Learn more about the teams and cars that Gresham competes with.
MX-5 Cup Team: JTR Motorsports Engineering
JTR has a very successful and diverse motorsports background including racing karts, pavement super late models, amateur sports cars, GT4, GT3, MX-5 Cup, sprint and endurance racing. In 2022 and 2023, JTR won back-to-back IMSA Mazda MX-5 Cup titles, proving their championship pedigree.
IMSA Mazda MX-5 Cup
Originally produced for the 2016 season, the MX-5 Cup has gone through a number of revisions and upgrades. For the latest iteration of the car, Mazda introduced the revised ND2 MX-5 Cup car. Producing more horsepower and utilizing a sequential gearbox, the car is a significant advancement over the original ND1 car.
The MX-5 Cup race cars start as brand new, complete MX-5 road cars from the Mazda factory in Hiroshima, Japan, before being transported to engineering development partner, Flis Performance in Daytona, FL where they are transformed into a complete race car. The process includes disassembly of the production car, followed by welding, paint, as well as a full roll cage and interior, and then assembly of the race car with more than 250 motorsports-specific parts. Other components of the car, including the Mazda SKYACTIV 2.0 liter engine, are sealed to ensure even competition and a cost-effective platform.
The Mazda MX-5 Cup provides a $250,000 scholarship for the champion, a $80,000 scholarship for its rookie-of-the-year, along with tens of thousands of dollars in additional per-race payouts. The series is sanctioned by IMSA and operated by Andersen Promotions.