WSM wins at Barber, Buttonwillow, and Thunderhill!
We did a lot of winning this past weekend. Jeff Harrison (pictured) won both Expert Class races of the Pro Mazda Championship at Barber Motorsports Park, Vince Gaddini won at Buttonwillow Raceway Park in the Formula Atlantic class, and Jake Pipal and Jaden Conwright...
Michele Bumgarner Ready for A Full Season with World Speed Motorsports
Indianapolis, Ind. – Michele Bumgarner will compete in the Pro Mazda Championship presented Cooper Tires season with World Speed Motorsports for the 2014 season. This will be Bumgarner’s first full season on the second step of the Mazda Road to Indy ladder. She has...
2014 World Speed Rising Star Award Winners Announced
The World Speed Motorsports Rising Star Awards have been helping young racers move up the open wheel racing ladder for years. In the past the award was presented to talented up and coming racers, and included a free test with WSM. This year four racers have been...
WSM Champ Michael Whelden Chosen to Compete for 2014 Mazda Factory Ride
Since 2007 Mazda has annually promoted one talented club racer to the professional ranks. The $75,000 prize funds a drive in the 2014 Mazda MX-5 Cup. Eighteen racers were semi-finalists, having met the eligibility criteria for 2013, each having won a recognized...
Kent Stacy Joins World Speed’s Championship Efforts for 2013
World Speed Motorsports and Championship Winning Engineer Return to the Star Mazda Series TOGETHER for 2013 Pro Formula Mazda powerhouse team and Kent Stacy team up to build a formidable partnership It was announced earlier in the season that World Speed Motorsports...
World Speed Dominates Four Hour Endurance Race in Mazda Prototype
World Speed Wins the Annual RDC 4 Hour Endurance Race For the Second Year in a Row Defending champs finish seven laps ahead of 2nd place This past weekend World Speed Motorsports entered their Mazda RX8 powered sportscar prototype into the Racing Drivers Club 51st...
Skip Barber Champion Court Vernon tests with World Speed Motorsports
MAZDASPEED Motorsports Development driver Court Vernon spent the day testing with World Speed at the team's headquarters at Infineon Raceway. Vernon was one of World Speed's Rising Star Award winners for 2009. "Court did a great job all day, and that wasn't easy as...
Sage Karam Tests Pro Formula Mazda with World Speed Motorsports
Skip Barber standout, and multiple championship winning karter visits California based Star Mazda team Sage Karam the 14 year old karting phenom from Nazareth Pennsylvania came to World Speed headquarters in Sonoma, CA on Monday to get fitted to a Pro Formula Mazda....
World Speed wins the RDC 4-Hour Endurance Race and 2009 Formula Atlantic Championship
This past weekend at Thunderhill Raceway Park World Speed Motorsports competed in the first endurance race of their 18 year history. "A four hour race is about eight times longer than our usual sprint race," noted Team Owner Telo Stewart. "We kept busy shuffling...
World Speed Wins the 2009 Star Mazda Expert Championship
Chris Cumming wins third major title in as many years Chris Cumming, who won the 2007 Star Mazda West Coast Championship and the 2008 Star Mazda presented by Goodyear Expert Championship with World Speed Motorsports, has added a new title to his ever growing resume....
World Speed Successful at Road Atlanta and Road America
Cumming takes win in Georgia, and Damon receives Hard Charger Award in Wisconsin This past weekend the Star Mazda series made their annual visit to Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia. Chris Cumming, the 2008 Star Mazda Expert Series Champion, fought his way back from...
World Speed Motorsports on Track in Georgia, Wisconsin, and California This Week
World Speed Motorsports on Track in Georgia, Wisconsin, and California this week Road Atlanta, Road America, and Infineon Raceway host busy race team The World Speed Motorsports team will cover thousands of miles, in the air, on the road, and on the track this week....
The Bondurant School of High Performance Driving Partners with World Speed Motorsports
Free Pro Formula Mazda Test and Race Weekend for Bondurant Champion New race series offers high value prize for inaugural championship The Bondurant School of High Performance Driving announced today that they will be offering some serious prizes to the champion and...
Cumming Has a Triumphant Return to World Speed – Reigning champion wins two out of two and now leads the championship
Chris Cumming took both pole positions and both wins this past weekend at the Star Mazda presented by Goodyear double header at Autobahn. This was Cumming's first race weekend after returning to World Speed Motorsports. "It was exactly what we came here for," stated...
WSM Returns to the Star Mazda Championship with Chris Cumming
Chris Cumming back with the team that brought him back to back championships From the outside it may look like business as usual for the World Speed Motorsports team as they test today in preparation for Rounds Eight and Nine in the Star Mazda presented by...
WSM Drivers Damon and Gaddini Win 5 Races at Thunderhill
This past weekend was the Memorial Day weekend SCCA triple header at Thunderhill Raceway. World Speed brought two cars to the event. Vince Gaddini drove in the Formula Atlantic class is his 2008 #48 Pro Formula Mazda, while Renny Damon raced in the Formula S class in...
WSM Running 13 Cars in 6 Races Over the Next 3 Weekends
World Speed crew members are on a flight to Salt Lake City today in preparation for the Star Mazda Series race at Miller Motorsports Park in Utah May 13th-16th. Stan Kohls and Dave House, both of whom have driven the track in the past, will be flying the World Speed...
WSM Lotus Exige Development Project and other interesting shop updates…
World Speed has been busy the past few weeks with a multitude of projects and track days. Today the team is getting prepared for an upcoming test at Miller Motorsports Park and for the Star Mazda race that will take place there on May 16th. Here are some of the other...
World Speed Wins SCCA Opening Race Weekend – Cusack jumps from FE to FA and takes his first Atlantic Win
This past weekend Frank Cusack, who runs a Pro Formula Mazda with World Speed Motorsports, was signed up to run his Formula E racecar in the SCCA opening weekend at Infineon. Unfortunately Cusack had a shunt in testing that left his FE unusable for the event. "On the...
World Speed Motorsports Drivers Make the Podium at Series Opener
Severe storms make Infineon Raceway even more difficult than usual Battling the elements and their fellow competitors, World Speed Motorsports drivers Dave House, Larry Schnur and Stan Kohls all recorded podium finishes in the season opening double-header of the 2009...
World Speed is First Officially Certified Green Racing Team in California
Team is leading by example, and is looking for others to follow This week World Speed Motorsports became the first racing team at Infineon Raceway to become certified green by the Bay Area Green Business Program. The Bay Area Green Business Program verifies that...
Conor Daly Tests with World Speed Motorsports
16 Year Old champion shows well in a variety of conditions Conor Daly the 2008 Skip Barber champion and winner of the MAZDASPEED Motorsports scholarship continued his preparations for the 2009 season when he tested on the incredibly challenging Infineon Raceway course...
Conor Daly is 2008 World Speed Motorsports Rising Star Award Winner
16 year old wins 2008 Skip Barber Championship and Free Test Day with World Speed 16 year old Conor Daly won the BFGoodrich/Skip Barber National Presented by Mazda Championship at the finale in October. As part of the prize package, he will receive a free test with...
World Speed Wins 2008 Formula Atlantic Championship
Race goes down to the wire as team drivers battle it out at Thunderhill Finale This past weekend was the double points single race SCCA finale at Thunderhill Raceway. Sean Prewett in his rookie year of competition in the San Francisco Region not only won the...
World Speed Motorsports Closes out 2008 Star Season at Mazda Raceway
Team Wins Expert Championship and places in the Top Ten with rookie Taylor Hacquard The 2008 Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear wrapped up the season at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca and World Speed Motorsports drivers Chris Cumming and Taylor Hacquard took...
World Speed Clinches 2008 Star Mazda Series Expert Championship
Chris Cumming crowned Star Mazda Expert Champion with 2 races to go Driving the #16 Inviro Medical Pro Formula Mazda, World Speed Motorsports' Chris Cumming took the Road Atlanta circuit during the Petit Le Mans weekend as the newly crowned Expert Class champion for...
Taylor Hacquard Secures Top Ten in Atlanta
Series rookie gets 8th place points and retains top ten in overall points Battling at another new circuit, World Speed Motorsports' rookie standout Taylor Hacquard survived contact from behind and two caution flag periods to record an eighth place finish at the...
