{"id":496495,"date":"2017-04-19T11:10:51","date_gmt":"2017-04-19T18:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=44883"},"modified":"2024-08-24T20:28:56","modified_gmt":"2024-08-24T20:28:56","slug":"spec-miatas-go-vintage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/spec-miatas-go-vintage\/","title":{"rendered":"Mazda Miata Heritage Cup &#8211; Spec Miatas Go Vintage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The addition of early first-generation Spec Miatas to vintage racecar grids has been expanded to include both the early 1.6-liter models, and the later 1.8-liter cars. The first weekend for the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association\u2019s \u201cMazda Miata Heritage Cup\u201d will be April 28-30 at Auto Club Speedway, in Fontana, California.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpec Miata has reached yet another milestone with our recent inclusion into the world of vintage racing,\u201d noted David Cook, business development manager, Mazda Motorsports. \u201cThis gives our racers access to additional race weekends and the unique experience that only the SVRA provides. Expanding eligibility to include the 1.8-liter cars was in response to racer interest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For compete information about Mazda Motorsports please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mazdamotorsports.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.mazdamotorsports.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The addition of early first-generation Spec Miatas to vintage racecar grids has been expanded to include both the early 1.6-liter models, and the later 1.8-liter cars. The first weekend for the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association\u2019s \u201cMazda Miata Heritage Cup\u201d will be April 28-30 at Auto Club Speedway, in Fontana, California. \u201cSpec Miata has reached yet another milestone with our recent inclusion into the world of vintage racing,\u201d noted David Cook, business development manager, Mazda Motorsports. \u201cThis gives our racers access [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142,"featured_media":682487,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[260,356,13063],"tags":[11440,432,2313,8511],"class_list":["post-496495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-events","category-mazda","category-vintage-car-racing","tag-sportscar-vintage-racing-association","tag-events","tag-mazda","tag-mazda-miata-mx-5"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mazda Miata Heritage Cup - Spec Miatas Go Vintage<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/spec-miatas-go-vintage\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mazda Miata Heritage Cup - Spec Miatas Go Vintage\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The addition of early first-generation Spec Miatas to vintage racecar grids has been expanded to include both the early 1.6-liter models, and the later 1.8-liter cars. 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