Mazda Motorsports has been providing aspiring professional racers with scholarships to advance their racing careers every year since 2006. These scholarships are awarded at the annual Mazda Shootout, which was created to identify racers who have both the on-track and off-track skills required to excel in motorsports. The traditional on track skill sets of speed, consistency, race craft, and an understanding of vehicle dynamics are supplemented with off-track skills involving public relations, social media, and business/marketing that modern racers are increasingly finding necessary to flourish.