First to the Finish: Be a fly on the wall during the 2024 MX-5 Cup

Colin
By Colin Wood
Mar 24, 2025 | Mazda, Mazda Miata, MX-5 Cup

Photography and images courtesy Mazda

What does it take to manage a race team? What does it take to race in a highly competitive racing series? How hard is it to balance a career in motorsports with your personal life?

First to the Finish,” a new docuseries coming to Prime covers just that.


The six-part series follows two drivers, Heather Hadley and Sally Mott, plus BSI Racing Team Owner and Principal Shea Holbrook as they navigate their personal lives and compete in the 2024 Mazda MX-5 Cup season.

You can watch “First to the Finish” when it debuts on Prime Video on March 25 (North America.)

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Comments
Colin Wood
Colin Wood Associate Editor
3/24/25 3:08 p.m.

Perfect timing. I just finished up a different series, and was looking for the next thing to watch.

Paris Van Gorder
Paris Van Gorder Associate editor
3/24/25 4:58 p.m.

In reply to Colin Wood :

Same here! I now know what my nightly routine will be. 

Colin Wood
Colin Wood Associate Editor
3/24/25 5:18 p.m.

In reply to Paris Van Gorder :

I'm also looking forward to the F1 Academy docuseries coming to Netflix (I think?).

I'll have to check again when that's coming out.

Coniglio Rampante
Coniglio Rampante GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
3/24/25 11:37 p.m.

Lyn St. James provides a nice write up.

I recall announcer John Hindaugh saying Shea Adam was no longer in the pits with IMSA, and that she was in "Mazda's employ."
 

https://lynstjames.com/first-to-the-finish/

J.A. Ackley
J.A. Ackley Senior Editor
3/25/25 8:48 a.m.

I'm canceling my Netflix soon. I'll still have Prime, though, so add this to the watch list!

theruleslawyer
theruleslawyer HalfDork
3/25/25 9:41 a.m.
EchoTreeSix
EchoTreeSix Reader
3/25/25 10:15 a.m.

Pretty stoked to watch this. Thanks for bringing light to it, Colin!

theruleslawyer
theruleslawyer HalfDork
3/25/25 11:31 a.m.

What makes Drive to survive interesting is the rivalry. The stories of competing drivers and teams and explaining the what is going on in their heads. Even when they do back of the pack stories its still about the competition within the team or with other drivers. After watching ep1, it feels like they were trying to do Drive to Survive in editing style, but chose to instead just follow HAAS or Sauber for some reason. D2S suffered a bit from access problems in s1 too, but did a better job. They should have done spots on drivers Sally is typically competing with as well so they can focus on those relationships. Maybe they'll get there in future episodes.

 

 

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