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 will begin on January 24 at Daytona International Speedway, and will conclude on October 11 at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta after 14 rounds. Jared Thomas is the defending champion.

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
1	R2	Daytona International Speedway (Road Course)	Daytona Beach, Florida	January 24–26	IMSA SportsCar Championship Michelin Pilot Challenge
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
2	R4	Sebring International Raceway	Sebring, Florida	March 13–15
3	R5	WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca	Monterey, California	May 10–12	IMSA SportsCar Championship Michelin Pilot Challenge Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America
3	R6	WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca	Monterey, California	May 10–12
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
4	R8	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	June 7–9
5	R9	Canadian Tire Motorsports Park	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	July 12–14	IMSA SportsCar Championship Michelin Pilot Challenge IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge
5	R10	Canadian Tire Motorsports Park	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	July 12–14
6	R11	Virginia International Raceway	Alton, Virginia	August 23–25	IMSA SportsCar Championship Michelin Pilot Challenge IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge
6	R12	Virginia International Raceway	Alton, Virginia	August 23–25
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
7	R14	Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta	Braselton, Georgia	October 9–11
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		1–6
	17	Joe Rainey	R	4–5
	22	Jeremy Fletcher		1–6
	27	Lev Uretsky		2
	30	Joey Rainey	R	4–5
	39	John Jodoin		1–6
	83	Nate Cicero		1–6
JTR Motorsports Engineering	6	Cody Powell	R	1–2, 4–6
	6	Kayden Kelly	R	3
	24	Aaron Jeansonne		1–6
	26	Peter Atwater		1–6
	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		1–6
	88	Nick Shaeffer	R	1–5
	96	Jared Thomas		1–6
BSI Racing	13	Westin Workman	R	1–6
	32	Christian Hodneland		1–6
	54	Heather Hadley		1–6
	55	Jonathan Neudorf		1–6
	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
	95	Jagger Jones		6
Spark Performance	15	Sally Mott	R	1–6
	33	Alex Bachoura		1–6
	50	Grant West		1–4, 6
	99	Noah Harmon	R	1–2
	99	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
	51	Preston Pardus		2
	52	Preston Pardus		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
	R1		Connor Zilisch	Julian DaCosta	Gresham Wagner
	R2		#96 JTR Motorsports Engineering	#22 McCumbee McAleer Racing	#83 McCumbee McAleer Racing
	R2		Jared Thomas	Jeremy Fletcher	Nate Cicero
2	R1	Sebring	#72 BSI Racing	#22 McCumbee McAleer Racing	#57 Saito Motorsport Group
	R1		Connor Zilisch	Jeremy Fletcher	Tyler Gonzalez
	R2		#22 McCumbee McAleer Racing	#22 McCumbee McAleer Racing	#13 BSI Racing
	R2		Jeremy Fletcher	Jeremy Fletcher	Westin Workman
3	R1	Laguna Seca	#24 JTR Motorsports Engineering	#24 JTR Motorsports Engineering	#96 JTR Motorsports Engineering
	R1		Aaron Jeansonne	Aaron Jeansonne	Jared Thomas
	R2		#24 JTR Motorsports Engineering	#22 McCumbee McAleer Racing	#24 JTR Motorsports Engineering
	R2		Aaron Jeansonne	Jeremy Fletcher	Aaron Jeansonne
4	R1	Mid-Ohio	#5 McCumbee McAleer Racing	#96 JTR Motorsports Engineering	#72 BSI Racing
	R1		Gresham Wagner	Jared Thomas	Connor Zilisch
	R2		#5 McCumbee McAleer Racing	#5 McCumbee McAleer Racing	#5 McCumbee McAleer Racing
	R2		Gresham Wagner	Gresham Wagner	Gresham Wagner
5	R1	Mosport	#24 JTR Motorsports Engineering	#5 McCumbee McAleer Racing	#13 BSI Racing
	R1		Aaron Jeansonne	Gresham Wagner	Westin Workman
	R2		#96 JTR Motorsports Engineering	#72 BSI Racing	#83 McCumbee McAleer Racing
	R2		Jared Thomas	Connor Zilisch	Nate Cicero
6	R1	Virginia	#5 McCumbee McAleer Racing	#22 McCumbee McAleer Racing	#22 McCumbee McAleer Racing
	R1		Gresham Wagner	Jeremy Fletcher	Jeremy Fletcher
	R2		#5 McCumbee McAleer Racing	#96 JTR Motorsports Engineering	#22 McCumbee McAleer Racing
	R2		Gresham Wagner	Jared Thomas	Jeremy Fletcher
7	R1	Road Atlanta
	R1
	R2
	R2

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 finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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

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

External links

Official Website

[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.

[8] "MX-5 Official Entry List.pdf" (PDF). July 11, 2024. Retrieved September 20, 2024.

[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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