The MaX5 Racing Championship is a UK based one-make sports car series using older specification mark 1 1600cc Mazda MX-5s.
It was started in the summer of 2003 by Alyn Robson and Jonathan Halliwell, with the first race season being held in 2004.
The championship has gained success through its cheap racing entry fees and the popular nature of the Mazda MX5.
The series has been regularly part of one of National motorsport's major packages, Dunlop's Great and British festivals, which featured Radicals, Ginettas and the Mini Cooper challenge, alongside the MaX5 Racing Championship.
The first occasion that the Mazdas featured in the package was on the weekend of 27–28 May 2006 on the Welsh circuit of Pembrey, south Wales.
By this year, virtually all drivers had moved to the new Ma5da racing championship, leaving MaX5 with an average grid of only six cars.