by tom1 | Jun 16, 2015 | Uncategorized
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...
by tom1 | Jun 11, 2015 | Uncategorized
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...
by tom1 | Jun 5, 2015 | Uncategorized
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...
by tom1 | May 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
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...
by tom1 | May 21, 2015 | Uncategorized
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...
by tom1 | May 13, 2015 | Uncategorized
With the public debut of the 2016 Global Mazda MX-5 Cup car at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca last week, the MX-5 Cup competitors as well as the race fans in attendance got to see the car up close, poking their head under the hood and even sitting in the car. That was...
