Justin Adakonis is a racing driver from United States who competes in Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin for McCumbee McAleer Racing. Adakonis has recorded 6 wins and 16 podiums from 42 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,707 ranks Adakonis 4917th 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.
| 2026-10-02 | Road Atlanta ND2 | P27 | −177 |
| 2026-10-01 | Road Atlanta ND2 | P2 | +91 |
| 2026-09-20 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway RC ND2 | P28 | −178 |
| 2026-09-19 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway RC ND2 | P8 | +17 |
| 2026-08-23 | Virginia International Raceway ND2 | P15 | −28 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +130 | Las Vegas 2021 | SKUSA SuperNationals | P3 |
| +114 | St- Petersburg Street Course (MX-5) 2026 | Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | P1 |
| +107 | Virginia International Raceway 2025 | Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | P4 |
| +107 | Road Atlanta 2025 | Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | P3 |
| +104 | Daytona International Speedway 2026 | Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | P2 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ▸Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | McCumbee McAleer Racing | 14 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P2 | +202 | 3,707 |
| 2025 | ▸Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | McCumbee McAleer Racing Mazda | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P10 | −47 | 3,505 |
| 2024 | ▸SCCA Majors | 9 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P2 | ↑260+645 | 3,552 | |
| ▸SCCA Runoffs | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +32 | |||
| 2022 | ▸SKUSA SuperNationals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | ↑415+15 | 2,615 | |
| 2021 | ▸SKUSA SuperNationals | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +130 | 2,185 | |
| 2019 | ▸SKUSA SuperNationals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +705 | 2,055 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Jeremy Fletcher | 4,098 | 31 | 10 | 21 | 32% |
| 🇺🇸 Bobby Gossett | 3,932 | 29 | 16 | 13 | 55% |
| 🇺🇸 Nathan Nicholson | 3,566 | 29 | 16 | 13 | 55% |
| 🇺🇸 Parker DeLong | 3,385 | 29 | 18 | 11 | 62% |
| 🇺🇸 Jared ThomasFIA Silver | 4,261 | 28 | 15 | 13 | 54% |
| 🇺🇸 Ethan Jacobs | 3,621 | 28 | 17 | 11 | 61% |
| 🇺🇸 Noah Harmon | 3,895 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 54% |
| 🇺🇸 Glenn McGeeFIA Bronze | 2,988 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 71% |
| 🇺🇸 Helio Meza | 3,807 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 61% |
| 🇺🇸 Ethan Goulart | 3,661 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 50% |
| 🇳🇿 Earl BamberFIA Platinum, 1× champion | 5,823 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
| 🇺🇸 Jesse LoveHigher-rated, 4× champion | 5,406 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| 🇫🇷 Sebastien BourdaisFIA Platinum, 1× champion | 5,279 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4,907 | 🇺🇸 Richard Lasater | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,712 |
| 4,908 | 🇺🇦 Oleksandr Bondarev | Italian F4 | 3,711 |
| 4,909 | 🇺🇸 Richard Fullerton | Star Mazda Championship | 3,711 |
| 4,910 | 🇺🇸 Dana White | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,710 |
| 4,911 | 🇫🇮 Mika Leirilaakso | Formula Renault Eurocup | 3,710 |
| 4,912 | 🇩🇪 Henry Walkenhorst | Nürburgring 24 Hours | 3,709 |
| 4,913 | 🇯🇵 Manabu Orido | Super GT | 3,709 |
| 4,914 | 🇨🇱 Ramiro Scuncio | Star Mazda Championship | 3,709 |
| 4,915 | 🇺🇸 Jerry Glanville | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,708 |
| 4,916 | 🇺🇸 Wyatt Foster | Lamborghini Super Trofeo NA | 3,708 |
| 4,917 | 🇺🇸 Justin Adakonis | Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | 3,707 |
| 4,918 | 🇳🇱 Niels Koolen | Indy NXT | 3,707 |
| 4,919 | 🇺🇸 Chad Boat | Indy NXT | 3,706 |
| 4,920 | 🇮🇪 Cian Carey | Le Mans Cup | 3,706 |
| 4,921 | 🇺🇸 Matthew Mcmurry | WEC | 3,706 |
| 4,922 | 🇪🇸 Mikel Otegi | Formula Renault Eurocup | 3,706 |
| 4,923 | 🇲🇾 Dominic Ang | 24H Series | 3,705 |
| 4,924 | 🇳🇱 Glenn van Berlo | 24H Series | 3,705 |
| 4,925 | 🇦🇺 Joshua Fife | S5000 | 3,705 |
| 4,926 | 🇪🇸 Marta GARCIA LOPEZ | Le Mans Cup | 3,705 |
| 4,927 | 🇺🇸 Rick Markle | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,705 |
Justin Adakonis is an entry-level professional racing in a single-class national championship. He drives Mazda MX-5 Cup cars for McCumbee McAleer Racing in the Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin, a field mixing amateurs with graded professionals. His earlier indexed racing spans national multiclass sprint championships from 2019 onwards, primarily in Mazda MX-5s through SCCA competition.[1]
Adakonis has taken six wins and sixteen podiums across 42 starts since 2019. His breakthrough came in 2024, when he swept SCCA Majors competition in the SMX class with three wins and seven podiums from nine starts, then added a podium at the SCCA Runoffs. He has raced the Whelen series since 2025, adding three wins to his tally so far. In the 2026 season currently in progress, he sits second in the championship standings with three wins and six podiums from fourteen rounds raced to date.[2]
The field he races regularly includes Jeremy Fletcher, the 2025 Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup champion and a professional-level driver with significant national and club-level experience, against whom Adakonis typically finishes second. He runs closely matched against Bobby Gossett, an entry-level professional who took the 2026 title. Adakonis has finished ahead of established professionals including Earl Bamber, an FIA Platinum-graded sportscar specialist and IMSA GTLM champion, and Jesse Love, a multiple ARCA and NASCAR Xfinity winner.