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Several Mid-States Majors titles wrapped up in Kansas. The final Majors race of the 2014 season is in the books. The culmination of the Mid-States Conference season wrapped up those championships that were still undecided and let others complete qualifications for the National Championship Runoffs at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Competitors were met by hot, […]”

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Mazda will show the next generation at 6 p.m. Pacific on Wednesday, Sept. 3. Mazda fans and racers have been less-than-patiently waiting to see the fourth generation of MX-5 ever since Mazda previewed the SKYACTIV chassis at the New York International Auto Show in April. Well, the wait is over. Mazda will hold simultaneous global […]”

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MX-5 racer takes two wins in World Challenge TCA. After winning at Barber Motorsports Park early in the season, Ernie Francis Jr. had been searching for another win in Pirelli World Challenge Touring Car A, the class for non-professional drivers. He finally found the formula at Brainerd International Raceway in Minnesota in Rounds 11 and […]”

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Thrilling Spec Miata race caps three days of competition at Road Atlanta. The National Auto Sport Association’s (NASA) ninth annual NASA Championships presented by Toyo Tires Eastern States Championships wrapped the weekend at Road Atlanta on Sunday, including a thrilling Spec Miata race.  Matthew Pombo, winner of both qualifying races, led the 34-car field to […]”

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Grids set for National Championship races at Road Atlanta. The National Auto Sport Association’s (NASA) ninth annual NASA Championships presented by Toyo Tires Eastern States Championships has set the grids for Sunday’s championship races at Road Atlanta.  In the second Spec Miata qualifying race of the weekend, the 34 competitors that took the start were […]”

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East Coast NASA racers tackle Road Atlanta in the first of two championships. The National Auto Sport Association’s (NASA) ninth annual NASA Championships presented by Toyo Tires Eastern States Championships is underway at Road Atlanta.  More than 50 Mazda-powered race cars are competing for top class honors at the first of what is twin NASA […]”

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Concentrating on a few key elements will help you be faster, says six-time champ Bartek Borowski. The key to a successful autocross run starts well before a driver pulls his car up to the starting line. Anybody who’s been to at least one autocross knows that the course walk is important. Because the course changes […]”

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Mazda racers seek NASA championships at Road Atlanta. The National Auto Sport Association’s (NASA) Eastern States Championship takes place this weekend at Road Atlanta. For the first time since the organization started having a national event, it’s splitting it into two different events to encourage more participation on both sides of the country. “We moved […]”

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Heat and humidity were the first things drivers often mentioned after crawling from their cars following Rounds 11 and 12 of the SCCA Northern Conference Majors Tour races at Grattan Raceway. The effort it took to win on the physically demanding track was the second. With 25-minute races on Saturday and 25-lap races on Sunday […]”

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First BEHIND THE ZOOM driver forum to discuss Road Atlanta ahead of NASA Nationals East. Tonight marks the first forum component in the BEHIND THE ZOOM series; first up, Road Atlanta. The BEHIND THE ZOOM campaign is a series where 12 Mazda factory drivers and champions break down many of the tracks and venues that […]”

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Mazda competitors will have early access to the Mazda area in the paddock at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs. MEMORANDUM TO:              The Mazda Family FROM:         Mazda Motorsports Support Team DATE:          August 26, 2014 SUBJECT:    Early Access Parking, 2014 SCCA Runoffs at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Some of you have returned your 2014 SCCA National Championship Runoffs […]”

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Mazda to host its Solo competitors in Lincoln.  The 2014 Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Championship event at Lincoln Airpark in Lincoln, Neb., is quickly approaching. Mazda would like to invite each of its Mazda competitors plus a team member to a banquet dinner on Thursday, Sept. 4, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The […]”

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Title rivals Gabby Chaves and Jack Harvey leave Sonoma tied on points and wins. As the Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires drivers took to the track at Sonoma Raceway for the second of two races in the final weekend of 2014, title rivals Gabby Chaves and Jack Harvey were separated by just a dozen […]”

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Amid drama at Sonoma Raceway, Spencer Pigot beats Scott Hargrove to the championship. With the Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires title on the line, it was high drama at Sonoma Raceway as Spencer Pigot left with the championship and the $588,800 MAZDASPEED Driver Development Scholarship to graduate to Indy Lights Presented by Cooper […]”

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Young Frennchman Florian Latorre wins USF2000 finale and title at Sonoma Raceway. The battle for the 2014 Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda fittingly came down to Saturday’s USF2000 Grand Prix of Sonoma finale with the three title contenders running one-two-three at the front of the 21-car field. Friday’s winner and title contender, RC […]”

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Paired with different teammates, the Lime Rock-winning duo look for another win. When Hollywood scripts a racing movie, they tend to go overboard.  Having an injured U.S. Marine Staff sergeant winning a professional race, in only his second start, just miles from where he grew up, on the third anniversary of his ‘Alive Day’, after […]”

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A few tricks and tips to make a trip to the SCCA Solo National Championships more effective. The SCCA Solo National Championships, like any other big event, can be a nightmare flurry of last-minute preparation. Trying to get the car prepared, get everything ready and packed for the trip to Lincoln, Neb., where the drivers […]”

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Mazda Drivers and Champions Supporting their Roots Beginning today, a new feature on mazdamotorsports.com called BEHIND THE ZOOM will bring Mazda’s champions and professionals onto your screen to break down the tracks on which you race to help you be better. To name a few: Road Atlanta, Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Sonoma Raceway, and VIRginia […]”

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Pro Mazda Championship and Indy Lights title chases get exciting in penultimate round. Spencer Pigot extended his Pro Mazda Championship lead heading into the finale doubleheader at Sonoma Raceway with a victory on the Milwaukee Mile, while Zach Veach made a big move in the Indy Lights title chase with a bold pass in the […]”

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Spencer Pigot and Scott Hargrove take their Pro Mazda title fight to Milwaukee Two rungs of the Mazda Road to Indy ladder hit one of the few oval venues on the circuit this weekend, the famed Milwaukee Mile at the Wisconisn State Fairgrounds in West Allis. Both the Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires and […]”

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Kenton Koch discovers drafting at Road America can be both helpful and cruel. Road America is known for its intense racing due to its mix of fast corners, insane drafting and long straights; it’s North America’s Nurburgring. In the Mazda MX-5 Cup Presented by BFGoodrich® Tires, these cars create a very big hole in the […]”

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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 […]”

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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 […]”

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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 […]”

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