TRE Ep 3 Rick Knoop Remembers Racing With Mazda

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Hello Fellow Racing Ears,
Rick Knoop has raced many cars over the years since starting his career over 45 years ago. In this episode of The Racing Ear Podcast we discuss his success driving with Mazda. There have been many instrumental and groundbreaking efforts to bring the Mazda RX7 to the race track and to the winners circle over the years.
in 1984 Mr Knoop was very involved in the efforts to develop racing tires with the BF Goodrich Tire Company with Jim Busby Racing racing in the World Endurance Championship. Jim Busby Racing ran 2 racing cars in the C2 Prototype Class that were the Lola T 616 chassis with a Mazda 13B 1.3 L 2 Rotor engine. This effort resulted in the team placing 1st place and 3rd place in C2 at the 1984 24 Hours of Le Mans.
This team ran races in 1984 at the 24 Hours of Daytona at Daytona International Speedway in Florida, United States, 1000 Km di Monza at Autodromo Nazionale di Monza in Italy, 24 Hours of Le Mans at Circuit de la Sarthe in France, ADAC 1000 km - Rennen at the Nurburgring in Germany, and the Fuji 1000 km at Fuji Speedway in Japan.
There is a documentary on YouTube called "Chasing The Limits" narrated by Burgess Meredith that is really worth watching because it documents all of the testing and preparation that went into bringing these amazing Lola T616 Mazdas to the race track with BF Goodrich Tires.
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