With the SCCA National Championship Runoffs rotating to different racetracks each year, pre-event prep has never been more important. For those local to that specific racetrack, seat time is easy – the problem is, the majority of Runoffs attendees each year will have never raced on that specific circuit before....

The 2014 SCCA Touring 4 National Champion sells Mazdas when he’s not racing them. The old motorsports saying, “Win on Sunday, sell on Monday” doesn’t get any more applicable than in the case of Daniel Bender.In this circumstance, he’s the one doing the winning, in a Touring 4 Mazda MX-5,...