Rookie driver Luca Mars scored one of his best career Idemitsu Mazda MX-5 Cup Presented by BFGoodrich® Tires results this past weekend at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. Taking on the 11-turn facility made famous for the legendary Corkscrew, Mars claimed a pair of top-ten results including a fourth-place effort on Sunday with a late race drive and added this top-five finish to a podium result earlier in the year at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

Gresham Wagner (No. 5 Spark Performance) went two-for-two on Idemitsu Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by BFGoodrich® Tires race wins this weekend at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. Selin Rollan (No. 87 Hixon Motor Sports) was runner-up once again and Chris Nunes (No. 32 JTR Motorsports Engineering) was third.

Championship Leader Carter Rockets from Last to Fourth

If there’s anything closer than the finishes of an Idemitsu Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by BFGoodrich® Tires race, it might just be the Rookie of the Year competition. Thanks to its cost-effective platform that allows drivers to break into professional racing, the Idemitsu Mazda MX-5 Cup is overflowing with rookie talent vying for an $80,000 year-end prize.

WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca is a track that was sorely missed on the Idemitsu Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by BFGoodrich® Tires schedule last year. The picturesque circuit is where this series made its debut in 2006. Since then, it’s been nothing but door-to-door, action-packed racing.