by winning Round 8 at Road America in his Eastex Motorsports/Poland Construction Mazda MX-5. “We stumbled across that car for a really good price,” Poland said at […]”
A combination of clouds and rain for Saturday’s 30-minute races, followed by sunshine for the 21-lap contests on Sunday mixed things up at GingerMan Raceway for Rounds 7 and 8 ofthe SCCA Northern Conference Majors Tour. Michael Sturm’s F Production win came following a battle with the Walker family. Joe Walker’s No. 5 Walker Racing […]”
As a development series attracting young racers who have their eyes on the faster ranks of sports car racing, the Mazda MX-5 Cup Presented by BFGoodrich has a lot of turnover. That means a large crop of fresh rookies each season. Sometimes those rookies are getting their first taste of professional racing. Whether they are […]”
Thirty years ago, A Mazda-powered car won at Le Mans. This wasn’t the famous 787B overall victory that came eight years later; this was a C2 category victory in which a 13B rotary-powered Lola finished 10th overall. That car, sponsored by BFGoodrich and run by Jim Busby, featured John Morton, John O’Steen and Yoshimi Katayama […]”
The last nine months have been full of highs and lows for Adam Poland. He won the Texas Mazda Teen Challenge Championship, which made him eligible for the Mazda Club Racer Shootout – a high. However, he missed making it to the finals of the Shootout, and any chance at the $75,000 scholarship to compete in […]”
Fireworks over Seneca Lake on Friday night gave way to fireworks on the 3.4-mile Watkins Glen International Raceway circuit in upstate New York as the SCCA BFGoodrich® Tires Watkins Glen Super Tour, Rounds 11 and 12 of the Eastern Conference Majors Tour, got underway. With the season-long championship winding down, points are at a […]”
The final round of the 2014 SCCA Western Conference Majors Tour is in the books and all championships are decided. Many of those championships were determined in the final races of the series on Sunday, and several Mazda drivers were among them. One of the closest fights, as might be expected, was in Spec Miata. […]”
Spencer Pigot lost, then recovered the Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires points lead in a wild weekend at the Shell and Pennzoil Grand Prix of Houston. Scott Hargove claimed the first win of the doubleheader and, briefly, the points lead, but Pigot came back strong on Sunday to win and retake the point […]”
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