Thursday, September 25, 2008

Mazda USA Showcases Drifting and Time Attack!

Justin Pawlak is featured on Mazda USA's homepage! That's pretty amazing for several reasons. First, because Mazda is possibly one of the only Japanese manufacturers whose stateside branch is acknowledging and promoting the sport of drifting, and secondly because the car is "old" in comparison to newer cars. Usually marketing and features are reserved for newer models so those get a push, but Mazda USA seems to be a company that just loves motorsports, so heritage is going to influence them a lot. Congradulations to Justin and Mazda for showcasing those sado masochistic machines known as rotaries.

Full article is here

After digging around a bit more, I also found this:




It happens to be Matt Andrew's time attack Miata. He is the current "Modified" class points leader in the RedLine time attack series. Baisically, these are the types of machines I'll be up against next year if all goes well. 340 rear wheel horsepower in a car that weighs 2200 pounds. I don't think I've ever been scared of a Miata before now.

Full article here

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