Comparing throttle position and speed can reveal several facts about a driver’s habits and areas that need improvement. MAZDASPEED Motorsports Development recently hosted an online data acquisition seminar with Mazda racer Randy Pobst and AiM Sports Training Manager Roger Caddell. During the seminar they covered several topics about using data to improve driver performance. We’ll […]”
Racers like the idea of a MX-5 Cup, and especially another opportunity for young drivers to prove themselves. Unveiled a month ago at the SEMA Show, the Mazda MX-5 Cup series has generated a lot of interest even though the first race of the new series and the fourth-generation MX-5 racecar are more […]”
National Auto Sport Association’s new NASA Prototype series will feature Élan Technologies chassis and sealed Mazda 2.0-liter powerplant. The National Auto Sport Association (NASA) has unveiled a new prototype series that will make its debut in fall of 2015. Known as the NASA Prototype (NP) series, it a collaborative effort between NASA and Élan Technologies […]”
New Dallara IL-15 Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires car will feature Mazda MZR-R engine when it hits the track in 2015. Mazda has for several years powered the first two rungs of the Mazda Road to Indy ladder and provided support for the Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires series – including funding the […]”
Two drivers at the Runoffs got professional coaching with good results from different approaches. It’s generally accepted that coaching can help even the most advanced of racing drivers. There is always a different way to look at things, and even if you’re fast, considering all the options might make you even faster. Two drivers at […]”
James Wilson drives his B-Spec Mazda2 to the racetrack, races it, then drives home. There was a time when racers drove their cars to the track, pulled out all the stuff that they didn’t need to go fast, raced, packed up the car and drove home. For B-Spec Mazda2 racer James Wilson, those times are […]”
Team RDR and RJ Racing take the E2 and E3 victories, respectively; Factory Guys claim battle over dealers. After 25 hours of racing, the 12th edition of America’s longest endurance sports car race is in the books. While no Mazda was in contention for overall victory at the NASA 25 Hours of Thunderhill presented by […]”
Vacaville. Calif. racer awarded $100,000 scholarship prize to compete in the 2015 Idemitsu Mazda MX-5 Cup Presented by BFGoodrich® Tires. After half a day of presentations, grilling by judges and a day of lapping on a very wet and slick Buttonwillow Raceway Park West Course, Kyle Loustaunau emerged as the winner of the biggest […]”
Mazda Motorsports takes on America’s longest road race, once again pitting MNAO employees against dealers. The National Auto Sport Association’s 25 Hours of Thunderhill Presented by Hawk Performance, taking place this weekend at Thunderhill Raceway Park in Willows, Calif., continues to attract a host of professional racers and factory teams to the longest endurance racing […]”
The 2014 SCCA Touring 4 National Champion sells Mazdas when he’s not racing them. The old motorsports saying, “Win on Sunday, sell on Monday” doesn’t get any more applicable than in the case of Daniel Bender. In this circumstance, he’s the one doing the winning, in a Touring 4 Mazda MX-5, then selling MX-5s – […]”
Joshua Allan and Lee Papageorge have taken two different routes to NASA’s PTD class, both with positive results. For any given destination there are multiple paths. Some are more scenic, some are more interesting and some are just, well, faster. Joshua Allan and Lee Papageorge both race Mazdas in the National Autosport Association’s (NASA) Performance […]”
Jonathan Goodale’s 12A-powered GT-Lite MX-5 carried him to a podium finish at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs. One of the great things about SCCA’s Grand Touring classes, more commonly known as GT, is the versatility. With tube frame chassis covered by fiberglass, aluminum or carbon fiber body panels, the cars can be chameleons – one kind […]”
Ben Anderson won the NASA Eastern States Championships Performance Touring E title in a ’91 RX-7. Ben Anderson may not have lived the dream of being a professional racing driver, but he’s been fortunate to have found a few people that are happy to let him drive their cars and even has a National Auto […]”
Ducts designed to get maximum air to the front brakes can help prevent a mushy pedal. There’s nothing worse than a mushy brake pedal, especially as you hit the braking zone at the end of a long straight, like into Turn 1 at Road America. A mushy brake pedal is usually caused by overheating brakes […]”
All three ladder series – Indy Lights, Pro Mazda Championship and USF2000 Championship – to feature expanded calendars. As interest continues to grow in the 2015 Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires and the new Dallara IL-15 Indy Lights car, the Mazda Road to Indy schedules recently announced will highlight the month of May in Indianapolis. […]”
Field Narrowed to Eight Racers competing for the biggest prize in club racing, the $75,000 scholarship to compete in the Idemitsu Mazda MX-5 Cup Presented by BFGoodrich. The eight finalists for the Mazda Club Racer Shootout, which awards the biggest prize in club racing, have been named. Since 2007 Mazda has annually promoted one […]”
Team USA Scholarship winner Michai Stephens relates his experience racing in the UK and some of the lessons he learned. Michai Stephens was one of two young American racers chosen to represent the U.S. in the 2014 Team USA Scholarship program, which sends deserving young racers to compete overseas. The program is supported by Mazda […]”
David Ferguson’s Protoype 2 Van Diemen RFS-03 lived much of its life as a Sports 2000 before being converted to a very fast, Mazda MZR-powered P2 car. When SCCA decide to consolidate and rearrange its sports racing classes into Prototype 1 and Protoype 2, the idea was to get more – and more varied – […]”
Taking an MX-5 into Pirelli World Challenge’s new TCA class proved a wise move. Pirelli World Challenge created its new “A” classes with the idea of bringing more privateers into its series; it seems to have worked. Ernie Francis Jr. made the jump from a TCB – World Challenge’s B-Spec class – Mazda2 to a […]”
Mazda racers take home championships from NASA Western States Championships at Sonoma Raceway. Kyle Loustaunau is SM Champ Spec Miata certainly looked like it was Mark Drennan’s to take. He had led the two qualifying sessions flag to flag and looked like he was going to do it again in the championship race. But at […]”
Grids Set for NASA Western States Championship races; Formula Car Challenge National Championships Settled. The qualifying races are finished, and the grids are set for Sunday’s National Auto Sport Association (NASA) Western States Championships Presented by Toyo Tires races at Sonoma Raceway. A single qualifying session set the order for Friday’s qualifying race; the finishing […]”
The National Auto Sport Association (NASA) Western States Championships Presented by Toyo Tires are underway at Sonoma Raceway. Competitors fromall over the western U.S. and elsewhere – some from as far as Florida – have converged on the track to fight for a national championship. Mazdas are well represented, with a good field of Spec Miatas, […]”
The Western States Championship takes place at Sonoma Raceway this weekend with a large continent of Mazda racers. The National Auto Sport Association’s second half of its dual Championships takes place this weekend at Sonoma Raceway. The Western States Championships follows the Eastern States Championships held at Road Atlanta in September. This is the first […]”
Randy Pobst and AiM Sports’ Roger Caddell team up to offer valuable insight into effectively using data acquisition on Nov. 12. MAZDASPEED Motorsports Development and AiM Sports will team up for a data acquisition Webinar on Nov. 12 at 8:30 p.m. Eastern/5:30 p.m. Pacific. Mazda pro racer Randy Pobst and AiM National Training Manager Roger […]”
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