Matt Powers Wins Mazda Race of NASA Champions

Held as part of the Battery Tender Mazda MX-5 Cup Presented by BFGoodrich Tires Round Six, the race featured 20 NASA champions in identically prepared MX-5s.

Matt Powers of San Rafael, Calif., won the inaugural Mazda Race of NASA Champions at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca to be crowned NASA Grand Champion. He was followed to the checkered flag by Corey Rueth of Manchaca, Texas, and Jeremy Croiset of Tehachapi, Calif.

As NASA Grand Champion, Powers, the Western States Champion in GTS4, earns an invitation to compete for the Mazda Club Racer Shootout, won in 2014 by NASA Western States Spec Miata champ Kyle Loustaunau. The winner of the shootout is awarded funding to compete in MX-5 Cup the following year.