Clean Diesel

Good competitors know their strengths and play to them; great competitors know their weaknesses and work to fix them. After a fantastic season in Grand-Am GX, where the Mazda6 SKYACTIV-D Clean Diesel won nine races and the manufacturers championship, expectations are high as Mazda and its race partner, SpeedSource Race Engineering, transition the same engine […]”

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Mazda’s new LMP2-spec racer is a combination of proven technologies – Lola’s B12/80 coupe and the SKYACTIV-D Clean Diesel engine from the Grand-Am GX program. Combining the two presents several challenges that SpeedSource Race Engineering and Mazda are facing head-on. They do so, however, in a rather unique environment full of unknowns. It is not […]”

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When Mazda announced it was going to go racing in the Prototype category of the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship, it seemed like a logical next step in its professional endurance sports car racing program. With the GX category going away under the new united championship born from the Grand-American Rolex Sports Car Series and the […]”

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There have always been rivalries: Yankees vs. Red Sox. Beta vs. VHS. Coke vs. Pepsi. Tom vs. Jerry. In the automotive retail world, that rivalry is Factory Guys versus Dealers. To finally put to bed who’s faster, Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) has thrown down the gauntlet, entering three specially modified-for-racing 2014 Mazda6s in the […]”

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A diesel first ran at Indianapolis Motor Speedway during the 1931 Indianapolis 500, becoming the first car to run the race without a pit stop. Freddie Agabashian gave diesel engines their best shot in 1952, capturing the pole but failing to finish the race. It wasn’t until more than 50 years later that a diesel […]

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