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 edit
The schedule was announced on October 19, 2023, featuring 14 rounds across seven double-header weekends.[1] All races are 45 minutes in length.
Entry list edit
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
|
1–2 | |
| 22 | Jeremy Fletcher
|
1–2 | ||
| 27 | Lev Uretsky
|
2 | ||
| 39 | John Jodoin
|
1–2 | ||
| 83 | Nate Cicero
|
1–2 | ||
| JTR Motorsports Engineering | 6 | Cody Powell
|
R | 1–2 |
| 24 | Aaron Jeansonne
|
1–2 | ||
| 26 | Peter Atwater
|
1–2 | ||
| 56 | Nathan Nicholson
|
R | 1–2 | |
| 69 | Anthony McIntosh
|
2 | ||
| 81 | James Hayosh
|
1–2 | ||
| 82 | Woody Heimann
|
1–2 | ||
| 88 | Nick Shaeffer
|
R | 1–2 | |
| 96 | Jared Thomas
|
1–2 | ||
| BSI Racing | 13 | Westin Workman
|
R | 1–2 |
| 32 | Christian Hodneland
|
1–2 | ||
| 54 | Heather Hadley
|
1–2 | ||
| 55 |  Jonathan Neudorf
|
1–2 | ||
| 72 | Connor Zilisch
|
1–2 | ||
| 78 | Julian DaCosta
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R | 1–2 | |
| 80 | Ethan Tyler
|
1 | ||
| 87 | Selin Rollan
|
1–2 | ||
| 95 | Farhan Siddiqi
|
1–2 | ||
| Spark Performance | 15 | Sally Mott
|
R | 1–2 |
| 33 | Alex Bachoura
|
1–2 | ||
| 50 | Grant West
|
1–2 | ||
| 99 | Noah Harmon
|
R | 1–2 | |
| Parker Delong Racing | 42 | Parker DeLong
|
1–2 | |
| Rick Ware Racing | 51 | Cody Ware
|
1 | |
| Preston Pardus
|
2 | |||
| 52 | 1 | |||
| Saito Motorsport Group | 57 | Tyler Gonzalez
|
1–2 | |
| Sources:[3][4] | ||||
R = Eligible for Rookie's Championship
Race Results edit
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 |
| Connor Zilisch
|
Julian DaCosta
|
Gresham Wagner
| |||
| R2 | #96 JTR Motorsports Engineering | #22 McCumbee McAleer Racing | #83 McCumbee McAleer Racing | ||
| Jared Thomas
|
Jeremy Fletcher
|
Nate Cicero
| |||
| 2 | R1 | Sebring | #72 BSI Racing | #22 McCumbee McAleer Racing | #57 Saito Motorsport Group |
| Connor Zilisch
|
Jeremy Fletcher
|
Tyler Gonzalez
| |||
| R2 | #22 McCumbee McAleer Racing | #22 McCumbee McAleer Racing | #13 BSI Racing | ||
| Jeremy Fletcher
|
Jeremy Fletcher
|
Westin Workman
| |||
| 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 edit
Points System edit
Championship points are awarded at the finish of each event according to the chart below.[5]
| 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 edit
IMSA recognizes driver champions based on the total number of championship points earned during the season.
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Entrant's Championship edit
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 edit
- ^ "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.
- ^ "2024 IMSA Sporting Regulations (and SSR) for the MX-5 Cup" (PDF). mx-5cup.com. Retrieved January 13, 2024.