The Mazda MX-5 Miata entered its 28th year of production in 2016. Manufactured since 1989 by Mazda Motor Corporation, a Japanese automobile manufacturer, the MX-5 Miata is one of the best-selling nameplates in history. The exceptional reception in the sports car segment of the American and Canadian auto market is only one half of MX-5 Miata’s success story. Its popularity in the American amateur road racing circuit is the icing on the cake.
The Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) and the National Auto Sport Association (NASA) are the two main sanctioning bodies for amateur sports car racing in America. In the year 2000, they created Spec Miata, an amateur road race class consisting exclusively of modified Mx-5 Miata cars. The reason for the creation of this class was to provide racing opportunities for people who could only afford economical sports cars. A full decade later, this amateur racing class has saved the American amateur road racing industry from complete collapse.
After the economic crisis that took place in 2007 and 2008, the SCCA and the NASA found their financial situation extremely dire. They could not afford the spiraling costs of road racing in an economy that was in recession. Spec Miata, an amateur racing class with low-cost MX-5 Miata cars was the only racing class that could be financially sustained. Eight years after the economic crisis of 2008, the amateur road racing circuit is dominated by the Spec Miata. The new MX-5 Club was developed as a tribute to the success of the MX-5 Miata PRHT in racing.
To find out more about the MX-5 Club contact Cardinale Mazda, a Mazda dealership located at Salinas, California.
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