Mazda Champion: Ron Bauer

Washington state competitor took home the 2014 SCCA Solo National Championship in D Prepared driving an NC MX-5. Ron Bauer will admit the Miata didn’t appeal to him much when it was launched 25 years ago. Then he drove one. And then he built an MX-5 autocrosser and won a national championship with it. "I ended up getting a chance to drive the Paula Whitney D prepared car and absolutely fell in love with it," he explains. "I vowed I would someday have a DP Miata. I ended up picking up an NC and prepped it for C Street Prepared and drove that for a couple of years. I had to sell that off because I got into Spec Miata racing and couldn't afford to do all of that together..."