Mazda scorches the competition at the 2008 Rolex 24 at Daytona.

This year they took home the 2008 gold after 664 Laps, 2,363 miles, 17,928 shifts, and more than 10 million revolutions of its rotary engine. The Castrol Syntec Mazda RX-8, driven by Nick Ham, David Haskell, Raphael Matos and Sylvain tremblay won the GT Class at the Rolex 24 in Daytona, ahead of more than two dozen Porsches and Ferraris. While our drivers may be tired, their Mazda RX-8, with its legendary rotary engine reliability and pure sports car design, never did - bringing home Mazda's 22nd Daytona class win. Find out more at MazdaUSA.com



Not sure if this is old news or not, but its still pretty awesome. if someone could post some video links or anything like that, it'd be appreciated.

 

Awesome! That's some awesome stats they have too. Laps/Miles/Shifts/Revolutions.

*Goes to hug his RX-8*

 

"legendary rotary engine reliability", funnnnnny
Sounds like this type of race is the rotary's forte with its fewer moving parts.
These type of endurance races don't say much about real day to day reliability.

 

but at least it tells us that it should last longer than the piston counterparts right ?

 

So, the fact the Rotary Engine does REALLY well with these types of races, and uninformed/unlucky people spouting off how the Rotary ISN'T reliable means that quote was a joke?

But I do agree, these types of races seems to brush on the engine REALLY well. Good to see it getting some more good press.

*EDIT* that sounds like I'm coming off as a *****. Sorry, I meant no real anger/insult/anything in that post, just trying to say I don't think it's NOT reliable :P

 

Old news but can't hear it enough... Watched them finish on Speed Channel back in January.

http://www.speedsourceinc.com/

https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-discussion-3/rx-8-winner-24-hours-daytona-136484/

https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-racing-25/pictures-daytona-2008-a-136370/

https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-multimedia-photo-gallery-6/mazda-rx-8-wins-over-porche-ferrari-others-139479/

 

Repost :o

 

repost but always fun reading that Mazda once again owned the competition.

 

Great achievement, alright. Even though the SpeedSource cars bear little resemblance to a stock RX-8, it was fantastic to see and HEAR them on the track. I was at the race and had a chance to talk with Sylvain Tremblay and David Haskell. Both very pleasant sorts and they seemed totally excited about their program.

 

I really wonder what type of engine oil that were used on those cars during the race. Did they use castrol synthetic motor oil?

 

Well, I didn't ask that question and they didn't volunteer an answer. However, since those 3-rotor engines are no doubt rebuilt frequently, whether or not they use a synthetic or dino oil probably is not relevant information to apply to our street cars. My guess is that they use a synthetic, perhaps Castrol Syntec, but it is only a guess. I'll ask them next year.

 

I'm pretty sure they run Valvoline... LOL j/k...

I think your right as it might be provided free but I guess they could get any kind of Castrol they wanted. The synthetic would be irrelevant cause it's not in there long like you say.

I bet it was pretty exciting to be there in person and hear those 20b's screaming...

 

Yeah, it was amazing. Especially to see them hour-after-hour dominate the fabled Porsches. Hope to catch them at VIR or the new NJ track later this year.

 

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought using synthetic oil voided our warranty. To see Syntac as a major sponsor just doesn't seem right. Even if they do break down those engines frequently. Do as I say, not as I do!

 

I think Speedsources warrenty was lost a looooooonnggg time ago

 

 

 

^^^^^^^^a very long time ago, lol!