![]() “Although it reduced my top speed by around 5 mph, it added 3 mph to my lap average speed. “Adding a 4-inch front splitter to my tube-frame Camaro and ducting the radiator air out through the hood required 9 degrees more rear wing to balance it!” said Paul Costas. ![]() Four of the most effective modifications for closed-wheel race cars are air dams, front splitters, rear spoilers, and rear wings. The factors with the greatest lap-time influence are grip, power-to-weight ratio, downforce-to-weight ratio, and drag-to-power ratio, so aerodynamic performance really matters. We will continue to evolve the value proposition so it remains the best in motorsport and we get to 200 soon.Air flows around, under and through your race car, and you can take advantage of it with cheap and simple modifications that have a big performance payoff. We also have penetration in the track-day market, which is a huge opportunity for growth. We have racers competing in Pirelli World Challenge, SCCA Club Racing, and NASA Club Racing. “We have a large field in the Battery Tender Global Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by BFGoodrich Tires. “Achieving the 150-car milestone in less than two years confirms that our unique value proposition for the Global MX-5 Cup car was right,” said David Cook, manager at Mazda Motorsports Business Development. The engine management computer systems, suspension and other systems are upgraded, tuned and factory sealed to maintain consistency between each car produced. ![]() This includes everything from special motor mounts, to tow hooks, a digitized instrumentation panel, racing wheels and slick tires, onboard fire system and a complete racing exhaust. The car then gets reassembled with a smorgasbord of racing parts and components specifically developed and tested by Mazda Motorsports and its many technology partners. After which the car’s reassembly into an MX-5 cup racer begins the factory engine remains internally stock, and a Mazda Motorsports specific 6-speed gearbox is mated to it. The cage and car’s interior are then repainted in a tough industrial gray finish. The next major step is the installation of a super strong, welded in, NASCAR style safety roll cage structure, which meets the requirements of the FIA, NASA and the SCCA. All seam-sealing compounds and sound deadening materials are removed, as they aren’t necessary in a racecar. Upon delivery in North Carolina, Long Road Racing takes a MX-5 that is exactly the same as you’d find at your local Mazda dealership and fully disassembles it down to the bare frame. All are finished in Arctic White, as the paint color weighs several pounds less than Mazda’s signature Soul Red Metallic. Mazda Motorsports supplies LRR with identically equipped MX-5 Sport models built to a certain specification, all with 6-speed manual transmissions and a stock 2.0-liter SKYACTIV-G inline four-cylinder engines. The racecar starts as a fourth-generation production line Mazda MX-5 and receives more than 250 modifications and component changes to become track-ready. It’s an area deep with a wealth of engineers, technicians and mechanics who know how to develop and build racecars. LRR is an experienced, family run racing shop based in Statesville, North Carolina, the heart of NASCAR country. Mazda wants the cars to be built to a single spec, so it tapped Long Road Racing (LRR) to be the sole builder of the car. The Global MX-5 Cup car is among the most affordable, factory-authorized, ready-to-race cars on the world market today. The Sports Car Club of America’s Spec Miata racing class was next, and over time successive generations of MX-5 were further developed into a variety of amateur and professional series race cars, allowing Mazda to legitimately claim the MX-5 as the “world’s most raced sports cars.” It is estimated that more than 3,000 MX-5s have been converted to racing spec and competed around the world. In fact, one of the three original first generation MX-5s revealed as part of the Miata’s production model debut at the Chicago Auto Show in 1989 was ultimately built into a race and rally machine. Its lightweight, straightforward roadster design, superb handling, rear-wheel-drive layout and revvy, sporty powertrain made it a natural. When Mazda introduced the original MX-5 Miata in 1989, the engineers, designers and product planners couldn’t have had an idea just how successful it would become as a racecar.
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