Motor racing competition
The 2023 Idemitsu Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by BF Goodrich is a single-make motor racing championship, the 19th season of the Mazda MX-5 Cup and the 3rd under a new sanctioning agreement with the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The series began on January 25 at Daytona International Speedway , and concluded on October 13 at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta after 14 rounds. Jared Thomas defended the driver's championship, with his team JTR Motorsports Engineering winning the entrant's championship as well. Nate Cicero from McCumbee McAleer Racing won the Rookie of The Year award.
Schedule
The schedule was announced on August 5, 2022, featuring 14 rounds across seven double-header weekends, one of which was not confirmed at the time.[ 1] Laguna Seca .[ 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
Carter Racing Enterprises
03
R
5–6
Copeland Motorsports
2
All
22
R
All
51
1–2, 7
JTR Motorsports Engineering
3
James Hinchcliffe
4
R
6
4
R
1–3
23
1, 3–4
24
All
26
1–3, 5–7
69
All
81
R
1, 4–5
82
All
96
Jared Thomas
All
Spark Performance
5
Gresham Wagner
All
15
R
7
20
All
33
1–6
50
R
1–5, 7
54
R
All
65
1, 3
Hixon Motor Sports
10
R
All
32
7
44
R
5–7
48
2
55
R
All
72
Connor Zilisch
1–3, 6–7
73
R
1
74
1, 3–5
78
R
6–7
80
1, 4–6
85
R
1–3
87
All
95
R
2, 4–7
Robert Noaker Racing
13
All
17
R
5, 7
25
R
5, 7
30
R
5
88
R
4
Saito MotorSport Group
19
R
4
6
Ben Keating
7
McCumbee McAleer Racing
28
1–4
39
All
49
R
5
76
1–4
83
R
All
Sources: [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10]
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.[ 11]
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
For each race, bonus points are awarded for the following:
Award
Points
Pole Position
10
Most Race Laps Led
10
Fastest Race Lap
10
The ten (10) additional points for achieving pole position are not awarded if the starting grid is determined by “Other Means”.
In the case of a tie for the most laps led, the competitor that finishes the highest in the running order is declared the winner.
In the case of a tie for the fastest Race lap, the competitor that first achieves the fastest Race lap is declared the winner.
IMSA recognizes driver champions based on the total number of championship points earned during the season.
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.
Driver
DAY
STP
LGA
WGL
ELK
VIR
ATL
Bonus
Points
1
JTR Motorsports Engineering
4
1
4
2
2
1 1
4
2
1
2
1
3
5
70
4540
2
Hixon Motor Sports
2 4
2
1 1 3
2
1 9
7
3
5
1
1
150
4540
3
McCumbee McAleer Racing
3
8
3
5
5
4
5
5
4
5
1
3
5
9
20
4060
4
Spark Performance
5
3
1
3
6
5
7
10
1
2
13
10
9
11 100
4030
5
Copeland Motorsports
1
2
7
13
12
25
21
6
5
3 4
4
6
3
40
3950
6
Robert Noaker Racing
12
19
11
15
7
23
4
2
3
4
5
7
22
6
20
3760
7
Saito MotorSport Group
14
23
8
13
2
4
20
1620
8
Carter Racing Enterprises
17
11
24
20
0
940
Pos.
Driver
DAY
STP
LGA
WGL
ELK
VIR
ATL
Bonus
Points
References
^ "Mazda unveils 2023 MX-5 Cup schedule" . mx-5cup.com . August 5, 2022. Retrieved May 17, 2023 .^ "Laguna Seca completes 2023 MX-5 Cup schedule" . racer.com . September 1, 2022. Retrieved May 17, 2023 .^ "Schedule" . www.mx-5cup.com . Retrieved May 17, 2023 .^ "The Rolex 24 at Daytona MX-5 Pre-Race Entry List" (PDF) . IMSA . Retrieved May 17, 2023 .^ "Grand Prix of St. Petersburg MX-5 Official Entry List" (PDF) . IMSA . Retrieved May 17, 2023 .^ "MOTUL Course de Monterey Powered by Hyundai N MX-5 Official Entry List" (PDF) . IMSA . Retrieved May 17, 2023 .^ "Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen MX-5 Pre-Race Entry List-V2.pdf" (PDF) . IMSA . Retrieved June 27, 2023 .^ "idemitsu Mazda Mx-5 Cup Test MX-5 Official Entry List.pdf" (PDF) . IMSA . Retrieved August 7, 2023 .^ "Michelin GT Challenge at VIR MX-5 Official Entry List.pdf" (PDF) . IMSA . Retrieved August 31, 2023 .^ "Motul Petit LeMans MX-5 Official Entry List.pdf" (PDF) . IMSA . Retrieved October 23, 2023 .^ "2023 IMSA Sporting Regulations (and SSR) for the MX-5 Cup" (PDF) . IMSA . Retrieved May 17, 2023 .
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