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2023 Mazda MX-5 Cup

The 2023 Idemitsu Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by BF Goodrich is a single-make motor racing championship, the 19th season of the Mazda MX-5 Cup and the 3rd under a new sanctioning agreement with the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The series began on January 25 at Daytona International Speedway, and concluded on October 13 at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta after 14 rounds. Jared Thomas defended the driver's championship, with his team JTR Motorsports Engineering winning the entrant's championship as well. Nate Cicero from McCumbee McAleer Racing won the Rookie of The Year award.


Schedule edit

The schedule was announced on August 5, 2022, featuring 14 rounds across seven double-header weekends, one of which was not confirmed at the time.[1] On September 1, the missing round was revealed to be Laguna Seca.[2] All races are 45 minutes in length.

Rnd. Circuit Location Dates Supporting
1 Daytona International Speedway (Road Course)   Daytona Beach, Florida January 25–27 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
2
3 Streets of St. Petersburg   St. Petersburg, Florida March 3–5 NTT IndyCar Series
4
5 WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca   Monterey, California May 12–14 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
6
7 Watkins Glen International   Watkins Glen, New York June 22–24 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
8
9 Road America   Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin August 4–6 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
10
11 Virginia International Raceway   Alton, Virginia August 25–27 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
12
13 Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta   Braselton, Georgia October 11–13 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
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Source:[3]

Entry list edit

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 03   John Hansen  R  5–6
Copeland Motorsports 2   Maximilian Opalski All
22   Jeremy Fletcher  R  All
51   Tyler Gonzalez 1–2, 7
JTR Motorsports Engineering 3   James Hinchcliffe 4
  Cody Powell  R  6
4   Zane Hodgen  R  1–3
23   Glenn McGee 1, 3–4
24   Aaron Jeansonne All
26   Peter Atwater 1–3, 5–7
69   Anthony McIntosh All
81   James Hayosh  R  1, 4–5
82   Woody Heimann All
96   Jared Thomas All
Spark Performance 5   Gresham Wagner All
15   Sally Mott  R  7
20   Hernan Palermo All
33   Alex Bachoura 1–6
50   Grant West  R  1–5, 7
54   Heather Hadley  R  All
65   Bryce Cornet 1, 3
Hixon Motor Sports 10   Thomas Annunziata  R  All
32   Christian Hodneland 7
44   Bailey Cruse  R  5–7
48   Rossi Lee 2
55   Jonathan Neudorf  R  All
72   Connor Zilisch 1–3, 6–7
73   Steven Clemons  R  1
74   Hanna Zellers 1, 3–5
78   Julian DaCosta  R  6–7
80   Ethan Tyler 1, 4–6
85   Bruno Smielevski  R  1–3
87   Selin Rollan All
95   Farhan Siddiqi  R  2, 4–7
Robert Noaker Racing 13   Robert Noaker All
17   Joe Rainey  R  5, 7
25   Bryan Heitman  R  5, 7
30   Joey Rainey  R  5
88   Justin Brigandi  R  4
Saito MotorSport Group 19   Clayton Ketcher  R  4
  Michael Carter 6
  Ben Keating 7
McCumbee McAleer Racing 28   Sam Paley 1–4
39   John Jodoin All
49   Andrew Wilson  R  5
76   Matthew Dirks 1–4
83   Nate Cicero  R  All
Sources: [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

 R  = Eligible for Rookie's Championship

Race Results edit

Bold indicates overall winner.

Round Circuit Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver
1 R1 Daytona #72 Hixon Motor Sports #28 McCumbee McAleer Racing #51 Copeland Motorsports
  Connor Zilisch   Sam Paley   Tyler Gonzalez
R2 #28 McCumbee McAleer Racing #5 Spark Performance #96 JTR Motorsports Engineering
  Sam Paley   Gresham Wagner   Jared Thomas
2 R1 St. Petersburg #13 Robert Noaker Racing #5 Spark Performance #5 Spark Performance
  Robert Noaker   Gresham Wagner   Gresham Wagner
R2 #5 Spark Performance #72 Hixon Motor Sports #72 Hixon Motor Sports
  Gresham Wagner   Connor Zilisch   Connor Zilisch
3 R1 Laguna Seca #5 Spark Performance #72 Hixon Motor Sports #72 Hixon Motor Sports
  Gresham Wagner   Connor Zilisch   Connor Zilisch
R2 #24 JTR Motorsports Engineering #24 JTR Motorsports Engineering #24 JTR Motorsports Engineering
  Aaron Jeansonne   Aaron Jeansonne   Aaron Jeansonne
4 R1 Watkins Glen #5 Spark Performance #13 Robert Noaker Racing #24 JTR Motorsports Engineering
  Gresham Wagner   Robert Noaker   Aaron Jeansonne
R2 #87 Hixon Motor Sports #87 Hixon Motor Sports #87 Hixon Motor Sports
  Selin Rollan   Selin Rollan   Selin Rollan
5 R1 Road America #55 Hixon Motor Sports #2 Copeland Motorsports #5 Spark Performance
  Jonathan Neudorf   Maximilian Opalski   Gresham Wagner
R2 #2 Copeland Motorsports #96 JTR Motorsports Engineering #96 JTR Motorsports Engineering
  Maximilian Opalski   Jared Thomas   Jared Thomas
6 R1 Virginia #24 JTR Motorsports Engineering #22 Copeland Motorsports #83 McCumbee McAleer Racing
  Aaron Jeansonne   Jeremy Fletcher   Nate Cicero
R2 #72 Hixon Motor Sports #19 Saito MotorSport Group #96 JTR Motorsports Engineering
  Connor Zilisch   Michael Carter   Jared Thomas
7 R1 Road Atlanta #24 JTR Motorsports Engineering #5 Spark Performance #72 Hixon Motor Sports
  Aaron Jeansonne   Gresham Wagner   Connor Zilisch
R2 #5 Spark Performance #51 Copeland Motorsports #72 Hixon Motor Sports
  Gresham Wagner   Tyler Gonzalez   Connor Zilisch

Championship Standings edit

Points System edit

Championship points are awarded at the finish of each event according to the chart below.[11]

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 edit

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

Pos. Driver DAY STP LGA WGL ELK VIR ATL Bonus Points
1   Jared Thomas 9 1 13 26 2 2 3 4 2 1 2 1 3 5 10 3930
2   Aaron Jeansonne 4 6 4 2 3 1 1 7 15 21 23 2 7 7 60 3570
3   Selin Rollan 7 4 6 4 4 3 10 1 9 23 25 12 4 2 30 3370
4   Maximilian Opalski 11 5 10 16 12 25 21 13 5 3 4 4 6 3 30 3050
5   Gresham Wagner 5 3 1 23 6 14 26 16 1 2 17 10 17 19 100 2990
6   Nate Cicero  R  26 8 9 19 5 4 12 19 4 6 1 3 18 10 0 2990
7   Robert Noaker 12 19 11 15 7 23 4 2 3 4 5 7 27 6 20 2980
8   Connor Zilisch 2 15 2 1 1 22 3 9 1 1 110 2920
9   John Jodoin 18 23 8 18 13 18 5 5 6 5 6 6 5 9 0 2890
10   Thomas Annunziata  R  8 24 5 22 11 7 2 3 26 18 7 5 8 8 0 2850
11   Alex Bachoura 27 10 12 3 15 6 16 22 10 10 13 17 9 12 0 2540
12   Hernan Palermo 19 14 18 17 17 19 7 10 11 8 14 14 12 11 0 2430
13   Woody Heimann 16 7 24 12 14 9 9 21 13 19 15 16 11 14 0 2340
14   Jonathan Neudorf  R  24 9 23 9 26 20 22 8 14 7 11 8 13 25 10 2160
15   Anthony McIntosh 15 13 20 6 16 13 25 DNS 8 20 12 DNS 15 13 0 1960
16   Heather Hadley  R  22 25 19 8 21 17 18 14 7 13 18 18 14 28 0 1920
17   Jeremy Fletcher  R  14 26 22 13 22 26 24 6 16 24 10 11 10 23 0 1880
18   Sam Paley 3 21 3 5 8 8 11 24 20 1710
19   Tyler Gonzalez 1 2 7 25 2 4 10 1580
20   Peter Atwater 21 12 16 21 25 11 22 9 19 15 23 26 0 1520
21   Farhan Siddiqi  R  25 14 20 17 21 17 21 22 21 21 0 1110
22   Matthew Dirks 17 11 21 20 23 12 23 20 0 1010
23   Bruno Smielevski  R  6 28 26 10 10 10 0 960
24   Grant West  R  DNS DNS 15 7 24 21 17 25 DNS DNS 28 15 0 960
25   James Hayosh  R  20 16 15 12 12 15 0 960
26   Glenn McGee 10 22 18 16 8 18 0 940
27   Bailey Cruse  R  19 12 20 24 19 16 0 760
28   Zane Hodgen  R  25 17 17 11 19 24 0 730
29   Bryce Cornet 13 27 9 5 0 700
30   Hanna Zellers 28 20 20 15 27 DNS 23 22 0 620
31   Ethan Tyler 29 29 13 11 DNS DNS 22 21 0 610
32   Julian DaCosta  R  9 23 16 17 0 590
33   John Hansen  R  17 11 24 20 0 520
34   James Hinchcliffe 6 9 0 470
35   Joe Rainey  R  18 14 22 24 0 460
36   Michael Carter 8 13 0 420
37   Bryan Heitman  R  20 16 25 22 0 410
38   Justin Brigandi  R  19 15 0 280
39   Cody Powell  R  16 19 0 270
40   Clayton Ketcher  R  14 23 0 250
41   Rossi Lee 14 24 0 240
42   Sally Mott  R  20 18 0 240
43   Steven Clemons  R  23 18 0 210
44   Ben Keating 26 20 0 160
45   Christian Hodneland 24 27 0 110
46   Joey Rainey  R  24 DNS 0 70
47   Andrew Wilson  R  25 DNS 0 60
Pos. Driver DAY STP LGA WGL ELK VIR ATL Bonus Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (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

Entrant's Championship edit

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 LGA WGL ELK VIR ATL Bonus Points
1 JTR Motorsports Engineering 4 1 4 2 2 1 1 4 2 1 2 1 3 5 70 4540
2 Hixon Motor Sports 2 4 2 1 1 3 2 1 9 7 3 5 1 1 150 4540
3 McCumbee McAleer Racing 3 8 3 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 1 3 5 9 20 4060
4 Spark Performance 5 3 1 3 6 5 7 10 1 2 13 10 9 11 100 4030
5 Copeland Motorsports 1 2 7 13 12 25 21 6 5 3 4 4 6 3 40 3950
6 Robert Noaker Racing 12 19 11 15 7 23 4 2 3 4 5 7 22 6 20 3760
7 Saito MotorSport Group 14 23 8 13 2 4 20 1620
8 Carter Racing Enterprises 17 11 24 20 0 940
Pos. Driver DAY STP LGA WGL ELK VIR ATL Bonus Points

References edit

  1. ^ "Mazda unveils 2023 MX-5 Cup schedule". mx-5cup.com. August 5, 2022. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
  2. ^ "Laguna Seca completes 2023 MX-5 Cup schedule". racer.com. September 1, 2022. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
  3. ^ "Schedule". www.mx-5cup.com. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
  4. ^ "The Rolex 24 at Daytona MX-5 Pre-Race Entry List" (PDF). IMSA. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
  5. ^ "Grand Prix of St. Petersburg MX-5 Official Entry List" (PDF). IMSA. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
  6. ^ "MOTUL Course de Monterey Powered by Hyundai N MX-5 Official Entry List" (PDF). IMSA. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
  7. ^ "Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen MX-5 Pre-Race Entry List-V2.pdf" (PDF). IMSA. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  8. ^ "idemitsu Mazda Mx-5 Cup Test MX-5 Official Entry List.pdf" (PDF). IMSA. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
  9. ^ "Michelin GT Challenge at VIR MX-5 Official Entry List.pdf" (PDF). IMSA. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
  10. ^ "Motul Petit LeMans MX-5 Official Entry List.pdf" (PDF). IMSA. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
  11. ^ "2023 IMSA Sporting Regulations (and SSR) for the MX-5 Cup" (PDF). IMSA. Retrieved May 17, 2023.

External links edit

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