Mazda Motorsports announced some really big news last week about teaming up with Joest Racing for our 2018 Prototype program. The new Mazda Team Joest is a partnership that is beginning immediately in order to undergo testing and development throughout the rest of...

I was at the Toronto Indy Grand Prix for the first time last weekend, coaching Ashton Harrison and Patrick Wilmot in the Mazda Global MX-5 Cup Series. Since I’d never been to that street circuit before, the big priorities were to understand the track layout and match...

I’m just getting back from an exciting weekend of racing at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (CTMP), where both of our Mazda Prototypes finished in the top five—a first for the season! That was a rewarding finish for us. With some struggles during the first day of...

It was great to be back at Watkins Glen, one of my all-time favorite circuits, last weekend. The Sahlen’s 6 Hours of The Glen is always one of the more exciting events on the IMSA schedule each season, and having our additional teammates Marino Franchitti and Spencer...

After a disappointing end to the Indy Global MX-5 Cup weekend for Racing Analytics drivers Ashton Harrison and Pat Wilmot, they went into last weekend’s races at Road America looking for some redemption. The first day at Road America, which included practice and...

The Mazda Global MX-5 Cup Series was at Indianapolis Motor Speedway for rounds three and four over the weekend, so I was there coaching Racing Analytics drivers Ashton Harrison and Pat Wilmot. The event started with a two-session test day, allowing the Global MX-5 Cup...

The Global Mazda MX-5 Cup Series continues this weekend at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It’s always hard to get on a track that has limited availability, like Indy. We know that not only seat time but also the setup knowledge that you gain from testing at a track in...

I’m excited to say that Joel Miller and I got our first podium finish in the No. 70 Mazda Prototype at the Detroit Grand Prix! The team made a lot of developments to the cars since our race at Circuit of the Americas—we weren’t going to accept the results we got...

This weekend is the Belle Isle Grand Prix, but I arrived in Detroit early this week for a media event with Mazda at the M1 Concourse. It’s a brand new country club track (less than a year old) located just north of Detroit. It’s actually still in the metro area, in...

  Grassroots Motorsports hosted their annual Tire Rack Ultimate Track Car Challenge at Virginia International Raceway last week. I have participated in this event several times throughout the years, and it’s always a memorable one. This year I had the opportunity...