Many know of Joel Miller from his role as a driver in the Mazda Prototype car, but he is also heavily involved as the driver coach, mentor and driver steward in the Mazda Road to Indy open-wheel categories. Miller, a degreed mechanical engineer, tells us about his many roles in this edition of BEHIND THE ZOOM.
Today, our weekly series of blogs features Mazda Prototype driver Joel Miller, who is also a mechanical engineer with the factory Mazda team, SpeedSource. Hailing from Hesperia, California, this week’s Long Beach Grand Prix brings Miller very close to home, and he tells us how much this event means to him. “This is where the […]”
Team’s strong performance gains expected to continue in 63rd annual 12-hour race. If optimism was high within the Mazda Prototype team prior to the season-opening 24-hour race at Daytona, it’s only higher for this week’s Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring featuring the TUDOR United SportsCar Series. The 63rd-annual Sebring race takes the green flag […]”
No. 10 in a countdown: Know your viable options. Whether you autocross or compete on road courses, there are ten must-dos in order to climb the racing ladder. As the season starts to heat up, we’re going to break down each of the key ingredients needed, providing insights, tips and tricks from our Behind the […]”
As they prepare for the Rolex 24 at Daytona, Mazda and SpeedSource are making big strides with the SKYACTIV Diesel Prototypes. The TUDOR United SportsCar Championships begins with American endurance racing’s version of The Big Game – the Rolex 24 at Daytona. While the 24-hour race is important, it doesn’t necessarily tell the story of the […]”
IndyCar driver joins Nunez, Bomarito and Tremblay in the driver lineup for the 2015 Rolex 24 in the No. 70 SKYACTIV Diesel Prototype. For the fourth consecutive year, IndyCar race winner James Hinchcliffe will join Mazda and the SKYACTIV Prototype driver lineup for the 2015 Rolex 24 at Daytona. Hinchcliffe will drive for the Mazda […]”
A turn-by-turn breakdown of the Sonoma Raceway with a filled out track map, turn-by-turn description, and voiceover onboard footage from the BEHIND THE ZOOM team. The National Auto Sport Association (NASA) heads to Sonoma Raceway for its Western States Championship next week on Nov. 7-9. Just like with its Eastern States Championship in September, the […]”
A turn-by-turn breakdown of the famed Georgia track with data, track maps, a setup guide and videos. For competitors in SCCA’s Regional-only classes such as Improved Touring, the American Road Race of Champions is the biggest event of the year, crowning unofficial national champs in those categories not eligible to compete at the Runoffs. To […]”
For Mazda fans, watching the Mazda SKYACTIV-D Prototypes in the TUDOR United Sports Car Championship has been a bit painful. While the cars are beautiful and everyone knew that 2014 was a development year for the program, watching the cars qualify behind even the GT cars was difficult. But, then, at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, […]”
Mazda SKYACTIV-D Prototype driver Joel Miller doesn’t just espouse STEM education, he lives it. Stepping into the cockpit with the knowledge that his mechanical engineering degree from University of California, Riverside, gave him, he has an edge that other drivers don’t, and one he puts to use each and every session. “Engineers talk a […]”
A few days before the Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring weekend, in which not only did the two SpeedSource Mazda SKYACTIV-D Prototypes compete, but also featured the opening rounds of the Mazda MX-5 Cup Presented by BFGoodrich and the Cooper Tires IMSA Lites Powered by Mazda, more than 300 students at nearby Tampa’s Middleton […]”
Mazda’s SKYACTIV Technology helped its all-new Clean Diesel-powered sports racing Prototype go wheel to wheel with some of the world’s fastest sports cars at Daytona International Speedway, as they tackled the grueling demands of this past weekend’s 52nd Rolex 24 at Daytona. The two Mazda SKYACTIV Prototypes started the 2014 running of the endurance classic […]”
Joel Miller has won a few championships on his way up the motorsports ladder, beginning with a whole bunch of karting championships titles. Those include the IKF Junior Division North American championship in 2001, the Stars of Karting North American ICA championship and the 2007 SuperKarts USA SuperNationals Championship. That same year he also won […]”
Mazda has long believed in promoting from within, including filling those rare ‘factory team’ driver slots. Mazda Motorsports will put some familiar faces in the driver’s seats of its pair of factory-backed SKYACTIV Technology-powered prototypes in the 2014 TUDOR United SportsCar Championship. The four drivers who delivered nine race wins and the 2013 Grand-Am GX […]”
It may seem silly to compare the N.A.S.A. US Air Force 25 Hours of Thunderhill with the Rolex 24 at Daytona. One is a club race held on a club-owned track in the middle of Northern California agricultural land while the other is a professional race with an illustrious history at one of America’s most […]”
Mazda scored its ninth GX win of the final Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series season with its Mazda6 SKYACTIV-D Clean Diesel racer at Lime Rock Park as the season came to a close. The win, scored by the No.70 Castrol Edge SpeedSource Mazda6 driven by Sylvain Tremblay and Tom Long, gave Mazda the manufacturers title […]”
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. […]”
The spec formula idea has been around almost as long as the formula car – a single-make chassis with only one engine choice, often built and sealed by a single supplier. It’s an especially successful concept when that spec car is built around a reliable Mazda rotary engine. The Pro Mazda Championship’s beginnings date back […]”
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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