Behind the Zoom: Tom Long
Here is superb guidance from Mazda’s Tom Long about adaptability at the track – and how there is no substitute for being mentally and physically prepared for whatever might be thrown at you.
Andrew Carbonell
Behind the Zoom: Tom Long
This weekend, the Prototypes are quiet, but Tom Long will be at Lime Rock Park in a dramatic role reversal as he goes from race car driver to race strategist.
McCumbee and McAleer Win Conti Tire ST at Glen
Heavy rains cut the race short as Mazdas finish one-two in Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge at Watkins Glen.
How to Race Your Teammate
In many ways, racing a teammate or good friend can be easier than an unknown; but the consequences for contact can go much higher.
Mazda Racers Double Up at NOLA
Five class winners score two victories on the SCCA Majors weekend; Spec Miata produces different winners each day. The SCCA Majors Tour race weekend at the 2.75-mile, 16-turn NOLA Motorsports Park in Avondale, La., was all about the doubles. As is every Majors weekend, this one was a doubleheader. It also doubled up on conferences, […]”
Liam Dwyer Enlists with Mazda Motorsports
Liam Dwyer shifting from active duty with the U.S. Marines to full-time racer driving an MX-5 in the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge. After scoring a victory in only his second professional race, Liam Dwyer is joining Mazda as a full-time racer in the 2015 Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge. Dwyer and Tom Long to co-drive their […]”
CTSC: Finishing Strong
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 […]”
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. […]”
Don’t Overslow It
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 […]”
Fireworks at SCCA Glen Majors
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 […]”
Lime Rock a Homecoming for Freedom Autosport’s Dwyer
LAKEVILLE, Conn. – U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Liam Dwyer will have a lot to commemorate when the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge visits Lime Rock Park from May 23-24. In addition to marking the Freedom Autosport driver’s homecoming race, the weekend is also the third anniversary of the I.E.D. explosion in Afghanistan that claimed Dwyer’s […]”
Freedom Leads Mazda 1-2-3 at Mazda Raceway
Freedom Autosport won its fourth consecutive Continental Tires Sports Car Challenge Street Tuner victory at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, with Randy Pobst and Andrew Carbonell taking their second consecutive win in 2014. It came down to a three-way battle between the Freedom Autosport No. 26 Mazda MX-5 driven by Pobst and Carbonell and the two […]”
Meet Randy Pobst
One might wonder what a driver with six SCCA Solo National Championships, two SCCA Club Racing National Championships, four World Challenge GT championships, plus two Rolex 24 at Daytona class victories, is doing in a Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge Street Tuner Mazda MX-5. If he has his way – and he thinks he […]”
Two MX-5 Teams for Continental Challenge
With the excitement surrounding a brand-new sports car series in the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship and Mazda’s participation in the Prototype division, it’s easy to overlook the continuing and ever-improving competition in the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge. Two teams, both running MX-5s, return to contest the Street Tuner class in the endurance series for lightly […]”
Freedom Autosport Wins at Lime Rock
Joel Miller and Tristan Nunez pulled double duty in Grand-Am competition at Lime Rock, racing not only in the Rolex Sports Car Series GX class in the Mazda6 SKYACTIV-D Clean Diesel, but also running an MX-5 in the Continental Tire Sports Car Series race on Friday afternoon. Miller and Nunez won the Street Tuner class. […]”
Freedom One-Two at Mazda Raceway
It’s no secret that some tracks favor certain cars and drivers, and vice-versa. Some circuits are handling tracks, some are horsepower tracks, and some have elements of both. Sometimes a team will hit a sweet spot at a particular racetrack and find something that no one else has. Still, to finish one-two at a given […]”
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