Mazda Execs Race Their Own Zoom-zoom
Published Tuesday, 31 August, 2010 by Blog Admin. Categories: News.
The higher ups at the Japanese auto makers are zooming in a fun little race held to show off how fun a brand Mazda really is.
Who's who and what did they drive?
Weldon Munsey, director of dealer affairs, piloted a 1992 GTP rotary-engine powered GTP racer - the American equivalent of the class of race cars that run at LeMans. The car is powered by a 2.3-liter, four-rotor rotary engine generating 638 horsepower. Munsey took first place in his class of other GTP ars of the era with the fastest time.
Communications director Jeremy Barnes drove a 1962 Lotus 22 formula racer to the top qualifying time
in his class. The British PR person was slow out of the gate, allowing a gap of road to open up between him and the pack of roughly 30 vintage formula race cars from 1958-1962 distance themselves from Barnes' red No. 88 car.
Barnes and Munsey were the only execs on the track but they had help in the pit. Mazda CEO Jim O'Sullivan, senior VP and R&D head Robert Davis, and VP of government and public affairs, Jay Amestoy helped out at the race course.
Davis didn't participate in the competition, but he gets plenty of racing in on his own. He owns a team called Robert Davis Racing that races spec Mazda RX-8's in competition.
Come in to test drive all the latest Mazda vehicles at Superior Mazda - 2600 SE Moberly Lane, Bentonville, AR 72712.
Source:
http://www.autonews.com/article/20100813/BLOG06/100819919/-1
Who's who and what did they drive?
Weldon Munsey, director of dealer affairs, piloted a 1992 GTP rotary-engine powered GTP racer - the American equivalent of the class of race cars that run at LeMans. The car is powered by a 2.3-liter, four-rotor rotary engine generating 638 horsepower. Munsey took first place in his class of other GTP ars of the era with the fastest time.
Communications director Jeremy Barnes drove a 1962 Lotus 22 formula racer to the top qualifying time
in his class. The British PR person was slow out of the gate, allowing a gap of road to open up between him and the pack of roughly 30 vintage formula race cars from 1958-1962 distance themselves from Barnes' red No. 88 car.
Barnes and Munsey were the only execs on the track but they had help in the pit. Mazda CEO Jim O'Sullivan, senior VP and R&D head Robert Davis, and VP of government and public affairs, Jay Amestoy helped out at the race course.
Davis didn't participate in the competition, but he gets plenty of racing in on his own. He owns a team called Robert Davis Racing that races spec Mazda RX-8's in competition.
Come in to test drive all the latest Mazda vehicles at Superior Mazda - 2600 SE Moberly Lane, Bentonville, AR 72712.
Source:
http://www.autonews.com/article/20100813/BLOG06/100819919/-1
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