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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.
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 |
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1 | Daytona International Speedway (Road Course) | ![]() |
January 27-29 |
2 | |||
3 | Sebring International Raceway | ![]() |
March 17-19 |
4 | |||
5 | Streets of St. Petersburg | ![]() |
April 23–25 |
6 | |||
7 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | ![]() |
May 14–16 |
8 | |||
9 | Road America | ![]() |
August 6–8 |
10 | |||
11 | WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca | ![]() |
September 10–12 |
12 | |||
13 | Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta | ![]() |
November 10-12 |
14 | |||
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All competitors utilize the Mazda MX-5 Cup car, modified to their homologated racing specification by Flis Performance.
Team | No. | Driver | Rounds | |
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08 | ![]() |
All | |
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4 | ![]() |
1–8 | |
26 | ![]() |
R | 1–2, 5–8 | |
38 | ![]() |
R | 1–10 | |
41 | ![]() |
R | All | |
43 | ![]() |
R | 1–2 | |
51 | ![]() |
11–12 | ||
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37 | ![]() |
R | 1–2 |
42 | ![]() |
1–2 | ||
47 | ![]() |
1–12 | ||
63 | ![]() |
R | 1–10, 13–14 | |
72 | ![]() |
R | 1–2 | |
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R | 13–14 | ||
73 | ![]() |
3–4 | ||
87 | ![]() |
All | ||
92 | ![]() |
All | ||
98 | ![]() |
1–2 | ||
11 | ![]() |
9–10 | ||
22 | ![]() |
R | 13–14 | |
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95 | ![]() |
3–4 | |
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32 | ![]() |
R | All |
96 | ![]() |
All | ||
82 | ![]() |
R | 7–14 | |
26 | ![]() |
R | 9–14 | |
97 | ![]() |
R | 11–12 | |
69 | ![]() |
R | 13–14 | |
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13 | ![]() |
R | All |
28 | ![]() |
R | All | |
31 | ![]() |
R | 3–4, 8–12 | |
48 | ![]() |
3–8,11–12 | ||
55 | ![]() |
All | ||
89 | ![]() |
All | ||
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24 | ![]() |
R | 1–14 |
99 | ![]() |
1–8, 13–14 | ||
43 | ![]() |
R | 3–4 | |
99 | ![]() |
1–8, 13–14 | ||
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11–12 | |||
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12 | ![]() |
3–4, 7–10, 13–14 | |
20 | ![]() |
1–4, 7–14 | ||
33 | ![]() |
All | ||
36 | ![]() |
All | ||
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5 | ![]() |
All | |
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59 | ![]() |
R | 1–8 |
Sources: [7] |
R = Eligible for Rookie's Championship
Rnd. | Circuit | Winning Driver | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Hard Charger |
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1 | Daytona | ![]() |
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3 | Sebring | ![]() |
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5 | St. Petersburg | ![]() |
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6 | ![]() |
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7 | Mid-Ohio | ![]() |
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8 | ![]() |
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9 | Road America | ![]() |
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10 | ![]() |
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11 | Laguna Seca | ![]() |
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12 | ![]() |
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13 | Road Atlanta | ![]() |
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14 | ![]() |
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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 |
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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 |
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Pole Position | 10 |
Most Race Laps Led | 10 |
Fastest Race Lap | 10 |
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 | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||||
1 | ![]() |
1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 120 | 4330 |
2 | ![]() |
9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 100 | 4240 |
3 | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 110 | 4150 |
4 | ![]() |
4 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 3430 |
5 | ![]() |
2 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 3410 |
6 | ![]() |
13 | 9 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3210 |
7 | ![]() |
5 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 2980 |
8 | ![]() |
8 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 2800 |
9 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 24† | 22 | DNS | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 2750 |
10 | ![]() |
16 | 25 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2560 |
11 | ![]() |
22 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 22 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 2190 |
12 | ![]() |
18 | 24 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 21 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 2120 |
13 | ![]() |
24 | 21 | 19 | 26 | 16 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 21 | 11 | 0 | 2040 |
14 | ![]() |
27† | 14 | 11 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 21 | 8 | 19 | 11 | 21 | 10 | 1900 | ||
15 | ![]() |
14 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 22 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 1820 | ||
16 | ![]() |
25 | 26 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 23 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 14 | DNS | DNS | 0 | 1760 |
17 | ![]() |
11 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 1740 | ||||||
18 | ![]() |
21 | 22 | 14 | 12 | 22† | 8 | 10 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 1740 | ||
19 | ![]() |
19 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 17 | DNS | 25† | 8 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 1540 | ||||
20 | ![]() |
15 | 17 | 8 | 19 | 21 | DNS | DNS | 17 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 20 | 0 | 1490 | ||
21 | ![]() |
23 | 23 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 20 | 23 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 1440 | ||
22 | ![]() |
9 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 1390 | ||||||
23 | ![]() |
17 | 27 | 23 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1320 | ||||||
24 | ![]() |
20 | 17 | 13 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 1230 | ||||||
25 | ![]() |
10 | 23 | 21 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 990 | ||||||||
26 | ![]() |
22 | 21 | 24 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 880 | ||||||
27 | ![]() |
10 | 15 | 24 | 20 | 0 | 550 | ||||||||||
28 | ![]() |
7 | 7 | 20 | 500 | ||||||||||||
29 | ![]() |
8 | 5 | 0 | 490 | ||||||||||||
30 | ![]() |
6 | 19 | 0 | 370 | ||||||||||||
31 | ![]() |
12 | 13 | 0 | 370 | ||||||||||||
32 | ![]() |
22 | 5 | 10 | 360 | ||||||||||||
33 | ![]() |
16 | 13 | 0 | 330 | ||||||||||||
34 | ![]() |
15 | 16 | 0 | 310 | ||||||||||||
35 | ![]() |
20 | 20 | 0 | 220 | ||||||||||||
36 | ![]() |
22 | 21 | 10 | 200 | ||||||||||||
37 | ![]() |
26 | 18 | 0 | 180 | ||||||||||||
38 | ![]() |
21 | 23 | 0 | 180 | ||||||||||||
39 | ![]() |
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
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 | |||||||
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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 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.
† = Post-race penalty; moved to back of class
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