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EVENTS: SevenStock XI
Article and photo gallery from last week’s Seven Stock XI are up. Wankelers, enjoy!
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SevenStock XI Photos Coming Shortly
We just got back from SevenStock XI. We’ll have our full gallery up later this week, but in the meantime here’s a teaser shot.
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Reminder: SevenStock XI This Saturday
Listen up, Mazdafarians! It’s time once again for SevenStock, the yearly gathering for rotary heads at Mazda USA headquarters in Irvine, CA. Doors open at 9am this Saturday, September 27. This is the 11th SevenStock and fans will not be … Continue reading
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Adam Carolla Discusses Datsuns, Toyotas and Mazdas
Purists may balk, but like it or not, Top Gear USA is coming. One of the hosts was revealed to be Adam Carolla, a comic who built his career on making jokes about STDs and hosting shows whose main feature … Continue reading
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Seven Stock to Feature Daytona 24hr Winners
SevenStock, the annual gathering of Mazdafarians at the company’s USA headquarters, is coming. This year the event will feature Mazda’s 24 Hours of Daytona endurance racers, including 1979’s winning RX-7 and this year’s winning RX-8. Drivers from both teams will … Continue reading
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Missed Out on a Z? How Bout an RX-7?
Back in 1979, you may have seen this flash across the TV while kicking back in your rec room. But don’t think of it as a commercial, think of it as a public service announcement ensuring that you don’t miss … Continue reading
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Two Generations of RX Designers
We’ve always said Mazda is the Japanese automaker that’s most willing to get in touch with its heritage, particularly in the US market. Late last year they began publishing Zoom Zoom magazine, for Mazdafarians interested in what’s going on at … Continue reading
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Lemon Fresh RX-7
Last weekend the 24 Hours of LeMons South took place at Carolina Motorsports Park in Kershaw, SC. The epic beater endurance race of cars that cost $500 or less saw a 1-2 sweep by none other than a pair of … Continue reading
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Rad Retro Rags from NoCarNoLife
Being the graphic designer type, Van runs in some pretty creative circles. That’s how he spotted this series of positively righteous artwork from NoCarNoLife. However, we’ve locked the Vanster in a dungeon until he finishes the layout for JNC Issue … Continue reading
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Photos from Englishtown, NJ Drags
Speaking of events, not all of them happen on the west coast. From the Tony Soprano Bureau, JNCer pumaone brings us a trunkload of photos from last weekend’s Puerto Rico vs. mainland USA battle in Englishtown, New Joisey. Check out … Continue reading
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Toyopet Crown Comes to America, 1956 or '57?
Loyal JNCers will know that Toyopet Crown came ashore in 1957, making it the first Toyota and first Japanese car to arrive in the US. If not, then you need to read our premiere issue, which looks back at the … Continue reading
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Goodwood Festival of Speed Begins July 11
One of the greatest gearhead events on the planet will commence this Friday. The Goodwood Festival of Speed is exactly what all of us would be doing if we were so stinking rich that we could invite manufacturers, car collectors … Continue reading
Mazda Car Club of Queensland Car Show
Rotaries are big in Australia, the preferred vehicle of choice for road warriors and hoons alike. From achingly mint restorations to massive-horsepower drag monsters shod in 18-inch rims, the land down under has got it all. For a sampling of … Continue reading
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JUN RX-7 at Le Mans, Circa 1981
We all know the story of how Mazda has been attacking the most punishing enduros in the world for the past 40 years (if you don’t, it’s all told in Issue 1 of JNC magazine :D), and in 1991 became … Continue reading
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All Japan Day – Adelaide, Australia
While we here in North America were busy with Datsun Madness weekend that had shows for Z-cars, Roadsters and 510s, on the other side of the world Aussies in Adelaide were out in full force for All Japan Day. Thanks … Continue reading
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Golden Week Zoom-Zoom Parade
Golden Week, starting in the first week of May, is one of the biggest holidays of the year in Japan. This year, Mazda is celebrating with a Zoom-Zoom Parade through the main streets of its hometown, Hiroshima. The event is … Continue reading
SevenStock XI Dates Announced
We know this is a long way off, but put it in your planner, folks. We just got word from a source at Mazda that SevenStock, the annual celebration of all things rotary now in its 11th year, will be … Continue reading
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Mazda Rotary Endurance Racers, Then and Now
In 1968, Mazda took the world’s first ever rotary-powered race car, its brand new Cosmo Sports, racing at one of Europe’s toughest enduros, the Marathon de la Route 84 Hours at Germany’s Nürburgring. It finished fourth, behind a pair of … Continue reading
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Rotaries Are Blinding Us with Science
On April 27th, the National Science Museum in Japan will be holding a special exhibition celebrating 40 years of Mazda’s rotary engine. The exhibit, called “Showa Rotary Engine Vehicles,” will look at the history and future of rotary engines. The … Continue reading
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Cool Cosmo Sports
With only 1,519 of the Mazda Cosmo Sports built, it’s rare to see one with heavy modification done, especially to the body. Although some might cringe to see one of these in anything less than original condition, we think this … Continue reading
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