The Motorsports Beginning

After I set my 30 by 30 Travel Challenge goal, I also decided to finally do one of the things that I always wanted to do: Motorsports. I always perceived there to be three major roadblocks, though:

  1. I still owed a bank for my current daily driver
  2. It’s expensive, right?
  3. Where do I start?

I self-imposed the first roadblock on myself: I didn’t want to put my car at risk while a bank still owned it. The second I found to be only as true as you want it to be. The last one was a tougher nut to crack in isolation, however. That is, until a friend of mine asked to stay on my couch one night.

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The Miata Track Car, Squirtle

I’ll get to the name at the end. In January I took the plunge and procured myself a dedicated track car for my HPDE hobby: a 2006 Mazda MX-5 Miata in Winning Blue.

2006 Mazda Miata home for use as a track car.
Squirtle: A 2006 Mazda MX-5 Miata destined for track use.
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