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.

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 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
Source:^[2]

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		1–4
	17	Joe Rainey	R	4
	22	Jeremy Fletcher		1–4
	27	Lev Uretsky		2
	30	Joey Rainey	R	4
	39	John Jodoin		1–4
	83	Nate Cicero		1–4
JTR Motorsports Engineering	6	Cody Powell	R	1–2, 4
	6	Kayden Kelly	R	3
	24	Aaron Jeansonne		1–4
	26	Peter Atwater		1–4
	56	Nathan Nicholson	R	1–4
	69	Anthony McIntosh		2
	78	Julian DaCosta	R	4
	81	James Hayosh		1–2, 4
	82	Woody Heimann		1–4
	88	Nick Shaeffer	R	1–4
	96	Jared Thomas		1–4
BSI Racing	13	Westin Workman	R	1–4
	32	Christian Hodneland		1–4
	54	Heather Hadley		1–4
	55	Jonathan Neudorf		1–4
	72	Connor Zilisch		1–2, 4
	78	Julian DaCosta	R	1–3
	80	Ethan Tyler		1, 3
	87	Selin Rollan		1–2
	95	Farhan Siddiqi		1–2, 4
Spark Performance	15	Sally Mott	R	1–4
	33	Alex Bachoura		1–4
	50	Grant West		1–4
	99	Noah Harmon	R	1–2
	99	Bryce Cornet		3
Advanced Autosports	25	Bryan Heitman		4
Advanced Autosports	71	Ethan Jacobs	R	4
Parker Delong Racing	42	Parker DeLong		1–4
Rick Ware Racing	51	Cody Ware		1
	51	Preston Pardus		2
	52	Preston Pardus		1
Saito Motorsport Group	57	Tyler Gonzalez		1–4
Saito Motorsport Group	66	Wyatt Couch	R	3
Sources:^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

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
	R1
	R2
	R2
6	R1	Virginia
	R1
	R2
	R2
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.^[7]

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				50	2140
2	Jeremy Fletcher	3	2	30	3	8	3	6	2				50	2080
3	Aaron Jeansonne	4	13	7	5	5	1	5	14				50	2050
4	Jared Thomas	6	14	6	4	1	4	2	26				20	1970
5	Nate Cicero	28	1	4	15	3	7	4	3				0	1940
6	Nathan Nicholson R	9	26	10	6	2	2	8	8				0	1830
7	Westin Workman R	7	12	5	1	18	20	9	4				10	1790
8	Connor Zilisch	5	25	2	2			1	5				40	1610
9	Tyler Gonzalez	2	8	1	26	16	14	27	10				10	1530
10	Julian DaCosta R	11	22	11	28	14	9	7	15				10	1320
11	Grant West	DNS	DNS	17	10	7	5	10	7				0	1300
12	Jonathan Neudorf	14	20	12	8	17	21	16	16				0	1240
13	Alex Bachoura	18	6	28	11	23	8	20	11				0	1230
14	John Jodoin	12	21	16	9	21	DNS	12	6				0	1200
15	Woody Heimann	16	11	20	25	24	10	17	12				0	1130
16	Sally Mott R	25	19	19	17	20	11	13	13				0	1110
17	Nick Shaeffer R	20	9	18	24	22	6	14	25				0	1100
18	Heather Hadley	17	23	23	14	10	23	19	19				0	1000
19	Peter Atwater	13	24	26	23	13	16	15	22				0	960
20	Christian Hodneland	21	17	25	21	15	19	21	21				0	880
21	Selin Rollan	8	3	8	27								0	800
22	Ethan Tyler	19	7			11	13						0	740
23	Noah Harmon	27	5	9	13								0	700
24	Parker DeLong	23	10	15	29	12	15	28	17				0	700
25	Cody Powell R	24	16	22	19			18	18				0	690
26	Preston Pardus	10	27	13	7								0	670
27	James Hayosh	22	15	24	20			24	20				0	610
28	Bryce Cornet					4	17						0	420
29	Ethan Jacobs R							11	9				0	420
30	Kayden Kelly R					9	12						0	410
31	Farhan Siddiqi	26	18	29	30			23	24				0	360
32	Anthony McIntosh			14	16								0	320
33	Jesse Love			21	12								0	290
34	Wyatt Couch R					19	22						0	210
35	Cody Ware	15	28										0	190
36	Lev Uretsky			27	22								0	130
37	Bryan Heitman							26	23				0	130
38	Joey Rainey R							22	DNS				0	90
39	Joe Rainey R							25	DNS				0	60
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

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				100	2710
2	BSI Racing	4	7	2	1	10	9	1	4				60	2520
3	JTR Motorsports Engineering	4	9	6	4	1	1	2	8				70	2500
4	Spark Performance	18	5	9	10	4	5	10	7				0	2230
5	Saito Motorsport Group	2	8	1	26	16	14	27	10				10	2190
6	Parker DeLong Racing	23	10	15	29	12	15	28	17				0	1910
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				0	520
10	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.
^ "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 Pre-Event Entry List.pdf" (PDF). May 29, 2024. Retrieved June 6, 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] "Schedule". mx-5cup.com. Retrieved January 13, 2024.

[3] "Mazda MX-5 Cup - Official Entry List" (PDF). January 23, 2024. Retrieved January 25, 2024.

[4] "MX-5 Official Entry List.pdf" (PDF). March 13, 2024. Retrieved March 17, 2024.

[5] "MX-5 Official Entry List.pdf" (PDF). May 9, 2024. Retrieved May 11, 2024.

[6] "MX-5 Pre-Event Entry List.pdf" (PDF). May 29, 2024. Retrieved June 6, 2024.

[7] "2024 IMSA Sporting Regulations (and SSR) for the MX-5 Cup" (PDF). mx-5cup.com. Retrieved January 13, 2024.

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