Mazda’s ultra-sweet MX-5 Cup race car, based on the new fourth-generation Miata, is finally complete. We first saw the zoomy take on the latest Miata at last year’s L.A. auto show, where the car debuted in prototype form; now, however, Mazda has completed its happy little race car and is tossing it into service immediately as a pace car for the Rolex Monterey Reunion historic races.
-Of course, when the 2016 racing season comes around, the track-ready Miata (which is built on the same line as regular Miatas in Japan) will go head-to-head with other Miatas in the Battery Tender Mazda MX-5 Cup. As best we can tell, not much about the “production” car (we say “production” because the Cup cars aren’t streetable, regular-sale automobile) is different from the concept shown in L.A. More or less, it is a stripped-out, caged Miata ready to do battle against other Miatas.
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While we eagerly await the start of that new series, for now, we’ll have to be contented by the Miata’s performance as a pace car for the near-endless string of impressive vintage race machines participating in the Pebble Beach weekend’s historic races at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.
-from Car and Driver Blog http://ift.tt/1Jh2un0
via Agya
