2017 Global MX-5 Cup

2017 Global MX-5 Cup season
Battery Tender Global Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by BFGoodrich Tires
Season
Races	14
Start date	22 April
End date	15 October
Awards

The 2017 Global MX-5 Cup was the twelfth season of the Mazda MX-5 Cup since the series inception in 2006. It was the second season since the series re-branding as the Global MX-5 Cup, as well as the first under INDYCAR sanctioning.^[1]

Calendar

Round		Circuit	Date	Main event
1	R1	Barber Motorsports Park	22 April	Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama
	R2
2	R1	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	16 June	SVRA Brickyard Vintage Racing Invitational
	R2		17 June
3	R1	Road America	24 June	Kohler Grand Prix
	R2		25 June
4	R1	Exhibition Place	15 July	Honda Indy Toronto
	R2		16 July
5	R1	Watkins Glen International	2 September	Grand Prix at The Glen
	R2		3 September
6	R1	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	23 September	Continental Tire Monterey Grand Prix powered by Mazda
	R2		24 September
7	R1		14 October	Pirelli World Challenge
	R2		15 October

Race calendar and results

Rnd	Circuit	Location	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Most laps led	Winning driver	Winning team
1[2]	Barber Motorsports Park	Leeds, Alabama	22 April	Nathanial Sparks	Nikko Reger	Patrick Gallagher	Patrick Gallagher	McCumbee McAleer Racing
2[3]				Nathanial Sparks	Robert Stout	Mark Drennan	Patrick Gallagher	McCumbee McAleer Racing
3[4]	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	16 June	Patrick Gallagher	Patrick Gallagher	Robert Stout	Robert Stout	McCumbee McAleer Racing
4[5]			17 June	Patrick Gallagher	Dillon Dexter	Patrick Gallagher	Patrick Gallagher	McCumbee McAleer Racing
5[6]	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	23 June	Matt Cresci	Dean Copeland	Bryan Ortiz	Patrick Gallagher	McCumbee McAleer Racing
6[7]			24 June	Matt Cresci	Dean Copeland	Nathanial Sparks	Nathanial Sparks	Sick Sideways Racing
7[8]	Exhibition Place	Toronto, Ontario	15 July	Patrick Gallagher	Patrick Gallagher	Bryan Ortiz	Robert Stout	McCumbee McAleer Racing
8[9]			16 July	Patrick Gallagher	Matt Cresci	Patrick Gallagher	Patrick Gallagher	McCumbee McAleer Racing
9[10]	Watkins Glen International	Watkins Glen, New York	2 September	Patrick Gallagher	Patrick Gallagher	Patrick Gallagher	Patrick Gallagher	McCumbee McAleer Racing
10[11]			3 September	Patrick Gallagher	Todd Lamb	Todd Lamb	Todd Lamb	Atlanta Speedwerks
11[12]	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	Monterey, California	23 September	Robby Foley	Patrick Gallagher	Robby Foley	Patrick Gallagher	McCumbee McAleer Racing
12[13]			24 September	Robby Foley	Bryan Ortiz	Robby Foley	Patrick Gallagher	McCumbee McAleer Racing
13[14]			14 October	Nikko Reger	Robert Stout	Robby Foley	Matt Cresci	Slipstream Performance
14[15]			15 October	Nikko Reger	Luke Oxner	Patrick Gallagher	Patrick Gallagher	McCumbee McAleer Racing

References

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