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Times are good for the Mazda Road to Indy (#MRTI), the most comprehensive open-wheel racing development program in the world.

The No. 55 Soul Red Mazda Prototype team earned a best-ever finish in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with a third-place tally at the 100-minute BUBBA burger Sports Car Grand Prix at Long Beach.

The two-car Mazda Prototype team will compete in the 100-minute BUBBA burger Sports Car Grand Prix, Saturday at 1:05 p.m. The race can be seen live on FOX-TV, beginning at 1:00 pm Pacific Time / 4:00 pm Eastern Time.

Mazda Motorsports introduced the MX-5 Global Cup race car in 2014 as nature intended: as an open-top roadster. Now, those who compete in series that require a hardtop have a factory-approved option, as today Mazda Motorsports has confirmed pricing and availability for the track-only, removable MX-5 Cup hardtop.

Each of the six Mazda Prototype drivers hope to add another prominent highlight to their driving history this weekend.

Anthony Martin and Oliver Askew, two Mazda driver development scholarship winners, will race with Cape Motorsports for the 2017 season in the Mazda Road to Indy Presented by Cooper Tires.

Aaron Telitz will compete in the 2017 Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires series with the Belardi Auto Racing team, driving the No. 9 car in Mazda’s iconic Soul Red livery.

The Mazda Prototype team has added Marino Franchitti to the driver lineup for the 65th annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring.

The 55th running of the Rolex 24 at Daytona featured thrilling finishes in three of the four classes of race cars competing in the race.

The dynamic and beautiful Mazda RT24-P will make its race debut this weekend at the 55th running of the Rolex 24 at Daytona.

Freedom Autosport will carry the Mazda banner for the 2017 season in the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge series.

Mazda Motorsports has earned the reputation for the most supportive company in grassroots road racing. Part of that reputation was earned by Mazda paying for performance, namely cash payout to club racers across the country.

The Mazda Prototype team has unveiled the official liveries that the two Mazda RT24-P cars will carry in the 2017 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

The two-car Mazda Prototype team has confirmed the driver lineup that will compete in the top category of the 2017 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

Since 2007, Mazda Motorsports has provided nearly $15 million in driver development scholarships, ranging from the grassroots level of sports car racing to the top category of open-wheel racing in North America. Now, the first Mazda Road to Indy $200,000 Scholarship Shootout elevates the program on a global scale.

Mazda Motorsports and SCCA Enterprises jointly announced at the annual Performance Racing Industry (PRI) trade show that the two organizations will work together to increase entries, contingencies and future opportunities for racers in Formula Enterprises (FE) cars.

While it would be easy to assume that anyone in the car business is a car enthusiast, it’s not necessarily true. But at Mazda, even the company’s dealer partners live the “Driving Matters” lifestyle, with many of them participating in both amateur and professional racing activities in their spare time.

After two days of intense competition at NOLA Motorsports Park in Avondale, Louisiana, Matt Cresci from Los Gatos, California won the 2016 Mazda Road to 24 Shootout. The $100,000 scholarship that came with the victory is the largest prize in grassroots motorsports. Launched in 2006, the Mazda Road to 24 Shootout has promoted ten talented grassroots racers into the professional ranks.

The new Mazda RT24-P race car was unveiled today at the Los Angeles Auto Show, ushering a new era in the prominent history of Mazda Motorsports’ flagship endeavors in North America. The new car will compete under Daytona Prototype international (DPi) rules in the Prototype class, the top level of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. After significant on-track testing, it will make its racing debut at the 2017 Rolex 24 at Daytona in late January.

Mazda has confirmed the judges for the 11th annual Mazda Road to 24 Shootout. This post-season shootout will award a $100,000 Mazda Motorsports scholarship to compete in the 2017 Battery Tender Mazda Global MX-5 Cup presented by BFGoodrich Tires.

Mazda has confirmed the eight finalists for the 11th annual Mazda Road to 24 Shootout. This post-season shootout will award a $100,000 Mazda Motorsports scholarship to compete in the 2017 Battery Tender Mazda Global MX-5 Cup presented by BFGoodrich Tires. The 2016 Shootout will take place November 15-16, 2016 at the NOLA Motorsports Park, in Avondale, Louisiana.

Mazda Motorsports and Andersen Promotions announced today that the parties have reached an agreement for INDYCAR to sanction the Mazda MX-5 Cup series beginning with the 2017 season.

The final preliminary invitation to the 2016 Mazda Road to 24 Shootout, the NASA Western States Championships presented by Toyo Tires, concluded yesterday with another six championships earned by Mazda racers.

The final professional sports car race-weekend of 2016, the Pirelli World Challenge season finale at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, added to the season’s Mazda race win and championship count.

It is fitting that the final professional sports car race-weekend of 2016, the Pirelli World Challenge season finale, will take place at iconic Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.

The Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta was the season-ending 10-hour endurance race for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

The 2016 Battery Tender Global Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by BFGoodrich Tires today wrapped up its inaugural season of competition with the new-generation 2016 Mazda MX-5 racecar.

Nathanial “Sparky” Sparks, a native of Spanish Fork, Alabama (No. 8 Sick Sideways), leads a pack of four in the hunt for the $200,000 Mazda Road to 24 scholarship prize in the Battery Tender Global Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by BFGoodrich Tires.

The 2016 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship will come to a conclusion Saturday with the running of the 10-hour Petit Le Mans presented by Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort. The Mazda Prototype team will try to continue a qualifying hot streak and strive for their first endurance victory.

With two of the biggest club racing events in the country taking place simultaneously, it was a divide and conquer effort for the Mazda Motorsports team.

Next Friday afternoon at Road Atlanta, co-drivers Chad McCumbee and Stevan McAleer will be striving to earn a second straight championship in the Street Tuner (ST) class of the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge.

Two of the biggest club racing events in the country are taking place simultaneously this weekend and Mazda Motorsports presence will be strong at both.

The No. 70 Mazda Prototype team with drivers Joel Miller and Tom Long matched their season-best finish with a fourth-place result today at the Lone Star Le Mans race at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) in Austin. Texas.

After setting a Prototype-class qualifying track record and leading 35 laps at the most recent IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship event, the Mazda Prototype team looks to continue their blistering speed in the hot and humid conditions at the Lone Star Le Mans event this week at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) in Austin, Texas.

The Mazda Road to Indy allows young drivers to compete each year for championships that award them with nearly $2 million in Mazda scholarships to further their career.

The final race of the inaugural Mazda MX-5 Cup Global Invitational was nothing short of thrilling.

After setting a Prototype-class qualifying track record and leading 35 laps at the most recent IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship event, the Mazda Prototype team looks to continue their blistering speed in the hot and humid conditions at the Lone Star Le Mans event this week at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) in Austin, Texas.

The MX-5 Cup race cars are the same ones that raced at Mazda Raceway just five months ago, but there are many new faces behind the wheel.

Mazda Motorsports is involved in an array of racing categories, both open-wheel and sports cars.

The heart and soul of Mazda Motorsports is in grassroots club racing and September kicks off the prime season for competition.

Mazda Motorsports today announced a number of product enhancements on the Mazda MX-5 Cup race car, which are reflected in a price adjustment for the next production run.

After a month off, the Battery Tender Global Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by BFGoodrich Tires jumped back into the season on a freshly paved track at Virginia International Raceway.

After a month off, the Battery Tender Global Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by BFGoodrich Tires jumped back into the season on a freshly paved track at Virginia International Raceway.

The Battery Tender Global Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by BFGoodrich Tires enters the final third of the $200,000 chase for the 2016 Mazda Road to 24 Scholarship this weekend at VIRginia International Raceway (VIR).

“Win on Sunday, Sell on Monday” is one of the most enduring cliches in auto racing. Yet, for Mazda racer Danny Bender, it’s literally true.

Mazda racers had another successful weekend at both the Pirelli World Challenge and Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières.

Mazda is excited to announce the ten drivers representing the United States at the Global Mazda MX-5 Cup Invitational taking place at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California.

Earlier this year Mazda celebrated the 25th anniversary of its 1991 Le Mans win in the iconic green and orange Mazda 787B.

For much of the weekend, the two Mazda Prototype cars were the ones to beat at the Continental Tire Road Race Showcase at Road America.

The No. 55 Mazda Prototype team won their league-leading third pole position of the 2016 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season today at Road America.

Mazda has announced details for the inaugural Global Mazda MX-5 Cup Invitational where racers from Europe, Asia and North America will compete against one another at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, in Monterey, California.

The Mazda Prototype team has been qualifying and racing at the front of the field this season with five consecutive top-five finishes, but have yet to grab a victory.

The Mazda Road to Indy presented by Cooper Tires featured seven races between three categories this weekend at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

Mazda MX-5s finished 1-2-3 in a dominating performance at the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge series this past weekend at Lime Rock Park.

For the fifth consecutive race of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, a Mazda Prototype has scored a top-five finish.

The Battery Tender Global Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by BFGoodrich Tires ventured North of the border to Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (CTMP) for another doubleheader race weekend.

Tristan Nunez drove the No. 55 Mazda Prototype to the pole position for tomorrow’s Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.

After an outpouring of fan enthusiasm at Watkins Glen International, the Mazda Prototype team will again carry special liveries honoring the 25th anniversary of Mazda’s victory at Le Mans as the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship goes to Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (CTMP) in Bowmanville, Ontario.

The first six rounds of the 2016 Battery Tender Global Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by BFGoodrich Tires has seen intense action and large fields.

The No. 70 Mazda Prototype finished fifth in today’s Sahlen’s Six Hours of the Glen for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

The races will be broadcast live on www.MazdaLive.com and will include commentary from the Radio Le Mans team.

This weekend at Watkins Glen International, the Mazda Prototype team will carry special liveries to honor Mazda’s win in the 1991 24 Hours of Le Mans.

The No. 55 Mazda will feature a vivid green and orange color scheme in honor of the 25th anniversary of Mazda’s rotary powered victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1991.

The new Mazda MX-5 Cup race car hit a significant milestone this week with the 100th car ordered. More than 70 have been delivered in less than seven months.

The Battery Tender Global Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by BFGoodrich Tires reached the halfway point of the 2016 season with a Father’s Day doubleheader weekend at Road America.

Mazda family and friends were abound for Father’s Day weekend at iconic Road America for Round 5 of the Battery Tender Global Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by BFGoodrich Tires.

For Mazda and scores of fans, there is no more significant win than the 1991 24 Hours of Le Mans with the iconic rotary powered orange, green and blue Mazda 787B race car.

The Battery Tender Global Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by BFGoodrich Tires kicked off a new era for the series with an all new car this year.

Nikko Reger Takes the Win While Dean Copeland Takes the Points Lead in Battery Tender Global Mazda MX-5 Cup Presented by BFGoodrich Tires.

Thirty-nine cars took to the Watkins Glen International circuit on Saturday afternoon for the first professional race at the newly repaved track in pouring rain.

Mazda will be posting season championship cash awards for those Mazda-powered racers who finish in the top-five in either championship.

The Battery Tender Global Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by BFGoodrich Tires comes to the famed Empire State track as a part of the Classic Tube 100 race weekend.

This Friday, forty of those cars will be taking the green flag at Mazda Raceway in the first race of the 2016 Battery Tender Global Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by BFGoodrich Tires.

Glenn McGee has signed with Sick Sideways Racing to contest the 2016 Battery Tender Global Mazda MX-5 Cup Series presented by BFGoodrich Tires.

Foley has chosen to take his scholarship money to the Atlanta Motorsports Group racing team, and will compete in the 2016 Battery Tender Global Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by BFGoodrich Tires.

After the season opening double-header for the 2016 Pirelli World Challenge (PWC) at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) in Austin, Texas, the Mazda tally sheet showed three class wins, eight podium finishes, and three pole positions.

Twenty-four Mazda race cars are ready for the season opening rounds of the 2016 Pirelli World Challenge (PWC) at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) in Austin, Texas, on March 3-5.

The stars shone brightly at the fourth annual Carmel Valley Chamber of Commerce’s Night with the Stars fundraiser and Oscars telecast, with eight businesses being awarded for excellence.

Mazda announced the 2016 Battery Tender Global Mazda MX-5 Cup Presented by BFGoodrich Tires schedule today, following the series’ tradition of racing at iconic race tracks on major race weekends.

Mazda announced two key partners for the 2016 MX-5 Cup – BFGoodrich Tires, and RAYS wheels, will be joining Battery Tender for the 2016 racing season.

The MZ-2.0T earned its name from its configuration: “MZ” refers to Mazda, “2.0” references its 2-liter capacity, while “T” is a nod to the turbocharger.

Mazda chose to debut four of the new 2016 Global MX-5 Cup cars in the always-brutal NASA 25 Hours of Thunderhill race, equal to 33 1/3 45-minute Battery Tender MX-5 Cup races, far in excess of a normal race season.

Two years ago, MNAO threw down the gauntlet, pitting Mazda employees against Mazda dealers in the longest endurance race in America, the National Auto Sport Association’s (NASA) 25 Hours of Thunderhill.

Finalists have been announced for the 2015 Mazda Road to 24 Shootout. This is the single-largest prize in grassroots motorsports.

Finalists have been announced for the 2015 Mazda Road to 24 Shootout. This is the single-largest prize in grassroots motorsports. Launched in 2006 as the Mazda Club Racer shootout, the Mazda Road to 24 Shootout has annually promoted one talented club racer into the professional ranks.

The Mazda Road to 24 Shootout is the single largest prize in grassroots motorsports. Launched in 2006 as the Club Racer shootout, the Mazda Road to 24 Shootout has annually promoted one talented club racer into the professional ranks.

The Mazda MX-5 Miata is the most road-raced production car in the world. The reason is simple – great performance at an affordable price. The new Global Mazda MX-5 Cup race car follows that formula, and will be Mazda Motorsports’ first-ever ready-to-race MX-5 Miata.

Mazda Motorsports led the way at the 2015 SCCA National Championship Runoffs Presented by Garmin VIRB. With 144 entries, Mazda topped the entry charts.

Mazda racers capped off the 2015 Pirelli World Challenge Championship season with five wins during the season finale weekend at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.

After 15 of 18 races completed, Mazda holds a 21 point lead for the Pirelli World Challenge Touring Car Manufacturers Championship.

Mazda Motorsports used the annual car-fest known as the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion to roll out the first production 2016 Mazda MX-5 Cup race car.

The first of five annual signature club racing events is in the books with the completion of the National Auto Sport Association (NASA) 2015 Western States Championships at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.

This coming weekend kicks off the first of five of the most important weekends of the year for Mazda racers.

The 2.2-mile racetrack just outside Monterey, Calif., city limits has carried the name Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca since 2000. But this weekend it was more like Mazda MX-5 Raceway.

Mazda rolled out a pair of engineering development models of the 2016 Mazda MX-5 Cup racecar for testing at Mazda Raceway earlier today.

The May 1-3 Continental Tire Monterey Grand Prix Powered by Mazda weekend kicks off the 2015 season at Camp Zoom-Zoom.

Racers in all three rungs of the Mazda Road to Indy will be carrying the Project Yellow Light message at this weekend’s Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, becoming ambassadors for highway safety.

The Mazda SportsCar Racing Academy will feature 27 entries in the Battery Tender Mazda MX-5 Cup Presented by BFGoodrich Tires and 21 entries in the Cooper Tires Prototype Lites Powered by Mazda.

In a year that sees the debut of three all-new models, Mazda will take centre stage at the world’s most prestigious motoring festival, celebrating its Challenger Spirit with both the racing legends of its illustrious sporting past and the stylish cars of its current range.

Rolex 24 at Daytona, Mazda’s two SKYACTIV Prototype cars will have the only diesel power-plants in the season-opening TUDOR United SportsCar Series race.