Tri-Point Rocks

Now that I'm a Mazda owner, I have a rooting interest in the Speed World Challenge Touring races, as the front runners include a bevy of Mazda6 sedans. The leading Mazda team, Tri-Point Engineering, in addition to being the home to a pair of former autocrossers, has joined up with the comic strip Mutts for the season's final two races (two weekends ago at Road Atlanta and this upcoming weekend at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca) to raise awareness for the adoption of shelter animals:

For the final two races, each will have a new teammate as the Tri-Point Motorsports team has adopted ‘Earl’ and ‘Mooch,’ the beloved "MUTTS" comic strip characters, to ride along. Jeff, Randy, ‘Earl’, and ‘Mooch’ have joined forces with The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) in their efforts to promote the adoption of shelter animals.

Honestly, all I know of Mutts is that its Earl and Mooch couldn't smooth out the rough edges of Rat from Pearls Before Swine. But their hearts are certainly in the right place on this one, as are the Tri-Point guys. Plus,it gives me a chance to post a pic of my favorite shelter adoptee: