2021 Mazda MX-5 Cup

The 2021 Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by BF Goodrich is a current single-make motor racing championship, the 17th season of the Mazda MX-5 Cup and the 1st under a new sanctioning agreement with the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The series began on January 28 at Daytona International Speedway, and is scheduled to conclude on October 8 at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta after 14 rounds.

Schedule

The schedule was initially announced on October 28, 2020, and features 14 rounds across seven double-header weekends.^[1] On December 17, 2020, the schedule was revised, along with the 2021 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship schedule, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.^[2]

On January 6, 2021, the St. Petersburg event was rescheduled from its March date to April 23–25, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[3]

All races are 45 minutes in length.

Rnd.	Circuit	Location	Date
1	Daytona International Speedway (Road Course)	Daytona Beach, Florida	January 28
2	Daytona International Speedway (Road Course)	Daytona Beach, Florida	January 29
3	Streets of St. Petersburg	St. Petersburg, Florida	April 24
4	Streets of St. Petersburg	St. Petersburg, Florida	April 25
5	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	May 15
6	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	May 16
7	Canadian Tire Motorsport Park	Bowmanville, Ontario	July 3
8	Canadian Tire Motorsport Park	Bowmanville, Ontario	July 4
9	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	August 7
10	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	August 8
11	WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca	Monterey, California	September 11
12	WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca	Monterey, California	September 12
13	Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta	Braselton, Georgia	October 7
14	Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta	Braselton, Georgia	October 8
Source:^[4]

Confirmed Entries

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	08	Michael Carter	1-2
Copeland Motorsports	4	Bryan Ortiz	1-2
	26	Peter Atwater R	1-2
	38	Daniel Williams R	1-2
	41	Luca Mars R	1-2
	43	Joey Atanasio R	1-2
Hixon Motorsports	37	Sabre Cook R	1-2
	42	Preston Pardus	1-2
	47	Bryan Hixon	1-2
	63	Savanna Little R	1-2
	72	Hannah Grisham R	1-2
	87	Selin Rollan	1-2
	92	Loni Unser	1-2
	98	Derek Ware	1-2
JTR Motorsports Engineering	32	Chris Nunes R	1-2
JTR Motorsports Engineering	96	Jared Thomas	1-2
McCumbee McAleer Racing	13	Jenson Altzman R	1-2
	28	Sam Paley R	1-2
	55	Moisey Uretsky	1-2
	89	Justin Piscitell	1-2
Provision Motorsports	24	Aaron Jeansonne R	1-2
Provision Motorsports	99	Drake Kemper	1-2
Slipstream Performance	20	Hernan Palermo	1-2
	33	Alex Bachoura	1-2
	36	David Staab R	1-2
Spark Performance	5	Gresham Wagner	1-2
Team Guatemala Racing	59	Juan Hernandez R	1-2
Sources: ^[5]

R = Eligible for Rookie's Championship

Race Results

Rnd.	Circuit	Winning Driver	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Hard Charger
1	Daytona	Gresham Wagner	Gresham Wagner	Gresham Wagner	Jenson Altzman
2	Daytona	Michael Carter	Gresham Wagner	Preston Pardus	Hernan Palermo
3	St. Petersburg
4	St. Petersburg
5	Mid-Ohio
6	Mid-Ohio
7	CTMP
8	CTMP
9	Road America
10	Road America
11	Laguna Seca
12	Laguna Seca
13	Road Atlanta
14	Road Atlanta

Championship Standings

Points System

Championship points are awarded at the finish of each event according to the chart below.

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 or below
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

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

Pos.	Driver	DAY		STP		MOH		MOS		ELK		LGA		ATL		Bonus	Points
Pos.	Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Bonus	Points
1	Gresham Wagner	1	3													40	690
2	Jared Thomas	3	2													0	620
3	Sam Paley	2	5													0	580
4	Michael Carter	9	1													0	570
5	Selin Rollan	6	4													0	530
6	Justin Piscitell	5	6													0	510
7	Preston Pardus	7	7													20	500
8	Chris Nunes	4	10													0	490
9	Aaron Jeansonne	8	12													0	420
10	Luca Mars	13	9													0	400
11	Bryan Ortiz	11	11													0	400
12	Joey Atanasio	10	15													0	370
13	Sabre Cook	12	13													0	370
14	Drake Kemper	19	8													0	350
15	Peter Atwater	15	17													0	300
16	Bryan Hixon	14	19													0	290
17	David Staab	22	16													0	240
18	Hannah Grisham	20	20													0	220
19	Hernan Palermo	27^†	14													0	210
20	Jenson Altzman	16	25													0	210
21	Alex Bachoura	18	24													0	200
22	Daniel Williams	21	22													0	190
23	Juan Hernandez	17	27													0	180
24	Derek Ware	26	18													0	180
25	Moisey Uretsky	24	21													0	170
26	Savanna Little	23	23													0	160
27	Loni Unser	25	26													0	110
Pos.	Driver	DAY		STP		MOH		MOS		ELK		LGA		ATL		Bonus	Points

Bold = Pole Position

Italics = Fastest Race Lap

Underline = Most Laps Led

† = Post-race penalty; moved to back of class

Team's Championship

IMSA recognizes a Team champion (assigned competition number and its Entrant) based on the total number of championship points earned by a Car during the season.

Pos.	Team	DAY		STP		MOH		MOS		ELK		LGA		ATL		Bonus	Points
Pos.	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Bonus	Points
1	#5 Spark Performance	1	3													40	690
2	#96 JTR Motorsports Engineering	3	2													0	620
3	#28 McCumbee McAleer Racing	2	5													0	580
4	#08 Carter Racing Enterprises	9	1													0	570
5	#87 Hixon Motorsports	6	4													0	530
6	#89 McCumbee McAleer Racing	5	6													0	510
7	#42 Hixon Motorsports	7	7													20	500
8	#32 JTR Motorsports Engineering	4	10													0	490
9	#24 Provision Motorsports	8	12													0	420
10	#41 Copeland Motorsports	13	9													0	400
11	#4 Copeland Motorsports	11	11													0	400
12	#43 Copeland Motorsports	10	15													0	370
13	#37 Hixon Motorsports	12	13													0	370
14	#99 Provision Motorsports	19	8													0	350
15	#26 Copeland Motorsports	15	17													0	300
16	#47 Hixon Motorsports	14	19													0	290
17	#36 Slipstream Performance	22	16													0	240
18	#72 Hixon Motorsports	20	20													0	220
19	#20 Slipstream Performance	27^†	14													0	210
20	#13 McCumbee McAleer Racing	16	25													0	210
21	#33 Slipstream Performance	18	24													0	200
22	#38 Copeland Motorsports	21	22													0	190
23	#59 Team Guatemala Racing	16	27													0	180
24	#98 Hixon Motorsports	26	18													0	180
25	#55 McCumbee McAleer Racing	24	21													0	170
26	#63 Hixon Motorsports	23	23													0	160
27	#92 Hixon Motorsports	25	26													0	110
Pos.	Team	DAY		STP		MOH		MOS		ELK		LGA		ATL		Bonus	Points

Bold = Pole Position

Italics = Fastest Race Lap

Underline = Most Laps Led

† = Post-race penalty; moved to back of class

Entrant's Championship

Each Entrant receives championship points for its highest Car finishing position in each class 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.	Entrant	DAY		STP		MOH		MOS		ELK		LGA		ATL		Bonus	Points
Pos.	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Bonus	Points
1	Spark Performance	1	3													40	690
2	JTR Motorsports Engineering	3	2													0	620
3	Carter Racing Enterprises	9	1													0	600
4	McCumbee McAleer Racing	2	5													0	580
5	Hixon Motorsports	6	4													20	580
6	Provision Motorsports	8	8													0	510
7	Copeland Motorsports	10	15													0	480
8	Slipstream Performance	19	14													0	450
9	Team Guatemala Racing	17	27													0	450
Pos.	Entrant	DAY		STP		MOH		MOS		ELK		LGA		ATL		Bonus	Points

Bold = Pole Position

Italics = Fastest Race Lap

Underline = Most Laps Led

Rookie's Championship

Rookie points are awarded based on the Car’s finishing position for each Rookie Driver, with the finishing positions of Cars without Rookie Drivers not considered in the results and all other Cars with Rookie Drivers elevated in the finishing positions accordingly.

Pos.	Driver	DAY		STP		MOH		MOS		ELK		LGA		ATL		Points
Pos.	Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Points
1	Sam Paley	2	5													700
2	Chris Nunes	4	10													620
3	Aaron Jeansonne	8	12													580
4	Luca Mars	13	9													570
5	Joey Atanasio	10	15													530
6	Sabre Cook	12	13													520
7	Peter Atwater	15	17													470
8	David Staab	22	16													430
9	Hannah Grisham	20	20													430
10	Jenson Altzman	16	25													420
11	Daniel Williams	21	22													410
12	Juan Hernandez	17	27													400
13	Savanna Little	23	23													380
Pos.	Driver	DAY		STP		MOH		MOS		ELK		LGA		ATL		Points

References

^ "Mazda MX-5 Cup Unveils 2021 Schedule with New Partner IMSA". www.mx-5cup.com. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
^ "IMSA West Coast Swing Moves to September for 2021". IMSA. December 17, 2020. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
^ "Mazda MX-5 Cup Set for New Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Date". www.mx-5cup.com. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
^ "Schedule". www.mx-5cup.com. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
^ "Pre-Event Entry List" (PDF). IMSA. Retrieved January 26, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

External links

Official Website

[1] "Mazda MX-5 Cup Unveils 2021 Schedule with New Partner IMSA". www.mx-5cup.com. Retrieved December 30, 2020.

[2] "IMSA West Coast Swing Moves to September for 2021". IMSA. December 17, 2020. Retrieved December 30, 2020.

[3] "Mazda MX-5 Cup Set for New Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Date". www.mx-5cup.com. Retrieved January 6, 2021.

[4] "Schedule". www.mx-5cup.com. Retrieved December 30, 2020.

[5] "Pre-Event Entry List" (PDF). IMSA. Retrieved January 26, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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