Grassroots Motorsports Live Tonight: Let’s Tour Mazda’s R&D Basement

J.G.
By J.G. Pasterjak
Jul 5, 2017 | Mazda

We’re getting a rare opportunity to check out one of the most legendary locations in the enthusiast community: the Mazda R&D basement. Deep under the ground in the wilds of Irvine, California, lies Mazda’s storage facility where they keep former prototypes, historic race cars and treasured bits of Mazda history.

Join us Wednesday, July 5, at 9:00 p.m. EST for a look at this amazing historical repository. We’ll be live on both our Facebook page and YouTube. Thanks to Mazda USA and Mazdaspeed Motorsports for giving us access. And thank you to CRC Industries for supporting the show.

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Comments
fidelity101
fidelity101 SuperDork
6/30/17 12:24 p.m.

too cool!

JG Pasterjak
JG Pasterjak Production/Art Director
6/30/17 12:42 p.m.

We'll actually be visiting the legendary basement Monday, but we're unsure about connectivity in such a top-secret location, so we'll be shooting video to show on Wednesday so Facebook and Youtube viewers can join in.

If we have a good signal, though, I might pop on live on our FB page for a few minutes to show everyone around :) Keep an eye out. We're actually visiting some super cool places in SoCal on Monday, so you'll definitely be seeing some live check-ins if you aren't busy lighting the grill or applying sunscreen.

Ian F
Ian F MegaDork
6/30/17 4:42 p.m.

Mazda had many of those cars on display at the NYIAS when the ND was new. I was going nuts over the coupe as everyone around me thought I was crazy.

yupididit
yupididit GRM+ Memberand Dork
6/30/17 9:36 p.m.

I saw some of these cars at an even in Irvine a few years ago. If any of you GRM staff have time for lunch or dinner let me know. I'm local.

Tom Suddard
Tom Suddard GRM+ Memberand Associate Editor
7/5/17 4:58 p.m.

Just a few hours left!

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The0retical
The0retical SuperDork
7/5/17 7:44 p.m.

That's where Mazda stashed a 767b they restored and that amazing titanium grey Spirit A FD RX7 right?

I've always wanted to tour there but I'll likely never have those connections

Queuing up YouTube now.

dean1484
dean1484 GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
7/5/17 7:58 p.m.

On the you tube page now waiting

classicJackets
classicJackets HalfDork
7/5/17 7:58 p.m.

I'm excited

The0retical
The0retical SuperDork
7/5/17 8:05 p.m.

YouTube is a bit choppy.

Edit: I'll switch to facespace. Nevermind it requires the app to watch the live stream.
Edit 2: Thanks for the effort guys. I'll catch it tomorrow if you don't mind posting it on YouTube. I'd prefer to watch on the TV from my couch and I'd also prefer not to install Facebook on my phone to cast it. I'm sure it'll be great.

dean1484
dean1484 GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
7/5/17 8:09 p.m.

Ok technical difficulty? When you closed YouTube I was watching on my face book account and it went dead as well. I swapped to face book as the you tube feed was shuddering

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