MOTORSPORT

EDITED BY RON COGAN

RX-7 RACES INTO THE RECORD BOOKS Mazda’s enduring RX-7 recently notched one more major motorsport milestone, becoming the first marque ever to win 100 IMSA GTO/GTU races. The unprecedented victory total began in 1979 with a stunning GTU class victory and fifth-place overall by Yoshimi Katayama/Yojiro Ter- ada/Takashi Yorino in the Daytona 24 hours. The landmark 100th conquest came at San Antonio, with Pete Halsmer driving the latest four-rotor GTO variant. To provide some perspective on just how impressive this achievement really is, consider that the next most successful car in the history of IMSA racing is the Porsche Carrera RSR, which claimed a total of 68 victories during its competitive career. —Bob Nagy ROUSH’S V-12 MUSTANG News Flash: Winston Cup, IMSA GTO, and Trans-Am-running Roush Racing is working on the valvetrain and cylinder head…

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MotorTrend (Digital) - 1 Issue, January 1991

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