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How to Take Out a Spec Miata – Buttonwillow
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A front row view of how to take out a Spec Miata. Will probably apply to other forms of racing also. Use responsibly. 
Taken at Buttonwillow.
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2012-04-21 – Spec Miata Spin at Barber Rezoom Event
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I pass 911 on lap 5. I then spin at Turn 14 on lap 6 at 1:35 (4:22 in video). Corvette then passes me and then I catch corvette and pass him.
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March 11, 2012 Road Atlanta Miata Crash – NASA HPDE 2 group
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This 2003 Miata Shinsen Edition was a brand new build by OPM Autosports in Cumming, GA. They installed cage, seat, Schroth 6 point harness, SPA AFFF 6 nozzle fire suppression system, radiator, brake lines, tow hooks and much more. They also oversaw the painting of the interior and hard top. Their workmanship is beyond reproach. It really was the coolest looking track Miata I had ever seen — which makes this story so sad (OPM also did ride height, corner weights and alignment for Spec Miata class and provided track side support for this NASA SE event). I was in HPDE 2 group (one step above beginners). I waited three months for the build to complete. I promised myself I would not wreck on the very first weekend I had the car back but … I did. I hit the inside wall after T3 pretty hard. Personally, I think I went to full throttle too soon at T3. If I had just waited a few tenths longer until the right rear tire had cleared the curbing before mashing the throttle, I think I would have been ok. It’s a painful lesson.
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June Sprints Spec Miata spin & crash at Road America in the Kink
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June Sprints, Spec Miata Race, June 19, 2011. As the rain begins to fall, Roger Pogorzelski heads through the kink at Road America, dropping a tire and getting loose in front of Scott Mooney, Milio’s Sandwiches Franchising driver.
This is the first four laps of the NARRC 5 spec miata race at Limerock on 6/18/11. I started 6th and finished 4th out of 39 cars. Video taken with a Go-Pro hero hd.
This is the first four laps of the NARRC 5 spec miata race at Limerock on 6/18/11. I started 6th and finished 4th out of 39 cars. Video taken with a Go-Pro hero hd.
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Highlights from the WGI “Fun One” 09 17 2011 Spec Miata
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My start and some of the highlights from the Spec Miata race at the 2011 Fun One at Watkins Glen. Had a lot of fun. I think I finished two spots behind where I started.
Burnouts! Spinouts! Smashing cones! It’s all part of these action scenes from the Royal Purple autocross that was set up in the parking lot of LP Field in Nashville during HOT ROD Power Tour 2011
0:40 Start of Lap 1:20 Start of Spin A bogged start, near spin, but a fast finish, this lap wasn’t great, but the top was up so the sound came out better on the camera. (The back end comes out on a 90 left and I save it into a 180 right) a lap of the Wiregrass Region SCCA autocross course on 14 Sept 2008 in a 1992 Miata 1.6 with racing beat sway bars, ebc red stuff brake pads and rotors, and dunlop z1 195/55-15 tires
