Speed Racer at Le Mans? // Mazda's LMP2

Expect to see Speed Racer at the American Le Mans Series in Utah and Long Beach. Well maybe not the iconic man himself, but at least his ride, or a mild attempt at a look alike. Mazda is shedding the skin of its LMP2 Le Mans Racer in order to imitate Speed Racer’s pride and joy. With the “Mach 5” hood art in place and the Speed Racer logo tagged all over the prototype, they are even going so far as to change the number of the car from 8 to 5, for the above mentioned races. Drivers Ben Devlin and Gerardo Bonilla will be wearing a Speed Racer inspired race suit, while the pit crew puts on Speed Racer-designed shirts. No “Gizmo Rockets or “Auto Jacks” are allowed in the Le Mans series, so we suppose it will still be a fair race, even with Speed Racer’s Mach 5 on the starting grid.