2024 Mazda MX-5 Cup
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 | |
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Hendricks Motorsports | 2 | ![]() |
2 | |
McCumbee McAleer Racing | 5 | ![]() |
1–4 | |
17 | ![]() |
R | 4 | |
22 | ![]() |
1–4 | ||
27 | ![]() |
2 | ||
30 | ![]() |
R | 4 | |
39 | ![]() |
1–4 | ||
83 | ![]() |
1–4 | ||
JTR Motorsports Engineering | 6 | ![]() |
R | 1–2, 4 |
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R | 3 | ||
24 | ![]() |
1–4 | ||
26 | ![]() |
1–4 | ||
56 | ![]() |
R | 1–4 | |
69 | ![]() |
2 | ||
78 | ![]() |
R | 4 | |
81 | ![]() |
1–2, 4 | ||
82 | ![]() |
1–4 | ||
88 | ![]() |
R | 1–4 | |
96 | ![]() |
1–4 | ||
BSI Racing | 13 | ![]() |
R | 1–4 |
32 | ![]() |
1–4 | ||
54 | ![]() |
1–4 | ||
55 | ![]() |
1–4 | ||
72 | ![]() |
1–2, 4 | ||
78 | ![]() |
R | 1–3 | |
80 | ![]() |
1, 3 | ||
87 | ![]() |
1–2 | ||
95 | ![]() |
1–2, 4 | ||
Spark Performance | 15 | ![]() |
R | 1–4 |
33 | ![]() |
1–4 | ||
50 | ![]() |
1–4 | ||
99 | ![]() |
R | 1–2 | |
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3 | |||
Advanced Autosports | 25 | ![]() |
4 | |
71 | ![]() |
R | 4 | |
Parker Delong Racing | 42 | ![]() |
1–4 | |
Rick Ware Racing | 51 | ![]() |
1 | |
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2 | |||
52 | 1 | |||
Saito Motorsport Group | 57 | ![]() |
1–4 | |
66 | ![]() |
R | 3 | |
Sources:[3][4][5][6] |
R = Eligible for Rookie's Championship
Race Results[edit]
Bold indicates overall winner.
Championship Standings[edit]
Points System[edit]
Championship points are awarded at the finish of each event according to the chart below.[7]
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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Bold - Pole position Italics - Fastest lap Underline = Most Laps Led |
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 | 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 |
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.
- ^ "MX-5 Official Entry List.pdf" (PDF). May 9, 2024. Retrieved May 11, 2024.
- ^ "MX-5 Pre-Event Entry List.pdf" (PDF). May 29, 2024. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
- ^ "2024 IMSA Sporting Regulations (and SSR) for the MX-5 Cup" (PDF). mx-5cup.com. Retrieved January 13, 2024.