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 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]
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 | Joe Rainey | R | 4–5 | |
| 22 | Jeremy Fletcher | 1–6 | ||
| 27 | Lev Uretsky | 2 | ||
| 30 | Joey Rainey | R | 4–5 | |
| 39 | John Jodoin | 1–6 | ||
| 83 | Nate Cicero | 1–6 | ||
| JTR Motorsports Engineering | 6 | Cody Powell | R | 1–2, 4–6 |
| Kayden Kelly | R | 3 | ||
| 24 | Aaron Jeansonne | 1–6 | ||
| 26 | Peter Atwater | 1–6 | ||
| 56 | Nathan Nicholson | R | 1–5 | |
| 69 | Anthony McIntosh | 2 | ||
| 78 | Julian DaCosta | R | 4–6 | |
| 81 | James Hayosh | 1–2, 4–5 | ||
| 82 | Woody Heimann | 1–6 | ||
| 88 | Nick Shaeffer | R | 1–5 | |
| 96 | Jared Thomas | 1–6 | ||
| BSI Racing | 13 | Westin Workman | R | 1–6 |
| 32 | Christian Hodneland | 1–6 | ||
| 54 | Heather Hadley | 1–6 | ||
| 55 |  Jonathan Neudorf | 1–6 | ||
| 72 | Connor Zilisch | 1–2, 4–5 | ||
| 78 | Julian DaCosta | R | 1–3 | |
| 80 | Ethan Tyler | 1, 3, 6 | ||
| 86 | Farhan Siddiqi | 6 | ||
| 87 | Selin Rollan | 1–2 | ||
| 95 | Farhan Siddiqi | 1–2, 4 | ||
| Jagger Jones | 6 | |||
| Spark Performance | 15 | Sally Mott | R | 1–6 |
| 33 | Alex Bachoura | 1–6 | ||
| 50 | Grant West | 1–4, 6 | ||
| 99 | Noah Harmon | R | 1–2 | |
| Bryce Cornet | 3 | |||
| MBM Performance | 16 | Robert Mau | R | 6 |
| 44 | Jon Miller | R | 6 | |
| 46 | Christopher Allen | R | 6 | |
| Advanced Autosports | 25 | Bryan Heitman | 4 | |
| 56 | Nathan Nicholson | R | 6 | |
| 71 | Ethan Jacobs | R | 4 | |
| Parker DeLong Racing | 42 | Parker DeLong | R | 1–4, 6 |
| Rick Ware Racing | 51 | Cody Ware | 1 | |
| Preston Pardus | 2 | |||
| 52 | 1 | |||
| Saito Motorsport Group | 19 | Chuck Mactutus | R | 6 |
| 20 | Zach Hollingshead | R | 6 | |
| 57 | Tyler Gonzalez | 1–4, 6 | ||
| 66 | Wyatt Couch | R | 3 | |
| Sources: [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] | ||||
R = Eligible for Rookie's Championship
Bold indicates overall winner.
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+ |
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| 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.
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†: 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 | |||||||
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| 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 | |||||||
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