Our fastest lap on April 13th 2025 at GingerMan Raceway with a time of 1:40.54 running 245/40-15 Falken RT660+ tires with a 169whp Ecotec Swapped Miata during the ChampCar Endurance Series Cookie Cutter Classic Endurance Race.

This time was 3.3 seconds faster than our first race on this build largely due to:

Power - We were running very lean our first race, resulting in 3 cracked pistons and a DNF since the motor blew.

Alignment - We've lowered the car over an inch as our newer drivers have more experience. We moved to 2.4 degrees of static camber with 6 degrees of caster. The additional caster helps immensely as you can use the steering to help shift the weight and keep the car rotating as you move through the ups and downs that Gingerman has as you go through the corners, where previously you had to just manage understeer largely with throttle.

Weight - We've removed well over 100lbs from the first race.

Aero - We have a new wing location with more front downforce as well.

Environmental - A cold morning start warmed to the optimum track temp as things rubbered in but temps were still cool. Later in the day the track slowed by approximately 0.7 seconds.

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✅ Recommended Playlists

👉 Miata Project: 80 Hours to Gingerman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fo9GAwDVVxQ&list=PLMzw221PXnli9bLcZZrijXx5q2bVCVChz&pp=iAQB 

👉 Miata - Aerodynamics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7bClNwHwbY&list=PLMzw221PXnlgyGX1lvoUIrOr2trpaHOux&pp=iAQB 

✅ Other Videos You Might Be Interested In Watching: 

👉 ChampCar Miata Build - New 2.4L Ecotec Engine - But Major Issues! 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk3SProbPM4 

👉 ChampCar Miata Build - 80 hours to Gingerman - Building Radiator Ducting for Splitter and Airdam 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpmXrjKPh1o 

👉 ChampCar Miata Build - 80 hours to Gingerman - Steering, Oil, Transmission & Clutch Prep 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeHtgQa9x58 

👉 ChampCar Miata Build - 80 hours to Gingerman - Blown Ecotec Engine Coming Out 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlfJY0QBypg 

👉 ChampCar Miata Build - 80 hours to Gingerman - Project Introduction 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fo9GAwDVVxQ 

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