Kevin Woods Rolls to Victory at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
Bill Weaver Continues Winning Ways in Standard Class

June 30, 2008.
Monterey, California.

Series rookie Kevin Woods recorded his first career victory in his Pro Formula Mazda and Bill Weaver kept his Standard Formula Mazda winning streak alive this weekend during Rounds Six and Seven of the MOLECULE Formula Mazda Challenge at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.

Running with the San Francisco Region of the Sports Car Club of America's Double Regional weekend, Woods and a field of 30 Mazda powered formula cars attacked the circuit at the spiritual home of Mazda Motorsports, with drivers from the Southwest Formula Mazda Challenge joining the West championship drivers for the festivities.

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Molecule Formula Mazda Challenge Races Six and Seven Preview "Mazdas Everywhere You Look"

June 24, 2008. Monterey, CA. Teams from all over the West Coast are preparing for rounds six and seven of the Molecule Formula Mazda Challenge. The races, which are run inside of the SCCA Double Regional weekend June 27th-29th, will have the largest number of Mazda powered Formula Cars that the series has seen this year. As of today, 33 Mazda powered open wheel racecars are entered in the race at Mazda Raceway in Monterey.

"The Formula Mazda Challenge SoPac/AZ region has made this one of their points paying events and this really helped boost car count. We are looking forward to working with some of the same guys we ran with during the Star Mazda Winter Series," stated Ben Hettema Molecule Formula Mazda Challenge Official.

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FUTRELLE TOPS IN SPEED CONNECTION FORMULA MAZDA CHALLENGE

Championship leader scores his fifth win of the season at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course

LEXINGTON, OHIO (June 1, 2008) – The inaugural season of the Speed Connection Formula Mazda Challenge continued on June 1 as the six round took place at the famed Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course over the past weekend. Overcoming an early-race incident, Georgia’s Franklin Futrelle extended his series win streak to three, edging Jason Vinkemulder and Guy Piptone to the checkered flag.

A month and a half after the previous doubleheader at Virginia International Raceway, the Speed Connection competitors returned to their cockpits on Friday (May 30) with practice sessions as part of an SCCA Great Lakes Division National. In ideal early summer conditions, virtually all of the drivers worked on finding the right set-up ahead of the two qualifying sessions that would take place on the technical road course.

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The West Coast Series website encompases the MOLECULE Formula Mazda Challenge, the Star Mazda West Coast Series, and the Mazdapalooza Series which feature the Pro Formula Mazda and Standard Formula Mazda race cars produced by Star Race Cars.

The four championships feature a $10,000 prize fund, support from a factory authorized Star Race Cars dealer, races at venues across the Western United States, with some West Coast Pro Formula Mazda events supporting the American LeMans Series and the ChampCar World Series, all with the benefit of limited travelling expenses.

With top locations, available driver coaching from Standing Start, and dealer support, the Mazda West Coast Series are perfect for drivers that are preparing for a career in motorsports or just looking for an opportunity to race at some of the best tracks in the western United States.