Touring Car A

Taking an MX-5 into Pirelli World Challenge’s new TCA class proved a wise move. Pirelli World Challenge created its new “A” classes with the idea of bringing more privateers into its series; it seems to have worked. Ernie Francis Jr. made the jump from a TCB – World Challenge’s B-Spec class – Mazda2 to a […]”

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Ernie Francis Jr. has a shot at the Touring Car A title in his MX-5. The Pirelli World Challenge concludes its 25th anniversary season with a return to Miller Motorsports Park, where five of the six championships are set to be decided. One Mazda driver has an outside shot at claiming the title in his […]”

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Compared to blasting through narrow gaps in trees on a motocross bike, shoving an MX-5 in between a competitor and the apex of a corner is a piece of cake. Jason Cherry has done both. The young racer started out in motocross and enduro racing/hare scrambles. He thought the next step was going to be […]”

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Ernie Francis Jr. crept up on his first victory in the Pirelli World Challenge Touring Car A Championship, starting on the podium on Friday  and moving up a spot in each subsequent race during a three-contest event at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park in Bowmanville, Ont. In the final race, Francis Jr. started his No. 98 […]”

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