| The SpeedSource Race Engineering team had
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| | Unfortunately, due to a gearbox failure,
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| a long road trip at Lime Rock Park this
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| | the car was stuck in top gear.
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| Memorial Day weekend.
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| | Allen said that the only gear that was
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| The team faced a test of having only a
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| | available was the 6th so they went on to
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| few short days to make adjustments to the
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| | at least finish the race and collect some
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| #69 Mondial Forwarding/Freedom
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| | points. He added that their team learned
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| Harley-Davidson sponsored RX-8 that
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| | a lot from last weekend's race and will
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| suffered in the closing stages of the
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| | apply their efforts towards their next
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| Laguna Seca race which took place the
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| | upcoming Canadian race.
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| weekend before the Lime Rock event.
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| | In the Drivers Championship points tables
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| Nonetheless, the #69 did a good job. And
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| | for the Koni Challenge Series ST Class,
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| that is because of the assistance of the
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| | Allen and Armengol remain in the third
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| folks at MazdaSpeed who had all the
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| | place. The team looks every ready again
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| necessary parts flown straight to
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| | and challenged for podiums and wins at
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| Connecticut. The SpeedSource crew, who
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| | the Mosport in Ontario, Canada June
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| worked tirelessly just to make sure that
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| | 15-17, after two difficult races that
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| the car race ready, was also a big part.
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| | made the #69 finish lower than the 10th
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| Drivers Jose Armengol and Dan Allen were
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| | place for the first time this season.
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| both new to the scenic yet thrilling 1.53
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| | About SpeedSource
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| mile circuit and both were impressed.
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| | The 2007 Mazda RX-8 campaign of
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| Armengol said that they have been warned
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| | SpeedSource Race Engineering is supported
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| that the track seems simple, but that it
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| | by Mazdaspeed Motorsports Development,
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| takes lots of time to learn and he can
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| | Mazda North American Operations, Road &
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| now attest for that firsthand. He added
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| | Track, Racing Hart, Sparco, Motec, Hawk
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| that there are nuances that he only
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| | Performance Brakes, Dynamic Suspensions,
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| picked up on at the end of his race
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| | Mothers Wax and Polish, Goodridge, SIRIUS
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| weekend, and he was sure that they would
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| | Satellite Radio, and Mechanix Wear.
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| still be learning the track if they spent
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| | More than any other brand of automobiles,
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| an entire month at Lime Rock Park.
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| | Mazda vehicles have the most numbers on
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| According to him, in a tenth of a second
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| | road-race tracks on any given weekends.
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| around, this track is really something
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| | It race cars are MX-5 Miata, RX-8,
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| and making a clean pass in this track is
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| | MAZDA3, MAZDA6, RX-7 and other vintage
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| quite difficult with the field as close
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| | Mazda models with top of the line Mazda
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| as it is.
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| | mud flap. Every Mazda vehicle has the
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| Having qualified 18th, the #69 would
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| | soul of a sports car that is why more
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| begin the race from the 9th row.
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| | Mazdas are seen on the track than any
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| With Armengol in the car, after dropping
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| | other brands.
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| back to 22nd early, the #69 reached 14th
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| | The fastest growing road-racing class in
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| slot an hour into the 2.5 hour long race.
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| | the U.S. is the SCCA's Spec Miata class.
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| In almost the midway point of the race,
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| | It has almost 1,500 first- and
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| Dan Allen took the controls of the
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| | second-generation Miatas that tear up
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| SpeedSource RX-8. Unfortunately, during a
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| | America's racetracks. This made the car
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| pit stop, the team went a lap down to the
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| | the most-raced production car in the
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| leading racers. The team never gave up
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| | entire world. Mazda's link in motorsports
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| despite dropping all the way back as the
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| | is extended with Mazda Raceway Laguna
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| 24th and one lap back as Allen posted lap
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| | Seca, which is one of the premier
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| times as compared to the leaders of the
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| | road-racing circuits in the world, and
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| race. In the later part of the game, the
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| | the Skip Barber Schools for driving and
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| #69 would make it all the way back to run
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| | racing.
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| in 11th place and back on the lead lap.
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