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Mazda Releases 2010 SCCA Pro Racing Playboy Mazda MX-5 Cup Schedule

MX-5 Cup teams are ready to go for the 2010 season.

MX-5 Cup teams are ready to go for the 2010 season.

TOPEKA, Kan. – MAZDASPEED chose the Performance Racing Industry (PRI) Trade Show to announce the 2010 SCCA Pro Racing Playboy Mazda MX-5 Cup schedule. The 2010 schedule keeps with the theory of the latest MX-5 vehicle updates; making small changes to an already strong product.

In creating the 2010 schedule, Mazda sought to reduce travel costs for MX-5 Cup teams while increasing the amount of track time. It was also important to minimize conflicts with other major race weekends and give MX-5 Cup participants the opportunity to experience the best race tracks in North America. With a total of 11 races on eight weekends, it appears as though Mazda has done just that. Read more

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Foss Wins First MX-5 Cup Race of 2008 at Road Atlanta

Eric Foss leads at Road Atlanta. Credit: Juha Lievonen

Eric Foss leads at Road Atlanta. Credit: Juha Lievonen

BRASELTON, Ga. (May 3, 2008) – Polesitter Eric Foss, of Fort Worth, Texas, won the first SCCA Pro Racing Playboy Mazda MX-5 Cup race of 2008, part of the Classic Motorsports Mitty at Road Atlanta. Hooverspeed teammates Todd Buras, of Melbourne, Fla., and Brad Rampelberg, of San Jose, Calif., completed the podium.

Car setup became a guessing game at Road Atlanta, after rain blanketed the 12-turn, 2.54-mile road course during the lunch hour. The shower ceased just as the group before the MX-5 Cup race took to the track and the teams watched on as a dry racing line began to form.
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2007 SIRIUS Satellite Radio Mazda MX-5 Cup Results

2007Houston Grand Prix, Round 1

04/21-22/07
Qualified 22 Finished 18

Road Atlanta, Round 2

04/28-29/07
Qualified 25 Finished 23

sirius-MX-5-Cup-LogoMazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Round 3

05/19-20/07
Qualified 28 Finished 22

Portland International Raceway, Round 4

06/9-10/07
Qualified 24 Finished 23

Cleveland, Round 5

06/23/07
DNS

Cleveland, Round 6

06/24/07
DNS

Trois-Rivieres, Round 7

08/18-19/07
DNS

Miller Motorsports Park, Round 8

10/15-16/07
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