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The Mazda RT24-P, also known as the Mazda Road to 24 – Prototype, is a Daytona Prototype International built to the 2017 IMSA DPi regulations. [2] The car is designed and built by Mazda Motorsports, in collaboration with Multimatic Motorsports, and is based on the Riley-Multimatic Mk. 30 LMP2 chassis.
In the early 1990s Mazda almost created a luxury marque, Amati, to challenge Acura, Infiniti, and Lexus in North America, but this never happened, leaving the near-luxury Millenia to the Mazda brand. Many Mazda vehicles have been rebadged and sold with the Ford brand during the alliance of both companies.
Mazdaspeed began in 1967 as "Mazda Sports Corner", an independent racing team [2] and tuning operation run by Takayoshi Ohashi, who also ran Mazda's Tokyo distributor. [ citation needed ] They competed in numerous events at home and abroad, and they were also competitive at the 24 Hours of Le Mans races in the early 1980s, with the 717 , 727 ...
Rabbits Abel Kirui, Elijah Keitany [] and Wilson Kigen [] pacing Haile Gebrselassie and Charles Kamathi at the Berlin Marathon 2008. A pacemaker or pacesetter, sometimes informally called a rabbit, [1] is a runner who leads a middle-or long-distance running event for the first section to ensure a high speed and to avoid excessive tactical racing.
The Mazda B-series pickup truck was introduced in Japan in August 1961 as the B1500 (BUA61). This model was the only Japanese market model to be badged under the B-series naming scheme, i.e. B1500. The BUD61 (second generation) that followed was the first model of the long-running "Proceed" series sold in Japan.
With regular maintenance, the Prius can keep running well past 300,000 miles. One owner reported their 2017 model had reached 500,000 miles, while an owner of a 2023 reported that it had reached ...
The fastest marathon ever run by a 12-year-old of either gender, according to the Assn. of Road Racing Statisticians, was a 2:54 run by German runner Manuela Zipse in a 1986 race.
Long-distance races run at altitude, with less oxygen available to the athlete, have been shown to be to the athlete's disadvantage. In road events, the course is not required to be a circuit, but the overall decrease in elevation between the start and finish shall not exceed 1:1000, i.e. 1 m/km.