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GHIT 0283:\\xa0 Global MX-5 Cup with Todd Flis of Flis Performance

Todd Flis has been involved with various levels of racing and now his company Flis Performance provides all of the cars for the series.\\xa0 The Global MX-5 Cup is a great entry level series for professional racing.\\xa0 The races are typically some of the most competitive races we see with margins of victory usually measured in a few thousandths of a second.\\xa0 If you are looking to compare your skill in a pro level racing series, Todd\'s cars and the Global MX-5 Cup may be the series for you and the costs are exceptionally reasonable cost of entry, as well as the costs associated with a racing weekend, especially if you can manage to place in the top 3 for a year.\\xa0 For instance, Mazda provides a first place prize of $250,000 each season.

A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/GlobalMX5Cup

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Highlights for this episode are:

1)\\xa0 If you were ever interested in pro level racing, the Global MX-5 Cup may be the best series to balance low costs and high dependence on drivers skill and results in a series with some of the most competitive and close driving that we have seen in the past few years.

2)\\xa0 How Flis Performance partnered with Mazda Motorsports to be the sole supplier for all the MX-5 Cup cars for the series.

3)\\xa0 We describe what the normal weekend racing schedule looks like and in addition to racing with IMSA events, there will be two weekends where the series will be racing with NASCAR.

4)\\xa0 What is involved in converting the\\xa0 road car into the race prepped cup car that you see at the track.\\xa0 It is definitely not just a pretty paint scheme, although we all know that always adds a few horsepower.\\xa0 This results in lap times being several seconds improvement over a normal ND2 Miata.

5)\\xa0 Why the cars have recently changed from an H-pattern shifter to a sequential transmission from SADEV.\\xa0

6)\\xa0 What is allowed to be tinkered with and adjusted within the series and what is not allowed to be altered.

7)\\xa0 Todd was also kind enough to share his teams recommended fluid and consumables intervals as well as provided a starting point for a nut and bolt procedure for the cars.

8)\\xa0 The level that the series goes to assure close racing and maximum dependence on driver performance, the series requires each race weekend to be raced with tired from the same batch of tires for all competitors.

9)\\xa0 We also discuss with Todd what other racing series and levels the car would comply to and be competitive in, including the potential for use in endurance racing without any modifications.

10)\\xa0 There are also several spots that can be awarded and allow the drivers to race within the series by providing scholarships of up to $100,000 for each driver.

11)\\xa0 Todd\'s team also provides a complete MX-5 Cup Car each year to the Lemons of Love charity for a $125 entry.\\xa0 So far we have not been lucky enough but we have contributed to the charity each year and will continue to do so.

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To follow Scott and Flis Performance:\\xa0\\xa0

Flis Performance website:\\xa0 http://flisperformance.com/\\xa0

On Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/flisperformance\\xa0

On Instagram:\\xa0 @flis.performance

On YouTube at:\\xa0 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKxGpoK-UtoHO4bBOhPoemQ\\xa0

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To Follow the series:\\xa0 https://www.mx-5cup.com/\\xa0