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Latest News Oct 23, 2025 Jeremy Fletcher Takes Mazda MX-5 Cup at Martinsville Speedway with Photo Finish Winner At Martinsville Speedway Read More Oct 10, 2025 Fletcher is crowned champion Champions !! Read More Aug 25, 2025 Mazda MX-5 Cup Race Win Gives Fletcher VIR Weekend Sweep McCumbee McAleer Driver Takes Points Lead with Two Races Left in 2024 Read More Aug 24, 2025 Fletcher crowned VIR king with fourth Virginian MX-5 Cup win in a row 4 for 4 Read More Aug 24, 2025 Timely Pass Nets Fletcher Mazda MX-5 Cup Race Win at VIR Race 1 Results Read More Jun 7, 2025 Fletcher charges to Mazda MX-5 Cup Race 1 win at Mid-Ohio First Win Of The Season Read More Feb 23, 2025 Inside Mazda MX-5 Cup: Jeremy Fletcher’s sophomore surge Jeremy Fletchers Sophmore Surge Read More Oct 11, 2024 Fletcher Wins Mx-5 Cup Finale, Wagner Wins Championship McCumbee McAleer Racing Finishes 1-2-3 in Last Race of 2024 Season Read More Aug 25, 2024 Fletcher Makes Astonishing Comeback to Take First Mazda MX-5 Cup Win at VIR Fletchers Comeback Read More Jun 9, 2024 Mustang Challenge Mid-Ohio Race 2 Results & Quotes JEREMY FLETCHER, No. 22 McCumbee McAleer Ford Mustang Dark Horse R (DH) – Read More Jun 9, 2024 Podium Sweep For MMR Read More Jun 3, 2024 Championship in Play as Mazda MX-5 Cup Returns to Mid-Ohio LEXINGTON, Ohio (June 3, 2024) Read More May 12, 2024 Fourth Podium Of The Year For Fletcher Read More Apr 15, 2024 McCumbee McAleer Racing Confirms First Two Drivers MMR firms up first two drivers for IMSA-sanctioned Mustang Challenge series… Read More Mar 21, 2024 MEET THE TEAMS AND DRIVERS OF THE 2024 MUSTANG CHALLENGE SEASON Read More Mar 15, 2024 Third Podium Of The Season At Sebring Read More Feb 28, 2024 JEREMY FLETCHER’S RACING RENAISSANCE: A TALE OF DETERMINATION IN THE MX-5 CUP Read More Feb 23, 2024 Inside Mazda MX-5 Cup: Jeremy Fletcher’s sophomore surge Read More Dec 23, 2023 FLETCHER JOINS MCCUMBEE MCALEER RACING FOR 2024 SEASON FLETCHER TO MCCUMBEE MCALEER RACING Read More Jan 5, 2023 FLETCHER JOINS COPELAND MOTORSPORTS FOR THE 2023 SEASON FLETCHER TO MX-5 CUP Read More

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< Back Ryan Perry Motorsport Welcomes Jeremy Fletcher Ekartingnews May 26, 2022 Top Senior rookie joins west coast OTK race team for remainder of 2022 season The Ryan Perry Motorsport (RPM) race team is happy to announce the addition of 15-year-old Jeremy Fletcher to its driver roster. Fletcher has moved into the Senior level categories for the 2022 season after a strong career in the Junior and Cadet ranks at the national and regional level. RPM has showcased strong results already in 2022 with their driver roster and adds another potential race winner for the remainder of the season. “We are extremely pleased to welcome Jeremy Fletcher to the team,” stated Ryan Perry, owner of RPM. “We feel he is one of the top drivers and will be an asset to team. I speak for everyone under the Ryan Perry Motorsport tent when I say we look forward to working together with Jeremy to help him meet his expectations as well as ours.” Fletcher is coming off a very successful final year in the Junior ranks in 2021. Fletcher was able to secure victories at the Superkarts! USA Pro Tour WinterNationals, two United States Pro Kart Series championships (X30 Junior and KA100 Junior) along with becoming only the second driver in Superkarts! USA SuperNationals history to win twice in the same event, doing so at the 24th edition held this past December. To begin his Senior career, Fletcher earned the VLR Senior championship at the Florida Winter Tour, won a main event at the SKUSA Pro Tour WinterNationals in X30 Senior and KA100 Senior, and added victory in KA100 Senior at the United States Pro Kart Series at the Carolina Grand Prix. “I’m very excited to be part of a winning organization that is Ryan Perry Motorsport and having the ability to have such strong and successful teammates alongside me in both classes,” added Jeremy Fletcher. “I am hoping to gain more knowledge on and off the track working with the great staff and drivers at RPM.” Fletcher is scheduled to make his Ryan Perry Motorsport debut at the Superkarts! USA Pro Tour SpringNationals, set for June 10-12 at the Utah Motorsports Campus in Erda, Utah. Dalton Dow will continue to work alongside Fletcher as his tuner in both the X30 Senior and KA100 Senior divisions Previous Next

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< Back TOP LEVEL KARTER JEREMY FLETCHER JOINS COPELAND MOTORSPORTS SPEC MIATA PROGRAM RTD Media Dec 15, 2022 Jeremy Fletcher Joins CMP For Spec Miata Launching the Copeland Motorsports Spec Miata program just last week, national level kart racer and multi-time karting champion Jeremy Fletcher is the first to jump on board. Inking a deal with Copeland Motorsports for the 2023 Spec Miata season with his eyes on the Idemitsu Mazda MX-5 Cup in 2024, Fletcher will begin testing immediately as he looks to make an impact in the car racing world from the drop of the green flag at his first race. Focused on the training and preparation for drivers looking to take the next step in their motorsports career, Copeland Motorsports will also offer an internal scholarship program for these drivers and Fletcher will look to make history by being a first time winner. “I am excited to make the move to cars and with a program such as Copeland Motorsports,” explained Jeremy Fletcher. “They have trained and advanced a lot of my former karting teammates, and I can’t wait to follow in their footsteps. I have a lot of karting events to win this year, but I am excited for the future.” Dean Copeland continued, “Our goal is to bring drivers from the karting ranks to cars and help them be successful. Jeremy is the perfect candidate for our program, and we are happy to welcome him to the Copeland Motorsports family. We will train Jeremy both on and off the track, how to be a good driver and team player, how to dress and market themselves, communication, engineering and more. We want drivers to advance in our program as a complete package.” Jeremy Fletcher’s results speak volumes of his drive and determination on the track. A winner and champion in the cadet ranks of karting, Fletcher advanced to the junior ranks with ease continuing his winning ways. 2022 has seen another jump in categories as he moved to the senior categories, the upper echelon of karting in North America. Showing his speed early and often, Fletcher has been a force in every race weekend. “Jeremy is a winner, and he has proven that in karting,” expressed Copeland. “We think we can help him be a winner in cars as well.” While Copeland Motorsports works with competitors, they will also offer a $60,000 scholarship for drivers looking to take the next step with them. Jeremy Fletcher is the first competitor to join this program as Copeland Motorsports will aim to have a total of six Spec Miata Development Drivers. Following the successful completion of the seven-race Spec Miata program, competitors will receive a special invitation to the Copeland Motorsports Invitational; a two-day event at a to be determined track where all participants will be evaluated both on track and off track for speed, performance, driver feedback, understanding of data and analysis, driver attitude amongst other key areas to produce the complete driver. An overall winner of the Copeland Motorsports Mazda Driver Development Program will be chosen by a panel of judges including but not limited to Tom Long who is a judge in the Mazda Shootout as well as a longtime motorsports coach and driver, Dean Copeland, Kevin Copeland, Tyler Gonzalez, and Dan Williams with the winner of invitational receiving $60,000 scholarship towards a full season of Mazda MX-5 Cup with Copeland motorsports in 2024. Previous Next

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< Back eKartingNews.com Driver of the Month: March 2021 – Jeremy Fletcher Ekartingnews Apr 27, 2021 Multiple wins at United States Pro Kart Series and SKUSA Pro Tour WinterNats gives nod to Florida driver In a continued effort to highlight the many outstanding performances by drivers around the country, eKartingNews.com is proud to introduce the ‘Driver of the Month’ program. Each month, the staff at EKN will determine the one driver who stood out above the rest and give the viewers a chance to know exactly what they accomplished and who they are. The four weekends in March were busy with racing in the USA karting scene, welcoming outstanding numbers in the events that helped to close out the winter programs and begin the summer season championships. It was a busy three week stretch in the southeast with the United States Pro Kart Series and Superkarts! USA Pro Tour kicking off their 2021 programs while the championships were decided at the Florida Winter Tour in between those two events. Florida driver Jeremy Fletcher contested all three races over that three-week period, and put down some of his best performances at the Junior level to date. It all began with a dominating performance at the USPKS Southern Grand Prix at the Ocala Gran Prix facility, the track Fletcher honed his skills in Kid Kart and at the Cadet level. Fletcher ran both the X30 Junior and KA100 Junior categories on the weekend with two rounds of racing over the two days of competition. Fletcher ended up fifth in qualifying for X30, but worked his way to the point quickly to control the 39-driver field at the checkered flag. The Final was all Fletcher, leading all 22 laps for the victory. The KA field had 48 drivers and was split up for qualifying and the Prefinals. Fletcher was fourth overall in qualifying and was able to came away with the win in his heat race. When they put the field back together for the Final, Fletcher was among those fight for the victory. Leading just two laps, Fletcher settled into the second spot where he would cross the line. Provisional winner Danny Dyszelski would be removed from the results following tech, thus promoting Fletcher to the top of the podium. Sunday was a near perfect day in the KA100 class, scoring a second straight victory. After setting fast time in qualifying, Fletcher led all the laps in his Prefinal. Austin Jurs was the only driver to relegate Jeremy out of the top spot in the Final, leading just two laps until Fletcher returned to the point and leading the rest of the 22-lap distance. The X30 class was hard-fought all day long with Fletcher inside the top-three. Slipping to third at the start of the Final, Jeremy was unable to move forward and finished there, earning a fourth podium finish in the four main events on the weekend, leaving with three first-place trophies, two championship leads and a $2,500 payday. The following weekend was the Florida Winter Tour finale at the same Ocala facility, for what would unfortunately be the final race held at the Ocala, Florida circuit with its recent announcement to close. Fletcher was among the contenders all weekend in the Junior ROK category. Rain came for the main event with Jeremy placing fifth in the main event, ending the championship in the third position. The third and final weekend of the month took Fletcher west to the SKUSA WinterNationals at NOLA Motorsports facility in Avondale, LA for the opening rounds of the 2021 SKUSA Pro Tour. Double duty was on the docket for Fletcher throughout the weekend racing in both X30 and KA100 Junior classes. Jeremy began the weekend in X30 qualifying fourth for Round One. He drove up to the front and crossed the line first in the Prefinal, only to be dropped two positions for a pushback bumper penalty. Fletcher went immediately to the lead in the main event, and then battled with defending champion Carson Morgan for the remainder of the race. Morgan took the on-track win but a blocking penalty added three seconds to his total time. This penalty advanced Fletcher to the win, his first in SKUSA Pro Tour action in the category. Sunday brought on a good start and nearly the fast time in qualifying for Jeremy, missing out on the P1 position by 89 thousandths. What began as a promising day turned to trouble in the Prefinal. After battling for the lead through the first seven laps, lap eight sent Fletcher off the course and down to the tail of the field, eventually classified 21st. Making quick work on the opening circuits of the Final, Fletcher was up to 10th by the end of lap three. With a steady pace and some drafting partners, Jeremy was able to move up to third in the waning laps and then, on the penultimate circuit, grab the lead with a late move in Turn 17. Fletcher held off all challenge on the final circuit to complete the drive of the weekend. A podium finish was in sight during Round One in the KA100 Junior main event after winning the Prefinal but a pushback bumper penalty dropped him to P3 at the start. Fletcher led for two laps before getting shuffled out of the position. A few laps later, he pulled off with a mechanical issue, ending his day. Sunday was another fight for a podium spot, inside the top-five all day but ending up in the fifth position at the checkered flag. Next on the docket for Fletcher is this weekends United States Pro Kart Series Heartland Grand Prix at the New Castle Motorsports Park in New Castle, Indiana. He leads both the X30 Junior and KA100 Junior championships going into the weekend. Two weeks later, Fletcher travels to the Utah Motorsports Campus for the SKUSA Pro Tour SpringNationals on May 21-23. He leads the X30 Junior standings while sitting ninth in KA100 Junior. Previous Next

< Back JEREMY FLETCHER’S RACING RENAISSANCE: A TALE OF DETERMINATION IN THE MX-5 CUP Ashley Feb 28, 2024 Jeremy Fletcher’s inaugural year likely didn’t unfold as anticipated, marked by a few top-10 finishes without any standout performances. However, at the onset of the 2024 season opener for the Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup Presented by Michelin, Fletcher made it clear that he aimed to surpass his 2023 championship standing. Securing third and second place at Daytona International Speedway’s January opener, Fletcher enters Rounds 3 and 4 at Sebring International Raceway on March 14-15, tied for the points lead with McCumbee McAleer Racing teammate Gresham Wagner. “The move definitely had a positive impact, both driving-wise and surrounding myself with teammates that are consistently at the front,” says Fletcher. “Working with Stevan and Stuart McAleer, Chad McCumbee and the whole team creates an atmosphere that is just amazing. And working with drivers like Nate Cicero, Gresham Wagner and John Jodoin on track, I feel like it has made it a more positive place for me to be at the race track.” Transitioning to a new team, accompanied by fresh teammates and a revitalized focus for his second MX-5 Cup season, 17-year-old Fletcher’s program has progressed significantly. “I’m definitely starting to work on myself personally,” he adds, “doing some training, going to the gym more actively and trying to be the best I can be when I show up. Plus getting as much testing and practice as I can.” Having spent considerable time in karting with numerous national-level championships before briefly participating in Spec Miata, Fletcher commenced his MX-5 Cup journey with Copeland Racing. However, with Copeland no longer competing, Fletcher shifted to McCumbee McAleer Racing, a move that, alongside the presence of other skilled drivers, has notably enhanced his performance. Moreover, Fletcher is fortunate that the initial two MX-5 Cup weekends occur at familiar tracks, Daytona and Sebring, where he has raced and tested extensively, hailing from St. Cloud, Fla., equidistant from both venues. Coming from a lineage of motocross racers, with his grandfather establishing the Ocala Gran Prix kart track, Jeremy’s trajectory was set early on. “It’s definitely great to be surrounded by all the IMSA teams. And it also lets you, I would say, explore your options a bit with who you could run with, or what your dreams may be,” he explains. “You can talk to those people and figure yourself out and what you want to race in the future.” Motivated by the prospect of Mazda scholarship funding, MX-5 Cup became his chosen path, undoubtedly influenced by his former karting teammate and 2022 Rookie of the Year, Connor Zilisch. Now setting his sights on sports car endurance racing, Jeremy sees his presence in the IMSA paddock as a stepping stone towards that goal, acknowledging MX-5 Cup’s role as an excellent training ground. Observing drivers like Zilisch and Wagner has been educational, but Jeremy believes that assertiveness on track is the key to victory this season, a mindset that paid dividends at Daytona. “If you don’t have the racecraft, you’re not really going to be up there,” he says. “The field is so tight — and especially with the draft at a place like Daytona — that you have to use quite a bit of strategy. And even if you really aren’t driving that great, or you have some problems, you can still be there strategically as long as you’re kind of controlling the field. If you get the racecraft good enough, then you can run up front even if you don’t have the best car or best pace.” With Sebring on the horizon, Jeremy aims to sustain his early-season momentum on the challenging terrain of the classic Florida road course’s fast and bumpy runways and turns. “Not get pushed around,” he says of the key to his newfound podium abilities. “I feel coming into Daytona I was a lot more abrupt, a lot more decisive — like, I would make a move and make sure it stuck and make sure the guys knew I was out there. Last year I was kind of nervous to make a move, or not make somebody so happy with a move I made. I feel like that would always put me in a bad spot, not going for the opening.” Previous Next

< Back Fletcher Makes Astonishing Comeback to Take First Mazda MX-5 Cup Win at VIR IMSA Aug 25, 2024 Fletchers Comeback DANVILLE, Va. – Showing flashes of pace and continued improvement of his racecraft, Jeremy Fletcher (No. 22 McCumbee McAleer Racing) has been on the cusp of a Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin race win all season. After one corner of Saturday’s race at VIRginia International Raceway, it looked as though he’d have to keep waiting, but a stunning comeback finally put Fletcher on the top step of the podium for the very first time. He was joined by young rookie Westin Workman (No. 13 BSI Racing) and 2021 series champion Gresham Wagner (No. 5 McCumbee McAleer Racing). Starting second, Fletcher had the outside lane going into Turn One. He dropped a wheel and that was all it took for physics to pull him off the track and through the grass. He came to a stop just before the tire wall and was able to continue, albeit at the back of the field. “It was driver error,” Fletcher said. “I apologize to the team for making them stress out. I knew I had to put my head down and really get back after it. I knew the McCumbee McAleer guys provided me with a great race car.” Fortunately for him, a full-course caution was issued only a few moments later when three cars tangled in Turn 10. On the restart, Fletcher was able to pick up six positions in one lap to kick start his comeback. He was into the top 10 by lap six. The top 10 cars were glued nose to tail and it took everything Fletcher had to find his way through the pack, especially without another full-course caution for the rest of the 45-minute race. In a series where the draft is a huge factor and the winning pass is often made on the final lap, Fletcher made the surprise decision to execute a three-wide pass for the lead in Turn One with more than six minutes left on the clock. “Honestly, I haven’t really led much this year so far,” Fletcher explained. “So, I was really excited to get out there. I just wanted to stay consistent, and I was pretty confident I could do it from the front.” He was right. Even with heavy pressure from two-time series champion Jared Thomas (No. 96 JTR Motorsports Engineering) for the final four laps, Fletcher stayed out front and finally got his first MX-5 Cup win. “You’ve just got to get them on your bumper and make it happen,” Fletcher said. “The Home Restoration Store, Home Decor and More, McCumbee McAleer machine got it done today and I’m so thankful for everyone.” Finishing second by 0.070-second, Workman also had a lot of work to do, to make the podium. The rookie started seventh on the grid but made a skillful restart after the full-course caution and was into second by lap six. “I think I was just able to get a good run on all the straightaways and was able to make up some time on the cars in front of me throughout that lap,” Workman said. “I was able to get to second. I stayed in second for a while, pushing whoever was leading me. It [the leader] was kind of flip flopping around a lot and I was always the second car in line, either pushing Gresham [Wagner] or Jared [Thomas]. Then, I finally went for the lead, and I was just managing the gap behind me.” Managing was hard work when the top eight were still nose-to-tail through the fast and technical circuit. “It’s a lot of trusting the drivers around you,” Workman said. “I’ve been racing with these guys all year, so I kind of know their driving styles and where they’re gonna brake and things like that. I was in second for so long, just to get to know the drivers around me. During that time that I was in second, I was able to find that breaking point and break there every single lap to manage the gap in front of me.” Previous Next

< Back Fletcher charges to Mazda MX-5 Cup Race 1 win at Mid-Ohio RACER Staff Jun 7, 2025 First Win Of The Season The halfway point of the Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin season produced a championship points shakeup. Jeremy Fletcher (No. 22 McCumbee McAleer Racing) fought his way through the top five to take his first win of the season. Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course wasn’t as kind to the points leader entering the weekend; Jared Thomas (No. 96 JTR Motorsports Engineering) made a mistake on the final lap that dropped him from a possible podium to 24th at the checkered flag. Rounds seven and eight were bound to produce some surprises when it was revealed that two-time Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup Champion Gresham Wagner (No. 81 Rafa Racing Team by MMR) was entered for the first time since round two at Daytona. Wagner nearly qualified on pole in his series return but was pipped by 0.05s by Nate Cicero (No. 83 McCumbee McAleer Racing). It was the fourth pole of the year for Cicero, unfortunately for him, that spot seems to be cursed, because a driver has yet to win from pole this season. Cicero succumbed to the polesitter curse and lost power while running in podium position and eventually retired. Taking the lead on lap five, Wagner faced off against Thomas, the only other two-time series champion. The back-and-forth between the pair allowed Helio Meza (No. 27 BSI Racing), Fletcher and Nathan Nicholson (No. 56 Advanced Autosports) to catch up and turn the duel into a five-way fight for the lead. The pack played nice until 10 minutes to go, when things got spicy. First Meza and Nicholson came together in Turn Seven, resulting in Nicholson taking a ride through the grass and losing several positions. Then, on the final lap, Mesa gave Fletcher a helpful push down the back straight, nudging him past Wagner and into the lead. Two turns later, Thomas lost control of his car, slid into the gravel and exited the podium fight. Fletcher didn’t look back, cruising to the win by 0.882s. “The MMR crew have given me a car to win all year long,” Fletcher said. “This is almost like a do or die season for me financially. So I've been putting myself under a lot of stress, and I think that's been taking away from us and causing us to not finish very good, so, I went out there today, just tried to keep it clean and brought it home. I'm so thankful for the McCumbee McAleer guys, Simpson Racing Products, Paene Investments, and Whelen, Mazda, Flis Performance, everyone that gets us out here.” Previous Next

< Back Jeremy Fletcher Takes Mazda MX-5 Cup at Martinsville Speedway with Photo Finish Catch Fence Oct 23, 2025 Winner At Martinsville Speedway MARTINSVILLE, Va. (Oct. 23, 2025) — The second-ever Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin race at Martinsville Speedway somehow matched— and maybe even exceeded— the thrills of the inaugural race. In a green-white-checker finish, Jeremy Fletcher (No. 22 McCumbee McAleer Racing) beat Westin Workman (No.13 BSI Racing) to the line by 0.003 seconds at the iconic half-mile NASCAR track. Coming off last year’s fantastically entertaining debut race, there was no shortage of hype surrounding the second year of Mazda MX-5 Cup racing at Martinsville. Once again, race fans got another amazing show with battles for the lead throughout the 100 laps and very few yellow flags. The drama started before the race even began because Nathan Nicholson (No. 56 Advanced Autosports), the fastest driver in qualifying, was sent to the back of the grid for failing post-qualifying tech. This put Frankie Barroso (No. 50 Spark Performance) in the pole spot for the first time in his Mazda MX-5 Cup career. Barroso held his own against Fletcher, the newly crowned MX-5 Cup Champion, and Workman before the trio began to battle for the lead. Behind them, Nicholson was making up ground quickly and sportscar superstar Earl Bamber (No. 31 Hendricks Motorsports), who started sixth, was moving in to claim a spot on the podium. When the caution flag came out for the lap 50 stage break, Workman was the leader, followed by Fletcher and Bamber, then Jagger Jones (No. 86 BSI Racing) and Nicholson. That would not be how the second stage started, however. New this year, during the stage break, a fan pulled a number out of a hat that set an inversion for the top 10. The fan pulled the number seven, which meant the top seven cars inverted for the start of stage two. Ironically, the driver who was seventh and thus inherited the pole for the next stage, was Barroso. On his second shot at leading the field to green, Barroso was once again able to defend his lead, but it didn’t take long for Nicholson, who had a great start, to get around him and into the lead and Fletcher followed. The race looked like it was reverting back to how the field was running at the end of stage one until Ethan Tovo (No. 30 McCumbee McAleer Racing) bounced off the side of Bamber and into the barrels at the entrance to the track’s former pit lane. A red flag was issued to clean up the area and replace the barrels, but Tovo and Bamber’s races were done. The race resumed with 27 laps to go and Nicholson in the lead. He and Workman were able to pull away from the field, but a late-race yellow created a green-white-checkered situation, just like last year. After finishing runner-up in last year’s race, Workman had learned re-starting on the inside, behind the leader, was the place to be. He lined up behind Nicholson for the start, with Fletcher taking the outside of the front row. Workman was unable to execute a bump-and-run on Nicholson, the way it was used on him last year, and Fletcher could only hang on to the outside for so long before he had to fall in line behind Nicholson. Coming off the back straight on the final lap, Nicholson went defensive, pulling to the inside, this slowed both his and Fletcher’s corner entry dramatically. The two made side-to-side contact as Workman quickly caught and tagged the rear bumper of Fletcher, who got sideways and nearly put Nicholson in the wall. Nicholson had to back out of the throttle plus Fletcher and Workman drag raced to the finish line for a photo finish. The timing screens showed the winner was Fletcher by 0.003 seconds. “I was on the radio asking for advice (about the restart),” Fletcher said. “My car chief Dalton Dow once called on the radio and tells me that I’m not here to win the race unless I go to the top side. So, I went to the top because I wasn’t going to let him say that and look where it got us.” Fletcher learned a lot from last year’s race that he was able to use toward this year’s victory. “We all knew that the invert was coming, and we wanted to stay clean for the first 50 laps,” Fletcher said. “I was happy to sit behind Weston [Workman]. It kind of turns to chaos in the last 50. “We learned that last year. I was just kind of waiting for that. I think I timed it decently. I wasn’t in a position I would ideally want to be on that last lap, on the top side, but it paid out in our favor.” On top of the $250,000 Fletcher got for winning the championship two weeks ago, he received a cool $25,000 for the win Thursday night and a Martinsville clock. Finishing second again was tough for Workman, but he knew he had done everything he could to get the win. “Last year was replaying in my head, and honestly, I just tried to do what happened to me last year,” Workman said. “Nicholson did a good job of holding his own. “I thought maybe Fletcher and Nicholson would take each other out, and I was going to slot through for the win, but just came up short this year. It sucks to finish second again, but I’m happy to be here and happy BSI finished two and three.” Jones was thrilled to complete the podium at Martinsville after finishing 16th in last year’s race and having to put a pause on his 2025 MX-5 Cup season after a big crash on the St. Petersburg street circuit. “I didn’t really get much practice today,” Jones said. “We had some issues, so if I hadn’t run here last year, I would have been in trouble. “I just took what I learned about protecting the bottom, which was huge, especially this year, and just took that experience and was able to come home P3.” Polesitter Frankie Barroso was able to finish fourth, while Sally Mott (No. 15 Spark Performance) earned her first-ever MX-5 Cup top-five finish. The 2025 Mazda MX-5 Cup season has officially come to an end. The 2026 season kicks off January 21 at Daytona International Speedway. All races from the 2025 season can be watched anytime on the IMSA and RACER YouTube channels. About The Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin: The Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin is the signature spec series for Mazda Motorsports. The series has been operated by Andersen Promotions since 2017 and is currently sanctioned by IMSA. Mazda-powered grassroots champions can earn Mazda scholarships for this pro-level series. The Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup awards more than $1 million in prizes and scholarships. Find out more at http://www.mx-5cup.com . Previous Next

< Back Fourth Podium Of The Year For Fletcher RACER Staff May 12, 2024 A mistake in the final corner of Saturday’s Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin race cost Aaron Jeansonne (No. 24 JTR Motorsports Engineering) a hometown victory. He redeemed himself in Sunday’s race with a decisive win. Nathan Nicholson (No. 56 JTR Motorsports Engineering) came home second, with Jeremy Fletcher (No. 22 McCumbee McAleer Racing) finishing third. Starting from pole position, Jeansonne led all but one lap of the race, but each and every one of those laps was a fight to stay up front. For the first half of the race Jeansonne’s teammate, and Saturday race winner, Jared Thomas (No. 96 JTR Motorsports Engineering) was glued to his bumper. Any effort to work together and pull away from the field was spoiled by Tyler Gonzalez (No. 57 Saito Motorsports Group), who had a great start and was breathing down the JTR duo’s necks. The top eight cars separated themselves from the rest of the field and were fighting for every inch of race track. Eventually, Thomas was sucked into the battle behind him and nearly fell out of the top 10. The tight battles gave Jeansonne some moments of reprieve, but he wasn’t able to pull away from the pack until the penultimate lap. “I didn’t look in my mirror one time,” Jeansonne said of the final two laps. “My spotter told me they were 15 car-lengths behind me coming to the white flag. I was like, ‘Okay, I got it. Fifteen car-lengths. I don’t need anything else.’” I just drove and knew I had the gap, a little bit of a margin, and came away with it.” WeatherTech Raceway is Jeansonne’s home track and site of his first-ever Mazda MX-5 Cup win last year. “There’s a lot of people here helping me and supporting me and that made yesterday really tough,” Jeansonne said of Saturday’s race. “I really wanted it yesterday and came so close. I am so happy to get it done today and in exciting fashion like that.” With the win, bonus points for two pole positions and leading the most laps in both races, Jeansonne provisionally takes over the championship points and inches closer to the $250,000 championship prize. A runner-up finish felt like a victory for Nicholson. His race began with a poor start and while fighting not to fall too far behind, he took a ride through the gravel in Turn Five and nearly spun. An early full-course yellow helped him stay in the top 10 and gave him a chance to refocus for the restart. Nicholson clawed his way back through the field and into second by the race’s halfway mark, but an attempt to take the lead slowed his momentum enough to fall back to fourth with two laps to go. Determined to earn his second-straight podium finish, Nicholson dug deep. “I got pushed off and the only thing I was worried about was just picking off one car by one car by one car,” Nicholson said. “It’s the exact same mindset as Sebring when I went 30th to 10th. You know, it’s the bad days, when stuff goes wrong, that matter and win championships.” MORE MAZDA MX-5 CUP! Wagner unstoppable in MX-5 Cup Race 2 win at Mid-Ohio Zilisch finally nabs first MX-5 Cup win of 2024 at Mid-Ohio Wagner breaks his own Mazda MX-5 Cup qualifying lap record at Mid-Ohio Defending for his life, and sometimes defying physics, Nicholson held onto second. “The team gave me a car that would stick anywhere, so I can’t thank them enough for that,” he said. Two podium results at Laguna Seca pushes Nicholson into the lead of the Rookie of the Year standings, which culminates in a $80,000 check at the end of the season from Mazda. Fletcher had the fastest lap of the race and clearly the speed to win but started seventh and found it extra tricky to pick up positions early on in the race. “I definitely fell back in the beginning,” Fletcher said. “I knew I had the car and suddenly felt really good and after the caution. I kind of just tried to pick them off one by one and go from there. There was a lot of contact, not with me, just around me and I think that helped us a lot to kind of move through. MMR had the car absolutely flying, so I can’t thank them enough and my grandparents and The Holster Store for bringing me out here and making this possible.” It is the fourth podium of the year for Fletcher who is in his sophomore season. Previous Next