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2024 Mazda MX-5 Cup

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

 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 #72 BSI Racing #22 McCumbee McAleer Racing #57 Saito Motorsport Group
United States Connor Zilisch United States Jeremy Fletcher United States Tyler Gonzalez
R2 #22 McCumbee McAleer Racing #22 McCumbee McAleer Racing #13 BSI Racing
United States Jeremy Fletcher United States Jeremy Fletcher United States Westin Workman
3 R1 Laguna Seca #24 JTR Motorsports Engineering #24 JTR Motorsports Engineering #96 JTR Motorsports Engineering
United States Aaron Jeansonne United States Aaron Jeansonne United States Jared Thomas
R2 #24 JTR Motorsports Engineering #22 McCumbee McAleer Racing #24 JTR Motorsports Engineering
United States Aaron Jeansonne United States Jeremy Fletcher United States Aaron Jeansonne
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.[6]

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 3 18 0 1060
2 United States Westin Workman  R  7 12 5 1 10 1050
3 United States Connor Zilisch 5 25 2 2 40 1000
4 United States Jeremy Fletcher 3 2 30 3 40 970
5 United States Tyler Gonzalez 2 8 1 26 10 960
6 United States Aaron Jeansonne 4 13 7 5 0 960
7 United States Jared Thomas 6 14 6 4 10 960
8 United States Nate Cicero 28 1 4 15 0 820
9 United States Selin Rollan 8 3 8 27 0 800
10 United States Nathan Nicholson  R  9 26 10 6 0 730
11 United States Noah Harmon 27 5 9 13 0 700
12 Canada Jonathan Neudorf 14 20 12 8 0 700
13 United States Preston Pardus 10 27 13 7 0 670
14 United States John Jodoin 12 21 16 9 0 660
15 United States Alex Bachoura 18 6 28 11 0 610
16 United States Nick Shaeffer  R  20 9 18 24 0 530
17 United States Julian DaCosta  R  11 22 11 28 10 530
18 United States Woody Heimann 16 11 20 25 0 520
19 United States Heather Hadley 17 23 23 14 0 470
20 United States Parker DeLong 23 10 15 29 0 470
21 United States Sally Mott  R  25 19 19 17 0 440
22 United States James Hayosh 22 15 24 20 0 430
23 United States Cody Powell  R  24 16 22 19 0 430
24 United States Christian Hodneland 21 17 25 21 0 400
25 United States Peter Atwater 13 24 26 23 0 380
26 United States Ethan Tyler 19 7 0 360
27 United States Grant West DNS DNS 17 10 0 350
28 United States Anthony McIntosh 14 16 0 320
29 United States Jesse Love 21 12 0 290
30 United States Farhan Siddiqi 26 18 29 30 0 210
31 United States Cody Ware 15 28 0 190
32 United States Lev Uretsky 27 22 0 130
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. ^ "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. ^ "2024 IMSA Sporting Regulations (and SSR) for the MX-5 Cup" (PDF). mx-5cup.com. Retrieved January 13, 2024.