The races are over, and the winners have been announced: Mazda takes both the 2011 American Le Mans Series LMP1 and Continental Tire Challenge Street Turner manufacturers championships! (And, it would have been three championships-provided Mazda been three-tenths of a second faster at the Rolex Grand-Am Championship.) Mazda has also crowned three of four 2011 MAZDASPEED Motorsports Development Ladder Champions, including two steps of the Mazda Road to Indy. These wins were achieved by: Tristan Vautier (the Star Mazda Championship Presented by Goodyear), Petri Suvanto (the Copper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda), and Mike Cooper (the SCCA Pro Racing Playboy Mazda MX-5 Cup).

Mazda has a history of great racing. As John Doonan, Director of Motorsports for Mazda North American Operations explains, "As any racer will tell you, championships actually take years to accomplish as you need to develop both the people and the products.  We can't thank our partners enough.  The collective efforts from Dempsey Racing, Dyson Racing, Freedom Autosport, i-Moto Racing, Racers Edge, SpeedSource, and Team Sahlen ha[ve] resulted in race wins in three series, a clean sweep of the ALMS titles for drivers, teams, and our Mazda MZR-R engine, and a Continental Tire manufacturers championship.  This success was achieved through the same qualities as our street cars - great performance combined with quality, durability, and reliability."¹ Mazda certainly does know how to build winners- with its new Mazda vehicles on and off the tracks.

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