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The Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup, presented by Michelin, is in its nineteenth season.
This is a spec series for Mazda’s MX-5 model.
The cars are fourth-generation Miatas built from 2018-2019.
The MX-5 Cup race cars are produced at the Mazda Hiroshima, Japan factory and then shipped to Flis Performance in Daytona Beach. Flis Performance adds more than 250 motorsport parts for enhanced performance and safety. The SKYACTIV 2.0 liter engine found in the Mazda MX-5 is sealed to ensure parity and reduced costs. All MX-5 Cup cars are equipped with Michelin Pilot Sport Competition 20/62-17 racing slicks. The 2024 championship consists of fourteen rounds conducted at seven different racing venues.
Mazda Motorsports offers more than $1 million in prize money and scholarships to attract competitors and advance their careers. The winner of each race earns $6,000 while the series champion collects a cheque for $250,000. Rounds nine and ten of the 2024 Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup, presented by Michelin, were held at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park during the Chevrolet Grand Prix weekend. Drivers would compete in two forty-five-minute contests around the ten-turn 2.459-mile road course.
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The pace lap for round ten of the 2024 Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup, and twenty competitors enter Canadian Tire Motorsport Park’s final turn for the forty-five-minute contest. On the pole is Jared Thomas driving the No. 96 JTR Motorsports Engineering Mazda MX-5. Beside Thomas is the No. 24 JTR Motorsports Engineering Mazda MX-5 driven by Aaron Jeansonne. Occupying row two are Saturday’s winner, Westin Workman, and Gresham Wagner. |
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During Saturday’s race, six drivers from three different teams were credited with leading a lap. However, it was the final lap that counted, and it belonged to the rookie Westin Workman. Workman, driving the No. 13 BSI Racing Mazda MX-5, qualified sixth but was in first place on the final circuit. It was his second victory of the year. The Mazda Shootout Scholarship winner was gridded third for Sunday’s contest but finished sixteenth after contact. |
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The No. 83 McCumbee McAleer Racing Mazda MX-5 was driven by Nate Cicero. Cicero qualified and finished fourth for the weekend’s first contest at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. The following day, he lined up sixth. A series of on-track incidents elevated him to second place on the final lap. Cicero believed he was the runner-up after crossing the finish line; however, the leader, Jeremy Fletcher, received a ten-second penalty, giving the victory to Cicero. |
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Driving the No. 96 JTR Motorsports Engineering Mazda MX-5, Jared Thomas qualified third for round nine. Thomas was one of six different drivers credited with leading the race. With five laps remaining, he was passed by Westin Workman and finished in the runner-up spot. On Sunday, he started the forty-five minute contest on the pole. During the race, Thomas was involved in contact with two other drivers and slid down the order to finish eighth. |
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Julian DaCosta, a contender for the Rookie Championship, would want to forget round nine at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. DaCosta qualified a respectable eighth place in the No. 78 JTR Motorsports Engineering Mazda MX-5 but became the race’s first retirement after completing sixteen laps. The crew changed the engine in the car overnight, which required him to start last. DaCosta charged through the field to finish second. |
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Teenager Connor Zilisch is the hottest commodity in the North American racing scene. He has won across many different series. At Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Zilisch piloted the No. 72 BSI Racing-prepared Mazda MX-5. He started race one on the outside of the front row and led the most laps but crossed the finish line in third. Contact on the opening lap of race two forced him to make a pit stop, which resulted in an eighteenth-place finish. |
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Alex Bachoura is the all-time leader in MX-5 Cup starts with 120 after the Canadian Tire Motorsport event. Bachoura drives the No. 33 Mazda MX-5 prepared by Spark Performance. He was the eleventh fastest in qualifying for the weekend’s first contest and finished in the eighth position. Bachoura started seventh on Sunday. During the race, he avoided the incidents to finish third, his second series podium. |
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| FINISH | START | DRIVER | CAR | ENTRANT | LAPS |
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| 1 | 6 | Westin Workman(R) | Mazda MX-5 | BSI Racing | 29 |
| 2 | 3 | Jared Thomas | Mazda MX-5 | JTR Motorsports Engineering | 29 |
| 3 | 2 | Connor Zilisch | Mazda MX-5 | BSI Racing | 29 |
| 4 | 4 | Nate Cicero | Mazda MX-5 | McCumbee McAleer Racing | 29 |
| 5 | 1 | Aaron Jeansonne | Mazda MX-5 | JTR Motorsports Engineering | 29 |
| 6 | 22 | Jeremy Fletcher | Mazda MX-5 | McCumbee McAleer Racing | 29 |
| 7 | 10 | John Jodoin | Mazda MX-5 | McCumbee McAleer Racing | 29 |
| 8 | 11 | Alex Bachoura | Mazda MX-5 | Spark Performance | 29 |
| 9 | 9 | Jonathan Neudorf | Mazda MX-5 | BSI Racing | 29 |
| 10 | 7 | Gresham Wagner | Mazda MX-5 | McCumbee McAleer Racing | 29 |
| 11 | 14 | Woody Heimann | Mazda MX-5 | JTR Motorsports Engineering | 29 |
| 12 | 12 | Heather Hadley | Mazda MX-5 | BSI Racing | 29 |
| 13 | 13 | Sally Mott(R) | Mazda MX-5 | Spark Performance | 29 |
| 14 | 17 | Nick Shaeffer(R) | Mazda MX-5 | JTR Motorsports Engineering | 29 |
| 15 | 15 | Peter Atwater | Mazda MX-5 | JTR Motorsports Engineering | 29 |
| 16 | 16 | James Hayosh | Mazda MX-5 | JTR Motorsports Engineering | 29 |
| 17 | 21 | Joey Rainey(R) | Mazda MX-5 | McCumbee McAleer Racing | 29 |
| 18 | 18 | Christian Hodneland | Mazda MX-5 | BSI Racing | 29 |
| 19 | 20 | Joe Rainey(R) | Mazda MX-5 | McCumbee McAleer Racing | 28 |
| 20 | 19 | Cody Powell(R) | Mazda MX-5 | JTR Motorsports Engineering | 28 |
| 21 | 5 | Nathan Nicholson(R) | Mazda MX-5 | JTR Motorsports Engineering | 26 |
| 22 | 8 | Julian DaCosta(R) | Mazda MX-5 | JTR Motorsports Engineering | 16 |
| FINISH | START | DRIVER | CAR | ENTRANT | LAPS |
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| 1 | 6 | Nate Cicero | Mazda MX-5 | McCumbee McAleer Racing | 26 |
| 2 | 20 | Julian DaCosta(R) | Mazda MX-5 | JTR Motorsports Engineering | 26 |
| 3 | 7 | Alex Bachoura | Mazda MX-5 | Spark Performance | 26 |
| 4 | 2 | Aaron Jeansonne | Mazda MX-5 | JTR Motorsports Engineering | 26 |
| 5 | 14 | Woody Heimann | Mazda MX-5 | JTR Motorsports Engineering | 26 |
| 6 | 13 | Sally Mott(R) | Mazda MX-5 | Spark Performance | 26 |
| 7 | 11 | John Jodoin | Mazda MX-5 | McCumbee McAleer Racing | 26 |
| 8 | 1 | Jared Thomas | Mazda MX-5 | JTR Motorsports Engineering | 26 |
| 9 | 8 | Jonathan Neudorf | Mazda MX-5 | BSI Racing | 26 |
| 10 | 16 | Peter Atwater | Mazda MX-5 | JTR Motorsports Engineering | 26 |
| 11 | 17 | Nick Shaeffer(R) | Mazda MX-5 | JTR Motorsports Engineering | 26 |
| 12 | 15 | James Hayosh | Mazda MX-5 | JTR Motorsports Engineering | 26 |
| 13 | 18 | Cody Powell(R) | Mazda MX-5 | JTR Motorsports Engineering | 26 |
| 14 | 19 | Christian Hodneland | Mazda MX-5 | BSI Racing | 26 |
| 15 | 12 | Jeremy Fletcher | Mazda MX-5 | McCumbee McAleer Racing | 26 |
| 16 | 3 | Westin Workman(R) | Mazda MX-5 | BSI Racing | 26 |
| 17 | 5 | Nathan Nicholson(R) | Mazda MX-5 | JTR Motorsports Engineering | 26 |
| 18 | 10 | Connor Zilisch | Mazda MX-5 | BSI Racing | 25 |
| 19 | 9 | Heather Hadley | Mazda MX-5 | BSI Racing | 23 |
| 20 | 4 | Gresham Wagner | Mazda MX-5 | McCumbee McAleer Racing | 8 |
| - | 22 | Joey Rainey(R) | Mazda MX-5 | McCumbee McAleer Racing | 0 |
| - | 21 | Joe Rainey(R) | Mazda MX-5 | McCumbee McAleer Racing | 0 |
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