2016 Mazda MX-5 Cup will include series in North America, Europe and Asia with an end-of-season shootout at Mazda Raceway. When the wraps came off the fourth-generation Mazda MX-5 recently, most racers knew that it would eventually be the basis for the Mazda MX-5 Cup that began with the third generation of the MX-5 […]”
Idemitsu Mazda MX-5 Cup Presented by BFGoodrich® Tires visits six venues, each one hosting a doubleheader. With newly announced title sponsorship (see separate story) from Idemitsu, the 2015 season of the Idemitsu Mazda MX-5 Cup Presented by BFGoodrich® Tires will consist of six weekends supporting the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship, Verizon IndyCar […]”
Second year of dual championships sees new tracks hosting the Eastern and Western States Championships. The National Auto Sport Association (NASA) has chosen Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca and VIRginia International Raceway for its second annual, twin 2015 NASA Championship presented by Toyo tires events. In 2014, NASA decided to enhance what had been traditionally a […]”
Matt Reynolds wins the National Championship as Mazdas fill the podium. Mazda swept the podium in E Production at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, with a pair of Miatas and an RX-3 running up front for the entire race. Matt Reynolds, of Boerne, Texas, earned his first National Championship, while […]”
Five Mazda drivers on pole for National Championship races. The grids are set for the 2014 SCCA National Championship Runoffs and its 24 races to crown champions in 27 different classes. Five Mazda drivers will be starting their respective races at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca from pole. Racing begins at 8:30 a.m. Pacific, and live […]”
The qualifying picture begins to emerge as some competitors overcome hardships to make their race. Eric Prill topped the second qualifying session for F Production by nearly half a second in his MaxtonsFight.org/JPM/Hoosier Miata, an eternity around Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. The bad news for his competitors? He felt that he left some time on […]”
Nearly 130 Mazda racers head to Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca to seek a Club Racing National Championship. Much has been made of the fact that, for the first time in 46 years, the SCCA National Championship Runoffs will be west of the Mississippi in California. And certainly many are celebrating the fact that the event […]”
Sylvain Tremblay compares the 1991 Mazda 787B and the current Mazda SKYACTIV Diesel Prototype. There’s no doubt that racing technology, like every facet of technology, has advanced rapidly in the last two decades. Although to a casual observer, a prototype racer from the early ’90s may not look vastly different from a current closed-cockpit prototype […]”
Mazda competitors will have early access to the Mazda area in the paddock at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs. MEMORANDUM TO: The Mazda Family FROM: Mazda Motorsports Support Team DATE: August 26, 2014 SUBJECT: Early Access Parking, 2014 SCCA Runoffs at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Some of you have returned your 2014 SCCA National Championship Runoffs […]”
What happens when you throw a Spec Miata driver into a high-powered MAZDASPEED3 in a US Touring Car Championship race? She does pretty well, actually. Geri Armani had the opportunity to race her first USTCC race at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca at the end of June – a right place/right time kind of thing, she […]”
Thirty years ago, A Mazda-powered car won at Le Mans. This wasn’t the famous 787B overall victory that came eight years later; this was a C2 category victory in which a 13B rotary-powered Lola finished 10th overall. That car, sponsored by BFGoodrich and run by Jim Busby, featured John Morton, John O’Steen and Yoshimi Katayama […]”
Gumby didn’t drive a racecar. So seeing the lovable claymation character at a racetrack is a bit unusual. But when Kenton Koch won the second of two SCCA Pro Racing Mazda MX-5 Cup Presented by BFGoodrich® Tires races at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in May, Gumby was right there on the podium with him. As […]”
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, […]”
What happens when a father with a love for sports cars, a just-turned-16 son and a concern for that son getting in over his head with those sports cars come together? First a session at the Skip Barber Racing School; then, perhaps, a lifelong obsession. “Lucas had just turned 16. I had a couple of […]”
Miatas at Mazda Raceway has been an annual gathering of the MX-5 faithful for several years now; but in 2014 it takes on special significance for the 25th anniversary of Mazda’s sports car. Rick Weldon started the event after Mazda announced the 20th birthday party at Texas World Speedway. Centrally located, the track made […]”
Continuing the pattern they set at Sebring, John Dean and Kenton Koch split the two Mazda MX-5 Cup Presented by BFGoodrich® Tires races at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. This time they reversed the order, with Dean taking the first victory and Koch the second. The teams had a very short turnaround time, because Round […]”
The Sports Car Club of America is beginning to release information about the 51st National Championship Runoffs, the first held at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca and the first one on the West Coast in 46 years. That includes the race schedule, which puts GTL, Spec Miata, F Production, P1 and STU and Touring 3 on […]”
Scholarship up for Grabs Mazda Motorsports is once again supporting Project Yellow Light, a scholarship competition designed to encourage teens to embrace safe driving habits and bring awareness to the dangers of distracted driving. College and high school students can produce videos designed to persuade their peers not to drive distracted. The videos can be […]”
Since 2006, the Mazda MX-5 Cup has produced some of the closest races in all of motorsports. As a part of the MAZDASPEED Motorsports Ladder, the series has been a springboard for young drivers looking to move up. It is also a destination series for others who simply want affordable racing on a professional weekend. […]”
The Formula Car Challenge, which features three classes of Mazda-powered formula car racing in several regional series across the country, announced the schedule for its premier West Coast series and National Championship event at Sonoma Raceway. The series will race at Portland International Raceway, Thunderhill Raceway Park, Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca and a variety of […]”
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 […]”
The SCCA Pro Racing Mazda MX-5 Cup has announced its 12-race calendar for 2014. The campaign will consist of six weekends, with each event a doubleheader consisting of two separately scored races. As in years past, the series will be taking part in some of the most noteworthy racing weekends in North America, joining the […]”
My name is Stevan McAleer and I am 29 years old. I was born in Glasgow Scotland and up until my move to the States in 2009, I lived in the same place with my mum Shirley, dad Gordon and my four younger brothers: Gregg (28), Derek (23), Stuart (21) and Sam (17). My dad […]”
“We start with a brand-new MX-5 chassis,” says Glenn Long, the principal of Freedom Autosport as he explains how his team turns a road car into a winning Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge competitor in the Street Tuner category. “The car is very well engineered as it sits. So things like the engine location – […]”
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