Blog
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...
Global MX-5 Cup Update and VIR Success
After running at the June Sprints, the Mazda Global MX-5 Cup cars made the trip from Road America to Chicago, where they ran a demonstration at Autobahn Country Club. It was a chance for interested Autobahn members and racers to get behind the wheel of the car....
The June Sprints and a Rainy Road America
This last weekend was my return to the June Sprints at Road America, this time for the 60th annual running of the event. I was there both to do further testing and confirmation runs with the Global MX-5 Cup car and to coach drivers with the Advanced Autosports Spec...
Spec Miatas at Road Atlanta and Road America
This past weekend I was at Road Atlanta for NASA’s June Jam, working again with Spec Miata drivers Ashton Harrison and Ben Rooke. Neither of them had been back to Road Atlanta since the beginning of the season, even though it’s their home track. We brushed up on the...
New Track, New Car: Coaching at Calabogie
Before I went to Detroit for the Tudor Series race at Belle Isle – which was a great weekend for the SKYACTIV Mazda even in adverse weather conditions – I was just over the border in Canada at Calabogie Motorsports Park. Calabogie is halfway between Toronto and...
Coaching, Testing, Racing: All in One Week
Memorial Day weekend was a busy one for racing around the world. I stayed local, coaching some SCCA Spec Miata racers at Carolina Motorsports Park. I’ve worked with Ashton Harrison and Ben Rooke before, and both of them had been to CMP earlier in the season. We picked...
Development driving with Andrew Carbonell
This week we’re doing more testing of the 2016 Global Mazda MX-5 Cup car, and this time Andrew Carbonell will be joining me to drive the second development car. Andrew also drove it at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca two weeks ago, and it’s great to be working with him...