I was hoping for this race for months, thanks for everyone that organized it, i hope it comes back to next year also try have the miatas in Bristol as well
IMSA, i cannot stress this enough, PLEASE do this again and make it a standard 2 round points race. as a companion event for the spring NASCAR weekend it would be perfect
Yes that racing was competitive all night long. 3 wide and 2 wide most all race. Thanks for giving martinsville the mx 5 cup in the near future. Nascar is more popular but this racing is taylor made for this paper clip trackm Kudos 3 time Miata owner.😊
Well as it has lined up all year @Imsaofficial I missed this one and have to catch the replay. See you for the Rolex 24 thank you for the great streams and commentary all year. Much love and stay safe in the off season.
...and not stock in name only but true to the definition of stock cars. Cars that start off as road cars and go through several modifications for hitting the track. Hopefully we will see Nick Andrews (AR12) in these soon.
this would be great on a nascar weekend, saturday night after the trucks or xfinty or just before that would put a ton more eyes on and butts in the seats and get some more fans
Pretty good racing. Different than the road courses. But unlike Daytona when they can really backdraft. Would like to see some POV videos if anyone can post them.👍👍
I believe the MX-5 series is one of the best series out there, but I'm not sure where we're headed if Nascar wants to do more street courses and these guys wind up doing more ovals. I'd love to see a MX-5 race at Bristol though. Rockingham maybe? If it were up to me, I'd also have no limits on car count. If 60 cars show up, everyone gets to race.
idk if this is the wrong stream but wheres john and shea. these guys talk alot about racing but nit much about the actual race. after nineteen laps i feel like this isnt gonna work
@@maineiacial Yeah, I don't want to trash these guys, but I feel like they did a lot of prep and prepared a lot of storylines to get to, and then decided they had to get to them. Felt frustrating as a viewer when it seemed like they weren't interested in what's going on. For an endurance race or a race that's likely to get boring, you do have to be able to fill time when there's not lots going on. You don't get a lot of that sort of time in Mazda MX5 Cup.
@@jordanblodgett7978 matt yokum knows racing, just not mx5. it seemed like they were informed but their info was slightly off. im just spoiled by shea and john
I’m sure it was more TH-cam than you guys but the commercial timing was horrendous. Every 5 laps I got the same add including on the last lap where we missed the finish. 👎🏼👎🏼
The channel (IMSA) can see beforehand when an ad is approaching on a live stream and can choose to skip it. IMSA also chose to have ads in the first place.
Was so excited for this. Really wanted to love it. But didn’t. This was the least exciting MX5 cup race of the last 2 seasons. Also, where are John and Shea and who are the two car salesman that replaced them?
I'm glad that this happened. But I don't like stage racing. Part of the excitement and drama of racing is pit stops and managing yellow flags. I hope in the future that they run this race straight through. Also, ease up on the hyping of the car. Nobody wants to watch an hour long advertisement. Honestly, I stopped watching half way through because I got so tired of the sales pitch.
if anyone says this was dirty driving no its not its true racing you have to move people to win, you dont take them out but just get them offline or a little loose and go on by. somtimes it works somtimes not
Oval racing? No Shea & John? A complete change of format. What happened? This used to be one of the most underrated racing series' out there. What a shame
Rolland grenaded his engine at Lap 39. These 'Mazda paid' announcers are SO hesitant in admitting that ! It's kind of creepy...as if the race is one L-O-N-G commercial ...which it is.
Just when I thought MX5 Cup racing couldn't get any better.
Thank you Martinsville.
Thank you Whelen.
And most importantly, thank you Mazda.
It's like a week 13 iRacing lobby! This was great.
As a 90's NASCAR lover and 30 year Miata owner, this is my dream come true. Amazing race.
This was a really exciting race. It's cool to see cars with low enough weight and power to race three-wide at Martinsville.
needed shea and john on commentary
I was hoping for this race for months, thanks for everyone that organized it, i hope it comes back to next year also try have the miatas in Bristol as well
MX5 at Bristol would actually be incredible because its also multi groove.
the Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup is my favorite racing series on earth. THis was so good.
Please make an oval series out of these, the racing is incredible
Such a fun great event I want to say to Martinsville speedway for thanking us bring are mx5 cars out on to the oval
This race was great! I hope we do it every year
This is one of the Best Shorttrack races I've seen in a long time
amazing, hope they do more of this
That was a fun race, please do more of this next year
we need mor of this, bristol next!!!!!!
Such a good race. They need to do this on a cup weekend next year
I’m not an oval race fan, but I am a MX-5 miata series fan, and what a race! And what a year for Weston Workman! Awesome!
Hope the NASCAR playoff weekend next week is this good!
Love this series! Thanks. Great to hear Matt Yokum.
I was there!!! It was so much fun!!!
IMSA, i cannot stress this enough, PLEASE do this again and make it a standard 2 round points race. as a companion event for the spring NASCAR weekend it would be perfect
Yes that racing was competitive all night long. 3 wide and 2 wide most all race. Thanks for giving martinsville the mx 5 cup in the near future. Nascar is more popular but this racing is taylor made for this paper clip trackm Kudos 3 time Miata owner.😊
That race was so good
Hope these cars come back next year for this event or with the Late Models event.
great series
This was a great event. I took my stepson to his first race, he loves Miatas!
Corrida sensacional, final muito bom!
NEEDS TO BE A POINTS RACE
thats the way to use that bumper !!!
I was there at the race. It was interesting.
Rolans car looks sick af
Well as it has lined up all year @Imsaofficial I missed this one and have to catch the replay. See you for the Rolex 24 thank you for the great streams and commentary all year. Much love and stay safe in the off season.
Sounds like a very angry wasp nest lmao. I love this!
Great race!!
That was fun. Try the next one without the "stage break", please.
The break likely was to refuel the cars
@@superninja252 I thought so as well. Until they said this: 36:40
Stock car racing ❤❤ finally
...and not stock in name only but true to the definition of stock cars. Cars that start off as road cars and go through several modifications for hitting the track. Hopefully we will see Nick Andrews (AR12) in these soon.
@@BaltousPrimeArise
This track venues from NASCAR Cup Series.
Well now they have to try New Hampshire
this would be great on a nascar weekend, saturday night after the trucks or xfinty or just before that would put a ton more eyes on and butts in the seats and get some more fans
This is better than any nascar race in the past decade here
22:49 “that is a big time engine explosion right there big time”
I missed the stream but holy shit. That was hell of a show!
Btw: I didn’t got any adds, because TH-cam premium.
Pretty good racing. Different than the road courses. But unlike Daytona when they can really backdraft. Would like to see some POV videos if anyone can post them.👍👍
That was awesome.
I believe the MX-5 series is one of the best series out there, but I'm not sure where we're headed if Nascar wants to do more street courses and these guys wind up doing more ovals. I'd love to see a MX-5 race at Bristol though. Rockingham maybe? If it were up to me, I'd also have no limits on car count. If 60 cars show up, everyone gets to race.
In my opinion, You Tube destroyed the broadcast! Maybe IMSA should stream these races.
TH-cam definitely played a part, but ultimately IMSA fault for electing for ads and choosing not to skip the final ad, which they have control over
The race was available live on IMSA.com/tvlive.
That one Mazda car should have the 95 for the Rust-eze
Gotta be honest, did not have Mazda MX5 Cup racing at Martinsville in my bingo card. Wow.
idk if this is the wrong stream but wheres john and shea. these guys talk alot about racing but nit much about the actual race. after nineteen laps i feel like this isnt gonna work
They sounded more like a couple of car salesmen than announcer and analyst.
@@matthunter4868 thank you i thought it was me. i feel like they stole john and sheas homework and gave it to the teacher
@@maineiacial Yeah, I don't want to trash these guys, but I feel like they did a lot of prep and prepared a lot of storylines to get to, and then decided they had to get to them.
Felt frustrating as a viewer when it seemed like they weren't interested in what's going on.
For an endurance race or a race that's likely to get boring, you do have to be able to fill time when there's not lots going on. You don't get a lot of that sort of time in Mazda MX5 Cup.
@@jordanblodgett7978 matt yokum knows racing, just not mx5. it seemed like they were informed but their info was slightly off.
im just spoiled by shea and john
workman got screwed
but good race. no hate for thomas
Not screwed, just unlucky. There was no need for the yellow to come out, in my opinion.
next year 35 cars
Mooncar died for this
My iRacing is leaking
Really wish Zilisch was racing.
I’m sure it was more TH-cam than you guys but the commercial timing was horrendous. Every 5 laps I got the same add including on the last lap where we missed the finish. 👎🏼👎🏼
I think that's a you problem more than anything. Boss
The channel (IMSA) can see beforehand when an ad is approaching on a live stream and can choose to skip it. IMSA also chose to have ads in the first place.
Same
Use adblock browser. Haven't seen an ad in years.
@@chipattack912 so you're saying they can let an ad happen? Sounds a little scummy tho
Was so excited for this. Really wanted to love it. But didn’t. This was the least exciting MX5 cup race of the last 2 seasons.
Also, where are John and Shea and who are the two car salesman that replaced them?
hmmm rd racers saying its hard work, you dont get a brake, neck hurts. so that proves its not just turning left
Who are the announcers?
I'm glad that this happened. But I don't like stage racing. Part of the excitement and drama of racing is pit stops and managing yellow flags. I hope in the future that they run this race straight through. Also, ease up on the hyping of the car. Nobody wants to watch an hour long advertisement. Honestly, I stopped watching half way through because I got so tired of the sales pitch.
Don’t they do this in iRacing?
Kinda glad the 56 didn't finish very well. I don't think Nicholson made a clean pass the whole race
Are these Race Cars Fwd Or Rwd ?
Tell me you know nothing about Miata's without telling me you know nothing about Miata's. They are Rear Wheel Drive with Limited Slip Differential.
Alright now bring them to talladega 😏
These cars aren't fast enough for Dega. Charlotte or Atlanta would be neat though
"How do we make Miatas boring?".... "oh, I know, we'll put them on an oval"
👍😊👊💥
Welp. Now we need more ovals
IMSCAR
Much prefer to see them on the road courses.
MX5 cup doing short track racing? Not sure how I feel about it.
if anyone says this was dirty driving no its not its true racing you have to move people to win, you dont take them out but just get them offline or a little loose and go on by. somtimes it works somtimes not
great stream (also 1st to comment)
This needs IMSA race rules. Not NASCAR's
Nascar owns imsa
Not bad but I don't like nascar gimmicks like GWC.
Man, making the real oval cars look boring. They should do way more races like this with sportscars.
Why is this fun?????? I started watching IMSA in the ALMS days to get away from the ovals.
Oval racing? No Shea & John? A complete change of format. What happened? This used to be one of the most underrated racing series' out there. What a shame
Exhibition event. No need to overreact
Rolland grenaded his engine at Lap 39. These 'Mazda paid' announcers are SO hesitant in admitting that ! It's kind of creepy...as if the race is one L-O-N-G commercial ...which it is.
Well..... if it wasn't for Mazda, there would be no Mazda MX-5 Cup series for these guys to compete in so.... duh.
@@BlueRidgeKat1 Like there ARE many other racing options available.
literally every major motorsport is a commercial for the manufacturers that participate in it. all of them
I wanted to like this, but sorry... this boring.
How so?
How so?