SCCA Partners with Mazda to Provide Increased Opportunities for Racers

Before becoming a cloud computing expert and senior manager at Pembroke, Massachusetts-based Congruity, Evan Loring was a football coach at Harvard University. A lover of sports and car racing, Evan Loring has supported the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA). 

In December 2016, SCCA announced it was partnering with Mazda Motorsports to expand new entries and opportunities for drivers in Formula Enterprises (FE) cars. There are over 100 FE car racers in the United States. Through the partnership, Mazda would support FE by qualifying the 2017 SCCA National Championship Runoffs FE winner to the Mazda Road to Indy Shootout, by providing increased contingency offerings to the top 10 SCCA Super Tour racers, and by providing marketing support to grow the exposure of drivers with great potential.

Speaking during the announcement at the annual Performance Racing Industry trade show, SCCA President Robey Clark and Mazda’s head of business development, David Cook, expressed optimism that the new partnership would give over 100 racers increased exposure, making it easier for talented drivers to be identified and promoted to bigger races.

The Science to Growing Bigger Biceps

A senior manager at Congruity, based in Pembroke, Massachusetts, Evan Loring manages large corporations’ annual budgets for information technology. An avid sportsman, Evan Loring enjoys lifting weights. 

For many weight-lifters, building large biceps is a top priority. Not only do large biceps complement a bulked-up chest, they are the default superficial mark of strength. When athletes are asked to flex a muscle, it’s often the biceps. 

The bicep muscles are located on the front upper part of the arm and are responsible for elbow flexion. They consist of two heads: the short head and the long head. The short head is the outer head that’s visible during a full contraction (moving the arm toward the shoulder). The long head is the inner muscle running below the short head. 

To grow the bicep muscle to their full mass, it is essential that bodybuilders target these two heads. The best exercises to get the job done are bicep curls, preacher curls, and incline dumbbell curls. While all of these are isolation exercises targeting the biceps alone, they enable a full extension of the bicep muscle when the weights are lowered, stretching the inner head, and concentrate tension on the upper head during contraction when the weight is lifted.