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. 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.
RoundCircuitLocationDatesSupporting1R1Daytona International Speedway (Road Course) Daytona Beach, FloridaJanuary 24–26IMSA SportsCar ChampionshipMichelin Pilot ChallengeR22R3Sebring International Raceway Sebring, FloridaMarch 13–15IMSA SportsCar ChampionshipMichelin Pilot ChallengePorsche Carrera Cup North AmericaLamborghini Super Trofeo North AmericaR43R5WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, CaliforniaMay 10–12IMSA SportsCar ChampionshipMichelin Pilot ChallengeLamborghini Super Trofeo North AmericaR64R7Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, OhioJune 7–9TCR World TourMichelin Pilot ChallengeIMSA VP Racing SportsCar ChallengeIMSA Ford Mustang ChallengeR85R9Canadian Tire Motorsports Park Toronto, Ontario, CanadaJuly 12–14IMSA SportsCar ChampionshipMichelin Pilot ChallengeIMSA VP Racing SportsCar ChallengeR106R11Virginia International Raceway Alton, VirginiaAugust 23–25IMSA SportsCar ChampionshipMichelin Pilot ChallengeIMSA VP Racing SportsCar ChallengeR127R13Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta Braselton, GeorgiaOctober 9–11IMSA SportsCar ChampionshipMichelin Pilot ChallengeIMSA VP Racing SportsCar ChallengePorsche Carrera Cup North AmericaR14NC Martinsville Speedway Martinsville, Virginia October 26 NASCAR Whelen Modified TourSource:
Entry list All competitors utilize the Mazda MX-5 Cup car, modified to their homologated racing specification by Flis Performance. TeamNo. DriverRounds Hendricks Motorsports 2 Jesse Love 2 McCumbee McAleer Racing 5 Gresham Wagner All 17 Joe Rainey 4–5 22 Jeremy Fletcher All 27 Lev Uretsky 2 30 Joey Rainey 4–5 39 John Jodoin All 83 Nate Cicero All JTR Motorsports Engineering 6 Cody Powell 1–2, 4–6 Kayden Kelly 3 24 Aaron Jeansonne All 26 Peter Atwater All 56 Nathan Nicholson 1–5 69 Anthony McIntosh 2 78 Julian DaCosta 4–6 81 James Hayosh 1–2, 4–5 82 Woody Heimann All 88 Nick Shaeffer 1–5 96 Jared Thomas All BSI Racing 13 Westin Workman All 32 Christian Hodneland All 54 Heather Hadley All 55 Jonathan Neudorf All 72 Connor Zilisch 1–2, 4–5 78 Julian DaCosta 1–3 80 Ethan Tyler 1, 3, 6 86 Farhan Siddiqi 6 87 Selin Rollan 1–2 95 Farhan Siddiqi 1–2, 4 Jagger Jones 6 Spark Performance 15 Sally Mott All 33 Alex Bachoura All 50 Grant West 1–4, 6 99 Noah Harmon 1–2 Bryce Cornet 3 MBM Performance 16 Robert Mau 6 44 Jon Miller 6 46 Christopher Allen 6 Advanced Autosports 25 Bryan Heitman 4 56 Nathan Nicholson 6 71 Ethan Jacobs 4 Parker DeLong Racing 42 Parker DeLong 1–4, 6 Rick Ware Racing 51 Cody Ware 1 Preston Pardus 2 52 1 Saito Motorsport Group 19 Chuck Mactutus 6 20 Zach Hollingshead 6 57 Tyler Gonzalez 1–4, 6 66 Wyatt Couch 3Sources: = Eligible for Rookie's Championship
Race Results Bold indicates overall winner. Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver 1 1 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 1 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 1 Laguna Seca #24 JTR Motorsports Engineering #24 JTR Motorsports Engineering #96 JTR Motorsports Engineering Aaron Jeansonne Aaron Jeansonne Jared Thomas R2 #24 JTR Motorsports Engineering #22 McCumbee McAleer Racing #24 JTR Motorsports Engineering Aaron Jeansonne Jeremy Fletcher Aaron Jeansonne 4 1 Mid-Ohio #5 McCumbee McAleer Racing #96 JTR Motorsports Engineering #72 BSI Racing Gresham Wagner Jared Thomas Connor Zilisch R2 #5 McCumbee McAleer Racing #5 McCumbee McAleer Racing #5 McCumbee McAleer Racing Gresham Wagner Gresham Wagner Gresham Wagner 5 1 Mosport #24 JTR Motorsports Engineering #5 McCumbee McAleer Racing #13 BSI Racing Aaron Jeansonne Gresham Wagner Westin Workman R2 #96 JTR Motorsports Engineering #72 BSI Racing #83 McCumbee McAleer Racing Jared Thomas Connor Zilisch Nate Cicero 6 1 Virginia #5 McCumbee McAleer Racing #22 McCumbee McAleer Racing #22 McCumbee McAleer Racing Gresham Wagner Jeremy Fletcher Jeremy Fletcher R2 #5 McCumbee McAleer Racing #96 JTR Motorsports Engineering #22 McCumbee McAleer Racing Gresham Wagner Jared Thomas Jeremy Fletcher 7 1 Road Atlanta#22 McCumbee McAleer Racing#5 McCumbee McAleer Racing#5 McCumbee McAleer Racing Jeremy Fletcher Gresham Wagner Gresham Wagner R2#83 McCumbee McAleer Racing#13 BSI Racing#22 McCumbee McAleer Racing Nate Cicero Westin Workman Jeremy Fletcher
Championship Standings
Points System Championship points are awarded at the finish of each event according to the chart below. Position123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930+Points350320300280260250240230220210200190180170160150140130120110100908070605040302010
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 ATLBonusPoints 1 Gresham Wagner 1 4 3 18 6 18 3 1 10 20 3 3 1 3 90 3770 2 Jared Thomas 6 14 6 4 1 4 2 26 2 8 4 2 3 5 50 3710 3 Jeremy Fletcher 3 2 30 3 8 3 6 2 6 15 1 1 19 1 70 3700 4 Nate Cicero 28 1 4 15 3 7 4 3 4 1 6 5 5 2 0 3670 5 Aaron Jeansonne 4 13 7 5 5 1 5 14 5 4 7 14 6 9 60 3480 6 Westin Workman 7 12 5 1 18 20 9 4 1 16 2 4 4 7 10 3420 7 Nathan Nicholson 9 26 10 6 2 2 8 8 21 17 DNS 23 8 8 0 2610 8 Julian DaCosta 11 22 11 28 14 9 7 15 22 2 8 7 10 17 10 2550 9 Jonathan Neudorf 14 20 12 8 17 21 16 16 9 9 5 6 11 22 0 2480 10 John Jodoin 12 21 16 9 21 DNS 12 6 7 7 10 16 7 12 0 2470 11 Alex Bachoura 18 6 28 11 23 8 20 11 8 3 25 10 13 21 0 2310 12 Sally Mott 25 19 19 17 20 11 13 13 13 6 13 19 23 14 0 2090 13 Connor Zilisch 5 25 2 2 1 5 3 18 60 2060 14 Peter Atwater 13 24 26 23 13 16 15 22 15 10 11 12 14 16 0 2040 15 Woody Heimann 16 11 20 25 24 10 17 12 11 5 14 24 20 25 0 2000 16 Tyler Gonzalez 2 8 1 26 16 14 27 10 23 DNS 18 6 10 1990 17 Parker DeLong 23 10 15 29 12 15 28 17 17 8 2 10 0 1890 18 Heather Hadley 17 23 23 14 10 23 19 19 12 19 15 20 24 15 0 1810 19 Grant West DNS DNS 17 10 7 5 10 7 20 22 21 11 0 1800 20 Christian Hodneland 21 17 25 21 15 19 21 21 18 14 18 13 17 19 0 1750 21 Nick Shaeffer 20 9 18 24 22 6 14 25 14 11 0 1470 22 Noah Harmon 27 5 9 13 9 4 0 1200 23 Cody Powell 24 16 22 19 18 18 20 13 16 25 0 1130 24 Ethan Tyler 19 7 11 13 24 15 0 970 25 James Hayosh 22 15 24 20 24 20 16 12 0 950 26 Selin Rollan 8 3 8 27 0 800 27 Preston Pardus 10 27 13 7 0 670 28 Farhan Siddiqi 26 18 29 30 23 24 22 21 0 550 29 Joey Rainey 22 DNS 17 DNS 15 18 0 520 30 Joe Rainey 25 DNS 19 DNS 16 20 0 440 31 Bryce Cornet 4 17 0 420 32 Ethan Jacobs 11 9 0 420 33 Kayden Kelly 9 12 0 410 34 Christopher Allen 12 9 0 410 35 Frankie Barroso 12 13 0 370 36 Jagger Jones 9 18 DNS 24 0 350 37 Robert Mau 19 11 0 320 38 Anthony McIntosh 14 16 0 320 39 Jesse Love 21 12 0 290 40 Zach Hollingshead 21 17 0 240 41 Wyatt Couch 19 22 0 210 42 Cody Ware 15 28 0 190 43 Caleb Bacon 22 23 0 170 44 Lev Uretsky 27 22 0 130 45 Bryan Heitman 26 23 0 130 – Chuck Mactutus DNS DNS – – – Jon Miller DNS DNS – – Pos. Driver DAY SEB LGA MOH MOS VIR ATL Bonus PointsBold - 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
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