Club Racer Shootout

Field Narrowed to Eight Racers competing for the biggest prize in club racing, the $75,000 scholarship to compete in the Idemitsu Mazda MX-5 Cup Presented by BFGoodrich. The eight finalists for the Mazda Club Racer Shootout, which awards the biggest prize in club racing, have been named.  Since 2007 Mazda has annually promoted one […]”

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Racers chase richest prize in club racing – a ride in the Mazda MX-5 Cup Presented by BFGoodrich® Tires. Mazda has announced the date and some of the finalists for the single largest prize in club racing, the Mazda Club Racer Shootout. Since 2007 Mazda has annually promoted one talented club racer to the professional […]”

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Michael Whelden loves Sonoma Raceway. To begin with, it’s his home track – between his hometown of Sausalito and his current residence in Napa, he’s lived 30 minutes away from the circuit in California’s Wine Country most his life. “I have a couple thousand miles there now,” he says. “The sweeping hills make that track […]”

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During the course of any given racing championship, there will be many champions. But only one can claim to be the first, and in the case of the Rocky Mountain/Central Division of the Teen Mazda Challenge, that person is Zac Munro. Munro bookended the season with wins in the series within NASA Spec Miata races […]”

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TJ Fischer is eyeing each rung of the Mazda Road to Indy ladder with one goal in mind: make it to the top. “Racing in the Indy 500 – that’s the place for me,” says Fischer. The first step on Fischer’s personal ladder to Indianapolis Motor Speedway was the Worldspeed Formula Car Challenge Formula Mazda […]”

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As if earning an opportunity to present his business case for a shot at the Mazda Club Racer Shootout wasn’t enough, Joey Bickers was also selected to try out for the chance to represent the U.S. in a pair of prestigious races in the United Kingdom as part of the Team USA Scholarship. To get […]”

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  Most of the young drivers who made it to the final rounds of the Mazda Club Racer Shootout have some experience with data. They’ve seen it, they’ve used it and usually understand it. For some experiencing data acquisition for the first time, though, it can be a little confusing. It shouldn’t be, says Eric […]”

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  The latest Mazda Motorsports success story is 21-year-old Joey Bickers from Moorpark, Calif. After a grueling day of on- and off-track tasks, Joey edged out four other Mazda-powered club racers to win $75,000, the largest prize in all of grassroots motorsports, at the annual Mazda Club Racer Shootout. “Wow, what a day! I am […]”

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The National Auto Sport Association (NASA) has announced that next year, instead of a single National Championship event, it will have a NASA Eastern States Championship at Road Atlanta in August and a Western States Championship at Sonoma Raceway in November. In addition, Mazda will offer champions from those two events the chance to compete […]”

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Hello, My name is Patrick Gallagher and I am a driver for CJ Wilson Racing in the Playboy Mazda MX-5 Cup. I started racing quarter midgets and karts when I was six and since then I have driven numerous racecars. Last year I was fortunate enough to drive for JAY Motorsports in the U.S. F2000 […]”

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