Super Street – October 2019

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CELEBRATION

FA NS AND FRIENDS HELP US MARK OUR

FIRST MAZDA ISSUE WITH A PIZZA

PARTY FEATURING THE 7 6 7B

WORDS Bob Hernandez

PHOTOS Darrien Craven

Some might say a Mazda-themed issue

of Super Street has been a long time

coming, and we completely agree.

Over the last two decades, we’ve featured

dozens (if not, hundreds!) of RX-7s, as well

as RX-3s, RX-8s, Miatas—basically anything

sporty produced by Mazda. All arrows were

pointing in the direction of putting together

a special edition, and when we put the issue

to bed, we knew we had to commemorate

the accomplishment in a big way. We

hatched a plan to hold a mini-meet and pizza

party in our El Segundo home base’s photo

studio, and we invited local Mazda owners

to join us along with a small group of

MotorTrend OnDemand subscribers. Mazda

helped out by delivering a pair of special

vehicles for display, one of them a four-rotor

767B IMSA GTP-class race car from the late

’80s, done up in iconic Renown green-and-

orange argyle (like the Le Mans–winning

787B), and the other being its “Halfie”

concept—a roadster that’s half factory ND

MX-5 and half Global MX-5 Cup racer.

When the big day arrived, things couldn’t

have gone more smoothly. Over endless

slices of Grimaldi’s pizza, meet-goers were

encouraged to take a closer look at display

cars that included Jonny Grunwald’s RX-

and RX-8, the Lucky 7 Racing FC, and the FC

belonging to Hert Eugene of Hoonigan. Those

who hung around for rollout were treated

to all the braps. We cannot thank everyone

enough who contributed to the Mazda issue,

as well as those who supported us by picking

up the magazine at their local newsstand.

Let’s do it again next year!