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Bring your sticker tires and hot shoe drivers, leave your bayonets at home (please!). The SARRC/MARRS challenge starts today at Virginia International Raceway.
Panic driver Stephan Tisseront will be competing in his #29 Spec Miata.
Thanks to Mo and the other course marshals who are working the track, allowing us to have fun and keeping us safe!
From SCCA.com:
In addition to the 205/50ZR 15 Toyo Proxes RA1, the 205/50ZR 15 Toyo Proxes R888 will be eligible beginning with races this weekend. While there is currently no end date for eligibility of the Proxes R888, SCCA has reiterated that only one tire will be eligible for use at the 2011 National Championship Runoffs. SCCA stated this in the May 2011 issue of Fastrack®, the official member notification newsletter.
“Based on discussions with Toyo Tires this week, Proxes RA1 inventory levels are expected to return to normal by the end of June,” SCCA VP of Club Racing Terry Ozment said. “Neither Toyo nor SCCA want the supply issues from Japan to affect an SCCA racer’s ability to race, so we have elected to allow both tires until sufficient levels of the Proxes RA1 are back in the United States.
“The CRB has determined that only one tire will be used at the Runoffs, with the Proxes RA1 being the preferred tire. However, if sufficient levels are not available, the Proxes R888 would be the second option. That determination will be made at a later date.”
A formal Club Racing Memo was released today allowing both tires for the Spec Miata class until further notice.
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Check out a few of our photos from the HSR Mitty at Road Atlanta. Thanks bunches to the guys at Grassroots Motorsports for the invitation and be sure to look for a note about us in the upcoming May issue! If you attended the Mitty with your Mazda Miata or Mazda RX-7, send us a photo! We’ll choose one to be the centerpiece of our homepage during the month of May.
