So I figure it was time to start a build thread, the Daily Driven Warrior
First off, a little bit for history about myself:
I’ve been racing since I was 11 years old. I started out in Quarter Midgets and won many races in my short period of racing. I’m a track record holder at two tracks and my name is set in stone since those tracks are no longer around. I’m the 2003 Tangerine International winner, number one qualifier, and track record holder. I’m the 2004 Tampa Bay track champion and 2005 Florida State champion in both of my divisions. In 2006, I won my second Tangerine International, qualified number one, and track record holder at the second track. I hold a lot of track experience. I also have a lot to learn too.
I also raced Legends. That lasted 6 races before I decided that it was too much. Legends were too much of a cluster fuck. I was used for brakes since the car behind me had none. There where too many issues with Legends. I now race SCCA Spec Miata. I’m also looking into racing NSAS Spec Miata since it slightly cheaper and less Miatas to race against. I’m attending Valencia College and going after a Civil Engineering degree.
My Miata history:
My first Miata was a 93 NA White and I had it about two years before crashing it. I bought it as the third owner and did very little in mods. I bought a new soft top, replaced the radio and speakers, and bought some cheap rims for 400 bucks with tires. They where nice and kinda big on a NA. I liked how it looked. Just after getting out of high school, I ended up rear ended someone. I scratched the paint of a Ford Taurus and bent the rails in my Miata. I parked it and sold it later. (I have one picture of it. I have to find it later)
My next Miata was my father’s 97 NA M Edition Green. I drove it for almost two years. The only thing I done to it was installed Eibach springs and oil changes. The first time the car was damaged was when my father decided to back over the fender and hood. Only the fender was damaged. Never fixed it. March of 2011, I was rear ended and the poor Miata was totaled. I bought the car back for $400 bucks, and sold it as is to our local SCCA pace car driver. Best part is that it has a clean title. The insurance company never filed any of the paperwork. It is now a daily driver and a weekend warrior. (No pictures of the M-Edition)
In April of 2011, I found the Miata I always wanted since I started getting into the Miata and SCCA Spec Miata, a 2004 Mazda MX-5 Mazdaspeed Edition. It was listed on Craigslist by a dealership. I went down with insurance money to take a look at it. When I got to the dealership, it was sold an hour before I got there. This was the same dealership my parents bought my mother’s 2010 Mazdaspeed 3. So about a week later, the dealership called me and asked me if I was still interested in the MSM. I was told the finance company decided that they won’t finance the MSM (guy had bad credit) and back at the dealership. “Victor, go hide the MSM behind the building. I’m on my way.”
My father and I went to look at this MSM. When I got there, it was love at first sight. The Velocity Red paint job, the MSM front lip, and the MSM deck wing. It was perfect. So I sat down and I talked out my options. It was going to be financed for 5 years, with $6000 down, and I was going to have a co-signer. I walked out of the Sport Mazda with a 2004 Mazdaspeed Miata with 16,5xx miles for $16,9xx price tag. My monthly car payment is $216.05. It not bad for a 20 year old kid. And I haven’t missed a payment yet (nock on wood).
This picture was taken at Daytona Intl Speedway during one of my SCCA Enduro events
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I owed the MSM for about a year before doing some small changes. My first upgrade was NKG plugs and Magnecor wires. The second mod was 5000K HID headlights from DDM Tuning. They where drop ship straight out of China to my front door. Didn’t think it was going to take two weeks to get. I got them installed but ran into an issue with installing the driver side. I have no room for the ballast so I ended up pulling the front bumper off my car and headlight to mount the ballast out of the way. I drove around for a few days with no bumper cover before putting it back on.
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