2016 MX-5 STR Solo Development: Update #2

While development continues between Mazda Motorsports and Ron Bauer on the 2016 MX-5, what better way to track how things are going than to have a wrap-up following each National-level SCCA event the team attends?This past weekend, Bauer joined 198 other competitors in Crows Landing, Calif., for the second SCCA Pro Solo of the season. This would be the first Pro Solo in STR trim for the MX-5 after finishing 2nd the previous weekend at the National Tour at the same site.A Pro Solo consists of "mirrored" courses with a drag race start. Just like a drag race, two drivers at a time stage against each other in front of a drag tree and try to get a perfect reaction time. In the case of Pro Solo, a perfect reaction time is 0.5 second. After the start, each driver takes to the course of cones and ultimately crosses the finish lights. Drivers get two runs per side in each of three sessions - Saturday morning, Saturday afternoon, and then again Sunday morning. The fast time from each side (left and right) gets added together to determine total time.