This weeks Miata Monday feature comes to us courtesy of Phil Walter who was lucky enough to spend the weekend hanging out with a bunch of Miata enthusiasts. Celebrating the birth of Mazda's MX-5 roadster, Miatas at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, now in its second year, is a two day event that incorporates both on and off track activities. Held, as you might have guessed, at the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, this years event included two days of track time, a giveaway of a full Öhlins suspension, including installation and setup, a banquet with Derek Jenkins, head of design for Mazda North America, as well as nightly BBQs and a car show to wrap things up // [comment]
4.19.2010
MIATA MONDAY // MIATAS @ MAZDA RACEWAY LAGUNA SECA
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The white with blue stripes Miata belongs to a gentleman named Bob Bundy. This car features a ton of Bob's self-fabbed handiwork in the suspension and engine (2 liter with enormous turbo). It is magnificently fast and Bob is a very capable driver on both the open track and the autocross course.
ReplyDeleteBob is normally seen embarrassing supercars at tracks in the northwest, but made the trip down to Laguna to run with the Miata Challenge guys. Unlike many of the other Miata Challenge cars, this one is street driven. Bob drove his Miata to Laguna, tore up the track with lap times below 1:40, and drove back home to Washington. No trailer required.
Here's some video posted by the guy who runs what used to be the fastest street driven Miata Challenge car. Watch for the blue and white blur as Bob zips by.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQyDU0OrwWI
Washington is a key part of that. You see, Cali cars have a lot of smog issues limiting street use. Most of the unlimited guys just dont bother with trying to pass smog so they just go full race on them and lose the street use plate.
ReplyDeleteThat car was fast however, I will give him that. By the way, in Sonny's defense, he still is as I doubt Mr.Bundy would even attempt to pass the smog limitations down here where the vast majority of 'street driven' Miatas down here go through.