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 began on January 24 at Daytona International Speedway, and concluded on October 11 at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta after 14 rounds. Jared Thomas is the defending champion. Gresham Wagner became champion at season's end.

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 the Martinville Speedway oval, 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]

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 Ford 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
NC Martinsville Speedway Virginia Martinsville, Virginia October 26 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
Source:[3]

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 1–6
17 United States Joe Rainey  R  4–5
22 United States Jeremy Fletcher 1–6
27 United States Lev Uretsky 2
30 United States Joey Rainey  R  4–5
39 United States John Jodoin 1–6
83 United States Nate Cicero 1–6
JTR Motorsports Engineering 6 United States Cody Powell  R  1–2, 4–6
United States Kayden Kelly  R  3
24 United States Aaron Jeansonne 1–6
26 United States Peter Atwater 1–6
56 United States Nathan Nicholson  R  1–5
69 United States Anthony McIntosh 2
78 United States Julian DaCosta  R  4–6
81 United States James Hayosh 1–2, 4–5
82 United States Woody Heimann 1–6
88 United States Nick Shaeffer  R  1–5
96 United States Jared Thomas 1–6
BSI Racing 13 United States Westin Workman  R  1–6
32 United States Christian Hodneland 1–6
54 United States Heather Hadley 1–6
55 Canada Jonathan Neudorf 1–6
72 United States Connor Zilisch 1–2, 4–5
78 United States Julian DaCosta  R  1–3
80 United States Ethan Tyler 1, 3, 6
86 United States Farhan Siddiqi 6
87 United States Selin Rollan 1–2
95 United States Farhan Siddiqi 1–2, 4
United States Jagger Jones 6
Spark Performance 15 United States Sally Mott  R  1–6
33 United States Alex Bachoura 1–6
50 United States Grant West 1–4, 6
99 United States Noah Harmon  R  1–2
United States Bryce Cornet 3
MBM Performance 16 United States Robert Mau  R  6
44 United States Jon Miller  R  6
46 United States Christopher Allen  R  6
Advanced Autosports 25 United States Bryan Heitman 4
56 United States Nathan Nicholson  R  6
71 United States Ethan Jacobs  R  4
Parker DeLong Racing 42 United States Parker DeLong  R  1–4, 6
Rick Ware Racing 51 United States Cody Ware 1
United States Preston Pardus 2
52 1
Saito Motorsport Group 19 United States Chuck Mactutus  R  6
20 United States Zach Hollingshead  R  6
57 United States Tyler Gonzalez 1–4, 6
66 United States Wyatt Couch  R  3
Sources:[4][5][6][7][8][9]

 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 #5 McCumbee McAleer Racing #96 JTR Motorsports Engineering #72 BSI Racing
United States Gresham Wagner United States Jared Thomas United States Connor Zilisch
R2 #5 McCumbee McAleer Racing #5 McCumbee McAleer Racing #5 McCumbee McAleer Racing
United States Gresham Wagner United States Gresham Wagner United States Gresham Wagner
5 R1 Mosport #24 JTR Motorsports Engineering #5 McCumbee McAleer Racing #13 BSI Racing
United States Aaron Jeansonne United States Gresham Wagner United States Westin Workman
R2 #96 JTR Motorsports Engineering #72 BSI Racing #83 McCumbee McAleer Racing
United States Jared Thomas United States Connor Zilisch United States Nate Cicero
6 R1 Virginia #5 McCumbee McAleer Racing #22 McCumbee McAleer Racing #22 McCumbee McAleer Racing
United States Gresham Wagner United States Jeremy Fletcher United States Jeremy Fletcher
R2 #5 McCumbee McAleer Racing #96 JTR Motorsports Engineering #22 McCumbee McAleer Racing
United States Gresham Wagner United States Jared Thomas United States Jeremy Fletcher
7 R1 Road Atlanta
R2

Championship Standings

Points System

Championship points are awarded at the finish of each event according to the chart below.[10]

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 6 18 3 1 10 20 3 3 1 3 90 3770
2 United States Jared Thomas 6 14 6 4 1 4 2 26 2 8 4 2 3 5 50 3710
3 United States Jeremy Fletcher 3 2 30 3 8 3 6 2 6 15 1 1 19 1 70 3700
4 United States Nate Cicero 28 1 4 15 3 7 4 3 4 1 6 5 5 2 0 3670
5 United States Aaron Jeansonne 4 13 7 5 5 1 5 14 5 4 7 14 6 9 60 3480
6 United States Westin Workman  R  7 12 5 1 18 20 9 4 1 16 2 4 4 7 10 3420
7 United States Nathan Nicholson  R  9 26 10 6 2 2 8 8 21 17 DNS 23 8 8 0 2610
8 United States Julian DaCosta  R  11 22 11 28 14 9 7 15 22 2 8 7 10 17 10 2550
9 Canada Jonathan Neudorf 14 20 12 8 17 21 16 16 9 9 5 6 11 22 0 2480
10 United States John Jodoin 12 21 16 9 21 DNS 12 6 7 7 10 16 7 12 0 2470
11 United States Alex Bachoura 18 6 28 11 23 8 20 11 8 3 25 10 13 21 0 2310
12 United States Sally Mott  R  25 19 19 17 20 11 13 13 13 6 13 19 23 14 0 2090
13 United States Connor Zilisch 5 25 2 2 1 5 3 18 60 2060
14 United States Peter Atwater 13 24 26 23 13 16 15 22 15 10 11 12 14 16 0 2040
15 United States Woody Heimann 16 11 20 25 24 10 17 12 11 5 14 24 20 25 0 2000
16 United States Tyler Gonzalez 2 8 1 26 16 14 27 10 23 DNS 18 6 10 1990
17 United States Parker DeLong  R  23 10 15 29 12 15 28 17 17 8 2 10 0 1890
18 United States Heather Hadley 17 23 23 14 10 23 19 19 12 19 15 20 24 15 0 1810
19 United States Grant West DNS DNS 17 10 7 5 10 7 20 22 21 11 0 1800
20 United States Christian Hodneland 21 17 25 21 15 19 21 21 18 14 18 13 17 19 0 1750
21 United States Nick Shaeffer  R  20 9 18 24 22 6 14 25 14 11 0 1470
22 United States Noah Harmon  R  27 5 9 13 9 4 0 1200
23 United States Cody Powell  R  24 16 22 19 18 18 20 13 16 25 0 1130
24 United States Ethan Tyler 19 7 11 13 24 15 0 970
25 United States James Hayosh 22 15 24 20 24 20 16 12 0 950
26 United States Selin Rollan 8 3 8 27 0 800
27 United States Preston Pardus 10 27 13 7 0 670
28 United States Farhan Siddiqi 26 18 29 30 23 24 22 21 0 550
29 United States Joey Rainey  R  22 DNS 17 DNS 15 18 0 520
30 United States Joe Rainey  R  25 DNS 19 DNS 16 20 0 440
31 United States Bryce Cornet 4 17 0 420
32 United States Ethan Jacobs  R  11 9 0 420
33 United States Kayden Kelly  R  9 12 0 410
34 United States Christopher Allen  R  12 9 0 410
35 United States Frankie Barroso  R  12 13 0 370
36 United States Jagger Jones 9 18 DNS 24 0 350
37 United States Robert Mau  R  19 11 0 320
38 United States Anthony McIntosh 14 16 0 320
39 United States Jesse Love 21 12 0 290
40 United States Zach Hollingshead  R  21 17 0 240
41 United States Wyatt Couch  R  19 22 0 210
42 United States Cody Ware 15 28 0 190
43 United States Caleb Bacon  R  22 23 0 170
44 United States Lev Uretsky 27 22 0 130
45 United States Bryan Heitman 26 23 0 130
– United States Chuck Mactutus  R  DNS DNS – –
– United States Jon Miller  R  DNS DNS – –
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

†: Post-event penalty. Car moved to back of class.

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 4 1 1 1 160 4120
2 JTR Motorsports Engineering 4 9 6 4 1 1 2 8 2 2 4 2 110 3800
3 BSI Racing 4 7 2 1 10 9 1 4 1 9 2 4 80 3790
4 Spark Performance 18 5 9 10 4 5 10 7 8 3 13 10 0 3320
5 Saito Motorsport Group 2 8 1 26 16 14 27 10 21 17 10 2670
6 Parker DeLong Racing 23 10 15 29 12 15 28 17 17 8 0 2440
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 DNS 23 0 750
10 MBM Performance 12 9 0 540
11 Hendricks Motorsports 21 12 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. ^ "Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup to race at Martinsville Speedway in doubleheader with NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour". NASCAR. July 17, 2024.
  3. ^ "Schedule". mx-5cup.com. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
  4. ^ "Mazda MX-5 Cup - Official Entry List" (PDF). January 23, 2024. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
  5. ^ "MX-5 Official Entry List.pdf" (PDF). March 13, 2024. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
  6. ^ "MX-5 Official Entry List.pdf" (PDF). May 9, 2024. Retrieved May 11, 2024.
  7. ^ "MX-5 Official Entry List.pdf" (PDF). June 6, 2024. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
  8. ^ "MX-5 Official Entry List.pdf" (PDF). July 11, 2024. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
  9. ^ "MX-5 Official Entry List.pdf" (PDF). August 22, 2024. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
  10. ^ "2024 IMSA Sporting Regulations (and SSR) for the MX-5 Cup" (PDF). mx-5cup.com. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Mazda_MX-5_Cup
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