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...

The 2019 Spirit of Mazda award recipient will receive not only the accolade, but a scholarship valued at $2,500. Meet the 6 finalists... Over the years, some outstanding representatives of the Spirit of Mazda have been chosen as recipients of the monthly award. The award, however, has transitioned into an...

The 2019 Spirit of Mazda award recipient will receive not only the accolade, but a scholarship valued at $2,500. Meet the 20 nominated autocrossers and 20 road racers. Voting begins.Over the years, some outstanding representatives of the Spirit of Mazda (SoM) have been chosen as recipients of the monthly award....

New quarterly award concentrates on a single racing discipline, with the goal to choose an overall winner at the end of the yearOver the years, some outstanding representatives of the Spirit of Mazda have been chosen as recipients of the award. But the procedure for choosing those recipients isn’t always...

The 2017 Battery Tender Global Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by BFGoodrich Tires featured passing. Lots of passing. In 12 races, there were over 2,000 passes for position. It also featured awards. Big awards - $200,000 for the champion and $50,000 for the rookie of the year being the most lucrative.Emerging...

Five new Mazda team members were nominated for the Spirit of Mazda award for the month of November. Your votes have been tallied and the winner has emerged:Mazda congratulates Tara Johns for being recognized by the Mazda Motorsports' community as the individual who is most deserving of representing the The...

E Production RX-7 racer has helped a lot of people get into racing, and stay in racing, thanks to his desire to share the sport and Mazda. Guy Ruse grew up in Daytona Beach. His father raced on the sand long before Daytona International Speedway was built – in a...

Helpful and committed, Tom Fowler and OPM Autosports are always working to move the sport forward. The thing about Spec Miata is it has a lot of cheerleaders. Those who have championed the class sing its praises as both a driver development tool and a way to get into racing...

Longtime Supporter of Spec Miata and owner of a successful prep shop treats everyone like family. You could say that Dave Wheeler wrote the book on Spec Miata. He at least wrote one of the most trusted tomes on how to build one, The Spec Miata Constructors Manual. Now on...

A year after Christian Szymczak secured the 2013 championship for ALARA Racing, Kenton Koch was crowned the 2014 MX-5 Cup champion at the end of the Petit leMans weekend at Road Atlanta. Unlike Christian, whose championship wasn't sealed until the last checkered flag fell, Kenton had already put his stamp...