Description:

2002 Mazda Protégé, previously owned and raced by SCCA champion racer Ken Payson. Earlier this year Ken Payson won his 100th SCCA National competition event. This purpose built, Mazda Protégé SCCA race car was designed and constructed to be a championship winning car. Over $60,000 worth of racing equipment and professional labor was invested. The car was raced only once at Sebring, in the 2004 season’s first event of the SCCA SPEED World Challenge Touring Car Championship series. The original chassis procured from the manufacturer comes without a title and has no VIN. The car can only be driven on the track. The car has never been damaged or abused in racing and it is excellent condition ready for it’s next competition. It could be raced in SCCA, AutoX-Solo2, NASA, or perhaps other classes? Everything installed in the car was new, first quality equipment and parts. The CAD-CAM design, chassis modifications, full roll cage, suspension and tuning bits, engine management systems, etc. were all designed and constructed in collaboration with David DelGenio who is a well regarded Mazda race car setup expert in the Northeast. He owns and operates a race shop named Driven Performance in Acworth, New Hampshire. David DelGenio and Ken Payson have collaborated on many race winning projects in the past. This car features: 4 cylinder, 240 hp motor by Sunbelt performance engines with uprated oversized oil pan, Motec engine control unit & electronic instrumentation, Pi Research System 1 data acquisition and logging system,Pi C-Dash analog electronic instrumentation,Ohlins fully adjustable racing shocks with external reservoirs, fire bottle, kill switch, roll cage, etc. exceeding specified requirements for most racing series,Set of four Toyo Proxes RA-1 street legal spec tires designated for the Speed World Challenge series, very low miles, Set of four Kosei K-1 super light forged aluminum wheels. All decals removed but a new full set is included with the car.


History

see abovePerformance Data

• WC Touring
  
• 2150 lbs
  

Engine

• Sunbelt
  
• Mazda
  
• 2.0
  
• 240 hp
  
• normally aspirated / custom intake
  
• one
  
• Four days with DE. New rod bearings just installed
  

Fuel System

• Fuel Tank
  

Transmission

• Mazda
  
• LSD
  

Body

• all steel
  
• Red
  
• Excellent
  

Chassis

• stock
  
• Ohlins fully adj with remote reservoir (like new)
  
• Kosei
  

Interior

• Yes
  
• safety belts
  
• Pi-C dash
  
• Grant removeable steering wheel
  
• like new
  

Spares

• new transmission
  
• many suspension components
  
• 5 sets of Eibach springs
  
• transponder
  
• beacon and software for Pi system