Mazda Motorsports Team Update: Retirements & Promotions Edition

Farewell to Steve Sanders and Mike Allen from the Mazda Motorsports team.

Over the years, many of you have grown to know Steve Sanders (pictured right) and Mike Allen – two key members of our competition parts team. Whether it was at the track, on the phone, or replying to off-hours e-mails, they have been Mazda blue for decades. Both will be us leaving today, on August 1st, but each for very positive reasons.After 30 years with Mazda, with the vast majority of those years in motorsports, Steve has elected to retire. As we noted in a previous profile of Steve, he is very much a grassroots racer with a focus on customers. Steve noted that: "I used to volunteer as a corner worker. It was some of the most fun I have had in this sport. To see the happiness and excitement on the race track, and even the opposite emotions, drives me to continue exceeding expectations for our customers."A core value of Mazda's is to never stop challenging. And, we won't. We wish Steve a great retirement.