Racing Beat

The basement dreams are made of! A quick walk around of Mazda North America’s famous basement at their California R&D Center from back in November 2019.

2021...Celebrating 50 years of Racing Beat spirit!

Thanks to your nominations, Mazda is excited to recognize 50 selfless individuals who have given back to their communities.

Always willing to show off a nice FC! Thanks to Tomo Arai for bringing his ‘90 by for a visit.

Great shot of the Furai with the Racing Beat Rotor Muffler on full display. Hand-crafted by Jim Mederer specifically for the Furai, requests for this muffler prompted us to produce this unique muffler as an offering for other custom exhaust applications. Available in both 2.5" and 3" ID sizes.

Jim Mederer had a nearly insatiable desire to build things. Engines, race cars, houses, boats, airplanes, he just never stopped. A brilliant mind wrapped up in a quiet, soft spoken personality. A true pioneer.

Holley 13B 6-Port manifolds are almost ready for porting and polishing! Pushing hard to get these completed and out the door, hopefully start to ship next week.

Great looking car,huh? We may be a bit partial to those colors, always nice be such an outstanding effort!

Making a new batch Mazda rotary mufflers right here in the USA! #mazdarx7 #rotaryengine #rx7 #rx7fc #rx7fd #

Vintage Friday - Discovered this photo in Jim Mederer’s office today. Dejected driver Don Sherman walks away from his RX-3 after a broken header put an end to his Bonneville Land Speed Record attempt. After repairs were made and another run undertaken, a new speed record of 160.3 MPH was in the books.

Always fun to watch Jay and Tim, especially with there's a Mazda involved. Check this out...

40% alcohol.....that’s what they recommend to kill germs, right?

Great to see a bit of Mazda RX-7 racing history brought to life once again! Nice restoration effort, congrats.

More aluminum flywheels underway. It all starts with a 7’ long piece of bar stock, and the sliced into blanks. Next, off to the machine shop.

So much fun Mazda stuff for your car...and this is only one of our buildings! #mazda #mazdamiata #rx7 #rx8 #mx5

Just in time for the holidays, all new Racing Beat sports apparel. Super soft sueded crew tee’s are easily the most comfortable shirt we’ve ever offered! #rx7 #mazdarx7 #miata #rotary #sevenstock #rx8