Mazda Motor Corporation (Matsuda Kabushiki-gaisha) (TYO: 7261) is a Japanese automotive manufacturer based in Fuch?, Aki District, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. In 2007, Mazda produced almost 1.3 million vehicles for global sales. The majority of these (nearly 1 million) were produced in the company's Japanese plants, with the remainder coming from a variety of other plants worldwide.
The International Motor Sports Association is an auto racing sanctioning body based in Braselton, Georgia, United States. It was started by John Bishop, a former employee of SCCA , and his wife Peggy in 1969 with help from Bill France, Sr. of NASCAR.