WRR TV: MX-5 Cup Standing Start At Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca

Features, Racing I By Winding Road Staff I May 16, 2016

This video is from Race 1 of the 2016 Battery Tender Global Mazda MX-5 Cup season held at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. The first race of each MX-5 Cup event uses a standing start. Here, WRR driver Tom Martin shows the advantages of using the outside line in Turn 2 on the first lap. Cars tend to stack up in the inside lane, leaving drivers on the outside a good chance to pick up places:

 

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