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 was the defending champion, having won his second series title in 2024. Jeremy Fletcher became champion at season's end.

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, NC
	31	Ashlyn Speed		1–6
	31	Earl Bamber		NC
	51	Will Robinson	R	7
	54	Heather Hadley		1–4
	54	Tom Long		NC
JTR Motorsports Engineering	07	Julian DaCosta		1
	6	Cody Powell		1, 3–6
	8	Justin Gravett	R	7
	11	Bailey Cruse	R	1–3
	15	Sally Mott		All, NC
	26	Peter Atwater		1–4, 6–7
	68	Steve Weber	R	2–5
	69	Glenn McGee		1–5
	82	Woody Heimann		4, 7
	96	Jared Thomas		All
BSI Racing	09	Damon Ockey		3–7
	2	Jesse Love	R	4
	7	Noah Harmon	R	5–7
	13	Westin Workman		All, NC
	27	Helio Meza	R	All
	32	Christian Hodneland		All
	57	Tyler Gonzalez		All
	80	Ethan Tyler		1, 3–4, 6
	86	Jagger Jones		1–2, NC
	87	Selin Rollan		6
	95	Farhan Siddiqi		1–2, 4, 6, NC
	95	Julian DaCosta		7
McCumbee McAleer Racing	2	Brandon Pierce		NC
	3	Ren Messinger	R	1–3
	5	Gresham Wagner		1, 7
	22	Jeremy Fletcher		All, NC
	23	Justin Adakonis	R	All, NC
	30	Ethan Tovo		NC
	44	Bobby Gossett	R	All, NC
	81	Jackson Tovo		NC
	83	Nate Cicero		4–7
AAG Racing	9	Chris Clarke		2
	28	Christopher Haldeman		1–4
	28	Alex Gutierrez		6
	58	Todd Buras		1–2
		Skip Brock	R	3
		Rocco Pasquarella	R	6–7
	76	Frankie Barroso	R	1, NC
		Jack Murchison	R	2
		Skyler Cottrell	R	3, 6–7
	77	Noah Harmon	R	1–4
RAFA Racing Team by MMR	12	Maite Cáceres	R	1–4, 6
	12	Jem Hepworth		5
	81	Caroline Candas		1–3
	81	Gresham Wagner		4–6
Saito Motorsport Group	19	Nate Cicero		1–3
	19	Marcello Paniccia	R	5–7
	29	Ethan Goulart	R	All
	39	Zach Hollingshead		6–7
Spark Performance	33	Alex Bachoura		All
	50	Grant West		All
	65	Bryce Cornet		1–6
	65	Capers Zentmeyer		NC
	78	Sally McNulty	R	1–2
Parker DeLong Racing	42	Parker DeLong		All
Parker DeLong Racing	43	Charlotte Traynor	R	3, 6–7
Advanced Autosports	10	Matt Novak	R	7
	56	Nathan Nicholson		All, NC
	98	Vaughn Mishko	R	7
	99	Vaughn Mishko	R	2–4
	99	Ethan Jacobs	R	6–7
Sources:^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

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	#23 McCumbee McAleer Racing	#27 BSI Racing	#22 McCumbee McAleer Racing
	R1		Justin Adakonis	Helio Meza	Jeremy Fletcher
	R2		#27 BSI Racing	#57 BSI Racing	#22 McCumbee McAleer Racing
	R2		Helio Meza	Tyler Gonzalez	Jeremy Fletcher
7	R1	Road Atlanta	#83 McCumbee McAleer Racing	#13 BSI Racing	#22 McCumbee McAleer Racing
	R1		Nate Cicero	Westin Workman	Jeremy Fletcher
	R2		#13 BSI Racing	#23 McCumbee McAleer Racing	#42 Parker DeLong Racing
	R2		Westin Workman	Justin Adakonis	Parker DeLong
NC		Martinsville	#56 Advanced Autosports	#22 McCumbee McAleer Racing	#22 McCumbee McAleer Racing
NC		Martinsville	Nathan Nicholson	Jeremy Fletcher	Jeremy Fletcher

Championship standings

Points system

Championship points are awarded at the finish of each event according to the chart below.^[8]

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		MAR	Bonus	Points
1	Jeremy Fletcher	8	6	4	4	4	28	1	3	22	2	1	1	1	20	1	60	3630
2	Tyler Gonzalez	1	34	16	1	1	1	7	31	1	6	2	6	26	11		30	3290
3	Nathan Nicholson	14	4	3	2	18	6	4	2	4	4	6	7	25	27	12	20	3230
4	Jared Thomas	12	1	1	3	15	5	24	6	6	9	31	24	4	5		10	3040
5	Helio Meza R	4	20	30	28	6	8	2	8	2	10	8	20	12	4		20	2850
6	Noah Harmon R	7	8	6	6	17	3	6	20	11	23	24	8	6	2		0	2800
7	Ethan Goulart R	2	12	7	30	8	22	21	1	12	8	7	5	29	22		0	2620
8	Nate Cicero	30	7	22	5	2	13	31	4	10	3	5	26	5	28		100	2610
9	Justin Adakonis R	10	29	5	17	5	4	5	27	25	14	27	4	11	3	7	0	2560
10	Westin Workman	32	22	17	23	3	2	30	5	5	13	3	3	15	29	2	20	2480
11	Parker DeLong	6	26	15	11	16	12	14	12	7	7	29	10	28	1		0	2470
12	Sally Mott	23	21	14	10	13	11	16	14	16	12	11	32	13	12	5	0	2200
13	Bobby Gossett R	16	9	12	7	33	24	15	30	17	15	13	13	9	9	11	10	2170
14	Gresham Wagner	36	24					3	29	3	1	4	2	3	31		30	1990
15	Grant West	13	15	21	25	19	19	11	18	14	11	10	31	30	6		0	1930
16	Bryce Cornet	3	13	29	9	21	7	8	11	8	19	26	29				0	1920
17	Alex Bachoura	15	25	23	26	25	18	12	10	13	16	14	16	20	21		0	1810
18	Peter Atwater	24	10	9	19	22	16	23	16			15	15	18	15		0	1730
19	Glenn McGee	31	30	2	8	11	9	13	7	23	22						0	1590
20	Skyler Cottrell R					10	10					9	11	10	7		0	1310
21	Heather Hadley	18	35	10	21	14	14	18	15								0	1090
22	Ashlyn Speed R	29	16	18	20	28	25	26	28	15	20	17	23				0	1070
23	Ren Messinger R	11	3	8	22	9	17										0	1030
24	Marcello Paniccia R									9	5	25	14	19	13		0	1020
25	Cody Powell	25	28			12	27	20	19	19	17	12	30				0	820
26	Christian Hodneland	33	DNS	31	DNS	23	15	22	24	20	21	30	18	17	19		0	970
27	Ethan Tyler	5	18			20	20	32	26			22	17				0	910
28	Maite Cáceres R	26	32	11	13	31	21	27	32			16	22				0	780
29	Damon Ockey					26	30	25	22	21	18	21	25	27	18		0	770
30	Ethan Jacobs R											19	9	2	24		0	730
31	Julian DaCosta	17	11											7	23		0	670
32	Vaughn Mishko R			25	14	DNS	DNS	9	25					22	25		0	670
33	Woody Heimann							17	9					16	16		0	660
34	Christopher Haldeman	27	23	19	16	29	33	19	23								0	640
35	Rocco Pasquarella R											22	12	31	8		0	540
36	Caroline Candas	28	17	24	18	27	23										0	510
37	Jagger Jones	9	5	DNS	DNS											3	0	480
38	Bailey Cruse R	20	14	28	24	24	31										0	480
39	Charlotte Traynor R					30	29					18	21	23	17		0	470
40	Todd Buras	21	2	32	DNS												0	430
41	Justin Gravett R													8	14		0	410
42	Jesse Love R							10	13								0	390
43	Matt Novak R													14	10		0	390
44	Ruben Caceres-Martos R	22	33	20	15											10	0	380
45	Jack Murchison R			13	12												0	370
46	Steve Weber R			26	29	32	26	29	17	24	DNS						0	360
47	Farhan Siddiqi	34	31	27	27			28	21			23	28			13	0	340
48	Skip Brock R					7	31										0	250
49	Jem Hepworth									18	24						0	200
50	Frankie Barroso R	19	27													4	0	160
51	Zach Hollingshead R											32	27	21	30		0	160
52	Alejandro Gutierrez R											28	19				0	150
53	Sally McNulty R	35	19	DNS	DNS												0	120
54	Will Robinson R													24	26		0	120
	Chris Clarke			DNS	DNS												0	0
	Selin Rollan R											DNS	DNS				0	0
Non-championship Round-only drivers
	Capers Zentmeyer															6
	Jackson Tovo															8
	Brandon Pierce															9
	Tom Long															14
	Earl Bamber															15
	Ethan Tovo															16
Pos.	Driver	DAY		STP		BAR		MOH		MOS		VIR		ATL		MAR	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.
↑ "05_MX-5 Pre-Race Entry List.pdf" (PDF). October 9, 2025. Retrieved November 15, 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] "05_MX-5 Pre-Race Entry List.pdf" (PDF). October 9, 2025. Retrieved November 15, 2025.

[8] "2025 IMSA Sporting Regulations (and SSR) for the MX-5 Cup" (PDF). mx-5cup.com. Retrieved January 27, 2025.

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