Runoffs

Mazda drivers show good chances at the SCCA Runoffs in the stock-based classes Sonoma Raceway is a sinuous, up-and-down track that has drivers working overtime. It’s a highly transitional track with not much in the way of straightaways. All that is generally good news for Mazda drivers, as these cars excel in the twisty bits. […]

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Ahead of the SCCA National Championship Runoffs, we asked local experts for Sonoma Raceway advice Sonoma Raceway is considered among the most challenging tracks in North America. Some have espoused that if you can be fast at Sonoma, you can be fast anywhere. It’s a track that never lets you rest, has many corners that […]

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Will home track advantage be the deciding factor at the 2018 SCCA National Championship Runoffs?  Spec Miata rarely provides clear favorites for a National Championship Runoffs race. Who would have predicted last year’s outcome, where Preston Pardus, who hadn’t won a U.S. Majors Tour race to that point, would come out on top of a […]

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Young Spec Miata racer took the SCCA Runoffs championship at Indianapolis Motor Speedway Preston Pardus hadn’t won any big races. Although he’d been running his Spec Miata up front in the incredibly competitive Southeast Conference, he was still looking for that first SCCA Majors win. Whether he wanted to wait or not, when it finally […]

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New England prep shop specializes in Spec Miatas, but also rents and takes care of customer cars Mendon, Mass.-based Flatout Motorsport was founded by Nick Leverone, Andy Bettencourt and Steve Ufelder in 1993 to be a service provider for autocrossers, but a decade later retooled itself as a Spec Miata rental company. After taking on […]

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Spec Miata frontrunner walks away with a scholarship to compete in MX-5 Cup in 2018 Selin Rollan has been a frontrunner in Spec Miata for the last several years. This year, Rollan finished second in both the SCCA National Championship Runoffs and the NASA Eastern States Championships, earning an invitation to the 2017 Mazda Road […]

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At age 69, Kemper won the SCCA Formula Mazda national championship, stepping onto the Runoffs podium for the first time Melvin David Kemper Jr. has been racing for nearly half a century, but it wasn’t until this year, at the young age of 69 that this year’s Formula Mazda Champion scored his first podium at […]

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Epic SCCA National Championship race will join three other classes to be broadcast in December For the first time in several years, households across the United States will be able to see the thrilling Spec Miata race from the SCCA National Championship Runoffs as it joins three other races from Indianapolis Motor Speedway airing on […]

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Longtime racer finds success in Touring 4 in a 12-year-old RX-8 Don Knowles has a long and storied history in production-based sports car racing. A six-time SCCA national champion, he also has a number of wins in professional racing, mostly in the Escort Endurance Series. Knowles holds the world record for 24-hour race victories; he’s […]

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