Cone Training the MX-5
Mazda Motorsports took two ND MX-5 Miatas to the SCCA Solo National Championships to gauge interest and develop parts for autocross competition.
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Advice for Solo Nationals Rookies
A two-time SCCA Solo National Champion and Evolution School instructor has some words of wisdom for those heading to Lincoln for the first time.
Solo Car Build: The RX-8 Guide for DSP
The guide to converting a Series 1 (2004 – 2008) or Series 2 (2009 – 2011) RX-8 into a D-Street Prepared autocrossing beast.
Go Autocrossing!
For getting your feet wet in motorsports, it’s tough to beat autocross. It’s fun, safe, low key and requires minimum investment.
Solo Car Build: STR MX-5
Sebastian and Shauna Rios are adjusting to their MX-5 after coming from all-wheel and front-wheel-drive cars, and winning.
Solo Car Build: X Prepared RX-7
Andy McKee’s RX-7 has gone through several classes, wining at every stage. It’s now a 350hp, 2000lb. winged and very fast beast. Andy McKee’s X Prepared 1993 RX-7 has spent most of its life as a dedicated SCCA Solo competition vehicle, getting more extreme along the way. As it sits now, prepped to the X […]”
Faster Autocrossing Webinar
April 14 online seminar with autocross experts Karen Babb, Neal Tovsen and Rachel Kerswill will discuss ways to improve your autocrossing skills. MAZDASPEED Motorsports Development and MotorsportReg.com are teaming up for a free webinar on how to get quicker in autocross, and get quicker fast. With an all-star team of experts that includes multi-time SCCA […]”
Solo Street Class Setup: MX-5
Beyond good tires and a competition alignment, shock and anti-roll bar substitutions make for a competitive package. When we discussed some general SCCA Solo Street class setup previously, along with some RX-8-specific tips, we noted that after the car, tires and driver, everything else is fine tuning with increasingly smaller gains. That wisdom came from […]”
Solo Street Class Prep: RX-8
A few general rules apply to preparing any car for the SCCA Street class in Solo; there are also some specifics to help you get the most out of your Mazda. Let’s start with the RX-8. SCCA Solo rules have undergone a major revamp; what was once the Stock class is now called Street, and […]”
Mazda Champion: Gretchen Austin
Solo Champion used the power of positive thinking to win the 2014 C Street Prepared Ladies title at the 2014 SCCA Solo National Championships. The SCCA Tour events and the The Tire Rack Solo National Championships have a two-day format, where competitors test their skill on two different courses and the times are added. So […]”
Marc Monnar: Into the Unknown
SCCA Solo competitor took his RX-8 where few others dared tread – right into the Street Prepared category. Marc Monnar didn’t listen to the naysayers. If he did, he never would have built an RX-8 to compete in the Street Prepared category in SCCA Solo. If he did, he would have ended up with a Street […]”
Autocross Course Walking 101
Concentrating on a few key elements will help you be faster, says six-time champ Bartek Borowski. The key to a successful autocross run starts well before a driver pulls his car up to the starting line. Anybody who’s been to at least one autocross knows that the course walk is important. Because the course changes […]”
SCCA Solo Nationals Mazda Banquet
Mazda to host its Solo competitors in Lincoln. The 2014 Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Championship event at Lincoln Airpark in Lincoln, Neb., is quickly approaching. Mazda would like to invite each of its Mazda competitors plus a team member to a banquet dinner on Thursday, Sept. 4, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The […]”
CSP Miata Secrets
The wonderful thing about SCCA Solo competition, also known as autocross, is you can go have fun with any car – no special preparation or safety equipment, other than a helmet and working seat belts, necessary. Of course, if you start with a Mazda MX-5 Miata, you’re probably having more fun than a lot of people […]”
Mazda Racecar: Schenker’s CSP Miata
Bill Schenker will admit that his MiataRoadster/ChaseCam/OS Giken Miata, prepared for SCCA Solo in the C Street Prepared class, is expensive. Too expensive, in fact. But, he says, that’s only because of a lot of trial and error that probably should not have happened. “People always talk about my car, and it’s unfortunately probably true…. […]”
Mazda Racecar: Craig Naylor’s STS Miata
The Miata is one of the most popular and successful cars in autocross and SCCA Solo. Light and nimble, it’s a great car for maneuvering around a tight course marked out by traffic cones. Early cars can also be quite inexpensive, and Craig Naylor’s Street Touring S Miata is a perfect example. “I bought the […]”
SCCA Solo Season Underway
The first National Solo event of the year, the Tire Rack SCCA Solo Dixie Championship Tour at South Georgia Motorsports Park on March 15-16, boasted a full entry list of 285 participants. While the weather was good for most of the weekend, it played havoc with the end of Sunday’s competition. With severe weather rolling […]”
Mazda Champion: Carter Thompson, SCCA Solo
Carter Thompson will be changing the color scheme of his third-generation RX-7 Super Street Modified car for 2014. He does so each season anyway, but his competitors may be putting special pressure on him to repaint; they prefer not to get beat by pink cars. Like many SCCA Solo competitors, his opponents aren’t that upset […]”
Mazda Champion: Kyung Wootton, SCCA Solo
It really doesn’t matter How many people are in a class, as long as there are more than one, winning a Sports Car Club of America Solo National Championship isn’t easy. Winning nine of them gets you noticed, especially when you win six in a row in essentially the same class. Kyung Wootton has done […]”
Mazda Drivers Claim Solo National Championships
The 2013 SCCA Tire Rack Solo National Champions were crowned at Lincoln, Neb., on Sept. 3-6, and nine Mazda drivers were among them. The Solo National Championships are the culmination of the Sports Car Club of America’s Solo program each year that includes ProSolo, Championship Tour and Match Tour events, plus hundreds of regional events […]”
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