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NASCAR Weekends at Road America and VIR
The Battery Tender Mazda MX-5 Cup Series was at Road America this weekend for rounds 9 and 10 of their season. It was a little bit of a different scenario than the recent IMSA weekend at that track because the series was racing with the NASCAR Xfinity Series. I was...
Driving Two Cars in One Race at VIR
I was really excited about going to Virginia International Raceway last week. I make the drive from the Charlotte area to VIR so many times throughout the year, but this last weekend it was for one of the really special events – it’s a highlight of the season to be...
Introducing the Mazda MX-5 Global Cup Car to the Media
Mazda Motorsports hosted a media event at Willow Springs earlier this week, giving automotive media members a chance to drive the new Mazda MX-5 in its Global Cup trim. Guests actually got to drive all four generations of the race-spec MX-5 around the Streets of...
The Return to Road America
I was excited about getting back to Road America since it’s one of my favorite tracks on the calendar. It’s such an iconic, historic circuit. Thursday, the load-in day, was beautiful and I found time in the morning to go for a run around the town of Elkhart Lake with...
Special Guests at the Ingram Driving Experience
The latest Ingram Driving Experience at Virginia International Raceway, held earlier this week, was really exciting because they had some very special guests on hand. Among those guests were Mark Webber and Patrick Long, and they were giving the participants rides in...
From the Pit Box: Team Strategy for Freedom Autosport
In my latest Mazda Motorsports Behind the Zoom entry, I wrote about what it takes to be a team strategist, and last weekend I had the opportunity to be Freedom Autosport’s team strategist for the first time. The Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge race at Lime Rock...
Meeting the Press at the VIR Media Day
Virginia International Raceway hosted local media for an IMSA media day last Friday. They’re building up excitement for the Tudor United SportsCar weekend that’s coming August 22-23. Freedom Autosport’s Liam Dwyer and I were both on hand, as well as Mazda Motorsports...
Flat Out at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park
The latest round of the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship was held last weekend at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (CTMP), and we went into it with a lot of momentum for our SKYACTIV Mazda. We had been looking forward to getting to CTMP because we knew the high-speed...
Hitting the Race Season’s Stride
The IMSA TUDOR Series season is really hitting its stride right now. We just had the six-hour race at Watkins Glen, and after one weekend off we’ll be at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (CTMP). Then we have only a few weekends off before heading to Road America. That...
A Wet & Wild Watkins Glen 6-Hour Race
This weekend was the Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen, always one of my favorites on the schedule. Our No. 07 Castrol SKYACTIV Mazda team started off with beautiful sunny weather for Friday's practice, and we had a very successful two sessions. The car’s setup and pace...