Well, it’s about damn time we take this thing to an actual racetrack. Back when we first bought the Miata off Craigslist the plan was to drive the car through the summer, and if it survived make it a Spec Miata racer. After installing a number of very cool “high performance” parts that serve to make the Craigslist Miata more and more impractical for daily use and realizing that this car has been smogged at least three times while in our possession lead to the realization that it was time to hit the track.
The Streets of Willow is a familiar track, having driven it before in other people’s cars; it has been referred to as more of a place where you can push a car without concern for the police than an all-out racecourse; and while Turn 9 on Big Willow is probably the most intimidating piece of pavement on the property, any circuit that has a corner denoted as the “Turn of Death” should not be underestimated.
The NA6 held its own amongst a wide variety of cars. While everyone got a point by going up the front straight, the Winmax pads made us feel like we too could be one of the last of the late breakers, and from the top of the hill all the way through the Carousel the CLM was looking pretty, pretty good. Two of the cars to look out for on video are the silver SR20 powered NB and the other red NA6 we play with for a few laps.
