Mazda Raceway to Welcome Long-Lost Mazda Racer

Earlier this year Mazda celebrated the 25th anniversary of its 1991 Le Mans win in the iconic green and orange Mazda 787B. While the 787B is the crown jewel of Mazda’s global vintage race car collection, there were others that paved the way. One such car was the Mazda 767B which competed at Le Mans in 1989.

Now, 27 years later, after a two-year restoration, it is part of Mazda North American Operations (MNAO)’s collection, and will return to the track at the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion August 19-21, at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.

As with the 1990 787 Group C, 1991 RX-7 IMSA GTO and 1992 RX-792P race cars in MNAO’s Heritage Collection, the experts at Downing/Atlanta took the responsibility to return the 767B to race-ready condition. Under the watchful eyes of Mazda racing stalwarts Jim Downing and Rick Engman, the car was taken down to a bare tub and rebuilt piece by piece. The team built the four-rotor 13J engine specifically for this car, and it delivers all the power, torque and noise it did when the car raced in-period.