Joel Miller

Driving Tip #15: Learning New Tracks, Part 2

When visiting a circuit for the first time, there are many resources to learn from before you unload the car. The Mazda factory drivers tell you how to get the most out of those resources.

The Track Walk

Walking (not riding) around the track can give you an edge over the competition. MazdaMotorsports.com has recently offered advice from Mazda’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship MRT-24 Prototype drivers on learning new tracks and how to prepare for a new track before you arrive. There is another step to familiarizing oneself with a circuit that happens […]

Reliving the Rotary Wail

Mazda will celebrate its racing success past and present at the Monterey Motorsports Reunion In 1979, Yojiro Terada, Yoshimi Katayama and Takashi Yorino drove an RX-7 to fifth overall and first in GTU in the 24 Hours of Daytona, beginning a long string of successes for the RX-7 in headline IMSA competition, including five straight […]

Get Shifty

While driving a manual transmission is different on the track vs. on the street, track techniques can be practiced on the road

Back to Reality

Coaching a driver who has only raced on a simulator presents a new challenge

Get Real

Logan Clampitt won the Mazda/iRacing Hot Lap Challenge, so Mazda put him behind the wheel of an MX-5 Cup car

Choosing a new SM Shock: The Process, Part 2

After the field of shocks was narrowed to a few manufacturers, it was time to delve into details

Mazda Supports the NASA Championship

Mazda Motorsports is bringing parts, offering coaching and hosting a dinner for Mazda racers competing at the NASA Championship at Circuit of the Americas The 2018 NASA Championship at Circuit of the Americas in Austin on Sept. 12-15 is expected to be one of the largest events in NASA history, particularly for Mazda racers given […]

All Things Equal In MX-5 Cup

Consistency in race control plus judicious use of technology keeps on-track action clean, cars competitive and racers happy

Video: Moving Beyond Track Night

You’ve participated in SCCA’s Track Night in America program, and now you’re beginning to itch for some competition. Mazda racers Joel Miller and Tom Long talk about your options If you’ve participated in Track Night in America and are now beginning to think about competition – luckily, there are several options available to you. While […]

A Personal Coaching Experience

Mazda Motorsports gave its club racers at the SCCA Runoffs the opportunity to have video and data reviewed by its pros at Indy. Did it help? MazdaMotorsports.com has featured a lot of articles on coaching – the benefits, how to get the most out of a coaching session, how to find a coach. At the […]

Mazda Pros Available For Runoffs Coaching

Joel Miller, Tom Long and Jonathan Bomarito will be on hand at Indy to review video and data and offer tips to Mazda racers As it has done in years past, Mazda Motorsports is doing something extra special for its Mazda racers at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs. At prior events, that has involved guided […]

Four Mazda Racers are Candidates for TeamUSA

Racers from GPfour, Formula Car Challenge and USF2000 are chosen in the first round of the selection process for the TeamUSA Scholarship Ten young drivers, ranging in age from 16 to 23, have been selected as candidates for this year’s Team USA Scholarship, and several of them have Mazda ties. Ultimately, two winners will follow […]

Learning a New Track

When heading to a new track for the first time, the Mazda factory drivers say it’s important to do your homework Going to a new track for the first time can be intimidating. Not only do you have a limited amount of time to get the feel of the track, learn your braking points and […]

New PM-18 Pro Mazda Chassis Impresses in Test

Initial phase of prototype development successfully completed Following a shakedown test on Monday at the Autobahn Country Club in Joliet, Ill., the brand new Mazda-powered Tatuus PM-18 wrapped up two days of development testing last week at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio. Mazda factory sports car driver and USF2000 driver coach/steward Joel […]

A Best-Ever Finish for the Mazda Prototype Team

The Soul Red No. 55 Mazda Grabs Third-Place Overall at Long Beach

Mazda Head-Turners Make Their SoCal Debut

Mazda prototype team in action near North American Corporate Headquarters

Mazda Factory Driver: Joel Miller

A theme you will find among the factory drivers for Mazda Motorsports: Versatile, hardworking, personable, marketable, and talented behind the wheel. American race car driver Joel Miller embodies these. What makes him unique is how he leverages these attributes + his engineering background.