Motor racing competition
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]
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]
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
1–6
17
R
4–5
22
1–6
27
2
30
R
4–5
39
1–6
83
1–6
JTR Motorsports Engineering
6
R
1–2, 4–6
R
3
24
1–6
26
1–6
56
R
1–5
69
2
78
R
4–6
81
1–2, 4–5
82
1–6
88
R
1–5
96
Jared Thomas
1–6
BSI Racing
13
R
1–6
32
1–6
54
1–6
55
1–6
72
Connor Zilisch
1–2, 4–5
78
R
1–3
80
1, 3, 6
86
6
87
1–2
95
1–2, 4
Jagger Jones
6
Spark Performance
15
R
1–6
33
1–6
50
1–4, 6
99
R
1–2
3
MBM Performance
16
R
6
44
R
6
46
R
6
Advanced Autosports
25
4
56
R
6
71
R
4
Parker DeLong Racing
42
R
1–4, 6
Rick Ware Racing
51
Cody Ware
1
Preston Pardus
2
52
1
Saito Motorsport Group
19
R
6
20
R
6
57
1–4, 6
66
R
3
Sources:[ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9]
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.[ 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
IMSA recognizes driver champions based on the total number of championship points earned during the season.
†: Post-event penalty. Car moved to back of class.
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
^ "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.^ "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 Official Entry List.pdf" (PDF) . June 6, 2024. Retrieved September 20, 2024 .^ "MX-5 Official Entry List.pdf" (PDF) . July 11, 2024. Retrieved September 20, 2024 .^ "MX-5 Official Entry List.pdf" (PDF) . August 22, 2024. Retrieved September 20, 2024 .^ "2024 IMSA Sporting Regulations (and SSR) for the MX-5 Cup" (PDF) . mx-5cup.com . Retrieved January 13, 2024 .
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