It’s natural for fans to clamor for a wild-wild-west, run-what-ya-brung level of open warfare between car manufacturers and racing teams. But that model from decades past is never coming back.For a variety of reasons – mainly economics – most forms of racing are now tightly managed competition. There are basically...

Mazda's partners in MX-5 Cup bring their own expertise to ensure a level playing field The appeal of a spec class is that it is spec – all the cars are as identical as possible. Many drivers love the concept because the winner is the person who raced the best,...

Fans frequently proclaim that they don't like spec racing...and yet "close racing" – one of the rationales put forward for spec categories along with cost control – was overwhelmingly chosen as most important element a race series can have in our latest poll...What is the most important element for a...

Today is the second installment in this week's series about Spec Miata: Understanding the main reasons to race a Spec Miata.Why not race a Spec Miata? There is no other class with so much competition. Whatever your skillset, you'll find people to race against in the class, so you will...

Fourth-generation roadster is 220lbs. lighter than its predecessor.The car that will soon populate race and autocross grids across the country, just as so many of its predecessors have in both open competition and as part of one of the largest spec racing classes in history, has been revealed. Shown simultaneously...