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 Martinville Speedway, 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]
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
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R | 4 | |
| 39 | John Jodoin
|
1–4 | ||
| 83 | Nate Cicero
|
1–4 | ||
| JTR Motorsports Engineering | 6 | Cody Powell
|
R | 1–2, 4 |
| 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 | |
| Bryce Cornet
|
3 | |||
| Advanced Autosports | 25 | Bryan Heitman
|
4 | |
| 71 | Ethan Jacobs
|
R | 4 | |
| Parker Delong Racing | 42 | Parker DeLong
|
1–4 | |
| Rick Ware Racing | 51 | Cody Ware
|
1 | |
| Preston Pardus
|
2 | |||
| 52 | 1 | |||
| Saito Motorsport Group | 57 | Tyler Gonzalez
|
1–4 | |
| 66 | Wyatt Couch
|
R | 3 | |
| Sources:[4][5][6][7] | ||||
R = Eligible for Rookie's Championship
Race Results
Bold indicates overall winner.
Championship Standings
Points System
Championship points are awarded at the finish of each event according to the chart below.[8]
| 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.
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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.
- ^ "Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup to race at Martinsville Speedway in doubleheader with NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour". NASCAR. July 17, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "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.