MX-5 Cup Programming Begins This Weekend On SPEED
TOPEKA, Kan. (Nov. 30, 2007) -- The cure for your off season blues
arrives this weekend when SCCA Pro Racing SIRIUS Satellite Radio Mazda
MX-5 Cup kicks off its programming on SPEED.
The green flag drops on Round One at the Grand Prix of Houston at 2 p.m.
(EST) on Saturday, December 1. Don't adjust your TV sets,
it's a night race! Only 16 years-old and competing in his first
professional car race, Brett Smrz starts his No. 29 Autism
Speaks.org/Team MER MX-5 from pole. His teammate Jason Saini completes
the front row in the No. 28 Autobarn Mazda/Saferacer.com MX-5. Smrz is
impressive in his debut race around the tight confines of JagFlo Speedway
at Reliant Park, but Saini's experience shows when he takes over
the point at the start. A charging Jesse Combs in the No. 7 Coolgas Ltd.
MX-5 and Matt Cross in the No. 80 Hooverspeed/MobiTV MX-5 will challenge
Smrz for the final two podium spots.
If the Houston race had you holding your breath, you won't want to
miss Round Two from Road Atlanta at 2:30 p.m. Local driver Eric Foss
starts his No. 25 Team MER/Saferacer.com MX-5 on pole, with Saini once
again on the outside of the front row. If the MER teammates thought
they'd be able to work together to pull away from the field their
plans are foiled when the No. 11 Alara Racing MX-5 of Ara Malkhassian
jumps into third on the start. The trio proceeds to put on an epic battle
for 26 heart-pounding laps. Prepare yourself for a last-lap stunner
you'll need to see to believe!
The SCCA Pro Racing SIRIUS Satellite Radio Mazda MX-5 Cup features
identically prepared Mazda MX-5s on Kumho tires with hungry up-and-coming
road racers behind the wheel. Visit www.mx-5cup.com for more information
and the full TV broadcast schedule.
-credit: scca pro racing
