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Words by David Fosberg, Images courtesy of Bare Bones Racing Choosing a racing platform can be a challenge with many technical, financial, and personal variables to consider. I get asked a lot as to why my teammates and I selected the Miata as our racecar of choice. Let’s be honest, we have Jeremy Clarkson, from the original Top Gear, to thank for the whole Hairdresser’s Car thing which the Miata has never been able to shake. But then again, we 78
see this little car at autoX courses and racing circuits seemingly everywhere we turn. Ian Rae, editor of MotorWerks, asked me if I could expand upon the Miata Mania as it relates to racing, since my teammates and I have had first-hand experience successfully campaigning the platform to numerous class wins and overall podium finishes within grassroots endurance racing series over the
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last five years. What follows is our assessment on why the Mazda Miata works well for us, and so many others, and why the car’s name has spawned its own acronym: Miata Is Always The Answer. The genesis of our team, Bare Bones Racing (www.facebook. com/barebonezracing), stems several years ago from a
