page_title: GO technologies
section_title: Mazda Miata Race Trainer
hierarchical_section_title: GO technologies / Motorsports / Mazda Miata Race Trainer
caption_attribution_description: English: Documentary producer shooting Lance Magin in the RediAuto Miata Trainer at Willow Springs Race Track.
context_page_description: From 2004 to 2008, GO technologies, inc. distributed specialized driving aids for disabled drivers under the RediAuto Sport and Soft Touch brands. Both brands offered upscale products for drivers who have little or no ability to use their feet to operate vehicle gas and brake pedals.
  RediAuto Sport was marketed as “America’s only supplier of sports cars for disabled drivers.” Products included a “RediAuto System” consisting of a hand-operated clutch for manual shift vehicles, a steering wheel-mounted accelerator ring, and a hand-operated brake. Soft Touch was advertised as a luxury product line and had only one product: an expensive gas and brake controller.
  The company promoted motor sports for disabled drivers by supplying specially outfitted racecars, supporting drivers at local race courses, and sponsoring the RediaAuto Sport Track Challenge and the 2007 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. The July 2007 issue of Motor Trend Magazine described the GO products as “The future of hand controls."
  As the great recession took its toll on upscale brands and discretionary spending, GO sales fell dramatically.
context_section_description: GO technologies maintained a 2001 Mazda Miata outfitted by Mazdaspeed and conforming to SCCA regulations. This car was used to encourage disabled drivers to experience racing. Mr. Reyes felt that giving people the opportunity to do an "impossible thing" would broaden their self acceptance and alleviate the depression associated with traumatic injuries.
  Driving clinics were held on weekends for beginners in the streets surrounding the company's Camarillo, CA warehouse. More experienced drivers were given the opportunity to drive the car at Willow Springs International Motorsports Park, north of Los Angeles and a few at the Irwindale track.
  "Stop & Go," one of a series of videos produced by Gold Pictures, Inc. for the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation was shot at Willow Springs and featured Lance Magin in the Miata trainer.
caption: Documentary producer Jenny Gold with paraplegic race car driver Lance Magin at Willow Springs Race Track. 
  Photo by Veronica Verve.
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