Mazda drivers show good chances at the SCCA Runoffs in the stock-based classes Sonoma Raceway is a sinuous, up-and-down track that has drivers working overtime. It’s a highly transitional track with not much in the way of straightaways. All that is generally good news for Mazda drivers, as these cars excel in the twisty bits. […]
Mazda racers seek glory at the SCCA Runoffs, with good shots at winning in GT-3, GT-Lite and B-Spec When it comes to Mazda racers hoping to do well in the GT categories and B-Spec at this year’s SCCA National Championship Runoffs later this month at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, one likely winner pops to mind: Michael […]
B-Spec racer and Black Armor Helmets owner would “drop anything he’s doing to help somebody” “He is representative of what we stand for. Anybody that drives their B-Spec car from Texas all the way to Mazda Raceway to compete in the Runoffs absolutely exemplifies grassroots racing and what Mazda stands for.” If you’ve paid attention […]
B-Spec Racer has her sights set on the SCCA Runoffs and returning to pro racing, while also working to make racers safer Stephanie Andersen went from Spec Miata to a B-Spec Mazda2 for one reason: to race in Pirelli World Challenge. After winning in the Spec Miata, including taking the Midwestern Council championship in 2014, […]
B-Spec racer from Vancouver heads south to compete in SCCA and aims for her second Runoffs
Joey Jordan had an impressive run in Touring Car B at the end of the 2015 Pirelli World Challenge season; he attributes much of his performance to racing in Spec Miata.
James Wilson usually drives his Mazda2 B-Spec car to the track. But when he tows, he tows in style and keeps it in the Mazda family.
Pirelli World Challenge Touring Car and Touring Car B kick off their season this weekend at Circuit of the Americas. The Pirelli World Challenge is looking stronger than ever, with big fields and several standalone races where the series is the headliner, such as the season opener at Circuit of the Americas in Austin this […]”
Rebuilding a racecar after a massive wreck isn’t a task for the faint of heart, especially in the space of a few days at a racetrack. Derrick Ambrose saved his Runoffs week doing just that. The Runoffs hadn’t even officially started, and already Derrick Ambrose was facing a racer’s nightmare. “The first session, the car […]”
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 […]”
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, […]”
In the first SCCA Majors tour race on the West Coast, a Cal Club event at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif., seven Mazda racers swept the weekend in their respective classes. The Majors events include a 30-minute race on Saturday, and a 17-lap (or 40 minute) race on Sunday. A drafting contest in Spec […]”
Much of the country is still digging out from tough winter weather, with more likely to come before spring arrives. So it’s no wonder that many SCCA Club Racers head to Florida in January for some warm sunshine and a jump on the racing season, many coming from as far away as Canada for the […]”
Designed to produce affordable, simple racing, the B-Spec class is taking off within SCCA Club Racing, and racers can go pro racing if they choose with the Pirelli World Challenge Touring Car B Championship. Based on subcompact cars – known as B-Segment cars in much of the world, hence the name – B-Spec is a […]”
“If someone comes from Spec Miata, they’re used to momentum driving,” says Ernie Francis Sr., who runs the most successful TCB team in Pirelli World Challenge, where his son Ernie Francis Jr. is leading the points in his Mazda2. “You have to be on the gas so much sooner than any other car. It’s hard […]”
The B-Spec class in SCCA Club Racing and the corollary Pirelli World Challenge Touring Car B Championship have been gaining momentum and popularity. One of the more popular weapons chosen for the racing class designed to be low-cost and great for beginning racers is the Mazda2. No team has used the Mazda2 to better effect […]
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