2022 Mazda MX-5 Cup

The 2022 Idemitsu Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by BF Goodrich was a single-make motor racing championship, the 18th season of the Mazda MX-5 Cup and the 2nd under a new sanctioning agreement with the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The series began on January 27 at Daytona International Speedway, and concluded on October 1 at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta after 14 rounds. Jared Thomas won the driver's championship by a narrow margin of 10 points over Connor Zilisch, who was awarded Rookie of the Year. Hixon Motor Sports earned the entrant's championship.

Schedule

The schedule was announced on August 6, 2021, featuring 14 rounds across seven double-header weekends.[1] All races are 45 minutes in length.

Rnd. Circuit Location Dates Supporting
1 Daytona International Speedway (Road Course) Daytona Beach, Florida January 27–30 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
2
3 Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida February 25–27 NTT Data IndyCar Series
4
5 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio May 13–15 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
6
7 Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York June 23–26 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
8
9 Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin July 1–3 NASCAR Cup Series
10
11 Virginia International Raceway Alton, Virginia August 26–28 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
12
13 Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia September 28–October 1 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
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Entry list

All competitors utilize the Mazda MX-5 Cup car, modified to their homologated racing specification by Flis Performance.

Team No. Driver Rounds
Carter Racing Enterprises 08 Michael Carter 1–5
Copeland Motorsports 2 Maximilian Opalski[3]  R  1–4, 6–7
7 Matt Curry[4]  R  1, 3
31 Jameson Riley[5]  R  All
51 Tyler Gonzalez[6] 1–4, 6–7
Maximilian Opalski[3]  R  5
Spark Performance 5 Gresham Wagner[7] All
24 Aaron Jeansonne[7] All
33 Alex Bachoura[7] All
48 Rossi Lee[8] 2–3, 6
Hixon Motor Sports 10 Thomas Annunziata[9]  R  6
21 Bruno Carneiro[10]  R  1–6
27 Dante Tornello[11]  R  1–5
65 Bryce Cornet[12]  R  1–6
72 Connor Zilisch[13]  R  All
80 Ethan Tyler  R  3–6
85 Bruno Smielevski[14]  R  6–7
87 Selin Rollan[15] All
McCumbee McAleer Racing 13 Jenson Altzman[8] All
15 Aidan Fassnacht[16]  R  All
28 Sam Paley[17] All
39 John Jodoin[8]  R  All
48 Rossi Lee[8] 1
53 Mark Kvamme 7
55 Moisey Uretsky[8] 1–5
76 Matthew Dirks[8] All
89 Justin Piscitell[8] All
Thunder Bunny Racing 22 Laura Hayes  R  All
75 Parker Kligerman[18]  R  5
JTR Motorsports Engineering 23 Glenn McGee All
69 Anthony McIntosh  R  1–5, 7
81 James Hayosh  R  4–5
82 Woody Heimann All
88 Sean Varwig  R  1–2
Cameron Lawrence 7
96 Jared Thomas All
Formidable Racing 32 Chris Nunes[19] 1–6
43 Joey Atanasio[19]  R  All
44 Mickey Thomas  R  2
Slipstream Performance 36 David Staab All
37 Michael Staab  R  1–3, 5–7
Sources: [20][21][22][23][24][25][26]

 R  = Eligible for Rookie's Championship

Race Results

Bold indicates overall winner.

Round Circuit Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver
1 R1 Daytona #28 McCumbee McAleer Racing #96 JTR Motorsports Engineering #51 Copeland Motorsports
Sam Paley Jared Thomas Tyler Gonzalez
R2 #72 Hixon Motor Sports #5 Spark Performance #96 JTR Motorsports Engineering
Connor Zilisch Gresham Wagner Jared Thomas
2 R1 St. Petersburg #23 JTR Motorsports Engineering #89 McCumbee McAleer Racing #96 JTR Motorsports Engineering
Glenn McGee Justin Piscitell Jared Thomas
R2 #23 JTR Motorsports Engineering #89 McCumbee McAleer Racing #87 Hixon Motor Sports
Glenn McGee Justin Piscitell Selin Rollan
3 R1 Mid-Ohio #76 McCumbee McAleer Racing #28 McCumbee McAleer Racing #5 Spark Performance
Matthew Dirks Sam Paley Gresham Wagner
R2 #76 McCumbee McAleer Racing #08 Carter Racing Enterprises #96 JTR Motorsports Engineering
Matthew Dirks Michael Carter Jared Thomas
4 R1 Watkins Glen #72 Hixon Motor Sports #21 Hixon Motor Sports #51 Copeland Motorsports
Connor Zilisch Bruno Carneiro Tyler Gonzalez
R2 #24 Spark Performance #76 McCumbee McAleer Racing #15 McCumbee McAleer Racing
Aaron Jeansonne Matthew Dirks Aidan Fassnacht
5 R1 Road America #72 Hixon Motor Sports #5 Spark Performance #72 Hixon Motor Sports
Connor Zilisch Gresham Wagner Connor Zilisch
R2 #72 Hixon Motor Sports #5 Spark Performance #72 Hixon Motor Sports
Connor Zilisch Gresham Wagner Connor Zilisch
6 R1 Virginia #15 McCumbee McAleer Racing #51 Copeland Motorsports #51 Copeland Motorsports
Aidan Fassnacht Tyler Gonzalez Tyler Gonzalez
R2 #15 McCumbee McAleer Racing #96 JTR Motorsports Engineering #72 Hixon Motor Sports
Aidan Fassnacht Jared Thomas Connor Zilisch
7 R1 Road Atlanta #28 McCumbee McAleer Racing #76 McCumbee McAleer Racing #72 Hixon Motor Sports
Sam Paley Matthew Dirks Connor Zilisch
R2 #72 Hixon Motor Sports #39 McCumbee McAleer Racing #51 Copeland Motorsports
Connor Zilisch John Jodoin Tyler Gonzalez

Championship Standings

Points System

Championship points are awarded at the finish of each event according to the chart below.

Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30+
Points 350 320 300 280 260 250 240 230 220 210 200 190 180 170 160 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10

For each race, bonus points are awarded for the following:

Award Points
Pole Position 10
Most Race Laps Led 10
Fastest Race Lap 10
  • The ten (10) additional points for achieving pole position are not awarded if the starting grid is determined by “Other Means”.
  • In the case of a tie for the most laps led, the competitor that finishes the highest in the running order is declared the winner.
  • In the case of a tie for the fastest Race lap, the competitor that first achieves the fastest Race lap is declared the winner.

Driver's Championship

IMSA recognizes driver champions based on the total number of championship points earned during the season.

Pos. Driver DAY STP MOH‡ WGL ELK VIR ATL Bonus Points
1 Jared Thomas 5 1 1 6 2 1 5 3 26 2 17 4 5 8 50 3610
2 Connor Zilisch 4 7 17 2 17 17 22 6 1 1 2 1 1 6 90 3600
3 Gresham Wagner 21 2 2 7 1 5 8 13 3 4 3 2 23 2 50 3465
4 Selin Rollan 3 6 3 1 6 2 28 11 4 20 19 6 2 7 30 3225
5 Sam Paley 9 5 6 3 9 8 25 8 29 13 5 3 4 4 30 3010
6 Justin Piscitell 16 16 7 4 5 3 7 24 8 5 6 7 22 5 20 2910
7 Joey Atanasio 12 3 4 14 12 4 2 9 12 19 26 26 7 3 0 2815
8 Matthew Dirks 26 27 19 9 3 16 24 7 7 3 4 5 6 16 35 2565
9 Jenson Altzman 19 30 11 17 19 9 6 21 10 9 12 10 10 11 0 2400
10 Aaron Jeansonne 10 17 12 8 16 14 4 23 6 6 20 20 11 22 10 2395
11 Tyler Gonzalez 1 20 28 10 26 7 1 28 1 24 3 1 10 2390
12 Glenn McGee 15 15 8 20 15 15 23 12 13 7 9 15 23 21 20 2160
13 Bruno Carneiro 6 11 9 13 11 12 9 2 5 21 27 DNS 10 2110
14 Chris Nunes 2 4 5 19 23 13 10 19 9 8 25 25 0 2100
15 Alex Bachoura 24 14 21 16 19 20 12 15 16 15 10 13 8 19 0 2060
16 David Staab 11 12 20 12 20 23 19 18 18 12 16 18 15 13 0 2015
17 Aidan Fassnacht 17 23 25 25 12 11 3 1 23 27 7 22 19 23 20 1945
18 Laura Hayes 20 24 22 15 25 25 18 17 11 11 13 11 17 15 0 1870
19 John Jodoin 18 26 24 18 13 18 16 15 28 10 28 12 12 12 10 1860
20 Maximilian Opalski 8 25 DNS DNS 14 12 13 14 24 DNS 8 17 18 9 0 1705
21 Jameson Riley 23 9 10 11 24 29 14 10 19 23 15 14 DNS DNS 0 1675
22 Woody Heimann 30 8 18 27 22 24 21 16 14 17 22 16 16 17 0 1605
23 Michael Carter 7 29 13 5 4 19 15 27 2 22 10 1580
24 Bryce Cornet 13 10 26 26 8 6 11 4 30 24 23 DNS 0 1485
25 Anthony McIntosh 22 28 29 21 18 21 29 29 15 26 14 14 0 985
26 Michael Staab 28 18 23 28 28 28 28 DNS 24 23 21 20 0 820
27 Bruno Smielevski 14 8 13 18 0 710
28 Dante Tornello 27 21 30 25 17 22 22 14 0 700
29 Ethan Tyler 27 27 27 25 17 18 18 21 0 665
30 Sean Varwig 14 13 15 24 0 580
31 Moisey Uretsky 29 19 16 DNS 29 22 26 26 27 DNS 0 535
32 Rossi Lee DNS DNS 14 DNS 21 26 21 19 0 490
33 James Hayosh 20 20 21 16 0 470
34 Cameron Lawrence 9 10 0 430
35 Thomas Annunziata 11 9 0 420
36 Matt Curry 25 20 0 170
37 Parker Kligerman 20 25 0 170
38 Mickey Thomas 27 23 0 120
39 Mark Kvamme 20 DNS 0 110
Pos. Driver DAY STP MOH‡ WGL ELK VIR ATL Bonus Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole position

Italics - Fastest lap

Underline = Most Laps Led

‡: Race 1 at Mid-Ohio shortened due to weather, half points awarded except for pole position bonus points.

Entrant's Championship

Each entrant receives championship points for its highest car finishing position in each race. The positions of subsequent finishing cars from the same entrant are not considered in the results and all other cars are elevated in the finishing positions accordingly.

Pos. Driver DAY STP MOH‡ WGL ELK VIR ATL Bonus Points
1 Hixon Motor Sports 3 6 3 1 6 2 9 2 29 1 2 1 1 6 130 4340
2 McCumbee McAleer Racing 9 5 6 3 3 3 3 1 7 3 4 3 4 4 125 4085
3 JTR Motorsports Engineering 5 1 1 6 2 1 5 3 13 2 9 4 5 8 70 4300
4 Spark Performance 10 2 2 7 1 5 4 13 3 4 3 2 8 2 60 3935
5 Copeland Motorsports 1 9 10 10 14 7 1 10 19 23 1 14 3 1 10 3800
6 Formidable Racing 2 3 4 14 12 4 2 9 9 8 25 25 7 3 0 3675
7 Slipstream Performance 11 12 20 12 20 23 19 18 18 12 16 18 15 13 0 3165
8 Thunder Bunny Racing 20 24 22 15 25 25 18 17 11 11 13 11 17 15 0 3160
9 Carter Racing Enterprises 7 29 13 5 4 19 15 27 2 22 10 2420
Pos. Driver DAY STP MOH‡ WGL ELK VIR ATL Bonus Points

‡: Race 1 at Mid-Ohio shortened due to weather, half points awarded except for pole position bonus points.

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