NA Miatas returning to the paddock after lapping Lime Rock Park make for quite a 1990s throwback parade.
Tag: Miata
Big Man, Small Miata
This large man faces the large challenge of fitting a small Miata into a small trailer and extricating himself when the task is done. I do not envy him.
The Comparison Test Cover Shot
When my mom, brother, and I assembled our sports cars for a track day at Lime Rock Park, I knew it was a rare opportunity to create an array of vehicles like those that graced the covers of Car and Driver or Popular Mechanics when a major comparison test was the focus of the issue.
Miata Return Afternoon
This kind of image—period vehicles, strange race-prepped Miatas, everyday clothing, a pleasing landscape setting—is the sort that I anticipate I’ll be most interested to return to in 50 years. Capturing the experience of the end of the day at MiataCon crisply, telling the most about the space and the moment.
Miata Cornering
When a whole image is motion blue but a single happy Miata face, I think the sensation of speed is being pretty well-captured.
Miatas with Big Wings
MiataCon brought an array of modified-beyond-recognition Miatas to Lime Rock Park—with many of them sporting monster wings.
The 10-year-old in me has to admit that they look neat.
Of course, their goals vis-à-vis downforce weren’t always accomplished. (Believe it or not, the blue Miata managed to avoid colliding with the McDonald’s-colored Miata.)
Race Track Landscape
Lime Rock Park is a classic racing circuit among the rolling hills of northwestern Connecticut; while each of these components is visually compelling, I’m still working at finding the right way to combine the two different scales into a single image that captures the experience.
Red Miatas
Red-hot weather needs a pack of red-hot Miatas—in a color Mazda designers evidently love.
Harvest Miata
Through the warm hues of early-autumn grasses, I guess this Miata just wanted to escape the harvest.
Bad Day for Miata
MiataCon is mostly a fun day for Miatas, for but these examples, the situation was a bit less optimal.
As the NASCAR fans say, “If you ain’t rubbin’, you ain’t racing’.”
Given the ingenuity of pit crews, I expect these Miatas will be back in action before we know it.
King of Miatas?
Swagger and a backdrop of vintage NA Miatas make me want to dub this unknown individual with a dramatic title, but I’m sure there’s a tuner somewhere in Japan who has more properly earned the title.
Miata Rivals
As a child, I would have immediately begun a debate over whether the red or the blue Miata was faster. (As an adult, I can see that the blue car has a K-swap, while the red car looks, from the pulley, to be supercharged.)
Halloween Nutmeg Miata
Just in time for Halloween, Connecticut’s Nutmeg Miata Club brought an appropriately prepared vehicle to MiataCon.
Flat Tire for Miata Roadster
The trajectories of the motion-blurred cars in the background make clear that, by contrast, something is not going right with this Miata roadster-class race car. The rapid unplanned disassembly of its right rear tire resulted in a sudden drift into the grass, through I’m happy to report that it was still able to return safely to the pits.
#GRIDLIFE Up in the Air
The final decision on whether or not to attend this year’s #GRIDLIFE Circuit Legends in Lime Rock will depend on weather, meaning it’s currently up in the air. I thought I might match that with some shots from last year’s event of cars literally “up in the air.”
Decaseconds 