The Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin regular season may be over, but there’s still one race left on the 2025 schedule. This week the series makes its return to Martinsville Speedway for the Virginia is for Racing Lovers 300.

International sportscar ace will make series and oval debut

Mazda Motorsports has been providing aspiring professional racers with scholarships to advance their racing careers every year since 2006. These scholarships are awarded at the annual Mazda Shootout, which was created to identify racers who have both the on-track and off-track skills required to excel in motorsports. The traditional on track skill sets of speed, consistency, race craft, and an understanding of vehicle dynamics are supplemented with off-track skills involving public relations, social media, and business/marketing that modern racers are increasingly finding necessary to flourish.

Parker Delong scores first win Jeremy Fletcher crowned champion

Round 13 of the Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin played out like a blockbuster movie at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta on Thursday.