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NASA Eastern States SM Video
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 […]”
Grassroots Motorsports Builds a Miata
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 […]”
Back To School with Mazda Motorsports
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 […]”
Final 2014 Push for SKYACTIV Prototypes
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 […]”
BEHIND THE ZOOM Forums on Sept. 24
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 […]”
Poland wins World Challenge TC at Miller
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 […]”
Team USA Scholarship Candidates Are Tested
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 […]”
Eight SCCA Points Titles for Mazda Racers
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 […]”
World Challenge Championships Decided This Weekend
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 […]”
MX-5 vs. MX-5 vs. MX-5
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. […]”
Parts Spotlight: AiM Data Acquisition
Mazda Motorsports introduces AiM MXL and Solo systems.
Review Your GoPro with Tom Long
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 […]”
Koch, Telitz Vie for Team USA Scholarship
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 […]”
Eight Mazda Solo National Champs
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 […]”
MAZDA REVEALS 2016 MX-5
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 […]”
Heartland Park Wraps Up SCCA Majors
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, […]”
See the MX-5 Reveal Live
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 […]”
Francis Jr. Doubles at Brainerd
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 […]”
NASA Eastern Championships Day 3 Notebook
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 […]”
NASA Eastern Championships Day 2 Notebook
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 […]”
NASA Eastern Championships Day 1 Notebook
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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