The Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin is the signature single-make series for Mazda Motorsports. MX-5 Cup offers more than $1 million in prize money and scholarships a year. The MX-5 Cup race cars start as complete MX-5 road cars from the Mazda Hiroshima, Japan factory before being transported to engineering development partner Flis Performance in Daytona Beach, Florida, where they are transformed into a race car. The process includes disassembly of the production car, welding and pain…