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🇺🇸 Jared Thomas

Racing driver from United States. Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin, JTR Motorsports Engineering. Two-time champion.

Driver facts

Full name

Jared Thomas

Born

16 October 1997(b. 1997)

Nationality

United States

Current team

JTR Motorsports Engineering

Series

Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin

Status

Active

Championships

22022, 2023

Career wins

Career podiums

Career starts

130

Career DNFs

Racer Rating

4,261

Source: Wikimedia Commons

Racer Rating

4,261

Rank 2559 of 40,349 indexed, +269 this season

FIA Categorisation

Silver

FIA driver categorisation
Source: fia.com

Synthesized from 2 sources, updated 0h ago

Jared Thomas is a professional driver racing Mazda MX-5s in the Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup for his own team, JTR Motorsports Engineering. He holds FIA Silver grading. Thomas has spent nearly his entire racing career in the MX-5 Cup since 2020, accumulating 96 starts and 12 wins across three consecutive championship titles in 2022, 2023 and 2024.[1]

His record centres on sustained excellence in a single series. Beyond the MX-5 Cup he has raced Porsche Carrera Cup NA in the 911 GT3 Cup car, taking two podiums from 22 starts in 2025 and 2026, and made four starts in the shared-car IMSA Pilot Challenge GS class. Earlier in his career he won three times in five NASA Spec Miata starts in 2018 and 2019. In his most recent indexed season, the 2026 MX-5 Cup, Thomas sits third in the championship standings with seven podiums so far from 14 rounds raced.[2]

Thomas runs consistently in fields that include entry-level professionals and semi-professionals. He is closely matched with Gresham Wagner, a fellow MX-5 Cup regular and two-time champion in that series, and typically finishes ahead of Alex Bachoura, the two-time Mustang Challenge champion. His wins have included finishes ahead of established professionals; he has beaten Earl Bamber, a Platinum-graded driver and IMSA WeatherTech GTLM champion, twice, and finished ahead of Nolan Siegel, a Gold-graded driver with 47 IndyCar starts, once.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia

Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Jared Thomas is a racing driver from United States who competes in Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin for JTR Motorsports Engineering. Thomas is a two-time champion (2022, 2023), with 15 wins and 47 podiums from 130 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 4,261 ranks Thomas 2559th of 40,349 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications

2026 form

Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)

Recent results

Tap a row for the full race

2026-10-02	Road Atlanta Pro	Porsche Carrera Cup NA	P5	−12
2026-10-02	Road Atlanta ND2	Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin	P6	+17
2026-10-01	Road Atlanta Pro	Porsche Carrera Cup NA	P4	+24
2026-10-01	Road Atlanta ND2	Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin	P3	+53
2026-09-20	Indianapolis Motor Speedway RC Pro	Porsche Carrera Cup NA	P4	+33

Career-best drives

Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition

Rating won	Race	Series	Finish
+150	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course 2019	NASA	P1
+138	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course 2019	NASA	P1
+134	NCM Motorsports Park 2018	NASA	P1
+131	Road America 2020	Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin	P2
+128	New Jersey Motorsports Park 2020	Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin	P1

Circuits

Rating per start against their own form that season

Raises their game

Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca6 starts+31

Road Atlanta16 starts+29

Daytona International Speedway13 starts+15

Road America11 starts+3

Struggles

St- Petersburg Street Course10 starts-35

Sebring International Raceway9 starts-14

Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course18 starts-14

Virginia International Raceway10 starts-11

Season by season

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Podiums	DNFs	Poles	Pos	Gain/Loss	Rating
2026	▸Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin	JTR Motorsports Engineering	14	0	7	0	0	P3	+134	4,261
	▸Porsche Carrera Cup NA	JTR Motorsports Engineering	12	0	2	0	0	P5	+158
	▸Porsche Endurance Challenge North America	JTR Motorsports Engineering	2	0	1	0	0	—	−23
2025	▸Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin	JTR Motorsports Engineering	14	2	3	0	0	P4	−260	3,992
	▸Porsche Carrera Cup NA	JTR Motorsports Engineering	10	0	0	0	0	P6	−29
2024	▸Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin	JTR Motorsports Engineering	15	2	6	0	0	P1	+112	4,280
	▸IMSA Pilot Challenge	JTR Motorsports Engineering	2	0	0	0	0	P27	−72
	▸Michelin 992 Endurance Cup	Mühlner Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	—	−144
2023	▸Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin	JTR Motorsports Engineering	14	3	9	0	0	P1	+314	4,383
	▸IMSA Pilot Challenge	JTR Motorsports Engineering	2	0	0	0	0	P25	+126
2022	▸Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin	JTR Motorsports Engineering	14	3	6	0	0	P1	+514	3,943
2021	▸Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin	JTR Motorsports Engineering	13	1	4	0	0	P6	−198	3,429
2020	▸Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin	Carter Racing Enterprises	12	1	4	1	2	P5	↑1,360+528	3,082
2019	▸NASA	Mazda Miata	3	2	3	0	0	P53	+379	3,319
2018	▸NASA	Mazda Miata	2	1	2	0	0	P69	+11	1,361

Recent coverage

Photo essay: Indy campus gives students motorsports experience[1]

Purdue Exponent

30 Sep 2026

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Harmon beats Thomas to the line in Mazda MX-5 Race Two at VIR[2]

RACER - Racing News

24 Aug 2026

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Adakonis Wins His Third Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup Race in Round Nine at VIR[3]

SpeedwayMedia.com

23 Aug 2026

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Head-to-head

Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Thomas finished ahead vs behind

Rival	Rating	Raced	Ahead	Behind	Record
🇺🇸 Gresham WagnerFIA Silver	3,285	87	47	40	54%
🇺🇸 Alex BachouraFIA Bronze	3,161	85	67	18	79%
🇺🇸 Aaron JeansonneFIA Silver	4,721	78	41	37	53%
🇺🇸 John Jodoin	2,847	66	58	8	88%
🏳️ Selin Rollan	3,551	58	32	26	55%
🇺🇸 Jeremy Fletcher	4,098	57	35	22	61%
🇺🇸 Woody Heimann	2,559	57	48	9	84%
🇺🇸 Peter AtwaterFIA Bronze	2,759	54	47	7	87%
🇺🇸 Tyler GonzalezFIA Silver	4,012	45	21	24	47%
🇺🇸 Glenn McGeeFIA Bronze	2,988	44	38	6	86%
🇳🇿 Earl BamberFIA Platinum, 1× champion	5,823	2	2	0	100%
🇺🇸 Nolan SiegelFIA Gold	5,455	1	1	0	100%
🇺🇸 Jesse LoveHigher-rated, 4× champion	5,406	4	3	1	75%

Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates

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2,557	🇬🇧 Jake Hill	24H Series	4,262
2,558	🇨🇭 Josh Dufek	Formula 3	4,262
2,559	🇺🇸 Jared Thomas	Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin	4,261
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2,568	🇺🇸 Gray Newell	WEC	4,259
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