The Fleet Week Coronado Speed Festival is an official event on the Mazda MX-5 Cup Circuit, September 22-23. The 2012 MX-5 Cup series will consist of 11 races held on eight high-profile race weekends and is the entry level of production car-based competition in SCCA Pro Racing.
Local MX-5 Cup racer Elliott Skeer promises to provide a lot of that excitement. The 17-year-old senior at High Tech High from Carlsbad, CA won the Teen Mazda Challenge, leading to an invitation to compete in the Mazda MX-5 Cup Shootout. Skeer took home the biggest prize, a place competing for CJ Wilson Racing in the Mazda MX-5 Cup as a factory driver for Mazdaspeed Motorsports.
Race enthusiasts who come see Skeer and the other MX-5 Cup competitors can experience a Mazda race lap of their own at the Mazda Ride & Drive exhibit. Attendees 18 and over can test-drive a brand-new Mazda vehicle themselves on the Mazda track, or ride along with a professional teacher from the renowned Skip Barber Racing School and feel what it's really like to race one of these top-of-the-line cars.
