The Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin posts impressive numbers when it comes to victory margins, lead changes, prize money and more, but this summer the series reaches a number that’s been a decade in the making. In June, Flis Performance completed Mazda MX-5 Cup car build number 300.Prior...

Mazda’s new entry to the growing TCR category will spend the year being tested and developed ahead of its competition debut in 2021.Plans to build and race the Mazda3 TCR in 2020 have been abandoned in the wake of Long Road Racing’s unexpected decision to close its doors at the...

The motor racing-themed Lemons of Love charity organization has announced its fourth giveaway of a turnkey Global Mazda MX-5 Cup race car.Lemons of Love, the non-profit foundation created by Jill Swanson, has used the proceeds from the MX-5 Cup raffles to support those undergoing chemotherapy treatments to fight cancer. More...

The Mazda6 impresses participants during the on-track Hot Lap ExperienceIt doesn’t take a lot of upgrades for people to be wowed by a Mazda6, especially when it’s wheeled around a racetrack by professional racer Tom Long.“I had no idea this car could go that fast!” is one of the common...

For the third year in a row, Lemons of Love is offering supporters the chance to win a factory-built race car. The winning ticket holder will take home the 200th Mazda Global MX-5 Cup car from the 501(c)(3) nonprofit’s raffle.With each $100 ticket purchase, participants have a chance to win...

Racers and track-day enthusiasts have one place to go to purchase pre-owned, fourth-generation Global Mazda MX-5 Cup cars. Long Road Racing, official Mazda business partner and exclusive builder of these factory-supported race cars now hosts this pre-owned marketplace on its website.These pre-owned Global MX-5 Cup cars deemed the “best value...

For the third year in a row, Lemons of Love is offering racers the chance to win a factory-built racecar. The winning ticket holder will take home the 200th Mazda Global MX-5 Cup racecar from the 501(c)(3) nonprofit’s raffle.With each $100 ticket purchase, participants have a chance to win the...

On any given weekend in the U.S. road racing calendar, it’s a near certainty that the most populous model competing at road courses across the country will be various generations of Mazda MX-5 Miatas.From the very beginning as a Showroom Stock racer, it was popular and it was a winner....

Long Road Racing’s evolution of the Global Mazda MX-5 Cup car was taken to the highest level for this year’s Ultimate Track Car Challenge, adding a supercharger to a package that already included a SADEV sequential transmission and a hard top. But while Long Road tried to prepare for any...

Long Road Racing’s Global Mazda MX-5 Cup car has proven to be a quick, reliable race car, competing not only in Battery Tender Global Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by BFGoodrich Tires, but also in places like SCCA Touring 3 and Pirelli World Challenge Touring Car A. But what would happen...