Kenton Koch

The MAZDASPEED Development Driver, 2014 MX-5 Cup Champion and now Cooper Tires Prototype Lites champion had a 2015 to remember. Here he shares his thoughts on the season just ended.

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Number 5 in a countdown of the things that racers must do to achieve greatness is to be known for what you are off the track as well as your prowess behind the wheel. “The number one mission in sports is to make people care how it turns out,” says Paul Pfanner, president and CEO […]”

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Mazda scholarship driver wins both IMSA Cooper Tires Prototype Lites races in Louisiana to make it three of four for the season. Kenton Koch captured his second and third wins in the 2015 Cooper Tires Prototype Lites Powered by Mazda series with wins in Rounds Three and Four at NOLA Motorsports Park. Koch, 20, from […]”

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For the third time, the Mazda Motorsports Development driver wins in his debut in a category at Sebring. A year ago at Sebring, Kenton Koch stepped into an MX-5 Cup car for his first race in the category and won. He had performed a similar feat a year earlier in this Skip Barber MAZDASPEED Pro […]”

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2014 Mazda MX-5 Cup Champion advances to IMSA Cooper Tires Prototype Lites Powered by Mazda via the Mazda SportsCar Racing Academy. JDC MotorSports has announced that it has signed 2014 Mazda MX-5 Cup Champion Kenton Koch to drive for the team in the 2015 Cooper Tires Prototype Lites Powered by Mazda championship. The 2014 Mazda […]”

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Kenton Koch is one on a short list of individuals who lay claim to the MX-5 Cup title; but what’s he been up to since? By Jason Isley This feature is part of a special series running on racer.com about the SCCA Pro Racing Idemitsu Mazda MX-5 Cup Presented by BFGoodrich® Tires as Mazda […]”

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The Skip Barber MAZDASPEED Pro Challenge has become a proving ground for aspiring professional racers. By Jason Isley This feature is part of a special series running on racer.com about the SCCA Pro Racing Idemitsu Mazda MX-5 Cup Presented by BFGoodrich® Tires as Mazda Motorsports, racers and fans anticipate the 2016 MX-5 and the […]”

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Good racers learn something every time they go out in the car. Some of those lessons are bigger than others. Every racing season presents it lessons. Some come harder than others – the good among those mean a lost race; the bad mean bent sheet metal and expensive repairs. Sometimes they come the easy way. […]”

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Current and former MX-5 Cup competitors have some words of wisdom for Mazda Club Racer Shootout winner Kyle Loustaunau, or anyone in a similar situation. So, Kyle Loustaunau has won the Mazda Club Racer Shootout. His 2015 season is set for competition in the Idemitsu Mazda MX-5 Cup Presented by BFGoodrich® Tires. But now […]”

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Two drivers at the Runoffs got professional coaching with good results from different approaches. It’s generally accepted that coaching can help even the most advanced of racing drivers. There is always a different way to look at things, and even if you’re fast, considering all the options might make you even faster. Two drivers at […]”

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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 […]”

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