03/11/2025
A spotlight on one of the drivers of the 2025 MX-5 Cup Shootout Finalists. Samantha Silver.
I had the pleasure of working with Sam both on track (staying out of her way) and off the track, both in terms of video, photography, and, along with her awesome boyfriend, Kyle Greenhill (2025 Runoffs SM Podium winner), giving me help on how to be faster and more consistent. Her father, Craig Silver, also a driver, has been very encouraging and allowed me to lean on him for questions, too, so to say the Silver family I owe a lot is an understatement. Even so much as last year, working with Sam while she was at the Champcar race at Road America, when she was nominated last year, but unfortunately didn’t make the final cut.
Since switching to Sneaky Moose and leaving the NA platform, Sam found out the question that lingered if it was the machinery or maybe if it was her. The bad news, it was the machinery and the uncompetitive NA platform that held her back all these years, especially at the more power-hungry tracks like Road America. The good news? The pace was always there. But that never stopped the Spec Miata Brainerd track record holder, and being a consistent front runner. Much of the year has been spent learning a new NB Miata platform, and even more so undoing years of NA Miata habits. I’m excited to see her progress in 2026, and even more so if Sam wins the shootout in an MX-5 Cup car.
Both Sam and Kyle exemplify the motto Sam has especially lived by. “If racing is to continue, we need everyone.”
Tune in live at https://www.youtube.com/.HQ/featured on Nov 5th and cheer on Sam.
