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Join the Stars & Stripes Motorsports Pro Mazda Team 2010

For the 2010 Season, we are looking for:

  • Funded Drivers
  • Crew Members
  • Sponsors

Interested parties should contact Stars & Stripes Motorsports .

EXPERIENCE THE RIDE!




Pro Driver Programs


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Stars & Stripes Motorsports will provide you with a mechanically sound, meticulously kept Pro Formula Mazda race car as well as a team that will provide you with full data acquisition, driver coaching, mechanical preparation, engineering, and trackside support.
Stars & Stripes Motorsports provides:
  • Team car for your use only
  • Full Race Preparation and Chassis Setup prior to each event
  • All In-Shop Labor such as maintenance, mechanical repairs, and crash repairs
  • Transportation of the car to and from each event
  • Complete Trackside Support
  • All At-Track Labor such as maintenance, mechanical repairs, and crash repairs
  • All Race Fuel and top off fluids
  • Hospitality for driver and a guest daily (i.e. drinks, snacks, and lunch)
  • Expert Driver Coaching combined with consultations and comparisons
  • Comprehensive Data Acquisition and Analysis with printed reports
  • Experienced Engineering Support to maintain or improve the car?s performance
  • Information Exchange of data, setup, and driver feedback through open discussions of all drivers, engineers, and crew
  • Tires and tire services
  • Entry Fees including license fees, series fees, test day entry fees, track rental fees, etc.
  • Parts needed to maintain or repair the car
  • Subcontracted Work such as painting, fiberglass work, and component blueprinting

Driver provides:

  • Personal Travel Expenses such as driver�s personal food, travel, and lodging
  • Personal Safety Equipment such as driver�s personal suit, helmet, and gloves
  • Private Testing. 
For information on partially funded rides contact Stars & Stripes Motorsport

 



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2010 Pro Mazda Venues





Star Mazda Car



Constructor: Star Race Cars, 10639 Glenoaks Blvd, Pacoima, CA 91331 
(818) 686-3350
Chassis: Carbon fiber composite built to FIA standards with 19 U.S. gallon fuel cell
Engine: 240 HP Mazda “Renesis” rotary engine with encrypted ECU including rev limiter, pit speed limiter, traction control, fuel trim.
Transaxle: Six-speed sequential with no lift shift
Suspension: Pushrod, inboard with two-way adjustable shock absorbers, adjustable rear sway bar, cockpit adjustable front sway bar. Front suspension tethered.
Cockpit safety: FIA headrest/side head restraint, compatible with HANS device.
Dimensions: Front track 61.5”, rear track 58.5”, wheelbase 100.5” and weight 1090 lbs.
Brakes: Cockpit adjustable bias, 4-pot alloy calipers, vented, floating steel discs.
Wheels: Front 9”w x 13”d, rear 11’w x 13”d, Forged aluminum, center lock      
Features: Adjustable shocks, sway bars, brake bias and wing angles. Data acquisition, traction control defeat, fuel trim control on steering wheel, pixel screen display




Star Mazda Series Information


          The objective of Formula Mazda is to develop new race driving talent. Many American motorsports fans are puzzled that the sport at its highest levels in North America is dominated by European and South American drivers with North America better represented by young Canadians than by U.S. born drivers. It is not our view that provincialism is appropriate to developing American talent. If young American drivers are to eventually become world class, they must compete against all comers.
The problem is not that there are few talented American drivers. The problem is that corporate American sponsors have been painfully slow in "coming to the party" in motorsports; thus the few young American drivers to be given the opportunity to compete in recent years have usually been sons of established drivers or sons of wealthy motorsports enthusiasts. Although the above-mentioned drivers have acquitted themselves admirably in some cases, they are not the product of natural selection based solely on talent.
          We feel the way to get the best new drivers to the top in motorsports is to provide an opportunity for the maximum number of drivers to compete "on a level playing field" on the same race tracks that are used for major league events, for the lowest possible cost. Formula Mazda and the Star Mazda Series were crafted to fulfill these needs.
          The car has been designed to keep costs down by using inexpensive technology. The car is nonetheless a real racecar with most of the adjustments found on much more expensive cars. The class and the series have been administered to encourage top performers with speed and consistency, not flashy, crash-prone prima donnas with big budgets. Prize money is paid well down into the finishing order to encourage fledgling drivers to continue their efforts to improve. Race car updates are carefully introduced, simultaneously to all, and always bolt on to the earlier cars, so that the cost of obsolescence is minimized. Depreciation of the cars is therefore negligible. The motors are all built by one engine builder. Each one is certified to produce the prescribed power and sealed to discourage tampering. They are in a relatively mild state of racing trim so that they are extremely reliable. Racers typically go years between motor rebuilds.
          The series administration works hard to develop an atmosphere of spirited competition without losing the ideal of sportsmanship. Competitors are encouraged to help each other field competitive cars and then fight fiercely for positions on the track. We have seen members from four competing teams join to rebuild a damaged car so that a fellow Formula Mazda competitor would not miss a qualifying session. They wanted to best him fairly on the track, not because he started the race with a handicap. Another example of the sportsmanship the series seeks to encourage was shown during the 1996 TV broadcast of the Formula Mazda race at Sears Point. The field was being slowed by the pace car during a full course caution situation when a driver intent on "closing up," as briefed before the race, came over a blind hill too fast and ran into the back of another race car. The cameras subsequently showed the two drivers involved in the collision shaking hands as the TV announcers applauded their noble behavior.
          We believe any sponsor involved with Formula Mazda should be proud to be contributing to the good of the sport and helping nurture emerging driving talent. That is the purpose of the car and the series that have grown around it.
          The success of this program can be found by the success of recent Star Mazda graduates that have progressed up the racing ladder such as Formula One driver Scott Speed, Champ Car World Series drivers Graham Rahal and Alex Figge, IndyCar driver Marco Andretti, Grand Am race winners Michael McDowell, Tom Nastasi, Mark Patterson, and American Le Mans Series competitors Jamie Bach, Pierre Ehret, Bryan Willman and Guy Cosmo.



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