By alley - Oct 13, 2017, 1:12 PM ET

Stream the Global Mazda MX-5 Cup Challenge

For one fortunate racer, it will take just 90 minutes to earn $75,000, or more, this Saturday at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca as Mazda stages the Global Mazda MX-5 Cup Challenge. Both 45-minute races will be live streamed on Saturday, October 14. Race one will be at 12:40 p.m., while the second race will start at 5:00 p.m.. Both times are Pacific time zone. The races can be viewed at:

Every driver in the field will utilize the wildly popular Global Mazda MX-5 Cup machine, which will put the results in the racers' hands. Using the same exact same production SKYACTIV 2.0-powered Mazda MX-5 as the starting point, the cars are race-prepared at Long Road Racing in Statesville, North Carolina to ensure parity across the field.

The Challenge event is the second international race weekend staged by Mazda, following up last year's successful Global Mazda MX-5 Cup Invitational.

Last year, Nathanial "Sparky" Sparks added the title of 'Global Invitational Champion' to his racing resume after having just been crowned the 2016 Battery Tender Global Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by BFGoodrich Tires champion. 2017 MX-5 Cup Champion Patrick Gallagher will seek to do the same. For Gallagher it will be an opportunity to add to his $200,000 Mazda Road to 24 scholarship.

But he will have some fierce competition, starting with some fellow champions. Sparks, 2015 champion John Dean, and 2014 champion Kenton Koch all bring their MX-5 Cup championship credentials to the race.

The four returning champion drivers, who have claimed over $1,000,000 in scholarship and contingency winnings from Mazda, all have the same goal on Saturday. Koch, who enters the Challenge event hot on the heels of his double-win weekend at Road Atlanta in IMSA Prototype Challenge presented by Mazda competition, is clear about his goal for the Challenge event.