In this video, we see a recent Spec MX-5 Challenge race at Road Atlanta. Road Atlanta will be the site of the 2018 Spec MX-5 Challenge Championship, with $100,000 on the line, so drivers in this race were both practicing and learning about their competitors.
Here we see Race 6 of the Eastern Spec MX-5 Challenge Series, held at Summit Point Raceway on June 17, 2018
There are many ways to assess road racing cars. The obvious way is sheer pace, where lap times, ideally across a range of tracks, are used to determine merit.
Here we ride along with John Allen racing in round 3 of Spec MX-5 Challenge – East at VIRginia International Raceway on March 12, 2018.
Here we ride with Spec MX-5 Challenge driver Harry Voigt in the fourth race of the season which took place at Circuit of The Americas in Austin on May 6.
One element of track design that we’ve notice some drivers key on is something they call “flow”. For example, a lot of drivers like Watkins Glen and this seems to be, at least in part, because it has quite a few high and medium speed turns that are connected.
The first round of the Spec MX-5 Challenge – East at VIR two weeks ago was truly exciting, with 6 cars finishing within 1 second of the winner in Race 1.
The Spec MX-5 Challenge eastern region season opened with a bang on March 10 at VIRginia International Raceway.
Six of the first 10 drivers have been selected for the inaugural season of the Spec MX-5 Challenge Central Series. Each of these drivers is aiming for the regional championship and a shot at the season-ending grand prize of $100,000 supported by Mazda Motorsports, Yokohama Tire, Winding Road Racing and Atlanta Speedwerks. These drivers hope to join qualifying participants in the East Series for the 2018 Spec MX-5 Challenge Championships at Road Atlanta in November.
The Spec MX-5 Challenge series recently ran a test day to shake down its 2018 Spec MX-5 race cars. The day included a test race because there’s nothing like the real thing to find flaws in the cars or in operating procedures.
The Spec MX-5 Challenge regular season starts in about 3 weeks at Virginia International Raceway, with the eastern region kickoff.
Spec MX-5 Challenge is excited to announce Yokohama Tire as the exclusive provider of racing tires for the 2018 Spec MX-5 Challenge series. Yokohama, along with Mazda, Pagid and other sponsors, are integral to making over $150,000 in prize money available for the 2018 Spec MX-5 Challenge season.
In this video we watch a Spec MX-5 car in an SCCA Majors race at Circuit of The Americas. The Spec MX-5 Challenge Series was testing potential series tires from Yokohama at this event.
Spec MX-5 Challenge – Central will visit the Hallett Motor Racing Circuit in Jennings, OK (near Tulsa) on June 8-10, 2018. Hallett, built in 1976, is a classic track enjoyed for decades by club racers, including Paul Newman.
On May 4-6, and then again on September 13-16, Spec MX-5 Challenge – Central will run at Circuit of The Americas. COTA is well-know as the host of the US Grand Prix Formula 1 race, as well as IMSA, Pirelli World Challenge, WEC and MotoGP events in recent years.
The Spec MX-5 Challenge series has now received 26 applications for 20 seats (10 driver run in the Eastern region and 10 in the Central region). But the series isn’t full yet because the series is holding seats open until the application deadline.
Summit Point Motorsports Park, in Summit Point, WV is a 2.0 mile classic track dating from the late ’60s. It has been the site of many SCCA races over the years. Spec MX-5 Challenge – East will visit Summit Point in June of 2018.
When you offer a $100,000 top prize, and more, for a reasonably priced racing series, it makes sense that you get a positive reaction.
Road Atlanta will be the site of the next Spec MX-5 Challenge event in late July, combining all series participants for the first time. Road Atlanta will also host the Spec MX-5 Challenge championship event in November 2018 to decide the winner of the $100,000 championship prize.
The Spec MX-5 Central season kicks off at NCM Motorsports Park in March. NCM Motorsports Park is a new (2014) track located in Bowling Green,…
Spec MX-5 Challenge is a new race series for 2018. With a complete arrive & drive cost of $45,000 for the season, a $100,000 championship prize and more…