Race craft is key to winning, and to develop race craft, there's no replacement for seat time in real racing situations. But for racer and CorkSport Performance co-owner Derrick Ambrose, opportunities to develop that race craft were limited with his Touring 4 SCCA race car."Close competition out in the northwest...

Enthusiast and racer Derrick Ambrose has made tuning Mazdas his day job In 1997, Derrick Ambrose and Rich Harris were looking for parts to hop up a Mazda MX-3, but found tuner parts were not readily available. "A couple of guys wanted parts for an MX-3 – that's honestly how...

A Baker's Dozen Mazda victories are earned over two days of Memorial Day weekend racing in Washington. Rounds Nine and 10 of the SCCA Western Conference U.S. Majors Tour were contested at Pacific Raceways on Sunday and Monday over the three-day Memorial Day weekend. Drivers representing 24 Runoffs-eligible classes took...

College Station, Texas (May 22, 2015) - A pair of Majors doubleheader events are on tap for the this three-day holiday weekend. Featured will be the Mid-States Conferecne at Texas World Speedway and the Western Conference at Pacific Raceways.Many will have thier eye on the Majors taking place in the...

Rebuilding a racecar after a massive wreck isn’t a task for the faint of heart, especially in the space of a few days at a racetrack. Derrick Ambrose saved his Runoffs week doing just that. The Runoffs hadn’t even officially started, and already Derrick Ambrose was facing a racer’s nightmare....

FV FV driver comes back to his rootsDon "Slim" Pepperdene has been racing since 1970, when he built his first Formula Vee racecar."I built a car I called the 'Leech' because I copied the design from Lynx. I ran that for a few years, then went into Formula Ford for...