2023 Mazda MX-5 Cup

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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[edit]

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.

Rnd. Circuit Location Dates Supporting
1 Daytona International Speedway (Road Course) Florida Daytona Beach, Florida January 25–27 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
2
3 Streets of St. Petersburg Florida St. Petersburg, Florida March 3–5 NTT IndyCar Series
4
5 WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca California Monterey, California May 12–14 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
6
7 Watkins Glen International New York (state) Watkins Glen, New York June 22–24 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
8
9 Road America Wisconsin Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin August 4–6 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
10
11 Virginia International Raceway Virginia Alton, Virginia August 25–27 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
12
13 Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta Georgia (U.S. state) Braselton, Georgia October 11–13 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
14
Source:[3]

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
Carter Racing Enterprises 03 United States John Hansen  R  5–6
Copeland Motorsports 2 United States Maximilian Opalski All
22 United States Jeremy Fletcher  R  All
51 United States Tyler Gonzalez 1–2, 7
JTR Motorsports Engineering 3 Canada James Hinchcliffe 4
United States Cody Powell  R  6
4 United States Zane Hodgen  R  1–3
23 United States Glenn McGee 1, 3–4
24 United States Aaron Jeansonne All
26 United States Peter Atwater 1–3, 5–7
69 United States Anthony McIntosh All
81 United States James Hayosh  R  1, 4–5
82 United States Woody Heimann All
96 United States Jared Thomas All
Spark Performance 5 United States Gresham Wagner All
15 United States Sally Mott  R  7
20 United States Hernan Palermo All
33 United States Alex Bachoura 1–6
50 United States Grant West  R  1–5, 7
54 United States Heather Hadley  R  All
65 United States Bryce Cornet 1, 3
Hixon Motor Sports 10 United States Thomas Annunziata  R  All
32 United States Christian Hodneland 7
44 New Zealand Bailey Cruse  R  5–7
48 United States Rossi Lee 2
55 Canada Jonathan Neudorf  R  All
72 United States Connor Zilisch 1–3, 6–7
73 United States Steven Clemons  R  1
74 United States Hanna Zellers 1, 3–5
78 United States Julian DaCosta  R  6–7
80 United States Ethan Tyler 1, 4–6
85 Brazil Bruno Smielevski  R  1–3
87 United States Selin Rollan All
95 United States Farhan Siddiqi  R  2, 4–7
Robert Noaker Racing 13 United States Robert Noaker All
17 United States Joe Rainey  R  5, 7
25 United States Bryan Heitman  R  5, 7
30 United States Joey Rainey  R  5
88 United States Justin Brigandi  R  4
Saito MotorSport Group 19 United States Clayton Ketcher  R  4
United States Michael Carter 6
United States Ben Keating 7
McCumbee McAleer Racing 28 United States Sam Paley 1–4
39 United States John Jodoin All
49 United States Andrew Wilson  R  5
76 United States Matthew Dirks 1–4
83 United States Nate Cicero  R  All
Sources: [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

 R  = Eligible for Rookie's Championship

Race Results[edit]

Bold indicates overall winner.

Round Circuit Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver
1 R1 Daytona #72 Hixon Motor Sports #28 McCumbee McAleer Racing #51 Copeland Motorsports
United States Connor Zilisch United States Sam Paley United States Tyler Gonzalez
R2 #28 McCumbee McAleer Racing #5 Spark Performance #96 JTR Motorsports Engineering
United States Sam Paley United States Gresham Wagner United States Jared Thomas
2 R1 St. Petersburg #13 Robert Noaker Racing #5 Spark Performance #5 Spark Performance
United States Robert Noaker United States Gresham Wagner United States Gresham Wagner
R2 #5 Spark Performance #72 Hixon Motor Sports #72 Hixon Motor Sports
United States Gresham Wagner United States Connor Zilisch United States Connor Zilisch
3 R1 Laguna Seca #5 Spark Performance #72 Hixon Motor Sports #72 Hixon Motor Sports
United States Gresham Wagner United States Connor Zilisch United States Connor Zilisch
R2 #24 JTR Motorsports Engineering #24 JTR Motorsports Engineering #24 JTR Motorsports Engineering
United States Aaron Jeansonne United States Aaron Jeansonne United States Aaron Jeansonne
4 R1 Watkins Glen #5 Spark Performance #13 Robert Noaker Racing #24 JTR Motorsports Engineering
United States Gresham Wagner United States Robert Noaker United States Aaron Jeansonne
R2 #87 Hixon Motor Sports #87 Hixon Motor Sports #87 Hixon Motor Sports
United States Selin Rollan United States Selin Rollan United States Selin Rollan
5 R1 Road America #55 Hixon Motor Sports #2 Copeland Motorsports #5 Spark Performance
Canada Jonathan Neudorf United States Maximilian Opalski United States Gresham Wagner
R2 #2 Copeland Motorsports #96 JTR Motorsports Engineering #96 JTR Motorsports Engineering
United States Maximilian Opalski United States Jared Thomas United States Jared Thomas
6 R1 Virginia #24 JTR Motorsports Engineering #22 Copeland Motorsports #83 McCumbee McAleer Racing
United States Aaron Jeansonne United States Jeremy Fletcher United States Nate Cicero
R2 #72 Hixon Motor Sports #19 Saito MotorSport Group #96 JTR Motorsports Engineering
United States Connor Zilisch United States Michael Carter United States Jared Thomas
7 R1 Road Atlanta #24 JTR Motorsports Engineering #5 Spark Performance #72 Hixon Motor Sports
United States Aaron Jeansonne United States Gresham Wagner United States Connor Zilisch
R2 #5 Spark Performance #51 Copeland Motorsports #72 Hixon Motor Sports
United States Gresham Wagner United States Tyler Gonzalez United States Connor Zilisch

Championship Standings[edit]

Points System[edit]

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.

Driver's Championship[edit]

IMSA recognizes driver champions based on the total number of championship points earned during the season.

Pos. Driver DAY STP LGA WGL ELK VIR ATL Bonus Points
1 United States Jared Thomas 9 1 13 26 2 2 3 4 2 1 2 1 3 5 10 3930
2 United States Aaron Jeansonne 4 6 4 2 3 1 1 7 15 21 23 2 7 7 60 3570
3 United States Selin Rollan 7 4 6 4 4 3 10 1 9 23 25 12 4 2 30 3370
4 United States Maximilian Opalski 11 5 10 16 12 25 21 13 5 3 4 4 6 3 30 3050
5 United States Gresham Wagner 5 3 1 23 6 14 26 16 1 2 17 10 17 19 100 2990
6 United States Nate Cicero  R  26 8 9 19 5 4 12 19 4 6 1 3 18 10 0 2990
7 United States Robert Noaker 12 19 11 15 7 23 4 2 3 4 5 7 27 6 20 2980
8 United States Connor Zilisch 2 15 2 1 1 22 3 9 1 1 110 2920
9 United States John Jodoin 18 23 8 18 13 18 5 5 6 5 6 6 5 9 0 2890
10 United States Thomas Annunziata  R  8 24 5 22 11 7 2 3 26 18 7 5 8 8 0 2850
11 United States Alex Bachoura 27 10 12 3 15 6 16 22 10 10 13 17 9 12 0 2540
12 United States Hernan Palermo 19 14 18 17 17 19 7 10 11 8 14 14 12 11 0 2430
13 United States Woody Heimann 16 7 24 12 14 9 9 21 13 19 15 16 11 14 0 2340
14 Canada Jonathan Neudorf  R  24 9 23 9 26 20 22 8 14 7 11 8 13 25 10 2160
15 United States Anthony McIntosh 15 13 20 6 16 13 25 DNS 8 20 12 DNS 15 13 0 1960
16 United States Heather Hadley  R  22 25 19 8 21 17 18 14 7 13 18 18 14 28 0 1920
17 United States Jeremy Fletcher  R  14 26 22 13 22 26 24 6 16 24 10 11 10 23 0 1880
18 United States Sam Paley 3 21 3 5 8 8 11 24 20 1710
19 United States Tyler Gonzalez 1 2 7 25 2 4 10 1580
20 United States Peter Atwater 21 12 16 21 25 11 22 9 19 15 23 26 0 1520
21 United States Farhan Siddiqi  R  25 14 20 17 21 17 21 22 21 21 0 1110
22 United States Matthew Dirks 17 11 21 20 23 12 23 20 0 1010
23 Brazil Bruno Smielevski  R  6 28 26 10 10 10 0 960
24 United States Grant West  R  DNS DNS 15 7 24 21 17 25 DNS DNS 28 15 0 960
25 United States James Hayosh  R  20 16 15 12 12 15 0 960
26 United States Glenn McGee 10 22 18 16 8 18 0 940
27 New Zealand Bailey Cruse  R  19 12 20 24 19 16 0 760
28 United States Zane Hodgen  R  25 17 17 11 19 24 0 730
29 United States Bryce Cornet 13 27 9 5 0 700
30 United States Hanna Zellers 28 20 20 15 27 DNS 23 22 0 620
31 United States Ethan Tyler 29 29 13 11 DNS DNS 22 21 0 610
32 United States Julian DaCosta  R  9 23 16 17 0 590
33 United States John Hansen  R  17 11 24 20 0 520
34 Canada James Hinchcliffe 6 9 0 470
35 United States Joe Rainey  R  18 14 22 24 0 460
36 United States Michael Carter 8 13 0 420
37 United States Bryan Heitman  R  20 16 25 22 0 410
38 United States Justin Brigandi  R  19 15 0 280
39 United States Cody Powell  R  16 19 0 270
40 United States Clayton Ketcher  R  14 23 0 250
41 United States Rossi Lee 14 24 0 240
42 United States Sally Mott  R  20 18 0 240
43 United States Steven Clemons  R  23 18 0 210
44 United States Ben Keating 26 20 0 160
45 United States Christian Hodneland 24 27 0 110
46 United States Joey Rainey  R  24 DNS 0 70
47 United States Andrew Wilson  R  25 DNS 0 60
Pos. Driver DAY STP LGA WGL ELK VIR ATL Bonus Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

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. 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[edit]

  1. ^ "Mazda unveils 2023 MX-5 Cup schedule". mx-5cup.com. August 5, 2022. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
  2. ^ "Laguna Seca completes 2023 MX-5 Cup schedule". racer.com. September 1, 2022. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
  3. ^ "Schedule". www.mx-5cup.com. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
  4. ^ "The Rolex 24 at Daytona MX-5 Pre-Race Entry List" (PDF). IMSA. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
  5. ^ "Grand Prix of St. Petersburg MX-5 Official Entry List" (PDF). IMSA. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
  6. ^ "MOTUL Course de Monterey Powered by Hyundai N MX-5 Official Entry List" (PDF). IMSA. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
  7. ^ "Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen MX-5 Pre-Race Entry List-V2.pdf" (PDF). IMSA. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  8. ^ "idemitsu Mazda Mx-5 Cup Test MX-5 Official Entry List.pdf" (PDF). IMSA. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
  9. ^ "Michelin GT Challenge at VIR MX-5 Official Entry List.pdf" (PDF). IMSA. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
  10. ^ "Motul Petit LeMans MX-5 Official Entry List.pdf" (PDF). IMSA. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
  11. ^ "2023 IMSA Sporting Regulations (and SSR) for the MX-5 Cup" (PDF). IMSA. Retrieved May 17, 2023.

External links[edit]

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