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.

Jeremy Fletcher was the defending champion, having won the title in 2025.

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

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 Sébastien 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

References

External links

• Official Website