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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) Florida Daytona Beach, Florida January 24–26 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
R2
2 R3 Sebring International Raceway Florida Sebring, Florida March 13–15 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
R4
3 R5 WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca California Monterey, California May 10–12 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
R6
4 R7 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Ohio Lexington, Ohio June 7–9 Michelin Pilot Challenge
TCR World Tour
R8
5 R9 Canadian Tire Motorsports Park Ontario Toronto, Ontario, Canada July 12–14 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
R10
6 R11 Virginia International Raceway Virginia Alton, Virginia August 23–25 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
R12
7 R13 Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta Georgia (U.S. state) Braselton, Georgia October 9–11 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
R14
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
McCumbee McAleer Racing 5 United States Gresham Wagner 1
22 United States Jeremy Fletcher 1
39 United States John Jodoin 1
83 United States Nate Cicero 1
JTR Motorsports Engineering 6 United States Cody Powell  R  1
24 United States Aaron Jeansonne 1
26 United States Peter Atwater 1
56 United States Nathan Nicholson  R  1
81 United States James Hayosh 1
82 United States Woody Heimann 1
88 United States Nick Shaeffer  R  1
96 United States Jared Thomas 1
BSI Racing 13 United States Westin Workman  R  1
32 United States Christian Hodneland 1
54 United States Heather Hadley 1
55 Canada Jonathan Neudorf 1
72 United States Connor Zilisch 1
78 United States Julian DaCosta  R  1
80 United States Ethan Tyler 1
87 United States Selin Rollan 1
95 United States Farhan Siddiqi 1
Spark Performance 15 United States Sally Mott  R  1
33 United States Alex Bachoura 1
50 United States Grant West 1
99 United States Noah Harmon  R  1
Parker Delong Racing 42 United States Parker DeLong 1
Rick Ware Racing 51 United States Cody Ware 1
52 United States Preston Pardus 1
Saito Motorsport Group 57 United States Tyler Gonzalez 1
Sources:[3]

 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
United States Connor Zilisch United States Julian DaCosta United States Gresham Wagner
R2 #96 JTR Motorsports Engineering #22 McCumbee McAleer Racing #83 McCumbee McAleer Racing
United States Jared Thomas United States Jeremy Fletcher United States Nate Cicero
2 R1 Sebring
R2
3 R1 Laguna Seca
R2
4 R1 Mid-Ohio
R2
5 R1 Mosport
R2
6 R1 Virginia
R2
7 R1 Road Atlanta
R2

Championship Standings

Points System

Championship points are awarded at the finish of each event according to the chart below.[4]

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 United States Gresham Wagner 1 4 0 630
2 United States Jeremy Fletcher 3 2 10 630
3 United States Tyler Gonzalez 2 8 0 550
4 United States Selin Rollan 8 3 0 530
5 United States Aaron Jeansonne 4 13 0 460
6 United States Westin Workman  R  7 12 10 440
7 United States Jared Thomas 6 14 10 430
8 United States Nate Cicero 28 1 0 380
9 United States Alex Bachoura 18 6 0 380
10 United States Ethan Tyler 19 7 0 360
11 United States Woody Heimann 16 11 0 350
12 United States Connor Zilisch 5 25 20 340
13 United States Nick Shaeffer  R  20 9 0 330
14 United States Noah Harmon 27 5 0 300
15 United States Julian DaCosta  R  11 22 10 300
16 United States Parker DeLong 23 10 0 290
17 United States John Jodoin 12 21 0 290
18 Canada Jonathan Neudorf 14 20 0 280
19 United States Nathan Nicholson  R  9 26 0 270
20 United States Preston Pardus 10 27 0 250
21 United States Peter Atwater 13 24 0 250
22 United States James Hayosh 22 15 0 250
23 United States Christian Hodneland 21 17 0 240
24 United States Cody Powell  R  24 16 0 220
25 United States Heather Hadley 17 23 0 220
26 United States Cody Ware 15 28 0 190
27 United States Farhan Siddiqi 26 18 0 180
28 United States Sally Mott  R  25 19 0 180
29 United States Grant West DNS DNS 0 0
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
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

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 10 710
2 BSI Racing 4 7 40 600
3 Saito Motorsport Group 2 8 0 580
4 Rollan Racing/BSI Racing 8 3 0 580
5 JTR Motorsports Engineering 4 9 10 560
6 Spark Performance 18 5 0 540
7 Rick Ware Racing 10 27 0 480
8 Parker DeLong Racing 23 10 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. ^ "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. ^ "2024 IMSA Sporting Regulations (and SSR) for the MX-5 Cup" (PDF). mx-5cup.com. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
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