I had a fun fall weekend at the American Road Race of Champions (ARRC) at Road Atlanta, which is a year-end event for SCCA. I also spent some time with Ashton Harrison at Barber Motorsports Park, getting her prepped for next year’s Battery Tender Global MX-5 Cup...

The last stop of the 2016 Mazda MX-5 Experience Tour was this past weekend at Pacific Raceways in Seattle, Washington. I had never been to Seattle before, so I was extremely excited to visit both the city and the track, which I had heard great things about. Straight...

The 2016 IMSA WeatherTech championship season was something our entire Mazda Motorsports program was highly anticipating. In 2015, there was a lot of off- and on-track development with the new MZ-2.0T engine along with the continued chassis and aero development that...

For a change I was not at the race track this past weekend, but I was still keeping tabs on some of my friends and clients who were racing at VIR during the SCCA’s “Goblins Go” event. For me it was really fun to follow the continuing progress of some of the drivers...

This past weekend I traveled to Southern California for Mazda’s MX-5 Experience Tour. It’s a traveling ride and drive program that allows participants to experience the all-new 2016 fourth-generation MX-5. They get to test its braking and handling capabilities, and...

This past week was an exciting and fun one at Road Atlanta, where the Petit LeMans closed out the 2016 IMSA WeatherTech season. We had perfect fall weather every day—much better than last year’s tropical storm! Early on in the week, before my work with the Mazda...

There’s a lot of buzz about this week’s Petit LeMans at Road Atlanta. It’s the season finale for the IMSA WeatherTech Championship, and the event really ends up being my home race for the year since the Prototypes don’t run at VIR. It’s neat being here at Road Atlanta...

We had round 11 of the IMSA WeatherTech Championship for our Mazda Prototypes at Circuit of the Americas last weekend. We knew going into the event that the heat was going to be a challenge for everyone, from the drivers to the crew and even the cars. During the first...

This past weekend was the inaugural Mazda Global MX-5 Cup Invitational, which was hosted at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. With all the international drivers joining some of the American racers, we knew it was going to be an exciting event. Drivers who had never raced...

After returning from Japan, I had a busy weekend coaching at Virginia International Raceway for drivers in the IMSA Continental Tire Series and Mazda’s Battery Tender Global MX-5 Cup Series. I’ve been working with Britt Casey, Jr., and Danny Bender this season,...