| Jeff Altenburg, still fresh from his second-straight | | | | 626. Due to such sales the vehicle became the |
| win to open the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World | | | | fastest Mazda vehicle to reach the one million |
| Challenge Touring Car Championship season, drove | | | | mark. |
| his car with superb agility as he placed 1st during | | | | Before it was built as a race car and won awards |
| the opening practice session in preparation for the | | | | in different races, it already bagged several |
| Round Three race at Lime Rock Park on Monday. | | | | awards years ago. |
| Randy Pobst, of Gainesville, Ga., and Peter | | | | For two consecutive years in 2002 and 2003, |
| Cunningham, of Grafton, Wis., both his | | | | Mazda 6 won the Australia's Best Cars. In 2003, |
| teammates, ranked 2nd and 3rd, respectively. | | | | the MAZDA 6 placed 2nd in the European Car of |
| Through his session around the 1.53-mile circuit | | | | the Year and was included in Car and Driver |
| and with the No. 72 Mazda speed Motor sports | | | | magazine's list of Ten Best. In 2004, the Atenza |
| Development Mazda 6, Altenburg had a time of | | | | Wagon won the What Car?‘s Best Estate |
| 58.689 (93.851 mph) midway. | | | | award. And in 2005, its Sports Wagon model was |
| Aktenburg said that it was a handling track more | | | | named Canadian Car of the Year Best New |
| than anything coupled with a next level Mazda 6 | | | | Station Wagon and the Sport sedan was named |
| that was so good on handling matters. He said | | | | Canadian Car of the Year. On the same year, |
| they had the exact setup from Utah. He added | | | | Wheels magazine awarded Mazda 6 for its Active |
| that they returned to exactly what they ran for | | | | Safety Program. |
| the race at Utah. They played around with some | | | | Mazda's competition in car race started on |
| stuff at the Lime Rock and he did not like it. The | | | | October 20, 1968 with two Mazda Cosmo Sport |
| only difference from their race at Utah is that | | | | 110S coupes entering the 84 hour Marathon de la |
| they now use the sticker tires. | | | | Route ultra-endurance race at Nürburgring. One |
| He further said that he found it comfortable to | | | | of these cars finished in fourth place and the |
| drive a fast car and to have sufficient know how | | | | other one broke an axle after 81 hours. |
| of the track. Their team is expecting to be part | | | | Mazda is the maker of MAZDA 6 as well as |
| of the top five. | | | | quality Mazda down pipe. |
| In the session of the No. 73 Mazda speed Motor | | | | Going back to the race, Cunningham had a 58.884 |
| sports Development Mazda 6, Pobst recorded a | | | | (93.540 mph) with his No. 42 Acura Certified |
| time of 58.791 (93.688 mph). Last May 24, he | | | | Pre-Owned/Real Time Racing Acura TSX. On the |
| bagged the 3rd place in SPEED GT race at Lowe's | | | | other hand, James Sofronas ranked 4th with a |
| Motor Speedway. | | | | 58.970 (93.403 mph) fast time. He was driving a |
| Produced in Japan since 2003, the Mazda 6 or | | | | No. 29 Global Motor sports Group BMW. And |
| Mazda Atenza is a mid-size car. Only the Japanese | | | | Pierre Kleinubing, who is a four-time Lime Rock |
| market uses the name “Atenza”. Selling | | | | winner, had a 58.978 (93.391 mph) fast time with |
| more than 1 million units around the world since it | | | | his No. 1 Acura Certified Pre-Owned/Real Time |
| was introduced; the Mazda 6 altered the Capella | | | | Racing Acura TSX that placed him 5th. |