Mazda Motorsports has unveiled the Heritage Assortment, a brand new program to rejoice the model’s lengthy historical past in motorsports by fielding a curated assortment of iconic race vehicles which can be owned by Mazda. The brand new method will elevate the model with an ongoing marketing campaign that may rejoice the tradition of Mazda Motorsports with followers, house owners, and prospects.
Key to this system is the expansion of the Mazda Motorsports partnership with Flis Efficiency, which has produced all the Mazda MX-5 Cup vehicles for the Idemitsu Mazda MX-5 Cup offered by BFGoodrich Tires championship since 2020, and has offered a excessive degree of on-site help for all the sequence paddock.
With a historical past of competitors on the highest ranges of the game, in addition to a background that began on the grassroots degree, Flis Efficiency will elevate the Heritage Assortment program.
Having already overseen the complete restoration of two key parts of the Assortment, the trouble will take to the monitor for its debut in Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) occasions at Daytona Worldwide Speedway and Sebring Worldwide Raceway.
Based mostly in Daytona Seaside Florida, Flis Efficiency house owners Todd and Troy Flis have a wealthy motorsports background that dates again greater than 30 years. Sports activities automotive racing followers could keep in mind the title from once they ran Spirit of Daytona Racing, a two-time GRAND-AM champion and winner of the 2002 Rolex 24 at Daytona.
“We’ve been impressed with Flis Efficiency since day one in all our MX-5 Cup partnership,” Mazda Motorsports Senior Supervisor Jonathan Applegate stated. “Once we have been taking a look at methods to enhance our racing heritage program, there was no query Flis was the group we wished on the mission. Their degree of professionalism and a spotlight to element is second to none. They’ve breathed new life into this system, and I do know Mazda followers are going to like the consequence.”
Vehicles now beneath the care of Flis Efficiency embody the 1989 24 Hours of Le Mans-winning 1989 Mazda 767B-002, the 1990 Mazda 787-002, the 1991 Mazda RX-7-001 and the 1992 Mazda RX-792P-001.
“It’s an honor to have these legendary vehicles in our care,” Flis Efficiency Managing Accomplice Todd Flis stated. “We’ve loved our partnership with Mazda to-date and sit up for constructing on it with the Mazda Motorsports Heritage Assortment. We’ve been doing our greatest to get all of them working easily and sit up for getting them on monitor quickly!”
The brand new Mazda Motorsports Heritage Assortment will make its debut at two HSR occasions this fall; Daytona Worldwide Speedway, November 2 – 5, adopted by Sebring Worldwide Raceway, December 1 – 3. The 767B and RX7 GTO are slated to participate in race teams whereas native dealerships might be readily available with actions deliberate.
