The 2022 Idemitsu Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by BF Goodrich was a single-make motor racing championship, the 18th season of the Mazda MX-5 Cup and the 2nd under a new sanctioning agreement with the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The series began on January 27 at Daytona International Speedway, and concluded on October 1 at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta after 14 rounds. Jared Thomas won the driver's championship by a narrow margin of 10 points over Connor Zilisch, who was awarded Rookie of the Year. Hixon Motor Sports earned the entrant's championship.

Schedule

The schedule was announced on August 6, 2021, featuring 14 rounds across seven double-header weekends.[1] All races are 45 minutes in length.

Rnd. Circuit Location Dates Supporting
1 Daytona International Speedway (Road Course) United States Daytona Beach, Florida January 27–30 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
2
3 Streets of St. Petersburg United States St. Petersburg, Florida February 25–27 NTT Data IndyCar Series
4
5 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course United States Lexington, Ohio May 13–15 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
6
7 Watkins Glen International United States Watkins Glen, New York June 23–26 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
8
9 Road America United States Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin July 1–3 NASCAR Cup Series
10
11 Virginia International Raceway United States Alton, Virginia August 26–28 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
12
13 Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta United States Braselton, Georgia September 28–October 1 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
14
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 Rounds
United States Carter Racing Enterprises 08 United States Michael Carter 1–5
United States Copeland Motorsports 2 United States Maximilian Opalski[3]  R  1–4, 6–7
7 United States Matt Curry[4]  R  1, 3
31 United States Jameson Riley[5]  R  All
51 United States Tyler Gonzalez[6] 1–4, 6–7
United States Maximilian Opalski[3]  R  5
United States Spark Performance 5 United States Gresham Wagner[7] All
24 United States Aaron Jeansonne[7] All
33 United States Alex Bachoura[7] All
48 United States Rossi Lee[8] 2–3, 6
United States Hixon Motor Sports 10 United States Thomas Annunziata[9]  R  6
21 United States Bruno Carneiro[10]  R  1–6
27 United States Dante Tornello[11]  R  1–5
65 United States Bryce Cornet[12]  R  1–6
72 United States Connor Zilisch[13]  R  All
80 United States Ethan Tyler  R  3–6
85 Brazil Bruno Smielevski[14]  R  6–7
87 United States Selin Rollan[15] All
United States McCumbee McAleer Racing 13 United States Jenson Altzman[8] All
15 United States Aidan Fassnacht[16]  R  All
28 United States Sam Paley[17] All
39 United States John Jodoin[8]  R  All
48 United States Rossi Lee[8] 1
53 United States Mark Kvamme 7
55 Russia Moisey Uretsky[8] 1–5
76 United States Matthew Dirks[8] All
89 United States Justin Piscitell[8] All
United States Thunder Bunny Racing 22 United States Laura Hayes  R  All
75 United States Parker Kligerman[18]  R  5
United States JTR Motorsports Engineering 23 United States Glenn McGee All
69 United States Anthony McIntosh  R  1–5, 7
81 United States James Hayosh  R  4–5
82 United States Woody Heimann All
88 United States Sean Varwig  R  1–2
United States Cameron Lawrence 7
96 United States Jared Thomas All
United States Formidable Racing 32 United States Chris Nunes[19] 1–6
43 United States Joey Atanasio[19]  R  All
44 United States Mickey Thomas  R  2
United States Slipstream Performance 36 United States David Staab All
37 United States Michael Staab  R  1–3, 5–7
Sources: [20][21][22][23][24][25][26]

 R  = Eligible for Rookie's Championship

Race Results

Bold indicates overall winner.

Round Circuit Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver
1 R1 Daytona United States #28 McCumbee McAleer Racing United States #96 JTR Motorsports Engineering United States #51 Copeland Motorsports
United States Sam Paley United States Jared Thomas United States Tyler Gonzalez
R2 United States #72 Hixon Motor Sports United States #5 Spark Performance United States #96 JTR Motorsports Engineering
United States Connor Zilisch United States Gresham Wagner United States Jared Thomas
2 R1 St. Petersburg United States #23 JTR Motorsports Engineering United States #89 McCumbee McAleer Racing United States #96 JTR Motorsports Engineering
United States Glenn McGee United States Justin Piscitell United States Jared Thomas
R2 United States #23 JTR Motorsports Engineering United States #89 McCumbee McAleer Racing United States #87 Hixon Motor Sports
United States Glenn McGee United States Justin Piscitell United States Selin Rollan
3 R1 Mid-Ohio United States #76 McCumbee McAleer Racing United States #28 McCumbee McAleer Racing United States #5 Spark Performance
United States Matthew Dirks United States Sam Paley United States Gresham Wagner
R2 United States #76 McCumbee McAleer Racing United States #08 Carter Racing Enterprises United States #96 JTR Motorsports Engineering
United States Matthew Dirks United States Michael Carter United States Jared Thomas
4 R1 Watkins Glen United States #72 Hixon Motor Sports United States #21 Hixon Motor Sports United States #51 Copeland Motorsports
United States Connor Zilisch United States Bruno Carneiro United States Tyler Gonzalez
R2 United States #24 Spark Performance United States #76 McCumbee McAleer Racing United States #15 McCumbee McAleer Racing
United States Aaron Jeansonne United States Matthew Dirks United States Aidan Fassnacht
5 R1 Road America United States #72 Hixon Motor Sports United States #5 Spark Performance United States #72 Hixon Motor Sports
United States Connor Zilisch United States Gresham Wagner United States Connor Zilisch
R2 United States #72 Hixon Motor Sports United States #5 Spark Performance United States #72 Hixon Motor Sports
United States Connor Zilisch United States Gresham Wagner United States Connor Zilisch
6 R1 Virginia United States #15 McCumbee McAleer Racing United States #51 Copeland Motorsports United States #51 Copeland Motorsports
United States Aidan Fassnacht United States Tyler Gonzalez United States Tyler Gonzalez
R2 United States #15 McCumbee McAleer Racing United States #96 JTR Motorsports Engineering United States #72 Hixon Motor Sports
United States Aidan Fassnacht United States Jared Thomas United States Connor Zilisch
7 R1 Road Atlanta United States #28 McCumbee McAleer Racing United States #76 McCumbee McAleer Racing United States #72 Hixon Motor Sports
United States Sam Paley United States Matthew Dirks United States Connor Zilisch
R2 United States #72 Hixon Motor Sports United States #39 McCumbee McAleer Racing United States #51 Copeland Motorsports
United States Connor Zilisch United States John Jodoin United States Tyler Gonzalez

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+
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 STP MOH‡ WGL ELK VIR ATL Bonus Points
1 United States Jared Thomas 5 1 1 6 2 1 5 3 26 2 17 4 5 8 50 3610
2 United States Connor Zilisch 4 7 17 2 17 17 22 6 1 1 2 1 1 6 90 3600
3 United States Gresham Wagner 21 2 2 7 1 5 8 13 3 4 3 2 23 2 50 3465
4 United States Selin Rollan 3 6 3 1 6 2 28 11 4 20 19 6 2 7 30 3225
5 United States Sam Paley 9 5 6 3 9 8 25 8 29 13 5 3 4 4 30 3010
6 United States Justin Piscitell 16 16 7 4 5 3 7 24 8 5 6 7 22 5 20 2910
7 United States Joey Atanasio 12 3 4 14 12 4 2 9 12 19 26 26 7 3 0 2815
8 United States Matthew Dirks 26 27 19 9 3 16 24 7 7 3 4 5 6 16 35 2565
9 United States Jenson Altzman 19 30 11 17 19 9 6 21 10 9 12 10 10 11 0 2400
10 United States Aaron Jeansonne 10 17 12 8 16 14 4 23 6 6 20 20 11 22 10 2395
11 United States Tyler Gonzalez 1 20 28 10 26 7 1 28 1 24 3 1 10 2390
12 United States Glenn McGee 15 15 8 20 15 15 23 12 13 7 9 15 23 21 20 2160
13 United States Bruno Carneiro 6 11 9 13 11 12 9 2 5 21 27 DNS 10 2110
14 United States Chris Nunes 2 4 5 19 23 13 10 19 9 8 25 25 0 2100
15 United States Alex Bachoura 24 14 21 16 19 20 12 15 16 15 10 13 8 19 0 2060
16 United States David Staab 11 12 20 12 20 23 19 18 18 12 16 18 15 13 0 2015
17 United States Aidan Fassnacht 17 23 25 25 12 11 3 1 23 27 7 22 19 23 20 1945
18 United States Laura Hayes 20 24 22 15 25 25 18 17 11 11 13 11 17 15 0 1870
19 United States John Jodoin 18 26 24 18 13 18 16 15 28 10 28 12 12 12 10 1860
20 United States Maximilian Opalski 8 25 DNS DNS 14 12 13 14 24 DNS 8 17 18 9 0 1705
21 United States Jameson Riley 23 9 10 11 24 29 14 10 19 23 15 14 DNS DNS 0 1675
22 United States Woody Heimann 30 8 18 27 22 24 21 16 14 17 22 16 16 17 0 1605
23 United States Michael Carter 7 29 13 5 4 19 15 27 2 22 10 1580
24 United States Bryce Cornet 13 10 26 26 8 6 11 4 30 24 23 DNS 0 1485
25 United States Anthony McIntosh 22 28 29 21 18 21 29 29 15 26 14 14 0 985
26 United States Michael Staab 28 18 23 28 28 28 28 DNS 24 23 21 20 0 820
27 Brazil Bruno Smielevski 14 8 13 18 0 710
28 United States Dante Tornello 27 21 30 25 17 22 22 14 0 700
29 United States Ethan Tyler 27 27 27 25 17 18 18 21 0 665
30 United States Sean Varwig 14 13 15 24 0 580
31 Russia Moisey Uretsky 29 19 16 DNS 29 22 26 26 27 DNS 0 535
32 United States Rossi Lee DNS DNS 14 DNS 21 26 21 19 0 490
33 United States James Hayosh 20 20 21 16 0 470
34 United States Cameron Lawrence 9 10 0 430
35 United States Thomas Annunziata 11 9 0 420
36 United States Matt Curry 25 20 0 170
37 United States Parker Kligerman 20 25 0 170
38 United States Mickey Thomas 27 23 0 120
39 United States Mark Kvamme 20 DNS 0 110
Pos. Driver DAY STP MOH‡ WGL ELK VIR ATL Bonus Points
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid 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

‡: Race 1 at Mid-Ohio shortened due to weather, half points awarded except for pole position bonus points.

Entrant's Championship

Each entrant receives championship points for its highest car finishing position 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. Driver DAY STP MOH‡ WGL ELK VIR ATL Bonus Points
1 United States Hixon Motor Sports 3 6 3 1 6 2 9 2 29 1 2 1 1 6 130 4340
2 United States McCumbee McAleer Racing 9 5 6 3 3 3 3 1 7 3 4 3 4 4 125 4085
3 United States JTR Motorsports Engineering 5 1 1 6 2 1 5 3 13 2 9 4 5 8 70 4300
4 United States Spark Performance 10 2 2 7 1 5 4 13 3 4 3 2 8 2 60 3935
5 United States Copeland Motorsports 1 9 10 10 14 7 1 10 19 23 1 14 3 1 10 3800
6 United States Formidable Racing 2 3 4 14 12 4 2 9 9 8 25 25 7 3 0 3675
7 United States Slipstream Performance 11 12 20 12 20 23 19 18 18 12 16 18 15 13 0 3165
8 United States Thunder Bunny Racing 20 24 22 15 25 25 18 17 11 11 13 11 17 15 0 3160
9 United States Carter Racing Enterprises 7 29 13 5 4 19 15 27 2 22 10 2420
Pos. Driver DAY STP MOH‡ WGL ELK VIR ATL Bonus Points

‡: Race 1 at Mid-Ohio shortened due to weather, half points awarded except for pole position bonus points.

References

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  2. ↑ "Schedule". www.mx-5cup.com. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Max Opalski Joins Copeland Motorsports for 2022 MX-5 Cup Season". www.mx-5cup.com. December 2, 2021. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
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  6. ↑ "Tyler Gonzalez and Copeland Motorsports Reconnect for 2022". www.mx-5cup.com. December 20, 2021. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  7. 1 2 3 "Spark Performance Expands to Three-Car MX-5 Cup Effort in 2022". www.mx-5cup.com. January 13, 2022. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
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