2022 Mazda MX-5 Cup

The 2022 Idemitsu Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by BF Goodrich is a single-make motor racing championship, the 18th season of the Mazda MX-5 Cup and the 2nd under a new sanctioning agreement with the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The series began on January 27 at Daytona International Speedway, and will conclude on October 1 at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta after 14 rounds.

Schedule

The schedule was announced on August 6, 2021, featuring 14 rounds across seven double-header weekends.[1] All races are 45 minutes in length.

Rnd. Circuit Location Dates Supporting
1 Daytona International Speedway (Road Course) Daytona Beach, Florida January 27–30 IMSA SportsCar Championship
2
3 Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida February 25–27 IndyCar Series
4
5 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio May 13–15 IMSA SportsCar Championship
6
7 Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York June 23–26 IMSA SportsCar Championship
8
9 Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin July 1–3 NASCAR Cup Series
10
11 Virginia International Raceway Alton, Virginia August 26–28 IMSA SportsCar Championship
12
13 Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia September 28–October 1 IMSA SportsCar Championship
14
Source:[2]

Entry list

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 2 Maximilian Opalski[3]  R  1–2
7 Matt Curry[4]  R  1
31 Jameson Riley[5]  R  1–2
51 Tyler Gonzalez[6] 1–2
Spark Performance 5 Gresham Wagner[7] 1–2
24 Aaron Jeansonne[7] 1–2
33 Alex Bachoura[7] 1–2
48 Rossi Lee[8] 2
McCumbee McAleer Racing 13 Jenson Altzman[8] 1–2
15 Aidan Fassnacht[9]  R  1–2
28 Sam Paley[10] 1–2
39 John Jodoin[8]  R  1–2
48 Rossi Lee[8] 1
55 Moisey Uretsky[8] 1–2
76 Matthew Dirks[8] 1–2
89 Justin Piscitell[8] 1–2
Hixon Motor Sports 21 Bruno Carneiro[11]  R  1–2
27 Dante Tornello[12]  R  1–2
65 Bryce Cornet[13]  R  1–2
72 Connor Zilisch[14]  R  1–2
87 Selin Rollan[15] 1–2
Thunder Bunny Racing 22 Laura Hayes  R  1–2
JTR Motorsports Engineering 23 Glenn McGee 1–2
69 Anthony McIntosh  R  1–2
82 Woody Heimann 1–2
88 Sean Varwig  R  1–2
96 Jared Thomas 1–2
Formidable Racing 32 Chris Nunes[16] 1–2
43 Joey Atanasio[16]  R  1–2
44 Mickey Thomas  R  2
Slipstream Performance 36 David Staab 1–2
37 Michael Staab  R  1–2
Sources: [17][18]

 R  = Eligible for Rookie's Championship

Race Results

Bold indicates overall winner.

Round Circuit Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver
1 R1 Daytona #28 McCumbee McAleer Racing #96 JTR Motorsports Engineering #51 Copeland Motorsports
Sam Paley Jared Thomas Tyler Gonzalez
R2 #72 Hixon Motor Sports #5 Spark Performance #96 JTR Motorsports Engineering
Connor Zilisch Gresham Wagner Jared Thomas
2 R1 St. Petersburg #23 JTR Motorsports Engineering #89 McCumbee McAleer Racing #96 JTR Motorsports Engineering
Glenn McGee Justin Piscitell Jared Thomas
R2 #23 JTR Motorsports Engineering #89 McCumbee McAleer Racing #87 Hixon Motor Sports
Glenn McGee Justin Piscitell Selin Rollan
3 R1 Mid-Ohio
R2
4 R1 Watkins Glen
R2
5 R1 Road America
R2
6 R1 Virginia
R2
7 R1 Road Atlanta
R2

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+
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 WGL ELK VIR ATL Bonus Points
1 Jared Thomas 5 1 1 6 30 1240
2 Selin Rollan 3 6 3 1 10 1210
3 Sam Paley 9 5 6 3 10 1040
4 Connor Zilisch 4 7 17 2 20 1000
5 Gresham Wagner 21 2 2 7 10 990
6 Chris Nunes 2 4 5 19 0 980
7 Joey Atanasio 12 3 4 14 0 940
8 Bruno Carneiro 6 11 9 13 0 850
9 Justin Piscitell 16 16 7 4 20 840
10 Aaron Jeansonne 10 17 12 8 0 770
11 Jameson Riley 23 9 10 11 0 710
12 Michael Carter 7 29 13 5 0 700
13 David Staab 11 12 20 12 0 690
14 Tyler Gonzalez 1 20 28 10 0 680
15 Glenn McGee 15 15 8 20 20 680
16 Sean Varwig 14 13 15 23 0 590
17 Bryce Cornet 13 10 26 26 0 490
18 Alex Bachoura 24 14 21 16 0 490
19 Jenson Altzman 19 30 11 17 0 470
20 Matthew Dirks 26 27 19 9 0 430
21 Laura Hayes 20 24 22 15 0 430
22 Woody Heimann 30 8 18 27 0 410
23 John Jodoin 18 26 24 18 0 380
24 Aidan Fassnacht 17 23 25 25 0 340
25 Maximilian Opalski 8 25 DNS DNS 0 290
26 Moisey Uretsky 29 19 16 DNS 0 290
27 Michael Staab 28 18 23 28 0 270
28 Anthony McIntosh 22 28 29 21 0 240
29 Dante Tornello 27 22 30 24 0 220
30 Rossi Lee DNS DNS 14 DNS 0 170
31 Matt Curry 25 21 0 160
32 Mickey Thomas 27 22 0 130
Pos. Driver DAY STP MOH WGL ELK VIR ATL Bonus Points
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid 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

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 MOH WGL ELK VIR ATL Bonus Points
1 JTR Motorsports Engineering 5 1 1 6 50 1310
2 Hixon Motor Sports 3 6 3 1 30 1240
3 Spark Performance 10 2 2 7 10 1150
4 McCumbee McAleer Racing 9 5 6 3 30 1140
5 Formidable Racing 2 3 4 14 0 1130
6 Copeland Motorsports 1 9 10 10 0 1100
7 Carter Racing Enterprises 7 29 13 5 0 1020
8 Slipstream Performance 11 12 20 12 0 940
9 Thunder Bunny Racing 20 24 22 15 0 890
Pos. Driver DAY STP MOH WGL ELK VIR ATL Bonus Points

References
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  2. "Schedule". www.mx-5cup.com. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  3. "Max Opalski Joins Copeland Motorsports for 2022 MX-5 Cup Season". www.mx-5cup.com. December 2, 2021. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  4. "Matt Curry Joins Copeland Motorsports in Daytona for Mazda MX-5 Cup Opener". www.mx-5cup.com. December 30, 2021. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  5. "Copeland Motorsports Adds Jameson Riley to 2022 MX-5 Cup Program". www.mx-5cup.com. December 2, 2021. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  6. "Tyler Gonzalez and Copeland Motorsports Reconnect for 2022". www.mx-5cup.com. December 20, 2021. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
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  11. "Bruno Carneiro Joins Hixon Motor Sports". www.mx-5cup.com. January 20, 2022. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
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  14. "Connor Zilisch Commits to HMS with Late Apex Storage for 2022 Season". www.mx-5cup.com. December 21, 2021. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  15. "Selin "The Machine" Rollan is Back with HMS in 2022". www.mx-5cup.com. January 5, 2022. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
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