2025 Mazda MX-5 Cup

The 2025 Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup Presented By Michelin is a single-make motor racing championship, the 21st season of the Mazda MX-5 Cup and the 5th sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The series began on January 23 at Daytona International Speedway, and will conclude on October 11 at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta after 14 rounds.

Gresham Wagner is the defending champion, having won his second series title in 2024.

Schedule

The schedule was announced on October 16, 2024, featuring 14 rounds across seven double-header weekends.^[1] In a change from the 2024 calendar, rounds at St. Petersburg and Barber were added, while events at Sebring and Laguna Seca were dropped. All races are 45 minutes in length.

Round		Circuit	Location	Dates	Supporting
1	R1	Daytona International Speedway (Road Course)	Daytona Beach, Florida	January 22–24	IMSA SportsCar Championship
1	R2	Daytona International Speedway (Road Course)	Daytona Beach, Florida	January 22–24	IMSA SportsCar Championship
2	R3	Grand Prix of St. Petersburg	St. Petersburg, Florida	February 28–March 2	IndyCar Series
2	R4	Grand Prix of St. Petersburg	St. Petersburg, Florida	February 28–March 2	IndyCar Series
3	R5	Barber Motorsports Park	Birmingham, Alabama	May 2–4	IndyCar Series
3	R6	Barber Motorsports Park	Birmingham, Alabama	May 2–4	IndyCar Series
4	R7	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	June 6–8	Michelin Pilot Challenge
4	R8	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	June 6–8	Michelin Pilot Challenge
5	R9	Canadian Tire Motorsports Park	Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada	July 11–13	IMSA SportsCar Championship
5	R10	Canadian Tire Motorsports Park	Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada	July 11–13	IMSA SportsCar Championship
6	R11	Virginia International Raceway	Alton, Virginia	August 22–24	IMSA SportsCar Championship
6	R12	Virginia International Raceway	Alton, Virginia	August 22–24	IMSA SportsCar Championship
7	R13	Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta	Braselton, Georgia	October 8–10	IMSA SportsCar Championship
7	R14	Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta	Braselton, Georgia	October 8–10	IMSA SportsCar Championship
NC		Martinsville Speedway	Ridgeway, Virginia	October 23	NASCAR Cup Series
Source:^[2]^[3]

Entry list

All competitors utilize the Mazda MX-5 Cup car, modified to their homologated racing specification by Flis Performance.

Team	No.	Driver	Class	Rounds
Hendricks Motorsports	01	Ruben Caceres-Martos	R	1–2
	31	Ashlyn Speed		1–5
	54	Heather Hadley		1–4
JTR Motorsports Engineering	07	Julian DaCosta		1
	6	Cody Powell		1, 3–5
	11	Bailey Cruse	R	1–3
	15	Sally Mott		1–5
	26	Peter Atwater		1–4
	68	Steve Weber	R	2–5
	69	Glenn McGee		1–5
	82	Woody Heimann		4
	96	Jared Thomas		1–5
BSI Racing	09	Damon Ockey		3–5
	2	Jesse Love	R	4
	7	Noah Harmon	R	5
	13	Westin Workman		1–5
	27	Helio Meza	R	1–5
	32	Christian Hodneland		1–5
	57	Tyler Gonzalez		1–5
	80	Ethan Tyler		1, 3–4
	86	Jagger Jones		1–2
	95	Farhan Siddiqi		1–2, 4
McCumbee McAleer Racing	3	Ren Messinger	R	1–3
	5	Gresham Wagner		1
	22	Jeremy Fletcher		1–5
	23	Justin Adakonis	R	1–5
	44	Bobby Gossett	R	1–5
	83	Nate Cicero		4–5
AAG Racing	9	Chris Clarke		2
	28	Christopher Haldeman		1–4
	58	Todd Buras		1–2
	58	Skip Brock	R	3
	76	Frankie Barroso	R	1
		Jack Murchison	R	2
		Skyler Cottrell	R	3
	77	Noah Harmon	R	1–4
RAFA Racing Team by MMR	12	Maite Cáceres	R	1–4
	12	Jem Hepworth		5
	81	Caroline Candas		1–3
	81	Gresham Wagner		4–5
Saito Motorsport Group	19	Nate Cicero		1–3
	19	Marcello Paniccia	R	5
	29	Ethan Goulart	R	1–5
Spark Performance	33	Alex Bachoura		1–5
	50	Grant West		1–5
	65	Bryce Cornet		1–5
	78	Sally McNulty	R	1–2
Parker DeLong Racing	42	Parker DeLong		1–5
Parker DeLong Racing	43	Charlotte Traynor	R	3
Advanced Autosports	56	Nathan Nicholson		1–5
Advanced Autosports	99	Vaughn Mishko		2–4
Sources:^[4]^[5]^[6]

R = Eligible for Rookie's Championship

Race results

Bold indicates overall winner.

Round		Circuit	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver
1	R1	Daytona	#19 Saito Motorsport Group	#5 McCumbee McAleer Racing	#57 BSI Racing
	R1		Nate Cicero	Gresham Wagner	Tyler Gonzalez
	R2		#19 Saito Motorsport Group	#22 McCumbee McAleer Racing	#96 JTR Motorsports Engineering
	R2		Nate Cicero	Jeremy Fletcher	Jared Thomas
2	R1	St. Petersburg	#22 McCumbee McAleer Racing	#56 Advanced Autosports	#96 JTR Motorsports Engineering
	R1		Jeremy Fletcher	Nathan Nicholson	Jared Thomas
	R2		#22 McCumbee McAleer Racing	#22 McCumbee McAleer Racing	#57 BSI Racing
	R2		Jeremy Fletcher	Jeremy Fletcher	Tyler Gonzalez
3	R1	Barber	#22 McCumbee McAleer Racing	#19 Saito Motorsport Group	#57 BSI Racing
	R1		Jeremy Fletcher	Nate Cicero	Tyler Gonzalez
	R2		#19 Saito Motorsport Group	#13 BSI Racing	#57 BSI Racing
	R2		Nate Cicero	Westin Workman	Tyler Gonzalez
4	R1	Mid-Ohio	#83 McCumbee McAleer Racing	#27 BSI Racing	#22 McCumbee McAleer Racing
	R1		Nate Cicero	Helio Meza	Jeremy Fletcher
	R2		#81 RAFA Racing Team by MMR	#44 McCumbee McAleer Racing	#29 Saito Motorsport Group
	R2		Gresham Wagner	Bobby Gossett	Ethan Goulart
5	R1	Mosport	#83 McCumbee McAleer Racing	#96 JTR Motorsports Engineering	#57 BSI Racing
	R1		Nate Cicero	Jared Thomas	Tyler Gonzalez
	R2		#83 McCumbee McAleer Racing	#27 BSI Racing	#81 RAFA Racing Team by MMR
	R2		Nate Cicero	Helio Meza	Gresham Wagner
6	R1	Virginia
	R1
	R2
	R2
7	R1	Road Atlanta
	R1
	R2
	R2

Championship standings

Points system

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

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

Pos.	Driver	DAY		STP		BAR		MOH		MOS		VIR	ATL	Bonus	Points
1	Nathan Nicholson	14	4	3	2	18	6	4	2	4	4			20	2640
2	Jeremy Fletcher	8	6	4	4	4	28	1	3	22	2			60	2470
3	Tyler Gonzalez	1	34	16	1	1	1	7	31	1	6			30	2440
4	Jared Thomas	12	1	1	3	15	5	24	6	6	9			10	2420
5	Noah Harmon R	7	8	6	6	17	3	6	20	11	23			0	2060
6	Helio Meza R	4	20	30	28	6	8	2	8	2	10			20	2010
7	Nate Cicero	30	7	22	5	2	13	31	4	10	3			100	2000
8	Ethan Goulart R	2	12	7	30	8	22	21	1	12	8			0	1950
9	Bryce Cornet	3	13	29	9	21	7	8	11	8	19			0	1850
10	Parker DeLong	6	26	15	11	16	12	14	12	7	7			0	1850
11	Justin Adakonis R	10	29	5	17	5	4	5	27	25	14			0	1710
12	Westin Workman	32	22	17	23	3	2	30	5	5	13			20	1670
13	Sally Mott	23	21	14	10	13	11	16	14	16	12			0	1610
14	Glenn McGee	31	30	2	8	11	9	13	7	23	22			0	1590
15	Grant West	13	15	21	25	19	19	11	18	14	11			0	1450
16	Bobby Gossett R	16	9	12	7	33	24	15	30	17	15			10	1360
17	Alex Bachoura	15	25	23	26	25	18	12	10	13	16			0	1290
18	Peter Atwater	24	10	9	19	22	16	23	16					0	1110
19	Heather Hadley	18	35	10	21	14	14	18	15					0	1090
20	Gresham Wagner	36	24					3	29	3	1			30	1080
21	Ren Messinger R	11	3	8	22	9	17							0	1030
22	Ashlyn Speed R	29	16	18	20	28	25	26	28	15	20			0	850
23	Cody Powell	25	28			12	27	20	19	19	17			0	820
24	Ethan Tyler	5	18			20	20	32	26					0	680
25	Christopher Haldeman	27	23	19	16	29	33	19	23					0	640
26	Christian Hodneland	33	DNS	31	DNS	23	15	22	24	20	21			0	570
27	Maite Cáceres R	26	32	11	13	31	21	27	32					0	540
28	Vaughn Mishko R			25	14	DNS	DNS	9	25					0	520
29	Caroline Candas	28	17	24	18	27	23							0	510
30	Jagger Jones	9	5	DNS	DNS									0	480
31	Marcello Paniccia R									9	5			0	480
32	Bailey Cruse R	20	14	28	24	24	31							0	480
33	Damon Ockey					26	30	25	22	21	18			0	450
34	Todd Buras	21	2	32	DNS									0	430
35	Skyler Cottrell R					10	10							0	430
36	Jesse Love R							10	13					0	390
37	Ruben Caceres-Martos R	22	33	20	15									0	380
38	Jack Murchison R			13	12									0	370
39	Woody Heimann							17	9					0	360
40	Steve Weber R			26	29	32	26	29	17	24	DNS			0	360
41	Julian DaCosta	17	11											0	340
42	Skip Brock R					7	31							0	250
43	Farhan Siddiqi	34	31	27	27			28	21					0	230
44	Jem Hepworth									18	24			0	200
45	Frankie Barroso R	19	27											0	160
46	Sally McNulty R	35	19	DNS	DNS									0	120
47	Charlotte Traynor R					30	29							0	30
	Chris Clarke			DNS	DNS									0	0
Pos.	Driver	DAY		STP		BAR		MOH		MOS		VIR	ATL	Bonus	Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points classification
Blue	Non-points classification
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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

†: Post-event penalty. Car moved to back of class.

References

^ "Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup Unveils 2025 Schedule". mx-5cup.com. October 16, 2024. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
^ "Schedule". mx-5cup.com. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
^ "Martinsville Speedway | RacingCalendar.net". racingcalendar.net. Retrieved August 11, 2025.
^ "03_MX-5 PreRace Entry List.pdf" (PDF). January 23, 2025. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
^ "02_MX-5 Official Entry List.pdf" (PDF). June 5, 2025. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
^ "03_MX-5 Official Entry List.pdf" (PDF). July 10, 2025. Retrieved July 12, 2025.
^ "2025 IMSA Sporting Regulations (and SSR) for the MX-5 Cup" (PDF). mx-5cup.com. Retrieved January 27, 2025.

External links

Official Website

[1] "Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup Unveils 2025 Schedule". mx-5cup.com. October 16, 2024. Retrieved January 26, 2025.

[2] "Schedule". mx-5cup.com. Retrieved January 26, 2025.

[3] "Martinsville Speedway | RacingCalendar.net". racingcalendar.net. Retrieved August 11, 2025.

[4] "03_MX-5 PreRace Entry List.pdf" (PDF). January 23, 2025. Retrieved January 26, 2025.

[5] "02_MX-5 Official Entry List.pdf" (PDF). June 5, 2025. Retrieved July 9, 2025.

[6] "03_MX-5 Official Entry List.pdf" (PDF). July 10, 2025. Retrieved July 12, 2025.

[7] "2025 IMSA Sporting Regulations (and SSR) for the MX-5 Cup" (PDF). mx-5cup.com. Retrieved January 27, 2025.

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