2023 Mazda MX-5 Cup Last updated August 26, 2025 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] On September 1, the missing round was revealed to be Laguna Seca . [ 2] All races are 45 minutes in length.
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 Tyler Gonzalez 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 Anthony McIntosh 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]
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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 . This page is based on this
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