SEBRING, Fla. (9 August, 2018) – When summer turns to fall and temperatures start to drop, people start to think of reasons to head south.

LEXINGTON, Ohio (July 29, 2018)– Bryan Ortiz didn’t let an early exit in Saturday’s Battery Tender Global Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by BFGoodrich race get him down, instead he made it his mission to get the win on Sunday, which he did with a last lap pass. For the second time in as many races, the Global Mazda MX-5 Cup race came down to a last lap pass for victory, with Polesitter Nathanial Sparks finishing second and Joey Bickers completing the podium in third.

LEXINGTON, Ohio (July 28, 2018) – It was a record-setting day at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on Saturday as fans on site and on line were treated to yet another dynamic round of Battery Tender Global Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by BFGoodrich competition. The parity of the Global Mazda MX-5 Cup race car was demonstrated by close battles throughout the field in which several drivers made significant forward progress through 45 minutes of racing.

Global Mazda MX-5 Cup cars are two things. They are racecars, yes. But before they are racecars, they are sports cars. Born of Mazda’s passion for driving, the Global MX-5 Cup cars that leave Long Road Racing in Statesville, North Carolina as racecars, arrived there as sports cars.  And this weekend, the Battery Tender Global Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by BFGoodrich Tires heads to the only track on the schedule with “Sports Car” in its name. The 2.4-mile long natural terrain road course is easily one of the premiere racing tracks in these 50 United States.

Mansfield, Ohio (25 July 2018) - This weekend will see the Battery Tender Global Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by BFGoodrich take to the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course as part of the Verizon IndyCar Series event weekend. Mid-Ohio’s 2.258-miles of winding and undulating natural terrain circuit will play host for two 45-minute Mazda MX-5 Cup races as the series enters the second half of the 2018 season.