After 5 years of owning Miatas I finally took one to the track! The track in question is the Lake Garnett circuit from the 50s with 50s era lack of safety. 100mph track limit, 40mph limit by the dam. Very happy with how the Miata performed. Here’s a couple laps unedited, full video of the event with more track footage and some sweet vintage racecars (including a legit AC Shelby cobra!) coming next week.
Miata details:
2008 NC Grand Touring PRHT
Koni shocks
Progress Technology springs
RX8 yellow-dot sway bars
RX7 FD “hollowspoke” wheels
Bridgestone Potenza RE71R
GWR “Race” single-exit muffler
Custom tuned in my garage (mostly fiddled with rev limit, throttle maps, slightly more aggressive VVT, couple degrees of timing)
Motul RBF600 with unknown cheap brake pads and stock lines