After nearly 7,000 votes were cast by members of the Mazda Motorsports community, Jared Thomas emerged as the winner of the 2019 Spirt of Mazda awardThomas, a standout Spec Miata competitor in NASA and SCCA, finished in second place in the class at the 2019 NASA Nationals at the Mid-Ohio...

After rookies dominated the Formula 4 United States Championship Powered by Honda opening rounds at Virginia International Raceway, the series veterans rose to reclaim their ranks during the second event at Road Atlanta last month.Global Racing Group veteran driver Benjamin Pedersen of Copenhagen, Denmark, claimed one win, a podium and...

Tips about Mid-Ohio from the Spec Miata master...Justin Hille of Canfield, Ohio stormed through the Mid-Ohio Sportscar Course the first weekend of June while competing in the the SCCA U.S. Majors Tour in Spec Miata. Taking both wins – one on Saturday and one on Sunday – Hille showed he...

JDC Pro Mazda driver Michael Johnson suffered serious injuries in an accident in practice for the season-opening event at St. Petersburg. Here's his latest update on his recovery. -Ed. LEFT: Michael works out under the watchful eye of his trainer, Josh. The entire Mazda Road to Indy ladder will be...

“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns,” Abraham Lincoln once said, “or, we can rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”In the immediate aftermath of Dyson Racing’s third Pirelli World Challenge outing with its Bentley Continental GT3, driver Butch Leitzinger wasn’t quite sure what kind of foliage was winning out.“In...

Sebastien Bourdais and KV Racing underlined their inherent pace at the Mid-Ohio SportsCar Course, as the polesitter's Dallara-Chevrolet led teammate Sebastian Saavedra in the half hour Sunday morning final practice. The Frenchman clocked 66.0186sec lap to eclipse his teammate by 0.3sec and set an average of 123.129mph around the 2.258-mile...

Despite a late challenge for P1 from Justin Wilson, it was Ryan Hunter-Reay who emerged fastest in final practice before qualifying for the Honda Indy 200. The Andretti Autosport driver wheeled his Dallara-Honda around the 2.258-mile Mid-Ohio SportsCar Course in 65.7082sec to set an average speed of 123.711mph.The 2012 IndyCar...

KV Racing bookended IndyCar's timesheet at the end of the second practice session at Mid-Ohio SportsCar Course: Toronto 1 winner Sebastien Bourdais hit the top and teammate Sebastian Saavedra was 22nd and last – despite being less than 1.2sec slower than the four-time champion Frenchman.Bourdais' Dallara-Chevrolet clocked a 1min06.8271sec lap,...