First to the Finish

This show is about making room for women in men's brains in racing and in the world in general. Made by women. Seems like a lot of men have a problem with women in racing (and film making) but the fact is that we made you. You wouldn't exist without us. Move over you can't stop us. Saying this series doesn't compare to nascar or F1 is true. It's better. It just hasn't had the exposure yet, but it has more drama and nail biting heart pounding incidents than either of those imo. These cars are harder to drive than Le Mans or NASCAR. Look at Connor Zilisch, sweeping other series but not this one. MX-5 has nose to nose last second hair raising finishes unlike any other series.

So this series follows list a couple of women teams competing in the Mazda MX - 5 cup. For those that do not follow racing if you consider Formula one the A list, Nascar and Indycar would be B list, the 24 hours of lemans , sebring and endurance sportscar racing the C list , there are a bunch of D , E , F and G list and lower . This series would be the Y list. The premise of this series is that women drivers are up and comming and will make it to the big time. It uses Danica Patrick as an example . Anyone who really knows racing knows that although she was the "great x chromosome hope" she was a huge disappointment . People who have not raced motorcycles or cars don't appreciate how physically demanding the sport is and how truly athletic racers are . Expecting a female to excel at the higher levels of racing would be akin to expecting them to be competitive in mens professional football, hockey, baseball and basketball. Its just not realistic. The only female advantage is smaller stature and weight which is the only reason Danica had any competitive advantage as 10 lbs and certainly 100 lbs less is a huge advantage especially in Indycar. Ever see a 175 lbs jockey? I wish the competitors all the luck in the world and one of them actually has the diminutive advantage and the other does not .

I did find this to be an interesting series to watch. I have not watched much of the MX-5 Racing Series other than a highlight here or there. For the most part, the series was really well done. It covers the highlights of the racing and what the featured people go through on and off the track. I would have liked to see less of their personal lives though away from the track and more of the racing or prep for the races. I don't care if they have a boyfriend or what they did together. At a few of the tracks, they didn't even mention results from both days of racing. I would have liked to see more of what was required after receiving crash/contact damage - maybe a mention of the costs involved with repairs or the racing in general, a little more detail of the cars themselves. I did like the coverage of female team owner, female veteran (not rookie) and the rookie perspective of a year in racing. Comparing IMSA racing to NHRA is an apples to oranges comparison. If you have any interest in racing, in general - I think it was a good watch.

I am a hard core racing fan, so maybe that's why a reviewer that says that women can't compete in the upper levels of motorsports, probably isn't a big fan of racing or women.

I'll admit the Danika was a bust in Nascar.

Consider this: Shirley Muldowney, 2 time NHRA Top Fuel dragster champion.

Brittany Force, 2 time NHRA Top Fuel dragster champion and current record holder for both top speed and elapsed time.

Erica Enders, 5 time NHRA Pro Stock champion and current top speed record holder, Angelle Sampey, 2 time NHRA Pro Stock motorcycle champion.

At speeds from 215 MPH in Pro Stock and just shy of 340 MPH in Top fuel, I'd say they're holding their own.

I agree with the first reviewer. This series at best would only appeal to die hard race fans. And probably only people associated with the Mazda cup which honestly is a low tier pay to play series . I think the first reviewer was alluding to the fact it really takes a lot of upper body strength to compete in the top pro series. I'm not saying a women could never achieve it but its a numbers game and what really are the chances? The second reviewer lists a number of female champions to make his point but please note they are all drag "racers" and are only going in a straight line down a quarter mile track. I guess you can consider that a "race" but there is no way you can compare that to wrestling a formula one care around Monaco. Very poor example and he is not making the case for women racers.