Mazda Champion: Kyle Loustaunau

Northern Californian works two jobs to fund his racing; it paid off with a NASA Spec Miata championship and a drive in the 2015 Battery Tender Mazda MX-5 Cup Presented by BFGoodrich Tires."It's pretty damn awesome!" sums it up nicely when Kyle Loustaunau talks about winning the Mazda Club Racer Shootout and the $100,000 opportunity to compete in the Battery Tender Mazda MX-5 Cup Presented by BFGoodrich Tires that goes along with it. "It's kind of hard to sleep at night because I think too much about it. I'm excited and I can't wait to start."Loustaunau's journey began several years ago, but perhaps a bit later than many racers. While he grew up watching racing with his father, it wasn't until he was a sophomore in high school that he and his father were invited to a National Auto Sport Association (NASA) event at Sonoma Raceway. There he had the opportunity to take a ride in a two-seat Spec Miata, and he was hooked.