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.
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 17 July, it was announced that the Mazda MX-5 Cup would have a race at Martinville Speedway, taking place on 26 October. It will be a non-championship round, consisting of a 100-lap race with a break at the end of lap 50. [2]
All competitors utilize the Mazda MX-5 Cup car, modified to their homologated racing specification by Flis Performance.
| Team | No. | Driver | Rounds | ||
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| nowrap | Hendricks Motorsports | 2 | Jesse Love | 2 | |
| McCumbee McAleer Racing | 5 | Gresham Wagner | 1–4 | ||
| 17 | Joe Rainey | 4 | |||
| 22 | Jeremy Fletcher | 1–4 | |||
| 27 | Lev Uretsky | 2 | |||
| 30 | Joey Rainey | 4 | |||
| 39 | John Jodoin | 1–4 | |||
| 83 | Nate Cicero | 1–4 | |||
| JTR Motorsports Engineering | 6 | Cody Powell | 1–2, 4 | ||
| Kayden Kelly | 3 | ||||
| 24 | Aaron Jeansonne | 1–4 | |||
| 26 | Peter Atwater | 1–4 | |||
| 56 | Nathan Nicholson | 1–4 | |||
| 69 | Anthony McIntosh | 2 | |||
| 78 | Julian DaCosta | 4 | |||
| 81 | James Hayosh | 1–2, 4 | |||
| 82 | Woody Heimann | 1–4 | |||
| 88 | Nick Shaeffer | 1–4 | |||
| 96 | Jared Thomas | 1–4 | |||
| BSI Racing | 13 | Westin Workman | 1–4 | ||
| 32 | nowrap | Christian Hodneland | 1–4 | ||
| 54 | Heather Hadley | 1–4 | |||
| 55 | Jonathan Neudorf | 1–4 | |||
| 72 | Connor Zilisch | 1–2, 4 | |||
| 78 | Julian DaCosta | 1–3 | |||
| 80 | Ethan Tyler | 1, 3 | |||
| 87 | Selin Rollan | 1–2 | |||
| 95 | Farhan Siddiqi | 1–2, 4 | |||
| Spark Performance | 15 | Sally Mott | 1–4 | ||
| 33 | Alex Bachoura | 1–4 | |||
| 50 | Grant West | 1–4 | |||
| 99 | Noah Harmon | 1–2 | |||
| Bryce Cornet | 3 | ||||
| Advanced Autosports | 25 | Bryan Heitman | 4 | ||
| 71 | Ethan Jacobs | 4 | |||
| Parker Delong Racing | 42 | Parker DeLong | 1–4 | ||
| Rick Ware Racing | 51 | Cody Ware | 1 | ||
| Preston Pardus | 2 | ||||
| 52 | 1 | ||||
| Saito Motorsport Group | 57 | Tyler Gonzalez | 1–4 | ||
| 66 | Wyatt Couch | 3 | |||
| Sources:[4] [5] [6] [7] | |||||
Bold indicates overall winner.
| Round | Circuit | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | |
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| 1 | 1 | Daytona |
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 Connor Zilisch | Julian DaCosta | Gresham Wagner | |||
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| Jared Thomas | Jeremy Fletcher | Nate Cicero | |||
| 2 | 1 | Sebring |
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| Connor Zilisch | Jeremy Fletcher | Tyler Gonzalez | |||
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| Jeremy Fletcher | Jeremy Fletcher | Westin Workman | |||
| 3 | 1 | Laguna Seca |
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| Aaron Jeansonne | Aaron Jeansonne | Jared Thomas | |||
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| Aaron Jeansonne | Jeremy Fletcher | Aaron Jeansonne | |||
| 4 | 1 | Mid-Ohio |
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| Gresham Wagner | Jared Thomas | Connor Zilisch | |||
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| Gresham Wagner | Gresham Wagner | Gresham Wagner | |||
| 5 | 1 | Mosport | |||
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| 6 | 1 | Virginia | |||
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| 7 | 1 | Road Atlanta | |||
| R2 | |||||
Championship points are awarded at the finish of each event according to the chart below.[8]
IMSA recognizes driver champions based on the total number of championship points earned during the season.
| Bold - Pole positionItalics - Fastest lapUnderline = Most Laps Led | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | |||||||
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| 1 | McCumbee McAleer Racing | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 100 | 2710 | ||||||
| 2 | BSI Racing | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 60 | 2520 | ||||||
| 3 | JTR Motorsports Engineering | 4 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 70 | 2500 | ||||||
| 4 | Spark Performance | 18 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 2230 | ||||||
| 5 | Saito Motorsport Group | 2 | 8 | 1 | 26 | 16 | 14 | 27 | 10 | 10 | 2190 | ||||||
| 6 | Parker DeLong Racing | 23 | 10 | 15 | 29 | 12 | 15 | 28 | 17 | 0 | 1910 | ||||||
| 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 | 0 | 520 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Hendricks Motorsports | 21 | 12 | 0 | 470 | ||||||||||||
| Pos. | Team | DAY | SEB | LGA | MOH | MOS | VIR | ATL | Bonus | Points | |||||||