Oregon’s Jack Sanchez returns to the Spec MX-5 SimRacing Challenge for another crack at the title. In 2019, Jack finished 18th in the regular season which earned him a spot in the Grand Finale race at Road Atlanta; he also has the distinction of being one of the few driver’s that started every 2019 race and that’s what earned him an auto-invite to the 2020 season.
Rob Lebel comes to us with plenty of real-world experience. Having competed in various North American racing series for the past 10 years, he's now…
Modern sim racing is on a substantial growth curve, positioned as the best conduit for those who want to pursue their passion for motorsports, and even those who are looking to take it further and make it a career. Sim racing offers the realism of competition, plus networking opportunities not just for drivers, but for announcers, reporters, spotters, crew chiefs, data coaches, engineers and more.
The 2020 Spec MX-5 SimRacing Challenge Series is right around the corner, and our own Dave Fitzgerald created this promo video that is sure to hit you, us, and probably everyone who loves motorsports, right in the feels.
The 2020 Spec MX-5 SimRacing Challenge is a driver development series based on the real-life Spec MX-5 Challenge program, the SimRacing Challenge program runs parallel in almost every way.
Interest in the Spec MX-5 Challenge Invitational Events has been growing steadily since this single-event, two-race option to qualify for the Spec MX-5 Challenge Championship was announced in October.
We’ve been gearing up for the 2020 Spec MX-5 Season. After a lot of development and planning over the past few seasons, and some major announcements over the past few months, it’s going to be an awesome year.
Spec MX-5 Challenge, LLC today announced that the 2020 Championship for the Spec MX-5 Challenge presented by Toyo Tires would be held November 5-8, 2020 at Circuit of The Americas. Circuit of The Americas, near Austin, TX, is the home track for the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix as well as other major road racing events including the AutoNation IndyCar Challenge and MotoGP.
Seven months… forty sim-racers… ten tracks… twenty events… two-hundred and sixty laps… twenty hours of racing; that’s how the 2019 Spec MX-5 SimRacing Challenge looks on paper but as one of those forty drivers you know it was more than that. This competition is a chance to live out a dream, and for others it’s an opportunity to compare yourself to some of the best sim-racers in the country.
Brian is a nice guy, very active in this and other iRacing leagues, and a clean mid-packer. Follow along as he tells us all about his background in sim racing!
With the launch of the Spec MX-5 v2 race car, windingroadracing.com has launched a Spec MX-5 parts store.
Building upon the success of the Mazda Miata MX-5 in club racing throughout North America, Mazda Motorsports today unveiled Spec MX-5
Steve comes from the unfamiliar world of drag racing and is one of the few drivers who have started every race this season and finished in the top-10 in 50% of them.
Paul Darling is a top-5 contender and a fairly humble guy and comes from the very important world of SCCA F&C (Flagging and Communications); he also neglects to mention he just won the inaugural SCCA Online Championship earlier this year.
Follow along as DJ shares his background in autocross and iRacing, as well as competing in the 2019 GRIDLIFE Touring Cup.
A seasoned time trials and driver with a cool, mixed background of motorsports takes to the Spec MX-5 Sim Racing Challenge to see what’s up. We wish Chris the best of luck for the rest of the season!
Rounds 5 and 6 of the Spec MX-5 SimRacing Challenge took place at Sonoma Raceway last week. Watch a replay of the exciting broadcast with announcers Kyle Heyer and Finian Dcunha of SYMTV.
The first two events of the 2019 Spec MX-5 season are in the history books. The drivers and sponsors and team have learned many things and we thought a few of these would be of interest to the Winding Road readership.
Round 5 marks the midpoint of the 2019 Spec MX-5 SimRacing Challenge Series, and Northern California’s Sonoma Raceway will be our host for the dense field of NC Mazda MX-5’s and their virtual pilots for Race’s 9 and 10 tonight!
Thomas Bressi has been racing sims for a few years and has raced it all: from NASCAR to the 24 Hours of Daytona. Having crafted skills in hustling 3,500 stock cars around road courses, a friend suggested he try our series.
There is some really strong competition in this series; my chances of taking top spot don’t look great. But I’ll keep practicing and see what I can do. It’s a long season.