HIROSHIMA RACING LEGEND MAZDA 787/787B

What was left for Japan is to win a race at the 25 Hours of Le Mans; which happened in the most unorthodox way possible. It was a Mazda with a rotary engine that won one of the world’s toughest endurance races ever for the first time, bringing a win home. Keep reading to find out how the Mazda 787B came to be and how a rotary engine dominated with efficiency.Mazda started developing their rotary engine in 1961 collaboratively with NSU Motorwerke AG, who were also the inventors of that engine technology. Mazda wanted to stand out from the competition with the rotary engine and to show off how a rotary can be powerful and reliable than conventional engines; Mazda entered the world of endurance races.