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. 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.

RoundCircuitLocationDatesSupporting1R1Daytona International Speedway (Road Course) Daytona Beach, FloridaJanuary 22–24IMSA SportsCar ChampionshipR22R3Grand Prix of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, FloridaFebruary 28 – March 2IndyCar SeriesR43R5Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, AlabamaMay 2–4IndyCar SeriesR64R7Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, OhioJune 6–8Michelin Pilot ChallengeR85R9Canadian Tire Motorsports Park Bowmanville, Ontario, CanadaJuly 11–13IMSA SportsCar ChampionshipR106R11Virginia International Raceway Alton, VirginiaAugust 22–24IMSA SportsCar ChampionshipR127R13Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta Braselton, GeorgiaOctober 8–10IMSA SportsCar ChampionshipR14NCMartinsville Speedway Ridgeway, VirginiaOctober 23NASCAR Cup SeriesSource:

Entry list All competitors utilize the Mazda MX-5 Cup car, modified to their homologated racing specification by Flis Performance. TeamNo.DriverClassRounds Hendricks Motorsports 01 Ruben Caceres-Martos 1–2, NC 31 Ashlyn Speed 1–6 Earl BamberNC 51 Will Robinson 7 54 Heather Hadley 1–4 Tom LongNC JTR Motorsports Engineering 07 Julian DaCosta 1 6 Cody Powell 1, 3–6 8 Justin Gravett 7 11 Bailey Cruse 1–3 15 Sally Mott All, NC 26 Peter Atwater 1–4, 6–7 68 Steve Weber 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 4 7 Noah Harmon 5–7 13 Westin Workman All, NC 27 Helio Meza 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 Julian DaCosta 7McCumbee McAleer Racing2 Brandon PierceNC 3 Ren Messinger 1–3 5 Gresham Wagner 1, 7 22 Jeremy Fletcher All, NC 23 Justin Adakonis All, NC30 Ethan TovoNC 44 Bobby Gossett All, NC81 Jackson TovoNC 83 Nate Cicero 4–7 AAG Racing 9 Chris Clarke 2 28 Christopher Haldeman 1–4 Alex Gutierrez 6 58 Todd Buras 1–2 Skip Brock 3 Rocco Pasquarella 6–7 76 Frankie Barroso 1, NC Jack Murchison 2 Skyler Cottrell 3, 6–7 77 Noah Harmon 1–4 RAFA Racing Team by MMR 12 Maite Cáceres 1–4, 6 Jem Hepworth 5 81 Caroline Candas 1–3 Gresham Wagner 4–6 Saito Motorsport Group 19 Nate Cicero 1–3 Marcello Paniccia 5–7 29 Ethan Goulart All 39 Zach Hollingshead 6–7 Spark Performance 33 Alex Bachoura All 50 Grant West All 65 Bryce Cornet 1–6 Capers ZentmeyerNC 78 Sally McNulty 1–2 Parker DeLong Racing 42 Parker DeLong All 43 Charlotte Traynor 3, 6–7 Advanced Autosports 10 Matt Novak 7 56 Nathan Nicholson All, NC 98 Vaughn Mishko 7 99 2–4 Ethan Jacobs 6–7Sources: = Eligible for Rookie's Championship

Race results Bold indicates overall winner. Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver 1 1 Daytona #19 Saito Motorsport Group #5 McCumbee McAleer Racing #57 BSI Racing Nate Cicero Gresham Wagner Tyler Gonzalez R2 #19 Saito Motorsport Group #22 McCumbee McAleer Racing #96 JTR Motorsports Engineering Nate Cicero Jeremy Fletcher Jared Thomas 2 1 St. Petersburg #22 McCumbee McAleer Racing #56 Advanced Autosports #96 JTR Motorsports Engineering Jeremy Fletcher Nathan Nicholson Jared Thomas R2 #22 McCumbee McAleer Racing #22 McCumbee McAleer Racing #57 BSI Racing Jeremy Fletcher Jeremy Fletcher Tyler Gonzalez 3 1 Barber #22 McCumbee McAleer Racing #19 Saito Motorsport Group #57 BSI Racing Jeremy Fletcher Nate Cicero Tyler Gonzalez R2 #19 Saito Motorsport Group #13 BSI Racing #57 BSI Racing Nate Cicero Westin Workman Tyler Gonzalez 4 1 Mid-Ohio #83 McCumbee McAleer Racing #27 BSI Racing #22 McCumbee McAleer Racing Nate Cicero Helio Meza Jeremy Fletcher R2 #81 RAFA Racing Team by MMR #44 McCumbee McAleer Racing #29 Saito Motorsport Group Gresham Wagner Bobby Gossett Ethan Goulart 5 1 Mosport #83 McCumbee McAleer Racing #96 JTR Motorsports Engineering #57 BSI Racing Nate Cicero Jared Thomas Tyler Gonzalez R2 #83 McCumbee McAleer Racing #27 BSI Racing #81 RAFA Racing Team by MMR Nate Cicero Helio Meza Gresham Wagner 6 1 Virginia #23 McCumbee McAleer Racing #27 BSI Racing #22 McCumbee McAleer Racing Justin Adakonis Helio Meza Jeremy Fletcher R2 #27 BSI Racing #57 BSI Racing #22 McCumbee McAleer Racing Helio Meza Tyler Gonzalez Jeremy Fletcher 7 1 Road Atlanta #83 McCumbee McAleer Racing #13 BSI Racing #22 McCumbee McAleer Racing Nate Cicero Westin Workman Jeremy Fletcher R2 #13 BSI Racing #23 McCumbee McAleer Racing #42 Parker DeLong Racing Westin Workman Justin Adakonis Parker DeLongMartinsville #56 Advanced Autosports #22 McCumbee McAleer Racing #22 McCumbee McAleer Racing 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. Position123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930+Points350320300280260250240230220210200190180170160150140130120110100908070605040302010

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 ATLMARBonusPoints 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 4 20 30 28 6 8 2 8 2 10 8 20 12 4 20 2850 6 Noah Harmon 7 8 6 6 17 3 6 20 11 23 24 8 6 2 0 2800 7 Ethan Goulart 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 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 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 10 10 9 11 10 7 0 1310 21 Heather Hadley 18 35 10 21 14 14 18 15 0 1090 22 Ashlyn Speed 29 16 18 20 28 25 26 28 15 20 17 23 0 1070 23 Ren Messinger 11 3 8 22 9 17 0 1030 24 Marcello Paniccia 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 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 19 9 2 24 0 730 31 Julian DaCosta 17 11 7 23 0 670 32 Vaughn Mishko 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 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 20 14 28 24 24 31 0 480 39 Charlotte Traynor 30 29 18 21 23 17 0 470 40 Todd Buras 21 2 32 DNS 0 430 41 Justin Gravett 8 14 0 410 42 Jesse Love 10 13 0 390 43 Matt Novak 14 10 0 390 44 Ruben Caceres-Martos 22 33 20 15 10 0 380 45 Jack Murchison 13 12 0 370 46 Steve Weber 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 7 31 0 250 49 Jem Hepworth 18 24 0 200 50 Frankie Barroso 19 27 4 0 160 51 Zach Hollingshead 32 27 21 30 0 160 52 Alejandro Gutierrez 28 19 0 150 53 Sally McNulty 35 19 DNS DNS 0 120 54 Will Robinson 24 26 0 120 Chris Clarke DNS DNS 0 0 Selin Rollan DNS DNS 0 0Non-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 ATLMAR Bonus PointsBold - Pole position

Italics - Fastest lap

Underline = Most Laps Led †: Post-event penalty. Car moved to back of class.

References

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