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    Default Mazda6 Skyactiv-D racecar gets first win at Road Atlanta

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    Mazda has a long motorsports history, and one that is peppered with fascinating cars. The latest chapter in Mazda's racing story has just been written, as Joel Miller and Andrew Carbonell have driven the Visit Florida Racing Mazda6 Skyactiv-D to the car's first ever victory at the Rolex Grand-Am GX race at Road Atlanta. The win marks the first ever for Mazda's diesel-burning, production-car based Skyactiv-D racer, and the first win for a diesel-powered car in a Grand-Am event.

    In fact, it was a particularly good day for the Mazda Motorsports team, as a Mazda6 also picked up the third finishing spot at Road Atlanta. Director of Mazda Motorsports, John M. Doonan, said of the racecar, "We've always said that the best street cars make the best racecars, and, with more than half of the components in the race engine being shared with the street engine, this program is a solid proof-point."

    SpeedSource Engineering, which helped to build the Mazda6 racer, was greatly heartened by the car's performance in just it's fourth-ever race. Owner Sylvain Tremblay called the victory, "a tribute to the thousands of hours of hard work over many months," continuing, "The normal plan with a new car is to spend the first year in development, the second year seeking race wins, and challenging for a championship in year three. We are already at our year-two status after four races. We can't wait to get to the Belle Isle course in Detroit for round five."Continue reading Mazda6 Skyactiv-D racecar gets first win at Road Atlanta
    Mazda6 Skyactiv-D racecar gets first win at Road Atlanta originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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    I was recently watching the Top Gear episode (again) where they ran a BMW 330d in a 24 hour race and was quite amazed at how good a well sorted diesel race car can be.

    Good work Mazda

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    Auto Union (now Audi) ran diesel race cars in the 1930's.

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    Would be good to see it take on the "alternate fuel" class at the Bathurst 12hr next year.

    The Seat diesels sounded....ummmmm.......unique. Absolutely no noise until they were along side of you, then like a jumbo jet as they went past

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