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Top News! Related links Rumors Edition! Freedom Autosport Ready To Show Off The Mazda MX-5 In Austin Posted by: newsla on Feb 25, 2013 - 04:22 PM Upcoming Racing! · Grand Am Edition (Updated) Freedom Autosport Ready To Show Off The Mazda MX-5 In Austin · Top PaddockTalk News! · More about Grand Am News Top Stories Freedom Autosport is looking forward to introducing a new group of fans to their Mazda MX-5s this weekend, when GRAND-AM · 2013 : NASCAR Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge has their inaugural event at Circuit of the Americas. Most read story in Grand Am Sprint Cup Race Results - Johnson, News: Rhett O’Doski and Andrew Carbonell had a strong start to the Win! (Feb 24, 2013) 50th Anniversary Rolex 24 season, finishing sixth at Daytona, and they will be hoping for · 2013 Daytona 500: NASCAR At Daytona A Race For The an even better result at Austin in the No. 26 Mazda MX-5. Sprint Cup Starting Line-Up & Race Ages Preview (Feb 24, 2013) Derek Whitis and Tom Long, who co-drive the No. 25 Mazda MX-5, were 13th at Daytona. · 2013 Daytona: LIVE NASCAR Nationwide Race Sunday Update - “Going to a new track is always a fun challenge, and this is a 28 Fans Injured, Two Critical (Feb great chance to not only show off what a great car the Mazda 24, 2013) MX-5 is, but to promote the Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund,” · 2013 Daytona: LIVE NASCAR says O’Doski. “We encourage veterans to stop by our pits so Nationwide Race Update - Two we can say thank you in person.” Fans In Critical Condition (Feb 23, 2013) Long drove the 3.4-mile, 20-turn Circuit of the Americas earlier Loading... · 2013 Daytona: LIVE NASCAR this year, and he says the new track has plenty of areas where Nationwide Update - PHOTOS Last the MX-5 will excel. “I think the MX-5 will do well there Lap Crash (Feb 23, 2013) because there are a lot of complex series of corners, and corners are a good thing for our Mazdas,” Long says. “The Previous Top Stories! straights might be a challenge, but there are big braking zones with hairpins—five of them, in fact—where we’ll excel in the MX-5. There are some high-speed esses and other technical bits that should complement the car, as well.”

Carbonell is preparing for the race by studying the track map and videos. “The track is full of switchbacks and multiple apexes, which are both places where the MX-5 shines. I’m not going in with any ideas of what gear to be in or where to apex; I want to drive it first with an open mind and feel it out.”

“Austin is a great city, and we’re excited about racing at such a world-class facility. We always enjoy getting to race and meet fans in an area where GRAND-AM hasn’t raced before, and we expect Austin to be a lot of fun and a great showcase for the MX-5,” says Whitis.

See the Freedom Autosport Mazda MX-5s in action when the race starts on Saturday, March 2, at 10:05 a.m. CT. The race will be broadcast on SPEED on Saturday, March 9, at 4:00 p.m. ET.

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