2024 Mazda MX-5 Cup

The 2024 Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup Presented By Michelin is a single-make motor racing championship, the 20th season of the Mazda MX-5 Cup and the 4th under a new sanctioning agreement with the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The series began on January 24 at Daytona International Speedway, and concluded on October 11 at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta after 14 rounds. Jared Thomas is the defending champion. Gresham Wagner became champion at season's end.

Schedule

The schedule was announced on October 19, 2023, featuring 14 rounds across seven double-header weekends.[1] All races are 45 minutes in length.

On July 17, it was announced that the Mazda MX-5 Cup would have a race at the Martinville Speedway oval, taking place on October 26. It will be a non-championship round, consisting of a 100-lap race with a break at the end of lap 50. [2]

Round Circuit Location Dates Supporting
1 R1 Daytona International Speedway (Road Course) Daytona Beach, Florida January 24–26 IMSA SportsCar Championship
Michelin Pilot Challenge
R2
2 R3 Sebring International Raceway Sebring, Florida March 13–15 IMSA SportsCar Championship
Michelin Pilot Challenge
Porsche Carrera Cup North America
Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America
R4
3 R5 WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California May 10–12 IMSA SportsCar Championship
Michelin Pilot Challenge
Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America
R6
4 R7 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio June 7–9 TCR World Tour
Michelin Pilot Challenge
IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge
IMSA Ford Mustang Challenge
R8
5 R9 Canadian Tire Motorsports Park Toronto, Ontario, Canada July 12–14 IMSA SportsCar Championship
Michelin Pilot Challenge
IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge
R10
6 R11 Virginia International Raceway Alton, Virginia August 23–25 IMSA SportsCar Championship
Michelin Pilot Challenge
IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge
R12
7 R13 Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia October 9–11 IMSA SportsCar Championship
Michelin Pilot Challenge
IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge
Porsche Carrera Cup North America
R14
NC Martinsville Speedway Martinsville, Virginia October 26 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
Source:[3]

Entry list

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

Team No. Driver Rounds
Hendricks Motorsports 2 Jesse Love 2
McCumbee McAleer Racing 5 Gresham Wagner All
17 Joe Rainey  R  4–5
22 Jeremy Fletcher All
27 Lev Uretsky 2
30 Joey Rainey  R  4–5
39 John Jodoin All
83 Nate Cicero All
JTR Motorsports Engineering 6 Cody Powell  R  1–2, 4–6
Kayden Kelly  R  3
24 Aaron Jeansonne All
26 Peter Atwater All
56 Nathan Nicholson  R  1–5
69 Anthony McIntosh 2
78 Julian DaCosta  R  4–6
81 James Hayosh 1–2, 4–5
82 Woody Heimann All
88 Nick Shaeffer  R  1–5
96 Jared Thomas All
BSI Racing 13 Westin Workman  R  All
32 Christian Hodneland All
54 Heather Hadley All
55 Jonathan Neudorf All
72 Connor Zilisch 1–2, 4–5
78 Julian DaCosta  R  1–3
80 Ethan Tyler 1, 3, 6
86 Farhan Siddiqi 6
87 Selin Rollan 1–2
95 Farhan Siddiqi 1–2, 4
Jagger Jones 6
Spark Performance 15 Sally Mott  R  All
33 Alex Bachoura All
50 Grant West 1–4, 6
99 Noah Harmon  R  1–2
Bryce Cornet 3
MBM Performance 16 Robert Mau  R  6
44 Jon Miller  R  6
46 Christopher Allen  R  6
Advanced Autosports 25 Bryan Heitman 4
56 Nathan Nicholson  R  6
71 Ethan Jacobs  R  4
Parker DeLong Racing 42 Parker DeLong  R  1–4, 6
Rick Ware Racing 51 Cody Ware 1
Preston Pardus 2
52 1
Saito Motorsport Group 19 Chuck Mactutus  R  6
20 Zach Hollingshead  R  6
57 Tyler Gonzalez 1–4, 6
66 Wyatt Couch  R  3
Sources:[4][5][6][7][8][9]

 R  = Eligible for Rookie's Championship

Race Results

Bold indicates overall winner.

Round Circuit Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver
1 R1 Daytona #72 BSI Racing #78 BSI Racing #5 McCumbee McAleer Racing
Connor Zilisch Julian DaCosta Gresham Wagner
R2 #96 JTR Motorsports Engineering #22 McCumbee McAleer Racing #83 McCumbee McAleer Racing
Jared Thomas Jeremy Fletcher Nate Cicero
2 R1 Sebring #72 BSI Racing #22 McCumbee McAleer Racing #57 Saito Motorsport Group
Connor Zilisch Jeremy Fletcher Tyler Gonzalez
R2 #22 McCumbee McAleer Racing #22 McCumbee McAleer Racing #13 BSI Racing
Jeremy Fletcher Jeremy Fletcher Westin Workman
3 R1 Laguna Seca #24 JTR Motorsports Engineering #24 JTR Motorsports Engineering #96 JTR Motorsports Engineering
Aaron Jeansonne Aaron Jeansonne Jared Thomas
R2 #24 JTR Motorsports Engineering #22 McCumbee McAleer Racing #24 JTR Motorsports Engineering
Aaron Jeansonne Jeremy Fletcher Aaron Jeansonne
4 R1 Mid-Ohio #5 McCumbee McAleer Racing #96 JTR Motorsports Engineering #72 BSI Racing
Gresham Wagner Jared Thomas Connor Zilisch
R2 #5 McCumbee McAleer Racing #5 McCumbee McAleer Racing #5 McCumbee McAleer Racing
Gresham Wagner Gresham Wagner Gresham Wagner
5 R1 Mosport #24 JTR Motorsports Engineering #5 McCumbee McAleer Racing #13 BSI Racing
Aaron Jeansonne Gresham Wagner Westin Workman
R2 #96 JTR Motorsports Engineering #72 BSI Racing #83 McCumbee McAleer Racing
Jared Thomas Connor Zilisch Nate Cicero
6 R1 Virginia #5 McCumbee McAleer Racing #22 McCumbee McAleer Racing #22 McCumbee McAleer Racing
Gresham Wagner Jeremy Fletcher Jeremy Fletcher
R2 #5 McCumbee McAleer Racing #96 JTR Motorsports Engineering #22 McCumbee McAleer Racing
Gresham Wagner Jared Thomas Jeremy Fletcher
7 R1 Road Atlanta #22 McCumbee McAleer Racing #5 McCumbee McAleer Racing #5 McCumbee McAleer Racing
Jeremy Fletcher Gresham Wagner Gresham Wagner
R2 #83 McCumbee McAleer Racing #13 BSI Racing #22 McCumbee McAleer Racing
Nate Cicero Westin Workman Jeremy Fletcher

Championship Standings

Points System

Championship points are awarded at the finish of each event according to the chart below.[10]

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

Driver's Championship

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

Pos. Driver DAY SEB LGA MOH MOS VIR ATL Bonus Points
1 Gresham Wagner 1 4 3 18 6 18 3 1 10 20 3 3 1 3 90 3770
2 Jared Thomas 6 14 6 4 1 4 2 26 2 8 4 2 3 5 50 3710
3 Jeremy Fletcher 3 2 30 3 8 3 6 2 6 15 1 1 19 1 70 3700
4 Nate Cicero 28 1 4 15 3 7 4 3 4 1 6 5 5 2 0 3670
5 Aaron Jeansonne 4 13 7 5 5 1 5 14 5 4 7 14 6 9 60 3480
6 Westin Workman  R  7 12 5 1 18 20 9 4 1 16 2 4 4 7 10 3420
7 Nathan Nicholson  R  9 26 10 6 2 2 8 8 21 17 DNS 23 8 8 0 2610
8 Julian DaCosta  R  11 22 11 28 14 9 7 15 22 2 8 7 10 17 10 2550
9 Jonathan Neudorf 14 20 12 8 17 21 16 16 9 9 5 6 11 22 0 2480
10 John Jodoin 12 21 16 9 21 DNS 12 6 7 7 10 16 7 12 0 2470
11 Alex Bachoura 18 6 28 11 23 8 20 11 8 3 25 10 13 21 0 2310
12 Sally Mott  R  25 19 19 17 20 11 13 13 13 6 13 19 23 14 0 2090
13 Connor Zilisch 5 25 2 2 1 5 3 18 60 2060
14 Peter Atwater 13 24 26 23 13 16 15 22 15 10 11 12 14 16 0 2040
15 Woody Heimann 16 11 20 25 24 10 17 12 11 5 14 24 20 25 0 2000
16 Tyler Gonzalez 2 8 1 26 16 14 27 10 23 DNS 18 6 10 1990
17 Parker DeLong  R  23 10 15 29 12 15 28 17 17 8 2 10 0 1890
18 Heather Hadley 17 23 23 14 10 23 19 19 12 19 15 20 24 15 0 1810
19 Grant West DNS DNS 17 10 7 5 10 7 20 22 21 11 0 1800
20 Christian Hodneland 21 17 25 21 15 19 21 21 18 14 18 13 17 19 0 1750
21 Nick Shaeffer  R  20 9 18 24 22 6 14 25 14 11 0 1470
22 Noah Harmon  R  27 5 9 13 9 4 0 1200
23 Cody Powell  R  24 16 22 19 18 18 20 13 16 25 0 1130
24 Ethan Tyler 19 7 11 13 24 15 0 970
25 James Hayosh 22 15 24 20 24 20 16 12 0 950
26 Selin Rollan 8 3 8 27 0 800
27 Preston Pardus 10 27 13 7 0 670
28 Farhan Siddiqi 26 18 29 30 23 24 22 21 0 550
29 Joey Rainey  R  22 DNS 17 DNS 15 18 0 520
30 Joe Rainey  R  25 DNS 19 DNS 16 20 0 440
31 Bryce Cornet 4 17 0 420
32 Ethan Jacobs  R  11 9 0 420
33 Kayden Kelly  R  9 12 0 410
34 Christopher Allen  R  12 9 0 410
35 Frankie Barroso  R  12 13 0 370
36 Jagger Jones 9 18 DNS 24 0 350
37 Robert Mau  R  19 11 0 320
38 Anthony McIntosh 14 16 0 320
39 Jesse Love 21 12 0 290
40 Zach Hollingshead  R  21 17 0 240
41 Wyatt Couch  R  19 22 0 210
42 Cody Ware 15 28 0 190
43 Caleb Bacon  R  22 23 0 170
44 Lev Uretsky 27 22 0 130
45 Bryan Heitman 26 23 0 130
– Chuck Mactutus  R  DNS DNS – –
– Jon Miller  R  DNS DNS – –
Pos. Driver DAY SEB LGA MOH MOS 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

†: Post-event penalty. Car moved to back of class.

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. Team DAY SEB LGA MOH MOS VIR ATL Bonus Points
1 McCumbee McAleer Racing 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 1 4 1 1 1 160 4120
2 JTR Motorsports Engineering 4 9 6 4 1 1 2 8 2 2 4 2 110 3800
3 BSI Racing 4 7 2 1 10 9 1 4 1 9 2 4 80 3790
4 Spark Performance 18 5 9 10 4 5 10 7 8 3 13 10 0 3320
5 Saito Motorsport Group 2 8 1 26 16 14 27 10 21 17 10 2670
6 Parker DeLong Racing 23 10 15 29 12 15 28 17 17 8 0 2440
7 Rollan Racing/BSI Racing 8 3 8 27 0 1070
8 Rick Ware Racing 10 27 13 7 0 1000
9 Advanced Autosports 11 9 DNS 23 0 750
10 MBM Performance 12 9 0 540
11 Hendricks Motorsports 21 12 0 470
Pos. Team DAY SEB LGA MOH MOS VIR ATL Bonus Points

References

  1. ^ "Mazda unveils 2024 Mazda MX-5 Cup schedule". mx-5cup.com. October 19, 2023. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
  2. ^ "Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup to race at Martinsville Speedway in doubleheader with NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour". NASCAR. July 17, 2024.
  3. ^ "Schedule". mx-5cup.com. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
  4. ^ "Mazda MX-5 Cup - Official Entry List" (PDF). January 23, 2024. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
  5. ^ "MX-5 Official Entry List.pdf" (PDF). March 13, 2024. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
  6. ^ "MX-5 Official Entry List.pdf" (PDF). May 9, 2024. Retrieved May 11, 2024.
  7. ^ "MX-5 Official Entry List.pdf" (PDF). June 6, 2024. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
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  9. ^ "MX-5 Official Entry List.pdf" (PDF). August 22, 2024. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
  10. ^ "2024 IMSA Sporting Regulations (and SSR) for the MX-5 Cup" (PDF). mx-5cup.com. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
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