Helio Meza and Ashlyn Speed win $100,000 scholarships

The 2024 Mazda MX-5 Cup Shootout approaches, November 11 – 12, where 12 aspiring racers will vie for a scholarship valued at $150,000 from Mazda to compete in the 2025 Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin season. The Shootout candidates were selected after demonstrating potential in a wide variety of racing and will look to convert this opportunity into their next racing chapter in 2025. Here is the second half of the Mazda Shootout candidates.

The 2024 Mazda MX-5 Cup Shootout approaches, November 11 – 12, where 12 aspiring racers will vie for a scholarship valued at $150,000 from Mazda to compete in the 2025 Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin season. The Shootout candidates were selected after demonstrating potential in a wide variety of racing and will look to convert this opportunity into their next racing chapter in 2025. Here are the first six of the field of Mazda Shootout candidates.

Continuing a tradition that has long matched talent with opportunity, Mazda has announced the names of the 12 drivers who have been selected to participate in the 18th running of the Mazda MX-5 Cup Shootout. The winning driver will receive a scholarship valued at $150,000 to participate in the 2025 Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin.

With lap after lap of side-by-side racing for the lead, a late race green-white-checkered shootout for victory, and a close margin of victory, the first-ever Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin race on an oval lived up to the hype at Martinsville Speedway. Jared Thomas (No. 96 JTR Motorsports Engineering) took home $25,000 and a Martinsville clock at the end of the 105-lap exhibition race.