TC Motorsports was formed as an amateur road racing team in 2000 by Team Principals Carlo and Taryn Sparacio.  Both Carlo and Taryn were successful competitors in autocross, time trials, open road racing, before moving to road racing.  In 2002, TC Motorsports, LLC, was established and quickly became one of the premier arrive-and-drive companies in the Pacific Northwest, offering a highly competitive Mazda RX-7 to rent for sprint and endurance races.

In 2004, TC Motorsports built and developed two Spec Miatas with new team member Jon Ament.  Running the two new Spec Miatas, as well as a PRO7 Mazda RX-7, TC Motorsports competed in the 12-race International Conference of Sports Car Clubs (Conference) Spec Miata, Radial Sedan, and PRO7 championships.  TC Motorsports was the most successful team in the Spec Miata series.  Team Principal Carlo Sparacio won six of the 12 races, earned seven pole positions, set three lap records, and finished 2nd in the Spec Miata driver's championship, missing 1st by only one point.  The team also finished 2nd, 3rd, and 4th in the in PRO7, Radial Sedan, and Spec Miata championships, respectively.

In the 2004 endurance racing segment, TC Motorsports fielded two Spec Miatas at the Cascade Sports Car Club (CSCC) 8-Hours of the Cascades Endurance Race at Portland International Raceway and finished 1st and 3rd in class.  Later in the year, the team entered one car at the National Auto Sports Association (NASA) Pro Racing/United States Air Force 25-Hours of Thunderhill Severe Endurance Race, one of the longest and most grueling professional sports car endurance races in the world. TC Motorsports finished 3rd out of 23 in class and 11th overall in a field of 59 cars. Of the other 14 Spec Miata competitors in class, many of which were nationally recognized teams, TC Motorsports finished ahead of all but one.

TC Motorsports continued to grow in 2005 by building and developing another Spec Miata (for a total of three) and competing in its first professional racing series, the SCCA Pro Mazdaspeed Miata Cup, in which the team entered three cars.  TC Motorsports Team Principle Carlo Sparacio finished 3rd in the Pacific Tour Championship, with two podium finishes, two top five finishes, two Sunoco Hard Charger Awards for advancing the most positions in a race, and was the top-ranked rookie of the series.

TC Motorsports also competed in the 12-race Conference Spec Miata championship in 2005, where the team was again the most successful Spec Miata team, finishing 1st and 2nd in the championship.  Team Principal Taryn Sparacio became the first woman in the world to win a Spec Miata championship.  She won four races, earned five pole positions, and set one track qualifying record.  She also finished 1st in the Improved Touring-A championship with one win, two pole positions, and six podium finishes, was named Driver of the Year by International Race Drivers Club, and was nominated as Conference Driver of the Year.

In the 2005 endurance racing segment, the team again fielded two cars in the 8-Hours of the Cascades and came home with their second consecutive win in the ultra competitive P3 class, while finishing 7th overall, and on the same lap as the P2 class winner.  The team also entered one car at the NASA 25 Hours of Thunderhill for the second year, finishing 2nd of 20 in the E2 class and 7th overall in a field 58 entries.  TC Motorsports brought home the honors of being not only the top finishing Miata, but also the top finishing Mazda, beating even the factory-supported Mazdaspeed Motorsports team that fielded two 2006 MX-5 Cup cars.

In 2006, Team Principals Carlo and Taryn Sparacio moved away from racing full time to focus their efforts on building TC Motorsports’ racecar build, management, and rental program.  The team competed in its second professional racing series, the SCCA Pro Mazda MX-5 Cup Presented by Hankook.  TC Motorsports built two Pro Mazda MX-5 Cup cars and campaigned one client car for the eight race series that was televised on SPEED Channel.  The company continued to offer three Spec Miatas for arrive and drive programs at Pacific Northwest and Northern California (e.g, Thunderhill and Laguna Seca) race tracks.

In January 2007, TC Motorsports opened a race preparation shop in Auburn, Washington, where the team works on every aspect of the racecar, from building turn-key racecars, to maintaining and upgrading existing racecars.  In 2007, TC Motorsports became the official arrive and drive racecar rental company for ProFormance Racing School.  The team also added two new rental cars to its fleet of three Spec Miatas, a BMW 325is Pro-3 and a Formula Ford.  With five rental cars available in the most competitive and fun classes, TC Motorsports continues to be the premier professional arrive and drive company in the Pacific Northwest!

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