Mazda2 B-Spec Racecar built in only 25 hours at PRI show Orlando, FL

Mazda2 B-Spec Racecar built in only 25 hours at PRI show Orlando, FL

http://www.motorward.com/wp-content/...da2-B-Spec.jpg


Race engineers, no matter how skilled and talented they may be, also need time to build a race car.

It’s no different with Mazda, although you can make a case that their accomplishment - taking a Mazda2 and turning it into a B-Spec Race Car - is pretty impressive in its own right.

See, this time-lapse video (below) goes to show the hours it took for Mazda’s racing engineers to build a B-Spec race from a standard Mazda2. From completely gutting the car of anything deemed unnecessary for racing purposes all the way up to dressing up the exterior with all those racing liveries, it only took Mazda 25 hours to completely turn the Mazda2 from a regular, run-of-the-mill compact hatchback into a bonafide race car.

Big props to Mazda’s engineers, all of whom managed to make the 25-hour transformation at the Performance Racing Industry (PRI) show in Orlando, Florida. Even more impressive is the fact that as soon as the build was completed, the new race car was immediately thrown into the fire at the 25 Hours of Thunderhill endurance race.


http://youtu.be/16fVkEy1IHU


source: http://www.motorward.com/2012/12/vid...r-in-25-hours/

I guess my face was too ugly to be on camera. :lol:

I was there watching it grow. I was basically in the top middle right of the screen as they finished the car and drove out. I watch them set the camera up and the one guy set up a GoPro to get the underside view.

Saw this team out there at T25. Good effort! It certainly provided a lot of discussion out here in the South in some circles about starting a B-spec car!