This weekend sees the first round of the second season of the Global Sim Racing Mazda MX-5 Cup. With 23 competitors signed up and a number of those being championship runners in other series within the GSR organiziation, it is looking to be a very closely fought series. 

The cars themselves are the 2013 Mazda MX-5 Cup car which have been completely stripped to a bear shell before being fitted with all the race bits that range from adjustable race suspension, super sticky tyres, a controlled ECU that is monitered by the stewards and are subject to random checks to ensure all cars are equal. Added to that, a racing seat and rollacage to keep the drivers safe. A number of drivers had been quoted as saying the car is a bit tail happy but with the grippy tyres the car is controllable.

The calender spans 4 and a half months as the circus zig-zags over North America going to such legendary tracks as Laguna Seca, with its tricky corkscrew section, to the wide open banked turns of the Indianpolis Motor Speedway Oval. With alot of variety in the calender, the staff at GSR are putting the large entry list down to the variety in the calender as there are racers who normally race on the ovals entering as well as the circuit racers entering along side them .

With no teams championship, it hasnt stopped some of the major players from running a number of cars from the likes of MBI Racing with 6 cars, S.E.C.R. entering 3 cars, SamKel Racing entering 2 cars, and a whole host of single car teams aswell, in which some will be set to grow in the lead up and throughout the series .

The is looking set to be another classic series from the guys at Global Sim Racing with close clean racing which is the essence of what the series promotes most of all. Entries are still open for any last minute teams wishing to enter.

Thanks to MrMarko for this amazing write-up! 

-GSR PR Team