Mazda MX5 Cup 2024 Round 12 Virginia International Raceway Race Highlights

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Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup 2024 race highlights of Round 12 at Virginia International Raceway • Watch race highlights of Round 11: https://bit.ly/4ebCB8f • Tune in live October 9-11 for MX-5 Cup at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta: https://bit.ly/3XvHa7M • ▬▬ Description ▬▬ • After a thrilling drive from last to first in Saturday’s Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin race, Jeremy Fletcher (No. 22 McCumbee McAleer Racing) followed it up with a photo-finish win on Sunday. Fletcher was joined on the podium by his teammate Gresham Wagner (No. 5 McCumbee McAleer Racing) in second, while Jared Thomas (No. 96 JTR Motorsports Engineering) climbed from last on the grid to third at the checker. • Unlike Saturday’s race, Fletcher’s race started just as strong as it finished. He was able to hook up with his MMR teammates Nate Cicero (No. 83 McCumbee McAleer Racing) and Wagner and the trio worked together to pull away from the rest of the field. They had a six-second gap to the rest of the field when a full-course caution came out for a car stopped on course, which erased their advantage. • While they were unable to replicate their break away, especially with a second full-course caution coming shortly thereafter, the MMR teammates continued to be a force at the front of the field. It wasn’t until three laps to go that two non-MMR cars pushed each other to the front. • Westin Workman (No. 13 BSI Racing) briefly took the lead with help from Thomas, who then passed Workman for the lead in Turn One with two laps to go. • Wagner pushed his teammate past Thomas for the victory. Fletcher took his second Mazda MX-5 Cup win by 0.061-second. • Thomas may have been bummed to not get the win, but considering that he started from last, in a backup car, a runner-up finish felt like a win. • Wagner may have finished third in Saturday and Sunday’s races, but his willingness to be a team player certainly helped Fletcher get the two VIR race wins. • Workman just missed the podium, but was the highest finishing rookie, strengthening his lead in the Rookie of the Year Championship, which comes with a $80,000 check at the end of the season. • Although he led seven laps of the race and was a winner at VIR last year, Cicero had to settle for a fifth-place finish, making it three MMR cars in the top five. • Fletcher has provisionally taken over the lead in the championship points followed by Thomas and Wagner. The top five are covered by 220 points as the series heads to the final two races of the season at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, October 9 – 11, where the 2024 champion will receive $250,000. • But first, MX-5 Cup teams head to Martinsville Speedway on Monday, August 26, for an open test ahead of the series’ oval track debut on October 26. • The next MX-5 Cup race weekend is at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta for Rounds 13 and 14, October 10-11. • #racer #mazda #mx5 #miata #autoracing #motorsport #imsa #virginiainternationalraceway #VIR • Every event on the Mazda MX-5 Cup schedule will feature two, 45-minute sprint races to be livestreamed on RACER.com. The livestreams are produced by NASCAR Productions, and feature play-by-play and commentary from the IMSA Radio squad headed by John Hindhaugh and Shea Adam.

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