Driving Tip #18: Leveraging Data – Brake Application
How a driver gets on and comes off the brakes is just as important as where and when.
Randy Pobst
SCCA Solo Nationals Roundup
The winners at the SCCA Solo National Championships are only part of the story
Mazda MX-5 Cup Car: What Racers Are Saying
Don’t just take our word for it. We asked a few of the racers who had a chance to test drive the Mazda MX-5 Cup race car for their impressions.
Spirit of Mazda: Luis Rivera
Lifelong Mazda enthusiast and accomplished Mazda racer enjoys helping others at the track. As a kid in Puerto Rico, Luis Rivera was working with Mazdas before Mazdas were even sold in the United States. As his son, Tony, says, he “bleeds Mazda blue.” Brand loyalty, however, is not the reason Rivera is being hailed as […]”
MSX Show is Information Central
North American MotorSports Expo includes exhibits, seminars, a lot of Mazda and runs alongside the SCCA National Convention. There is a wide variety of automotive and motorsports trade shows, but many of those are tough to get into or make use of unless one’s an industry insider. The North American MotorSports Expo and Conference, though, […]”
Be the Complete Racer: Choices
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 […]”
Leveraging Data: Throttle Application
Comparing throttle position and speed can reveal several facts about a driver’s habits and areas that need improvement. MAZDASPEED Motorsports Development recently hosted an online data acquisition seminar with Mazda racer Randy Pobst and AiM Sports Training Manager Roger Caddell. During the seminar they covered several topics about using data to improve driver performance. We’ll […]”
BEHIND THE ZOOM ROAD ATLANTA
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 […]”
CTSC: Finishing Strong
Mazda teams look for victory in Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge finale at Road Atlanta. The 2014 IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge season is drawing to a close this weekend. The CJ Wilson Racing and Freedom Autosport Mazda MX-5 teams in the Street Tuner category are looking for strong performances to finish out the season, give […]”
Lime Rock a Homecoming for Freedom Autosport’s Dwyer
LAKEVILLE, Conn. – U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Liam Dwyer will have a lot to commemorate when the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge visits Lime Rock Park from May 23-24. In addition to marking the Freedom Autosport driver’s homecoming race, the weekend is also the third anniversary of the I.E.D. explosion in Afghanistan that claimed Dwyer’s […]”
Freedom Leads Mazda 1-2-3 at Mazda Raceway
Freedom Autosport won its fourth consecutive Continental Tires Sports Car Challenge Street Tuner victory at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, with Randy Pobst and Andrew Carbonell taking their second consecutive win in 2014. It came down to a three-way battle between the Freedom Autosport No. 26 Mazda MX-5 driven by Pobst and Carbonell and the two […]”
Traffic Jam
Most Club Racers will experience traffic in every race. With multiple classes on the circuit at once, racers are going to be passed by or be passing other cars in different classes on a regular basis. A Spec Miata or STL driver might be on track with Performance Touring A or Touring 2 cars, meaning […]”
Cheating the Wind
You’ve built your racecar to be as aerodynamic as possible. Whether you start with an RX-7, Miata, RX-8, MX-5 or something else, you’ve got a pretty good basis and you’ve worked within the rules to make it move through the air as efficiently as it can with the help of air dams and spoilers. But […]”
Meet Randy Pobst
One might wonder what a driver with six SCCA Solo National Championships, two SCCA Club Racing National Championships, four World Challenge GT championships, plus two Rolex 24 at Daytona class victories, is doing in a Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge Street Tuner Mazda MX-5. If he has his way – and he thinks he […]”
Two MX-5 Teams for Continental Challenge
With the excitement surrounding a brand-new sports car series in the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship and Mazda’s participation in the Prototype division, it’s easy to overlook the continuing and ever-improving competition in the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge. Two teams, both running MX-5s, return to contest the Street Tuner class in the endurance series for lightly […]”
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