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 RACES: Rolex 24 at Daytona & Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring
YEARS: 34 -- 1973-2007
WINS: 33 (and counting)
In the 1973 12 Hours of Sebring, Ray Walle, a New Jersey Mazda dealer, and Richard Schuck drove a Mazda RX-2 to 2nd place in the IMSA Touring 2500 class, and 26th overall, having started 61st on the grid. Walle, teaming with Tom Reddy scored the first class win at Daytona for Mazda in 1975 and further demonstrated the endurance of the engine as he drove the race car from New Jersey to the track, and home again after the race!
Over the next three decades many things have changed in American motorsports, but just as it comes back to Zoom-Zoom for every Mazda, it also comes back to Florida at the beginning of each year for road racing fans. Mazda is pleased to be competing in both the 2008 Rolex 24 at Daytona and the 56th Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring.
21 Mazda
Rotary Powered class wins at the Rolex 24 at Daytona
1975 Ray
Walle, Tom Reddy RX-2 1st
in GTU Touring (14th overall)
1979 Yoshimi
Katayama, Yojiro Terada, Takashi Yorino RX-7 1st in GTU (5th
overall)
1982 Yoshimi
Katayama, Yojiro Terada, Takashi Yorino RX-7 1st in GTO (4th
overall)
1982 Kathy
Rude*, Lee Mueller, Allan Moffett RX-7 1st
in GTU (6th overall)
* First ever class win for a woman in IMSA history.
1983 Pete
Halsmer, Bob Reed, Rick Knoop, Tom Gloy RX-7 1st in GTO
(3rd overall)
1983 Lee
Mueller, Hugh McDonough, Terry Visger RX-7 1st in
GTU (12th overall)
1984 Ira
Young, Bob Reed, Jack Baldwin, Jim Cook RX-7 1st in
GTU (12th overall)
1985 Kelly
Marsh, Ron Pawley, Don Marsh Argo-Mazda 1st
in Lights (10th overall)
1985 Amos
Johnson, Jack Dunham, Yojiro Terada RX-7 1st in
GTU (12th overall)
1986 Frank
Rubino, Ray Mummery, John Schneider Argo-Mazda 1st
in Lights (7th overall)
1986 Amos
Johnson, Dennis Shaw, Jack Dunham RX-7 1st in GTU
(8th overall)
1987 Amos
Johnson, Dennis Shaw, Bob Lazier RX-7 1st in
GTU (10th overall)
1988 Amos
Johnson, Dennis Shaw, Bob Lazier RX-7 1st in
GTU (15th overall)
1989 Al
Bacon, Bob Reed, Rod Millen RX-7 1st
in GTU (12th overall)
1990 John
Grooms, Michael Greenfield, Frank Jellinek Jr. Argo-Mazda 1st
in Lights (9th overall)
Peter
Greenfield
1990 Peter
Uria, Bob Dotson, Jim Pace RX-7 1st
in GTU (12th overall)
1991 Dick
Greer, Al Bacon, Mike Mees, Peter Uria RX-7 1st
in GTU (13th overall)
1992 Al
Bacon, Dick Greer, Mike Mees, Peter Uria RX-7 1st
in GTU (7th overall)
1993 John
Grooms, Frank Jellinek Jr., Jim Downing Kudzu-Mazda 1st
in Lights (7th overall)
Tim
McAdam
1993 Dick
Greer, Al Bacon, Peter Uria, Mike Mees RX-7 1st
in GTU (9th overall)
2001 Howard
Katz, Jim Downing, AJ Smith, Chris Ronson Kudzu-Mazda 1st in
SRP (11th overall)
12 Mazda
Rotary Powered class wins at the 12 Hours of Sebring
1980 Roger
Mandeville, Jim Downing, Brad Friselle RX-7 1st in
GTU (9th overall)
1981 Lee
Mueller, Walt Bohren RX-7 1st
in GTU (9th overall)
1982 Roger
Mandeville, Jeff Kline, Amos Johnson RX-7 1st in
GTU (6th overall)
1983 Jack
Dunham, Jeff Kline, Jon Compton RX-7 1st
in GTU (6th overall)
1984 Jack
Baldwin, Ira Young, Bob Reed RX-7 1st
in GTU (9th overall)
1985 Jim
Downing, John Maffucci Argo-Mazda 1st
in Lights (5th overall)
1986 Jim
Rothbarth, Mike Meyer, Jeff Kline Royale-Mazda 1st
in Lights (6th overall)
1986 Roger
Mandeville, Danny Smith RX-7 1st
in GTU (8th overall)
1987 Al
Bacon, Bob Reed RX-7 1st
in GTU (17th overall)
1988 Dennis
Shaw, Amos Johnson, Al Bacon RX-7 1st in
GTU (15th overall)
1992 Howard
Katz, Tim McAdam, Jim Downing Kudzu-Mazda 1st
in Lights (5th overall)
1993 Al
Bacon, Dick Greer, Peter Uria, Mike Mees RX-7 1st
in GTU (16th overall)
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