August 2000
The Mazdatrix drag car was built mainly for advertising purposes (and we will continue with it). However, our true interests have always been in road racing. After being “involved” with drag racing for two years now, the owner (Dave Lemon), has decided it is just not exciting enough to ONLY do.
He “started” road racing in 1972 (autocrossing before that), and has never lost interest in it. This “quickie” chart will show most of the involvement.
Year(s) | Group/Class | Tracks | Notes |
2001 | SCCA Amatuer Road Racing | Local Willow Springs and Buttonwillow | ’84 RX7, Pro7 and E/Production |
96-2000 | Karts | Various | 100cc class |
91 | SCCA Escort Pro | Sears Point 3 Hour | RX7, Pole, DNF while in lead (was “hired” driver) |
SCCA Escort Pro | Mid-Ohio 12 Hour | RX7, In lead @11 hours, car broke (was “hired” driver) | |
91 | SCCA Super Production | Willow Springs a few times | Tube frame RX7 TransAm car |
88-90 | SCCA TransAm | Long Beach, Sears Point, Brainerd, Mid-Ohio, Road America, Portland | Tube frame RX7, peripheral port injected 13B |
86-88 | SCCA TransAm | Sears Point, Portland, Brainerd, Road America, Mid-Ohio | Pontiac V-8 – best finish 12th? — car belonged to someone else and usually broke. |
84-86 | IMSA ProFormance | Riverside, Sears Point, Laguna Seca, Portland | Mitsubishi Cordia FWD (just all-around bad idea) |
84,85,86 | SCCA Enduro | 3-hour enduros @ Riverside once each year | Sport Renault – 1st in class each year |
85-87 | NASCAR Mini-stocks | Various 3-hour enduros on dirt road course at Ascot | RX3, RX4 – was in lead in each, then DNF’d |
83 | IMSA RS, and SCCA Regionals | Riverside, Laguna Seca, Portland, Sears Point, Atlanta 3-hour IMSA enduro | RX3 – 1st place Riverside regional, 3rd – 5th? in RS races (was “hired” driver) |
82 | IMSA RS | 17 Races – Riverside, Laguna, Sears, Portland, Ohio(2), Brainerd, Daytona(2), Sebring, Summit Point, Lime Rock, Charlotte, Pocono, Atlanta(3) | RX3, 2nd in final points, Winner @ Daytona, fast laps at Pocono, Daytona, average finish 2nd-4th |
IMSA RS | Riverside, Sears, Laguna, Portland? | RX3 (first year development) | |
79-80 | IMSA RS | Various west coast | Buick Skyturkey (bad idea) |
74-76 | SCCA E/P Nationals | Various west coast, + Runoffs @ Atlanta in ’76 | MGB, various wins + top 3 finishes, lap record, 2nd in Points Southern Pacific Division |
72-73 | SCCA E/P Regionals | SoCal Regional Champion ’73, West Coast tracks | MGB, various wins |