2026 Mazda MX-5 Cup

The 2026 Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin is a single-make motor racing championship, the 22nd season of the Mazda MX-5 Cup and the sixth sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The series began on January 21 at Daytona International Speedway, and will conclude on October 3 at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta after 14 rounds.

Schedule

The schedule was announced on July 7, 2025, featuring 14 rounds across seven double-header weekends.[1]

Round Circuit Location Dates Supporting
1 R1 Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida January 21–23 IMSA SportsCar Championship
R2
2 R3 Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida February 27 – March 1 IndyCar Series
R4
3 R5 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio June 5–7 Michelin Pilot Challenge
R6
4 R7 Canadian Tire Motorsports Park Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada July 10–12 IMSA SportsCar Championship
R8
5 R9 Virginia International Raceway Alton, Virginia August 20–23
R10
6 R11 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana September 18–20
R12
7 R13 Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia October 1–3
R14
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 Class Rounds
BSI Racing 09 Damon Ockey 2
7 Tristan McKee  R  1–2
32 Christian Hodneland 2
44 Bobby Gossett 1–2
57 Tyler Gonzalez[a] 1
72 Ethan Goulart 1–2
77 Ellie Gossett  R  1–2
80 Ethan Tyler 1–2
86 Farhan Siddiqi 1
95 Julian DaCosta 1
James Vance 2
Wheels America Racing 3 Max Stallone  R  1–2
98 Logan Stretch  R  1–2
JTR Motorsports Engineering 5 Gresham Wagner[3] 1–2
8 Justin Gravett[3]  R  1–2
26 Peter Atwater[3] 1–2
34 John Salerno[3]  R  1–2
46 Christopher Allen[3]  R  1
66 Jameson Riley[3]  R  1–2
69 Glenn McGee[3] 1–2
81 Chris Hutter[3]  R  1–2
82 Woody Heimann[3] 1
96 Jared Thomas[3] 1–2
Advanced Autosports 9 Vaughn Mishko  R  1–2
11 Matt Novak  R  1–2
31 Ethan Lampe  R  1–2
55 Cam Ebben  R  1–2
56 Nathan Nicholson 1–2
Hendricks Motorsports 12 Noah Harmon 1
21 Westin Workman 1
Earl Bamber[4] 2
McCumbee McAleer Racing 17 Joe Rainey 1
22 Jeremy Fletcher 1–2
23 Justin Adakonis 1–2
30 Joey Rainey 1
38 Sébastien Bourdais[5] 2
51 Will Robinson 1–2
Saito Motorsports Group 19 Marcello Paniccia  R  1–2
AAG Racing 25 Fernando Luque  R  1–2
60 Chuck Mactutus  R  1–2
Spark Performance 33 Alex Bachoura 1–2
48 Frankie Barroso  R  1–2
50 Grant West 1–2
84 Ruben Caceres 1–2
89 Ryan Leach  R  1–2
Rocksteady Racing 40 Brian Dombroski  R  1–2
Parker Delong Racing 42 Parker DeLong 1–2
43 Charlotte Traynor 1–2
JDH Racing 71 Ben Jacobs  R  1–2
99 Ethan Jacobs  R  1–2
Source:[6]

 R  = Eligible for Rookie's Championship

Race results

Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver
1 R1 Daytona #22 McCumbee McAleer Racing #69 JTR Motorsports Engineering #12 Hendricks Motorsports
Jeremy Fletcher Glenn McGee Noah Harmon
R2 #69 JTR Motorsports Engineering #5 JTR Motorsports Engineering #22 McCumbee McAleer Racing
Glenn McGee Gresham Wagner Jeremy Fletcher
2 R1 St. Petersburg #11 Advanced Autosports #96 JTR Motorsports Engineering #44 BSI Racing
Matt Novak Jared Thomas Bobby Gossett
R2 #23 McCumbee McAleer Racing #96 JTR Motorsports Engineering #23 McCumbee McAleer Racing
Justin Adakonis Jared Thomas Justin Adakonis
3 R1 Mid-Ohio
R2
4 R1 Mosport
R2
5 R1 Virginia
R2
6 R1 Indianapolis
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.[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 MDO MOS VIR IND ATL Bonus Points
1 Bobby Gossett 3 33 1 3 10 970
2 Jared Thomas 4 35 2 2 20 950
3 Justin Adakonis 2 10 35 1 20 910
4 Tristan McKee 17 6 7 10 0 860
5 Gresham Wagner 41 5 9 7 10 760
6 Frankie Barroso  R  11 32 5 5 0 750
7 Ethan Tyler 12 8 21 12 0 740
8 Jeremy Fletcher 42 1 4 38 10 660
9 Nathan Nicholson 7 31 18 6 0 650
10 John Salerno  R  20 18 13 15 0 610
11 Ethan Jacobs  R  14 11 10 35 0 600
12 Grant West 10 38 6 27 0 520
13 Parker DeLong 9 36 15 21 0 520
14 Cam Ebben  R  22 20 19 14 0 520
15 Ruben Caceres  R  19 3 37 25 0 510
16 Marcello Paniccia  R  8 23 25 20 0 510
17 Matt Novak  R  34 16 3 39 0 480
18 Will Robinson 23 13 12 31 0 480
19 Ethan Goulart 37 9 32 11 0 460
20 Justin Gravett  R  44 12 23 19 0 430
21 Westin Workman 6 14 0 420
22 Alex Bachoura 25 15 29 17 0 420
23 Jameson Riley 27 45 11 22 0 370
24 Glenn McGee 16 37 14 36 20 370
25 Noah Harmon 1 41 0 360
26 Max Stallone  R  45 26 17 18 0 360
27 Vaughn Mishko  R  15 30 39 16 0 350
28 Tyler Gonzalez 36 2 10 340
29 James Vance 22 8 0 340
30 Ethan Lampe  R  29 4 33 40 10 330
31 Chuck Mactutus  R  24 7 34 37 0 330
32 Christian Hodneland 20 13 0 320
33 Julian DaCosta 5 43 0 270
34 Ryan Leach  R  35 22 16 32 0 270
35 Fernando Luque  R  21 17 31 34 0 270
36 Brian Dombroski  R  33 29 24 23 0 210
38 Christopher Allen  R  13 39 0 190
38 Charlotte Traynor  R  40 25 28 26 0 190
39 Peter Atwater 18 28 0 160
40 Logan Stretch  R  43 21 38 30 0 150
41 Chris Hutter  R  30 40 30 24 0 140
42 Joey Rainey 31 19 0 130
43 Ellie Gossett  R  32 24 40 29 0 130
44 Ben Jacobs  R  39 34 26 28 0 130
45 Joe Rainey 28 27 0 70
46 Farhan Siddiqi 26 42 0 60
47 Woody Heimann 38 44 0 20
48 Damon Ockey 36 33 0 20
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
Earl Bamber 8 4
Sebastian Bourdais 27 9
Pos. Driver DAY STP MDO MOS VIR IND ATL Bonus Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (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

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

Notes

  1. ^ Gonzalez is an American-Spanish driver competing under a Spanish licence.

References

  1. ^ "2026 Mazda MX-5 Cup Schedule Set". SPEED SPORT. July 7, 2025. Retrieved January 23, 2026.
  2. ^ "Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup Unveils 2026 Schedule". mx-5cup.com. July 7, 2025. Retrieved January 23, 2026.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "JTR MOTORSPORTS BRINGS NINE DRIVERS TO 2026 WHELEN MAZDA MX-5 CUP SEASON OPENER AT DAYTONA". RTD Media. January 19, 2026. Retrieved January 23, 2026.
  4. ^ O’Connell, RJ (February 18, 2026). "Earl Bamber Returns To MX-5 Cup At St. Petersburg". Dailysportscar. Retrieved February 18, 2026.
  5. ^ "Bourdais to Make MX-5 Cup Debut at St. Pete for Charity". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. February 11, 2026. Retrieved February 11, 2026.
  6. ^ "Daytona Entry List" (PDF). IMSA.com. IMSA. January 20, 2026. Retrieved January 22, 2026.
  7. ^ "2026 IMSA SPORTING REGULATIONS & SERIES SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS of the WHELEN MAZDA MX-5 CUP PRESENTED BY MICHELIN" (PDF). mx-5cup.com. December 17, 2025. Retrieved January 22, 2026.
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