The 2021 Idemitsu Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by BF Goodrich was a single-make motor racing championship, the 17th season of the Mazda MX-5 Cup and the 1st under a new sanctioning agreement with the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The series began on January 28 at Daytona International Speedway, and concluded on November 12 at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta after 14 rounds. Gresham Wagner won the driver's championship, earning Spark Performance the entrant's championship as well. Sam Paley won the Rookie of the Year championship with McCumbee McAleer Racing.

Schedule

The schedule was initially announced on October 28, 2020, and features 14 rounds across seven double-header weekends.[1] On December 17, 2020, the schedule was revised, along with the 2021 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship schedule, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

On January 6, 2021, the St. Petersburg event was rescheduled from its March date to April 23–25, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

On February 8, 2021, IMSA announced an additional double-header event to be held during the 12 Hours of Sebring event weekend in March. Rounds 3 and 4 at Sebring will serve as a replacement for a future race venue to be announced at a later date. Thus, the 2021 MX-5 Cup Championship will still be composed of 14 rounds at seven tracks.[4]

On April 7, 2021, the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park event scheduled for July 2-4 was cancelled due to COVID-19 quarantine requirements.[5]

All races are 45 minutes in length.

Rnd. Circuit Location Dates
1 Daytona International Speedway (Road Course) United States Daytona Beach, Florida January 27-29
2
3 Sebring International Raceway United States Sebring, Florida March 17-19
4
5 Streets of St. Petersburg United States St. Petersburg, Florida April 23–25
6
7 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course United States Lexington, Ohio May 14–16
8
9 Road America United States Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin August 6–8
10
11 WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca United States Monterey, California September 10–12
12
13 Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta United States Braselton, Georgia November 10-12
14
Source:[6]

Confirmed Entries

All competitors utilize the Mazda MX-5 Cup car, modified to their homologated racing specification by Flis Performance.

Team No. Driver Rounds
United States Carter Racing Enterprises 08 United States Michael Carter All
United States Copeland Motorsports 4 Puerto Rico Bryan Ortiz 1–8
26 United States Peter Atwater  R  1–2, 5–8
38 United States Daniel Williams  R  1–10
41 United States Luca Mars  R  All
43 United States Joey Atanasio  R  1–2
51 United States Dean Copeland 11–12
United States Hixon Motorsports 37 United States Sabré Cook  R  1–2
42 United States Preston Pardus 1–2
47 United States Bryan Hixon 1–12
63 United States Savanna Little  R  1–10, 13–14
72 United States Hannah Grisham  R  1–2
United States Connor Zilisch  R  13–14
73 United States Dan Moen 3–4
87 United States Selin Rollan All
92 United States Loni Unser All
98 United States Derek Ware 1–2
11 United States Andrew Carbonell 9–10
22 Canada Alex Berg  R  13–14
Republic of Ireland Irish Mike's Racing 95 United States Todd Buras 3–4
United States JTR Motorsports Engineering 32 United States Chris Nunes  R  All
96 United States Jared Thomas All
82 United States Woody Heimann  R  7–14
26 United States Peter Atwater  R  9–14
97 United States Daniel Williams  R  11–12
69 United States Anthony McIntosh  R  13–14
United States McCumbee McAleer Racing 13 United States Jenson Altzman  R  All
28 United States Sam Paley  R  All
31 United States John Jodoin  R  3–4, 8–12
48 United States Zachry Lee 3–8,11–12
55 Russia Moisey Uretsky All
89 United States Justin Piscitell All
United States Provision Motorsports 24 United States Aaron Jeansonne  R  1–14
99 United States Drake Kemper 1–8, 13–14
43 United States Joey Atanasio  R  3–4
99 United States Drake Kemper 1–8, 13–14
United States Bruno Carneiro 11–12
United States Slipstream Performance 12 United States Mike Globe 3–4, 7–10, 13–14
20 Argentina Hernan Palermo 1–4, 7–14
33 Russia Alex Bachoura All
36 United States David Staab All
United States Spark Performance 5 United States Gresham Wagner All
Guatemala Team Guatemala Racing 59 Guatemala Juan Hernandez Leiva  R  1–8
Sources: [7]

 R  = Eligible for Rookie's Championship

Race Results

Rnd. Circuit Winning Driver Pole Position Fastest Lap Hard Charger
1 Daytona United States Gresham Wagner United States Gresham Wagner United States Gresham Wagner United States Jenson Altzman
2 United States Michael Carter United States Gresham Wagner United States Preston Pardus Argentina Hernan Palermo
3 Sebring United States Selin Rollan United States Gresham Wagner United States Chris Nunes United States Todd Buras
4 United States Gresham Wagner United States Sam Paley United States Michael Carter United States Todd Buras
5 St. Petersburg United States Selin Rollan United States Michael Carter United States Michael Carter United States Aaron Jeansonne
6 United States Michael Carter United States Michael Carter United States Selin Rollan Russia Alex Bachoura
7 Mid-Ohio United States Selin Rollan United States Michael Carter United States Selin Rollan United States Luca Mars
8 United States Chris Nunes United States Gresham Wagner Argentina Hernan Palermo United States Luca Mars
9 Road America United States Selin Rollan United States Selin Rollan United States Gresham Wagner United States Michael Carter
10 United States Michael Carter United States Gresham Wagner United States Michael Carter United States John Jodoin
11 Laguna Seca United States Gresham Wagner United States Selin Rollan United States Selin Rollan Russia Alex Bachoura
12 United States Gresham Wagner United States Selin Rollan United States Bruno Carneiro Russia Moisey Uretsky
13 Road Atlanta United States Gresham Wagner United States Gresham Wagner United States Connor Zilisch United States Chris Nunes
14 United States Jared Thomas United States Selin Rollan United States Jared Thomas United States Luca Mars

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 or below
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 SEB STP MOH ELK LGA ATL Bonus Points
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
1 United States Gresham Wagner 1 3 3 1 17 3 4 2 2 5 1 1 1 6 120 4330
2 United States Michael Carter 9 1 2 2 2 1 6 6 4 1 4 6 3 3 100 4240
3 United States Selin Rollan 6 4 1 9 1 18 1 7 1 3 2 2 5 2 110 4150
4 United States Chris Nunes 4 10 12 10 3 6 12 1 5 7 19 3 4 7 10 3430
5 United States Sam Paley 2 5 7 22 20 2 2 15 3 2 6 5 9 9 20 3410
6 United States Luca Mars 13 9 26 7 5 4 7 3 12 8 9 4 7 4 0 3210
7 United States Justin Piscitell 5 6 4 25 19 9 3 5 7 10 23 7 6 10 0 2980
8 United States Aaron Jeansonne 8 12 6 4 10 21 13 19 8 4 3 20 8 22 0 2800
9 United States Jared Thomas 3 2 25 8 21 16 5 24 22 DNS 5 8 2 1 10 2750
10 United States Jenson Altzman 16 25 27 6 4 17 11 22 10 6 7 10 10 8 0 2560
11 United States David Staab 22 16 17 14 11 12 14 20 11 11 20 22 13 12 0 2190
12 Russia Alex Bachoura 18 24 16 13 9 11 18 21 20 14 11 13 17 17 0 2120
13 Russia Moisey Uretsky 24 21 19 26 16 13 19 9 15 13 14 9 21 11 0 2040
14 Argentina Hernan Palermo 27 14 11 24 8 10 9 21 8 19 11 21 10 1900
15 United States Bryan Hixon 14 19 15 17 13 14 22 13 16 15 17 15 0 1820
16 United States Loni Unser 25 26 18 15 7 10 16 23 14 12 16 14 DNS DNS 0 1760
17 Puerto Rico Bryan Ortiz 11 11 13 3 6 5 15 12 0 1740
18 United States Daniel Williams 21 22 14 12 22 8 10 18 19 16 18 18 0 1740
19 United States Drake Kemper 19 8 5 11 17 DNS 25 8 18 14 0 1540
20 United States Peter Atwater 15 17 8 19 21 DNS DNS 17 15 17 12 20 0 1490
21 United States Savanna Little 23 23 20 19 14 20 23 14 17 18 19 18 0 1440
22 United States Zachry Lee 9 16 15 15 17 11 10 16 0 1390
23 Guatemala Juan Hernandez 17 27 23 18 12 7 9 4 0 1320
24 United States Woody Heimann 20 17 13 22 12 12 14 15 0 1230
25 United States John Jodoin 10 23 21 9 13 11 0 990
26 United States Mike Globe 22 21 24 16 18 20 20 19 0 880
27 United States Joey Atanasio 10 15 24 20 0 550
28 United States Preston Pardus 7 7 20 500
29 United States Todd Buras 8 5 0 490
30 United States Andrew Carbonell 6 19 0 370
31 United States Sabré Cook 12 13 0 370
32 United States Connor Zilisch 22 5 10 360
33 Canada Alex Berg 16 13 0 330
34 United States Anthony McIntosh 15 16 0 310
35 United States Hannah Grisham 20 20 0 220
36 United States Bruno Carneiro 22 21 10 200
37 United States Derek Ware 26 18 0 180
38 United States Dean Copeland 21 23 0 180
39 United States Dan Moen 21 27 0 140
Pos. Driver DAY SEB STP MOH ELK LGA ATL Bonus Points

Bold = Pole Position

Italics = Fastest Race Lap

Underline = Most Laps Led

† = Post-race penalty; moved to back of class

Entrant's Championship

Each Entrant receives championship points for its highest Car finishing position in each class 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. Entrant DAY SEB STP MOH ELK LGA ATL Bonus Points
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
1 Spark Performance 1 3 3 1 17 3 4 2 2 5 1 1 1 6 120 4450
2 Hixon Motorsports 6 4 1 9 1 10 1 7 1 3 2 2 5 2 140 4350
3 Carter Racing Enterprises 9 1 2 2 2 1 6 6 4 1 4 6 3 3 100 4280
4 JTR Motorsports Engineering 3 2 12 8 3 6 5 1 5 7 5 3 2 1 20 4040
5 McCumbee McAleer Racing 2 5 4 6 4 2 2 5 3 2 6 5 6 8 20 3950
6 Copeland Motorsports 10 15 13 3 5 4 7 3 12 8 9 4 7 4 0 3600
7 Provision Motorsports 8 8 5 4 10 21 13 8 8 4 3 20 8 14 10 3500
8 Slipstream Performance 19 14 11 13 9 11 14 20 9 11 8 13 11 12 10 3280
9 Team Guatemala Racing 17 27 23 18 12 7 9 4 0 1860
10 Irish Mike's Racing 8 5 0 510
Pos. Entrant DAY SEB STP MOH ELK LGA ATL Bonus Points

Bold = Pole Position

Italics = Fastest Race Lap

Underline = Most Laps Led

Rookie's Championship

Rookie points are awarded based on the Car’s finishing position for each Rookie Driver, with the finishing positions of Cars without Rookie Drivers not considered in the results and all other Cars with Rookie Drivers elevated in the finishing positions accordingly.

Pos. Driver DAY SEB STP MOH ELK LGA ATL Points
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
1 United States Sam Paley 2 5 7 22 20 2 2 15 3 2 6 5 9 9 4290
2 United States Chris Nunes 4 10 12 10 3 6 12 1 5 7 19 3 4 7 4250
3 United States Luca Mars 13 9 26 7 5 4 7 3 12 8 9 4 7 4 4140
4 United States Aaron Jeansonne 8 12 6 4 10 21 13 19 8 4 3 20 8 22 3920
5 United States Jenson Altzman 16 25 27 6 4 17 11 27 10 6 7 10 10 8 3720
6 United States Daniel Williams 21 22 14 12 22 8 10 18 19 16 18 18 2870
7 United States Savanna Little 23 23 20 19 14 20 23 14 17 18 19 18 2740
8 United States Peter Atwater 15 17 8 19 21 DNS DNS 17 15 17 12 20 2390
9 Guatemala Juan Hernandez 17 27 23 18 12 7 9 4 2030
10 United States Woody Heimann 20 17 13 22 12 12 14 15 1930
11 United States John Jodoin 10 23 21 9 13 11 1490
12 United States Joey Atanasio 10 15 24 20 990
13 United States Connor Zilisch 22 5 520
14 United States Sabre Cook 12 13 520
15 Canada Alex Berg 16 13 470
16 United States Anthony McIntosh 15 16 460
17 United States Hannah Grisham 20 20 440
Pos. Driver DAY SEB STP MOH ELK LGA ATL Points

† = Post-race penalty; moved to back of class

References

  1. "Mazda MX-5 Cup Unveils 2021 Schedule with New Partner IMSA". www.mx-5cup.com. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  2. "IMSA West Coast Swing Moves to September for 2021". IMSA. December 17, 2020. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  3. "Mazda MX-5 Cup Set for New Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Date". www.mx-5cup.com. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
  4. "Sebring added to MX-5 Cup schedule, Daytona openers on TV". RACER. February 8, 2021. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
  5. "Mazda MX-5 Cup Removes Canadian Tire Motorsport Park from 2021 Schedule". www.mx-5cup.com. Retrieved April 8, 2021.
  6. "Schedule". www.mx-5cup.com. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  7. "Pre-Event Entry List" (PDF). IMSA. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 2, 2021. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
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