Mazda MX-5 Cup is perhaps one of the best racing sequence on the planet. No, the vehicles aren’t the quickest or most unique, however the racing is nearer and extra thrilling than something you may see from top-level motorsports like F1, NASCAR, IndyCar, or IMSA. Footage from the first-ever MX-5 Cup occasion again in 2006 exhibits Miata racing has all the time been this good, proper from the beginning.
This video, revealed by Marshall Pruett on Saturday, was taken from contained in the cabin of an NC-generation MX-5 Cup automotive pushed by Larry Webster on the then-called Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Webster, who on the time wrote for Car and Driver, began tenth, however shortly labored his method as much as fifth due to vehicles forward spinning out or crashing. After a full-course yellow, he managed to cross the automotive forward for fourth, earlier than later giving up that very same spot down the corkscrew. Webster would go on to complete fourth general.
There’s no scarcity of motion within the 12-minute clip, with extra shut calls, nose-to-tail drafting, slides, mud clouds, and rev-limiter bouncing than we are able to hold observe of. There is not a lot pace happening, however that is what makes the MX-5 Cup so great. And with the vehicles mechanically equivalent, it is all right down to the drivers to seek out time. That makes for some really shut, extremely entertaining battles.
This first MX-5 Cup race wasn’t a fluke, in fact. Even 17 years later, the sequence continues to ship wonderful wheel-to-wheel pleasure race after race, every filled with extra motion than the subsequent. If you actually get pleasure from watching street racing, it is a must-see sequence.